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Time. They flower and feed about the time the other kinds do. 
GOVERNMENT AND VirTuEs. The Moon claims the dominion of thefe allo. 
The broth, or firft deco¢ction of the fea colewort, doth by the fharp, nitrous, and bit- 
ter qualities therein, open the belly. and purge the body, it cleanfeth and digefteth 
more powerfully than the other kind; the feed hereof bruifed and drank, killeth 
worms: the leaves of the juice of them applied to fores or ulcers, cleanfeth and 
healeth them, diffolveth fwellings, and taketh away inflammations. 
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IT is called alfo mountain mint. 
Descriprion. It is a fmall herb, feldom rifing above a foot high, with fquare, 
hairy, and woody ftalks, and two {mall hoary leaves fet at a joint, about the bignefs 
of marjoram, or not much bigger, a little dented about the edges, and of a very 
fierce or quick fcent, as the whole herb is: the flowers ftand at feveral fpaces of the 
ftalks, from the middle almoft upwards, which are {mall and gaping like the com- 
mon mint, and of a pale blufh colour ; after which follow fall, round, blackith 
feeds ; the root is fmall and woody, with divers {mall {fprigs fpreading —. the 
ground : it dieth not, but abideth many years. 
_Prace. It groweth on heaths, and upland dry grounds, in many counties of this 
kingdom. 
Time. They flower in July, and their feed is ripe quickly after. 
GovERNMENT AND Virtues. It is an herb of Mercury, and a ftrong one too, 
therefore excellent good in all afflictions of the brain; the decoétion of the herb be- 
ing drank, bringeth down womens’ courfes, and provoketh urine ; it is profitable 
for thofe that are burften, or troubled with convulfions or cramps, with fhortnefs of 
breath, or choleric torments or pains in the belly or ftomach ; it alfo helpeth the 
yellow jaundice, and being taken in wine, ftayeth vomitting ; taken with falt and 
honey, it killeth all manner of worms in the body; it helpeth fuch as have the le- 
profy either taken inwardly, drinking whey after it, or the green herb outwardly ap- 
plied ; ic hindereth conception in women, being either burned or ftrewed in the 
- ghamber, it driveth away venomous ferpents. It takes away black and blue marks 
in the face, and maketh black fears become well coloured, if the green herb be 
boiled in wine, and laid to the place, or the place wafhed therewith: being applied 
to the huckle-bone, by continuance of time it fpendeth the humours which caufes 
the pain of the {ciatica; the juice dropped i into the ears, killeth the worms in them; 
the leaves boiled i in wine and drank,. provoketh {weat, and openeth obftructions of 
the liver and fpleen s sit helpeth them that have a tertian ague, the body being firft — 2 
ae : : purged, = 
