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in The Place. _ ‘ d It delightethto grow in mountaines,and in the {hadowy and grauelly ﬁdes thereof: it is'f0U“ in many places of Italy Sc France,and in other countrieszit is brought into gardens, where, ll? Pf; fpereth maruellous wel,and very eafily foweth itfe1fe.I haue found thefe plants growing Vpon ‘ chalkie grounds and highwaies leading from Grauefend to Canterbury, in moi’: places, or alm0 euery where. ;t I haue onely obferued the third and fourth to grow wilde with vs in England.

qr The Time. _ It ﬂourifheth in Summer, and almoll: all the yeare thorough: it bringeth forth ﬂoures an from Iune to Autumne.

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It is called in Greelce Km/-draw. as though you fhould fay , Elcgam amt «vtili: Mamba, a gal“? m proﬁtable Mint:the Latines keep the name Cal4mz'nti6a.- Apaleiz/A alfo nameth it amifI‘e,Mmt4j?”” ’ and confoundeth the names one with another -. the Apothecaries call it Montana Calamint mmt:m;,and fomtime Calammmm montamimdn French, Calamermin Englifh, Mountain Calam at The-fourth is certainly the fecond Calamint of Dioﬁaria/e:,and the true Nepeta of the’Antient5-:

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pelleth the chilcle,which alfo it doth being but only applied. _ not It helps thofe that are bruifed,fuch as are troubled with cramps and convu1ﬁons,and that“ Dd breathe vnleffe they hold their necks vpright (that haue the wheeﬁng of the lungs,faith G4l”’)a it is a remedy faith Diofmride: for the cholerick palIion,otherwife called the Felony. 1.“ at It is good for them that haue the yellow jaundife,for that it reirioueth the ftoppings of fllfcoéed, i

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ned or ftrewed it driues ferpents awayzit takes away black and blew {pets that come by blow: dry beatings, making the skinne faire and white 3 but for fuch things (faith G4len)it is better I0 laid to greene than dry. . O ; It killerh all manner of wormes of the belly, if it be drunke with falt and honey:the juice A’ P ‘ ped into the cares doth- in like manner kill the wormes thereof. thc Pliny faith, that if the juice be conueyed vp into the nofthrils , it fiancbeth thesbleediﬂg 3.‘ be nof'e,and the root(which Diofcoride: writeth to be good for nothing) helpe-th the S quincic, 1” ga;ggrifed,or the throat Wafhed therewith,being vfed in Cute,and Myrtle feed withall. mm It is applied to thofe that haue the Sciatica or ache in the huckle bone,for it drawes the 11" mi from the very bottome, and bringeth a comfortable heat to the whole jOint:Pzmlr14 ./1:‘gim”" [31 thatfor the paine of the haunches or huckle bones it is to be vied in Clyflers. af. Being much eaten it is good for them that haue the leprolie, {'0 that the patient drink Whay

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Ptajlium, or Melz‘/]2i, is our common belt knowne Balme or Bawirie, hauing many fquare ftalkes and blackifh leaues like to B4/Iote, or blacke Horehound, but larger, of a_ plea. t. fant{mell,drawing neere in fmell and fauour vnto a Citromthe ﬂoures are ofa Cama- lo“ °°1°'-‘T; the root of a wooddy fubftance. _ parts O'fl'he fecond kinde of Bawme was brought into my garden and others, by his feed from the re {Peat }‘1urky,wherefore we haue called it Tu rky Balme : it excelleth the tell: of the kind es,if you my md t e fweet fauour and goodly beauty thereof, and deferueth a more liuely dc fcription than branch 6 pen can deliuer. This rare plant hath fundry {mall weake and brittle fquare ilalkes and er of S°9am0unt1ng to the height of a cubit and fomewhat more,befet with leaues like to German- C to cordmm, indented or toothed very bluntly about the edges, but fomewhat fharpe pointed at dy a The floutes grow in fmall coronets, of a purplifli blew colour:_the root is frn_all and thred. goadn dieth at the ﬁrlt approch of Winter, and malt be fowne anew in the beginning of Ma y,- in and fertill ground .

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De Iefmes rometimes broader, otherwhiles narr,ower : alfo the ﬁoures 31‘ C Commonly purple’ yet uieumes White, and otherwhiles of diners colours: the leaues are alfo fomerimes broader, other. Mules narrower : wherefore I haue giuen you one of the figures of C’/45'“ 2 3“d.that of L0,!’ 61’ that y°l"_I1ay fee the feuerall exprefﬁotis of this plant. Cluﬁm, and after him Baulmegreferre it to the , ‘'"’’’”''a°‘’ Arch-angetll :and the former calls it Lamium Pmmonimm: and the later, “Mum mom‘?

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