The phenolic diterpenes carnosol and carnosic acid and the phenolic acid rosmarinic acid are the main antioxidant components, while a number of flavonoids are usually also present, among which scutellarin, luteolin, genkwanin and kaempferol are major constituents.

Wherefore then doth mi ſo miſerabl wretched Soul reſent, relliſh, feel the dulcitie, Suavitie, ſweetneſs of Thour præſence?

to give someone a mouthful

I am not worthie of the wealth I owe, Nor dare I ſay 'tis mine: and yet it is, But like a timorous theefe, moſt faine would ſteale What law does vouch mine owne.