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Of Lavander Spike, the temperature.

Lavander is hot & drye, & that in the third degree,
& is of a thinn substance, consistinge of many airie
& spirituall ptes. Therefort it is good to be given
any way against the diseases of the head, &
espetially those which have theire originall or
beginninge not of a bundance of humors, but
cheifely of a qualitie onely.

The Vertues.

The distilled water of Lavander smelt unto,
or the temples and forehead bathed therwith,
is a refreshinge to them that have the Catalepsie,
a light migrane, & to them that have the fallinge
sicknes, & that [?] to soone much. But when
there is a bundance of humors, espetiallly mixed
with blood, it is not then to be [?] safely, neither
is the composition to be taken, which made of
distilled wine: in which such kinde of herbes,
flowers, or seeds, & certayne spices are infused
or steeped, though most men do rashly & att
adventure give them without makinge any dif-
ference at all for by [dosinge?] such hot thinge
that fill & stuffe the head, both the disease is
made greater & the sicke also brought into
danger, espetially when letting of blood, or
purging have not gone before. This much
by way of admonition, because every where
divers rash & overbold Apothecaries, & other
foolish weomen, do by & by give such compositions,
& others of the like kinde, not onely to those
that have the Apoplexie; but also to those that