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green wounds, not suffering any corruption io remain 

 behind, and curcth all sores, though iistuious and 

 hollow. 



Lavender. ?. (h. d. 3.) 



Beixg an inhabitant almost in every garden, it is so ^^cll 

 known, that it neeileth no description. 



Time.'] It lloMcreth about the end of June and begin- 

 ning of July. 



Govertiment and Virtues."] Mercury owns the herb, and 

 it carries his eflei^ts very potently. Lavender is of a 

 special good use for all the griefs and pains of the head 

 and brain that proceed of a cold cause, as the apoplexy, 

 falling sickness, the dropsy, or sluggish malady, cramps, 

 convulsions, palsies, and often faintings. It strcngtliens 

 the stomach, and freeth the liver and spleen from ob- 

 strut^lions, provoketh women's courses, and expelleth 

 the dead child and alter-birth. The ilowcrs of Lavender 

 steeped in wine, helpeth them to make water that ;ire 

 stopped, or troubled with the wind or colick, if the place 

 be bathed therewith. A decoction made with tlie ilowcrs 

 of Lavender, Ilore-hound, Fennel, and Asparagus root, 

 and a little Cinnamon, is very profitably used to help the 

 falling-sickness, and the giddiness or turning of the brain ; 

 to gargle the mouth with the decoction thereof, is good 

 against the tooth-ach. Two spoonfuls of the distilled 

 water of the flowers taken, helpeth them that have lost 

 their voice, as also the tremblings aad pa«sions of the 

 heart, and faintings and swoonings, not only being drank, 

 but applied to the temples, or nostrils to be snult unto ; 

 but it is not safe to use it where the body is replete v.iih 

 blood and humours, because of the hot and subtil spirits 

 wherewith it is possessed. The chymical oil drawn from 

 Laver.der, usually called Oil of Spike, is of so fierce and 

 piercing a quality, that it is cautiously to be used, some 

 few drops being sufficient, to be given with other things, 

 either for iQward or outward griefs. 



