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Menthastrum. 



Menthastrum is called in greeke Ediosmos agrios, in englishe 

 wylde mynte, it groweth in watery places wyth a rounde leafe & 

 thycke Avith a longe eare in the top. 



Mercurialis. 



Mercurialis is called in greeke Ermoupoa or Linozostis, in 

 englishe Mercury, in duche Recroute and Bingelkraute, in frech 

 mercuriallo. The herbe whiche is comunely called in englishe 

 mercury hath nothyng to do wyth mercurialis, whereof I spake 

 nowe. Let the Poticaries vse thys mercury and let the commune 

 mercury alone. Mercury is as comune about Colon in the gardines, 

 as any weede is commune in gardines in England. It is hote and 

 dry in the fyrste degre. 



Mespilus. 



Mespilus called in greeke mespile, is of two sortes, the one hath 

 three stones in the fruite, and that kynde is not wyth vs. The other 

 kynde hath in the fruite, fyue stones, and thys kynde is commune 

 in Englande, and it is called in englishe a medler tree or an open 

 ars tree. 



Meum. 



*Meum called of the grecians Meon and Meion is called of the 

 Poticaries Men, in duch Bearwurtz. Some Poticaries in Anwerpe 

 vse thys herbe for Peucedano and so they cal it. I neuer sawe thys 

 herbe in Englande sauynge once at saynte Oswarldes where as the 

 inhabiters called it Speknel, it groweth in greate plentie eighte myle 

 aboue Bon in a fielde besyde Slyde in Germany. It may be called 

 in englishe mewe or duche Dyl. The rootes are hote in the thyrde 

 degree and dry in the seconde. 



Milium. 



Milium is called in greeke Cegchros, & Piston, in duch Hirsz, 

 in french Du millet. I haue not sene it in Englande, but very 



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