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Food for them that thro 1 
waterifh Humours are apt 
to fall into the Dropfie - y 
and it is a moft dange- 
rous Food for dry and 
wither’d Bodies : there- 
fore it brings dimncfs of 
fight, though the Sight be 
perfect, through its cx- 
cefiive Drynefs , whereby 
the Spirits of the Sight 
are confumcd : But it" is 
good for them that arc 
of a contrary Conftituti- 
on. It is not good for 
thofe that want their 
Terms : For it breedeth 
thick Blood , and i'uch 
as flowly paffeth through 
the Veins. 
Gardcn-Hettice, in La- 
tin LnFtucn fativn. It 
cools the Stomach, and 
qualifies Choier and Heat, 
and difpofes to Reft, and 
increafcs Milk, and yields 
good Nouriftiment. In 
Frenzies, Madnefs, and 
Burning Fevers, and the 
like, apply to the Tem- 
ples, and the Coronal 
Suture, and alfo to the 
■W rifts, double Rags dipt 
in Lettice- Water wherein 
Sal Prune lln has been dif- 
folv’d , Half an 
Ounce to a Pint of the 
Water. 
Lambs ^ %mic p, in La- 
tin Lnctucn ngnina. 
This Herb hath many 
(lender weak Stalks trail- 
ing upon the Ground , 
with certain Edges a Foot 
high when it grows in 
moft fertii Ground ; o- 
therwile a Eland or two 
high, with fundry Joynts 
or Knees • out of eve- 
ry one whereof grow a 
couple of Leaves narrow 
and long, not unlike Lc-t- 
ticc at the firlf coming 
up, as well in Tcndcr- 
nefs as 1 afte : And on 
the Top of the Stalks 
ftand upon a broad 
Tuft, certain white Flow-r 
ers marvellous little, which 
can fcarcely be known 
to be Flowers ; unlcfis 
that they grow many 
together, like a Tuft, or 
Umbel. Inftead of Roots, 
it has a few (lender Fi- 
bres like Hairs. 
I his Herb grows wild 
in the Corn-Fields ; and 
fince it hath grown in 
ufe among the French 
and 
