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Time.'] They flower in August. 



Government andvirtues.]They are under 

 the dominion of Mars, and one of the 

 principal herbs he is ruler of. They resist 

 putrefactions, poison, and a more sure 

 remedy cannot be found to prevent the pes- 

 tilence than it is; it strengthens the stomach 

 exceedingly, helps digestion, comforts the 

 heart, and preserves it against faintings 

 and swoonings : The powder of the dry 

 roots helps the biting of mad dogs and 

 venomous beasts, open obstructions of the 

 liver, and restores an appetite for their meat 

 to such as have lost it. the herb steeped 

 in wine, and the wine drank, refreshes such 

 as be over-weary with traveling, and grow 

 lame in their joints, either by cold or evil 

 lodgings ; it helps stitches, and griping 

 pains in the sides ; is an excellent remedy 

 for such as are bruised by falls ; it provokes 

 urine and the terms exceedingly, therefore 

 let it not be given to women with child : 

 The same is very profitable for such as are 

 troubled with cramps and convulsions, to 

 drink the decoction : Also they say it breaks 

 the stone, and helps ruptures most cer- 

 tainly : it is excellent in all cold diseases, 

 and such as are troubled with tough phlegm, 

 scabs, itch, or any fretting sores and ulcers; 

 it is an admirable remedy to kill the worms, 

 by taking half a dram of the powder in a 

 morning in any convenient liquor; the same 

 is excellently good to be taken inwardly 

 for the king's evil. It helps agues of all 

 sorts, and the yellow jaundice, as also the 

 bots in cattle ; when kine are bitten on the 

 udder by any venomous beast, do but 

 stroke the place with the decoction of any 

 of these, and it will instantly heal them. 



CLOVE GILLIFLOWERS. 



It is vain to describe an herb so well 

 known. 



Government and virtues.] They are gal- 

 lant, fine, temperate flowers, of the nature 

 and under the dominion of Jupiter; yea, so I 



temperate, that no excess, neither in heat, 

 cold, dryness, nor moisture, can be per- 

 ceived in them; they are great strengtheners 

 both of the brain and heart, and will there- 

 fore serve either for cordials or cephalics, 

 as your occasion will serve. There is both 

 a syrup and a conserve made of them alone, 

 commonly to be had at every apothecary's. 

 To take now and then a little of either, 

 strengthens nature much, in such as are in 

 consumptions. They are also excellently 

 good in hot pestilent fevers, and expel 

 poison. 



GERMANDER. 



DescriptJ] COMMON Germander shoots 

 forth sundry stalks, with small and some- 

 what round leaves, dented about the edges. 

 The flowers stand at the tops of a deep 

 purple colour. The root is composed of 

 divers sprigs, which shoots forth a great 

 way round about, quickly overspreading 

 a garden. 



Place.'] It grows usually with us in 

 gardens. 



Time.] And flowers in June and July. 



Government and virtues.] It is a most 

 prevalent herb of Mercury, and strengthens 

 the brain and apprehension exceedingly 

 when weak, and relieves them when droop- 

 ing. This taken with honey (saith Diosco- 

 rides) is a remedy for coughs, hardness of 

 the spleen and difficulty of urine, and 

 helps those that are fallen into a dropsy, 

 especially at the beginning of the disease, 

 a decoction being made thereof when it is 

 green, and drank. It also brings down 

 women's courses, and expels the" dead 

 child. It is most effectual against the poi- 

 son of all serpents, being drank in wine, 

 and the bruised herb outwardly applied ; 

 used with honey, it cleanses old and foul 

 ulcers ; and made into an oil, and the eyes 

 anointed therewith, takes away the dim- 

 ness and moistness. It is likewise good for 

 the pains in the sides and cramps. The 



