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The Temperature of rose mary

Rosemary is hot & drye in the second degre,
& also of an astringent or bindinge qualitie,
as beinge compounded of vixens ptes, &
takinge more of the mixture of the earthie
substance

The Vertues.

Rosemary is given against all fluxes of blood,
it is also good espetilly the flowers therof for all
infirmities, of the hears & braine, [preeding] of a could
& moyst cauhe; for they drie the braine, quicken the
sences, & memory, & strengthen the sinewie ptes.

Serapio witnesseth, that rose mary is a remedy
against the stuffinge of the head, that commeth
through coldnes of the braine, if a garland
therof be put about the head.
Dioscorides teacheth that it cureth him that hath
the yellow iaundice, if it be boyled in water &
drunke before exercise, & that after the taking
therof the patient must bath themselfe & drinke
some. The dystilled water of the flowers of
rose mary beinge drunke at morninge & eveninge first
& last, taketh away the stench of the mouth &
breth, & maketh it very sweete, if there be
added therto to steep or infuse for certayne
dayes, Cloves, Maces, Cinamon, & a litle
annysede. Also rosemarie comforteth the braine
the memory, the inward senses, & restoreth
speech to them that are posessed wthith a dumbe
paulsie, espetially the conserve made of the