The herball or Generall historie of plantes. Gathered by Iohn Gerarde of London Master in Chirurgerie very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Iohnson citizen and apothecarye of London
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The herball or Generall historie of plantes. Gathered by Iohn Gerarde of London Master in Chirurgerie very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Iohnson citizen and apothecarye of London
Author
Gerard, John, 1545-1612.
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London :: Printed by Adam Islip Ioice Norton and Richard Whitakers,
anno 1633.
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Botany -- Pre-Linnean works -- Early works to 1800.
Botany, Medical -- Early works to 1800.
Gardens -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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"The herball or Generall historie of plantes. Gathered by Iohn Gerarde of London Master in Chirurgerie very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Iohnson citizen and apothecarye of London." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A01622.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 19, 2025.
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descriptionPage 411
¶ The Vertues.
The floures of the Valley Lillie distilled with wine, and drunke the quantitie of a spoonfull, re∣storeth [ A] speech vnto those that haue the dum palsie and that are falne into the Apoplexie, and is good against the gout, and comforteth the heart.
The water aforesaid doth strengthen the memorie that is weakened and diminished, it helpeth [ B] also the inflammation of the eies, being dropped thereinto.
The floures of May Lillies put into a glasse, and set in a hill of antes close stopped for the space [ C] of a moneth and then taken out, therein you shall find a liquour, that appeaseth the paine & griefe of the gout, being outwardly applied; which is commended to be most excellent.
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