688 Of the Hiftorie of Plants. lT^T 



1\ The Place. 



It dclighteth to grow in mountaines,and in the ftiadowy and grauelly fides thereof: it is found 

 in many places of Italy & France 3 and in other countriesrit is brought into gardens, where it n 

 fpereth mamcllous wel,and very eafily foweth it felfe .1 haue found thefe plants growing vpon th 

 cbalkic grounds and highwaies leading from Grauefend to Canterbury, in moft places or almoft 

 cuery where, t 1 haue onely obferued the third and fourth to grow wilde with vs in England 



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^T The Time. 



It flourirtieth in Summer, and almoft all the yeare thorough : it bringeth forth floures and feed 

 from Iunc to Autumne. 



^J The Names. 

 It is called in Greeke***** as though you fhould fay , Elcgansautvtilis Mentha y Z2fl\\ Ml0l 

 profitable Mintithe Latines keep thznzmtCalaminthatApuleitu alftfnameth it zxxnSk^M em afl mm 

 and confoundcth the names one wit&anotber : the Apothecaries call it Montana CaUtninth^cd*- 

 mentumfind fomtime Calamentummontanum.-irtVrcnch, Calament:inEv\g\i(h % Mountain Calamine 

 t The fourth is certainly the fecond Calamint of Diofif rides y and the true Nefeta of the Antients 



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:h groweth in mountaines is of a ferucnt taft,and b 



fubftancc,anddry aftera fort in the third degree, asC4/^faitb:itdigcftethorwaftethawaythinne 

 humorsjit cuttctb, and maketh thick humors thin. 



^f The Venues. 



A Therefore being inwardly taken by it felfe, andalfo with mead or honied water,it manifeftly 

 hcatcs,prouokes fwcat,and confumes fuperfluoushumors of thebody s it takes away the fhiuerings 

 of Agues that come by fits. 



e fallet oile in which it is boiled, if the body be anointed and 



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well rubbed and chafed therewith. 



C The dcco&ion thereof drunke prouokcth vrine,bringeth downe the monethly fickneffe>and cx- 

 pelleth the childe,which alfo it doth being but only applied. 



D It helps thofe that are bruifed,fuch as are troubled with cramps and convulfions,and that canot 

 breathe vnlefle they hold their necks vpright (that haue the wheefing of the lungs,faith Galen)wd 

 it is a remedy faith Dicfcorides for the chotericfcppaffionjOtherwife called the Felony. 



E It is good for them that haue the yellow jaugdife,for that it remoueth the fioppings of the liner 

 and gaIJ,and withal clenfeth:being taken aforehand in wine^it keepes a man from being poifoned: 

 being inwardly taken,or outwardly applied itcureth them that are bitten of Serpents : being bur- 

 ned or ftrewed it driues ferpents away:it takes away black and blew fpots that come by blovvcs or 

 dry beatings, making the skinne faire and white ; but for fuch thinesCfaith GaknYit is better tobc 



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laid togreene than dry. 



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wormes 



G Pliny faith, that if the juice be conueyed vp into the nofthrils , it ftancheth the bleeding at the 



rfcorides writeth to be good for nothing)helpeth 



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Cute,and Myrtle feed withall. 



i the huckfebone,for it drawes the humor 

 from the very bottome, and bringeth a comfortable heat to the whole joinuPaulus •Sgineta faith 

 that for the paine of the haunches or huckle bones it is to be vied in Clyfters. 

 I Being much eaten it is good for them that haue the leprofie, fo that the patient drink whay at 



tcrit,asl)/^r/^witnefletb. . * 



K Afukius affirmcth,that if the leaues be often eaten , they are a fure and certaine remedy agam 



the leprofie. - h Go- 



L There is made of this an Antidote or compofition, which Galen in his fourth bookc of the ^ 

 uernment of health dcfciibes by the name oiViacdaminthos^ that doth not only notably dip 

 waft away crudities, but alfo is maruellous good for young maidens that want their couries; 



their bodies be firft well purged j for in continuance of time it bringeth them downe very gen / 

 without force. 



t Thf figure which formerly was in the fecond place belonged to the fourth ascription; and the figurechat belonged thereto, »*}*^£k£gv** 

 ScoToJcmt or YVood-fesc. As alfo that which fhould ha« c been put i n the fourth place was put in the frit place of the Uft chapter (**c m+ ** 





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