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dominion of fhe same planet. Our common Sweet Marjo= 

 ram is warming and comfortable in the cold diseases of the 

 head, stomach, sinews, and other parts, taken inwardly, 

 or outwardly applied. The deco(5lion thereof being 

 drank, ht-lpeth all diseases of the chest which hinder the 

 freeness of breathing, and is also profitable for the ob- 

 struftions of the liver and spleen. It helpeth the cold 

 griefs of the womb, and the windiness thereof; and the 

 loss of speech, by resolution of the tongue. The decodtioa 

 thereof made with some pellitory of Spain, and long pep- 

 per, or with a little acorns or origanum, being drank, is 

 good for (hose that are beginning to fall into a dropsy, 

 for those that cannot make water, and against pains and 

 torments in the belly ; it provoketh women's courses, if 

 it be put as a pessary. Being made into powder, and 

 mixed v ith honey, it taketh away the black marks of 

 blows and bruises, being thereunto applied ; it is good 

 for the inflammations and watering of the eyes, being 

 mixed w ith fine flour, and laid upon them. The juice 

 dropped into the ears, easeth the pains and sinsiog noise 

 in them. It is profitably put into those ointments and 

 salves that are warm, and comfort the outward parts, as 

 the joints and sincAvs ; for swellings also, and places out 

 of joint. The powder thereof snutied up into the nose, 

 provoketh sneezing, and thereby purgeth the brain ; and 

 chewed in the mouth, draweth forth much phlegm. The 

 oil made thereof, is very warm and comfortable to the 

 joints that are still, and the sinews that are hard, to mollify 

 and supple them. Marjoram is much used in all odor« 

 iferous waters, powders, &c. that are for ornament or 

 delight. 



Marigolds. ©. m ^. (/?. d, I.) 



These being so plentiful in every garden, arc so -nell 

 known, that they need no description. 



yV/rte.] They ilower all the Summer long, and sometimes' 

 in Winter, if it be mild. 



Government and Virtues.'] It is an herb of the Sun, and 

 under Leo. They strengthen the heart exceedingly, and 

 are very expulsive and little less efl'cfJlual in the small» 

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