186 THE ENGLISH PHYSICIAN ENLARGED. 



Lettuce. ). (c. 3, d. I.) 



It is so well known, being generally used as a Sallet 

 herb, that it is altogether needless to write any de- 

 scription thereof. 



Govei'nment and Virtiies.~\ The Moon owns them, and 

 that is the reason they cool and moisten what heat and 

 dryness Mars causeth, because Mars hath his fall ia 

 Cancer ; and they cool the heat because the Sun rules it, 

 between whom and the Moon is a reception in the gene- 

 ration of man, as you may see in my Guide for Women. 

 The juice of Lettuce mixed or boiled with Oil of Roses, 

 applied io the forehead and temples, procureth sleep, 

 and easeth the head-ach proceeding of an hot cause. 

 Being eaten boiled, it helpeth to loosen the belly ; it 

 helpeth digestion, quencheth thirst, increaseth milk in 

 nurses, easeth griping pains in the stoiaach and bowels 

 that come of choler; it abateth bodily lust, rcpresseth 

 venerous dreams, being outwardly applied to the private 

 parts with a little Camphire. Applied in the same manner 

 to the region of the heart, liver or reins, or by bathing 

 the said place with the juice of the distilled water, wherein 

 some white Sanders, or red Roses are put ; also it not 

 only represseth the heat and inflammations therein, but 

 strengthens and comforts those parts, and also temper- 

 eth the heat of urine. Galen adviseth old men io use it 

 with spice ; and where spices are wanting, to add mints, 

 rochet, and such like hot herbs ; or else citron, lemon, 

 or orange seeds, to abate the cold of one, and heat of 

 the other. The seed and distilled water of the Lettuce 

 work the same efre(5t: in all things ; but the use of Let- 

 tuce is chiefly forbidden to those that are short-winded, 

 or hare any imperfedlion in the lungs, or spit blood. 



Water Lily. ]> . (c. d. o.) 



Of these there are two principally noted kinds, viz. the 

 White and the Yellow. 



Descript.'] The White Lily hath very large and thick 

 dark green leaves lying on the water, sustained by long, 

 and thick foot-stalks, that arise from a great, thick. 



