☽ ♋ Lettice.
THis is so wel known being generally used as a Sallet Herb, that it is altogether needless to write any Description thereof.
Vertues and Use.
The Juyce of Lettice mixed or boyled with Oyl of Roses, and applied to the Forehead and Temples procureth Sleep, and easeth the Headach proceeding of an hot caus; being eaten boyled, it helpeth to loosen the Belly. It helpeth digestion, quencheth thirst, encrea∣seth Milk in Nurses, easeth griping pains of the Stomach or Bowels, that come of Chol∣ler. It abateth Bodily lust, represseth Venere∣ous Dreams, being outwardly applied to the Cods with a little Camphire: Applied in the same manner to the Region of the Heart, Li∣ver or Reins, or by bathing the said place with the Juyce or distilled Water, wherein some white Sanders and red Roses are put also, it not only represseth the heat and Inflamation therein, but comforts and strengthens those parts, and also tempereth the heat of Urine. Galen adviseth old men to use it with Spices, and where Spices are wanting to ad Mints, Rocket and such like hot Herbs, or els Citron, Lemmon, or Orange Seeds, to abate the cold of one, and heat of the other. The Seed and distilled Water of the Lettice work the like ef∣fects in al things: but the use of Lettice is chiefly forbidden to those that are short win∣ded, or have any imperfection in their Lungs; or spit Blood.
The Moon owns them, and that's the reason they cool and moisten what heat and driness Mars causeth, because Mars hath his fall in Cancer, and they cool the Heart, becaus the Sun rules it, between whom and the Moon is a Reccption in the Generation of Man, as you may soe in my Guide for women.