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Clove Giiliflowers. If., (temp.) 



It is vaia to describe an herb so well known. 



Government and Virtues.'] They are gallant, fine, 

 temperate flowerSj of the nature, and under the domiuioa 

 of Jupiter; yea, so temperate, that no excess, neither in 

 heat, cold, dryness, nor moisture, can be perceived in 

 them ; they are great strengtheners both of the brain and 

 heart, and will therefore serve either for cordials or cc- 

 phalicks, as your occasion will serve. Tiiere is both a 

 syrup and a conserve made ef them alone, commonly to 

 be had at every apothecary's. To fake nov,' and then a 

 little of either, strengthens nature much in such as are in 

 consumptions. They are excellent good in hot pestilent 

 levers, and expel poison. 



Germander. ^. (h. d.3.) 



This celebrated plant is cultivated chiefly for medical 

 purposes. 



Descript.'] Germander shoofcth forth sundry stalk«, 

 with small and someAvhat round leaves dented about tlie 

 edges. The flowers stand at the. tops, of a deep purple 

 colour. The root is composed of divers sprigs, which 

 shoot forth a great way round about, quickly overspread- 

 ing a garden. 



Place.'\ It groweth usually with us in gardens. 



Tinie.~\ And flowereth in June and July. 



Government and Virtues.'] It is a mos< prevalent herb 

 of Mercury, and strengthens the brain and apprehension 

 exceedingly when weak, and relieves themAvhen drooping. 

 This taken with honey (saith Dioscorides] is a remedy for 

 coughs, hardness of the spleen, and difliculty of urine, and 

 helpeth those that are fallen into a dropsy, especially at 

 the beginning of the disease, a deco(5lion being made 

 thereof when it is green, and drank. It also bringeth 

 down Avemen's courses, and cxpclleth the dead child. It 

 is most efte^lual against the poison of all serpents, being 

 drank in wine, and the bruised herb outwardly applied. 

 Used with honey it cleanscth old and foul ulcers ; and 

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