FLORAL EMBLEM,S. 
93 
COLD-HEARTED. 
Lettuce.— Lactuca. 
“ Fat colworts, and comforting purseline. 
Cold lettuce, and refreshing rosemarine.” 
Spencer. 
It is fabled, that after the death of Adonis, 
Venus laid upon a bed of lettuce. 
“ And now let lettuce, with its healthful sleep, 
Make haste, which of a tedious long disease 
The painful loathings cures.” 
Columella. 
