Of the Hiftorie of Plants, 
L I B. 2 
584. 
couered oner with Lauander; In thc-fc- cold 
count ries they are planted in gardens. 
The. ‘Time. 
They floure and flourifh in Iune and Inly. 
TheNamcs. 
Laitander Spike is called i n Latino Latten- 
duU^ and Sfica: in Spanifh^/Viyand Languda. 
The firft is the male, and t he fecond the fe- 
male. It is thought of Lome to be that fwcet 
herbe Cafa, whereof Virgil maketh mention 
in the fecond Eclog ofliis Bucolicks : . 
Turn Cajia atqtte alijs intexens fttaviltt! herbis , 
Mollia luteola fingit vacima Caltba. 
(infold) 
And then fhee’l Spike and fnch fvveerherbs 
And paint the Iacinth with the Marygold. 
And likewife in the fourth of his Geor- 
gicks, where hee intreateth of chooling of 
feats and places for Bees, and for the ordering 
thereof, he faith thus : 
Haccirct/m Cafia viridcs^dr olauiahte 
Scrpila , dr gr nutter ft ir antis cop a T hjmbra 
Tloreat-^drc. — 
About them letfrefh Lauander and (lore 
Of wild Time with ftrong Sauorie toflourei 
Yet there is another Cafta called in fhops 
Cafia Lignea, as alfo Cnfautgra, which is named 
CafiafiftuU; and another a fnrall fhrubbie plant extant among the fihrubs or liedgc- bulhes 5 which 
fome thinke to be the CayiaBtfedoi, mentioned in the precedent verfes. 
The Temperature. 
Lauander is hot ariddrie, and that in the third degree, and is of a thin fubftance, confiding of 
many airie and fpiritttall parts. Therefore it is good to be giuen any way againft the cold djfeafes 
of the head, and efpecially thofe which haue their original! or beginning not of abundance of hu- 
mours, but chiefely of a cold quality onely. , 
•7 The Venues. • • • 
A The diftilied water of Lauander fmclt vnto,or the temples and forehead bathed therewith, Ts a 
refrefhing to them that haue the Catalepfie,a light Migram,& to them that haue the falling lick- 
nefle,and that vfe to fivoune much . But when there is abundance of humours,efpecially mixt with 
blond it is not then to be vied fafely, neither is the compofitionto be taken which is made ofdi- 
Eilled wine : in which fitch kindeofherbes,floures, or feeds, and certaine fpicesare infilled or ftee- 
ped, though mod men do rafhly and at aduenture giue them without making any difference at all 
For by vtmg fucli hot things that fill and ftuffe the head, both the difeafeis made greater, and the 
ficke man alfo brought into danger, efpecially when letting of blond, or purging haue not gone 
before. Thus muchbvwayof admonition, becaufe that euery where fome vnlearned Phyfitions 
anu diners rafh and onerbold Apothecaries, and other foolifh women, do by and by giue fuchcom- 
pofit 10ns, and others of the like kinde,not only to thofe that haue the Apoplexy ; but alfo to thofe 
that are taken, or haue theCatuche or Catalepfis with a Feuer ; to whom, they can giue nothing 
worfe,feeing thofe rh -digs dovery much hurt,and oftentimes bring death it felfe. 
The floures d! Lauander picked from the knaps.I meane the blew part and nor the huske,mixc-d 
with Cinamon,Nurmegs,ajjd Clones, made intopouder,and giuen todrinkc in the diftilied water 
thereof, doth lie'pethe panting and paffion of the heart, preuaileth againft giddinefle, turning, or 
fivimming of the bfaine, and members fubiedf to the palfie. 
C C on feme made of the floures with fugar, profiteth much againft the difeafes aforefaid, if the 
quantitie of a beane be taken thereof in the morning fading. ji 
It profiteth them. much that haue the palfie, if they bee wafhed with the diftilied water of the 
floures. 
3 Lffvcndula minor, five Sfica. 
Lauander Spike. 
