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notices three principal virtues of this plant : 

 we give with it the pithy translation of an 

 old medical author : 



Salvia confortat nervos, manuumque tremorem 

 Tollit; et ejus ope, febris acuta fugit. 



" Sage helps the nerves ; and, by its powerful might, 

 Palsies and fevers quickly puts to flight." 



