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asagargle, it caufeth the palate of the mouth to return to its place, when down. 
‘Mint, faith Pliny, exhilarates the mind, and is therefore proper for the ftudious. 
_ When put into any veffel containing milk, it hindereth the curdling thereof, and 
-no butter can be got therefrom. 
The virtues of the wild or horfe mint, which grows in ditches, and by the fides of 
rivers (the defcription which is unneceflary, being fo well known), are efpecially 
todiffolve wind in the ftomach, to help the cholic, and thofe that are fhort-winded, 
andare an effectual remedy againft venereal dreams and pollutions in the night, be- 
ing outwardly applied to thetefticles. The juice dropped into the ears eafeth the 
pains thereof and deftroyeth the worms that breed therein. ‘They are good againft 
the venomous biting of ferpents. The juice, laid on warm, helpeth the king’s-evil, 
or kernels inthe throat. The decoction, or diftilled water, helpeth a ftinking 
breath proceeding from the corruption of the teeth; and, fnuffed up into the nofe, 
purgeth the head. Pliny faith, that eating of the leaves, and applying fome of 
them tothe face, have been found, by experience, to cure the leprofy,. ane when | 
ufed with vinegar, to help the fcurf or dandriff of the head. ue 
They areextremely bad for wounded people, it being es that whoever eats 
mint, when wounded, willnever be cured. 
WELZ MISLETOE. 
Description. This rifeth up from the branch or arm of the re e.whereon ‘t 
Broweth, with a woody ftem, parting itfelf into fundry branches, and they are again 
divided into many other fmaller twigs, interlacing themfelves one within another, 
very much covered with a greyifh green bark, having two leaves fet at every joint, 
and at the end likewife, which are fomewhat long and narrow, {mall at the. bottom, 
but broader towards the end. At the knots or joints of the boughs and branches 
grow fmall yellowifh flowers, which turn into fmall, round, white, tranfparent, ber- 
Ties, three or four together, full of glutinous moifture, witha blackifh feed in each 
of them, which was never yet known to produce any thing, though planted in ga 
dens, and other places, for the purpofe of trying it. “* 
Prace, It groweth very rarely on oak-trees in this kingdom, but upon fundry 
others, as well timber as fruit trees ; and is to be met with in woods, groves, @ec, , 
Time. Te flowereth i in the {pring time, but the berries are not ripe until G oghan 
tining on the branches, ferve the birds for food in fevere weather. 
-Goveanuenn anp Virtues. That i it is under the dominion of the Sun is with- 
Sut adoubt; that which grows upon the oak participates fomething of che 4 
of Jupiter, becaufe an oak is one of his trees; as alfo that which grows se 
trees and apple-trees participates fomething of that nature, becaufe he r 
