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Yj\ B. 2. 



Of die Hiftarieof Plants. 



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X£l 



3 



+ i <j*,!e»tfaCattarid angn_ 



Small Car-mint. 



'ItOlM* 



There is alfo another kind hereof that hath a longer and narrower Iedfe,and not of lo white 

 c^Iolu ; the (talks hereof are foure fquare,the floirres be more plentifully a red light purple co- 

 lour inclining to blew, fprinkled vvith Jirtle fine purple fp'ecks : the fmell hereof is ftronger,but the 

 taflcismore biting. % The figure of this was formerly in the third placeof the laft chapter. % 



f The Place. 



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The firft groweth about the borders of gardens 

 and fields,neere to rough banks,dicches, and com- 

 mon wayes : it is delighted with moift and watery 

 places^nd is brought into gardens. 



«T The Time. 



The Cat-mints ftourim by and by aftet the 

 Spring : they floure in Iuly and Augtift. 



% The Names. 



The later Herbarifts doe call it Herba Cattarta t 

 ; & Herba Catii y becaufe cats are very much deligh- 



ted herewith;for the fmell of it is fopleafent vnto 

 them,that they rub themfelues vpon it, & wallow 

 or tumble in it, and alfo feed on the branches and 

 leaues very greedily. It is named of the Apothe- 



l^eteta 



Catte 



mg the fmell of Penny-Royall : ) h 



fWtfCII ^Ulttjtin Low- Dutch 



Spanifti, TeruaGatera .inEnglifli, Gat-Mint and 

 Nep. *^: 



•J The Nature. 



Nep is of temperature hot and dry^nd hath the 

 faculties of the Calamints. 



% The Vertues. 



It is commended againft cold patnes of the a 

 head,ftomacke,and matrix,and thofe difeafes that 

 grow of flegrac,raw humors,and winde.lt is a pre- 

 lent hclpe for them that be burften inwardly by 



and that ar^v^m.^k -r j r t • • ^ ™ eans of fo me fall receiued from an high place, 

 Tf!ri-7T ch ^ r V lfed ' lfth ^ ulcebe S lueawith wineormeade. 8 F ' 



tCruitfuTl a decoai °n s tot women to fit ouer, to bring downe their ficknefle & make B 

 * It is alfo good againft thofe difeafes for which the ordinarie Mints do ferueand are vfed. * C 



Chap. ZiJ 





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OfHorfe^Mint or Water ^MinU 



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^ The Deft 



VV*t M ^i^^^ 



the leaues and 



lour : the roots creep & *OTTc^S T^^^^c 

 _ ^ _ : the floures to the tops of the branches a^gathefed 5S^ of 



^S fe* bear f th his flour « in fundry tufts or rundle 3 the ft! 1 t • '" ,S °TJ 

 >> c g o£ lght W le "^ne leaues are' alfo leife than *3^%^3&&: 



Proce, 



ParTlv Sn^n°J tli 1111 ' i h3th Creeping rootsIike ^ the other Mints ; from rtfeb 



V uy leaning**! partly growing vpright : The leaues are pretty Urge, rhicke, 



wrinkled. 



