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and morphcw from the face, or other parts of the boily. 

 The oil iiiadc of tlie flowers, as Oil of Roses is made, is 

 profilably used to cool hot tumours, and to ease the pains 

 aud help the sores. 



Lily of the Valley. ^. (h. d.lj 



Called also Conval Lily, Male Lily, and Lily Con- 

 fancy. 



Dcscript.} TIic root is small, and creepolh far in the 

 ground, as grass roots do. The leaves are many against 

 which riseth up a stalk half a foot high, with many ^\hite 

 flowers, like little bells with turned edges, of a strong, 

 though pleasing smell ; the berries are red, not much un- 

 like those of Asparagus. 



Place.'] They grow plentifully upon Ilampstead-Heath, 

 and many other places in this nation. 



Time.'] They flower in May, and the seed is ripe in 

 September. 



Government and Viriues.'] It is under the dominion 

 of Mercury, and therefore it strengthens the brain, re- 

 cruits a weak memory, and makes it strong again. The 

 distilled water dropped into the eyes, heljis inflammations 

 there, as also that infirmity which they call pin and web. 

 The spirit of the flowers distilled in wine, restoreth lost 

 speech, helps the palsy, and is exceeding good in the 

 apoplexy, comforteth the heart and vital spirits. Gerrard 

 saith, that the flowers being close stopped up in a glass, 

 l)ut into an ant-hill, and taken away again a month alter, 

 ye shall find a liquor in tiie glass, which being outwardly 

 applied, helps the gout. 



White Lilies. D . (c. m. 2.) 



It were in vain to describe a plant so commonly known 

 in every one's garden, therefore I shall not tell you 

 what they arc, but what they are good for. 



Government and Firtucs.'] They are under the domini-. 

 on of the Moon, and by antipathy to Mars expel poison; 

 they are excellent good in pestilential fevers, the roots- 

 being bruised and boiled in wine, and the decoction 

 drank j for it expels the venom to the exterior parts of 



