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V1 Garden Mint taken in meaeor drinke warmeth and flrengthneth the fl0mac__ke,and drieth vpall

fi1perllt1ot1s_lrtrmors gathered in the {ame,and caufeth good digefiion. K Mints mingled with the flame of‘ parched barly confurne tumors and hard fwellings. _ ‘_The ‘Vale’ Mm‘ 15°F like operation in diuers medicines, it cureth the trenching and grlpmg patnes of the belly and bowels 5 It appeafeth head-ache,flayeth yexing and vomitjn , A,

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It is lingular againlf the grauel and {lone in the l<idnies,and againft the flrangurigbeing boilfd

in wine and drunke. N It IS laid to the flinging of wafps and bees with good fuccelfe.

1* The Eaures which were Formerly in this Clxaptcrwcrc no "3 arvftc bl I0 2}! d f ' l d -l ' f };¢(‘alml"' 32:: fionIt::::?é%]aru OfLColi:tl and Tab. Thefecond was of that whichyis fiefcrlbeed in the: 33355‘:3:°3rli.r§x37.l.ll,’:?:f.::}3l',,2,f}il}q,ll:ix:Emma in ‘ 1' . .a 9 ' 0 - ~ '- ‘ . . . p cnext aptcr The figure agreeing to the fourth defcrrpuon was rnthc Chapter next {we oncaforqby the ritleol oqmoz'i_iurq>en:. .

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At,_.Min.t or N ep-growes high,it brings forth {talks ab,.0u,e a cubit long couercd,ch3m‘

A f°’°,‘.l»““d“fllll Of branches : the leaues are broad,nicl<t it: the edgeslfikel thofe ofB3W“’

or Hore-ho.u_nd,,but l(_)ng’er.'_ The floures are of a whitifhicolour,-T tlj¢y.Pm1y cmnpa c

about the vppermofl fprrgs,and 'partIy‘grow on the very to ,fet in manner of an eareor catltinzthe root 1S dtucrfl y partedaand end_ureth a long timeztlle whole herb together with the lcaues 8: fiall‘

are II]'o_ft,and couered wttha white down,but leflér than I-iorfc-mint : it is of 3 amp {me} and ‘pic? ceti rn2t_o_ tl(l)C:lr¢;l\d:haté1 a hog‘ tglle wfitllr arcerbtaciln lliitternelfe. ’ b _

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.lTl1eire is lb ’a.nother«i<i'nllcl hereof that hath a audninarrower Iealeatid Dot Of {G White 3 C0l_0ur : the {talks hereof are foure fquare,the floures be more plentifullpf 3 lied light Purple C0- our inclining to blewfprinkled with lirtle fine purple fpeclcs: the fmell hereof is flronger,but the

little is more biting; :1: The figure of this was formerly in the third placeof the lafi chapter.‘ i

ll 3 L/‘Went/m Cnmzria a_n;gujb'fi)li‘.¢, 1} T5‘ 1'1"“ ° Small Cat-inint; . .-, . _ _,

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l s ’ . V. -- ~ -» The Cat-mints flourifh by and by after the V ' ‘ Spring : they floure in luly and Auguit.‘ a y ss.mN«m-. V I ‘A xx; 1'" ’ The later I-Ierbariiispdoe call it Herb; Cattarta!

"V ‘ i ’ ' 8: H6754 Catti, becaufe cats‘ are very much deligh- ted herewith;for the fmell of it is fo pleafam Vnto them,that they rub them {clues vpon it, 8t wallow or tumble in it, and alfo feed on‘ the branches and leaues very greedily. _It is named of the Apothe- caries aflepeta (but Nepeta properly fo called rspa Calamint,hauing the fmellofPer‘1't'iy-Royall : ) tn high-Dutch , iltatstu wants: in Low-Dtitch, fiattc ttuijt: in ltalian,Catt4r_za, or Herba Gpdttarr in Spanifh, Term Gatera : in Englifb, Cat-Mint and Nep.

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. V ‘Ate! Mint’ is a kiride ofwilde Mint like to the 6:9; garde'n Midi :' the leaues there: i. t. _ . 4' of are round,t'he ftalkes corneredsboth the lea‘ues and fialkes are ofddarke red 5:07 a I. ' lour: the roots creep far abroadgbut euery part‘ is greatef,attd the herb it fclfe i5f9f 3 g ef. m_61l :p the Homes in thc tops of thc branches are ga"t‘heredjt'og'ethcr‘int’o around Cari‘-.0f P“’Ple. colour. _ y s .

a morez di 3.9 feccmd kinde of water-Mint in each refpeét is like the others: T3‘!-¥.i"l'g ‘rm? if llélltllll hot ,5 f° erous fauor being lightly touchedlwith the hand‘ 5 but beingrquched hegrdat is Quer C-esibnitille fvnltp : It beareth his floures in fundry tufts or runclles ingitri_ng.th_e fialks tn‘ tttany plai- ry gr; 5° 3 ‘Eh! Purple COlOlJIl'5-thfi leaues ate alfo leffe than‘thofe_‘o_fth€.{0tlfnet,and of an hoa- )' colour. .- ; _ i Pm: 3‘ This comm‘o'n Hogtfe-Mint hath creeping roots lilte as the other Mints ; from" which’ eed ll“lk¢5P3ftly le‘aning,and partly growing vpright : The l'ea’ue.siare pretty. large; tl'liCli§_,‘ ' ' wrinkle