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In cafe of headach,a linimentthereof doth wellto be applied unto the temples. Inwardly itista- G 
ken with very good effect againft the venomous Scolopendres,the fea Scorpions,and otherfer- 
pents.A liniment thereof ftayeth the waterifh humors that have taken acourfe tothe eyes, cu- 
reth theskalls andbreakings out of the head, and all accidents offenfive to the tiwill orfunda- 
_ ment. If one doe but hold Mintsin his hand, hee {hall notneed to feare either chaufing or gal- 
ling in any part, upon travaile.Being dropped into the eares with honied wine, itis very comfor- 
tableto that part... [tis {aid moreover, that if aman come intoa garden whererMints groweth, 
and bite the leavesupon the very plant, without plucking or croppingit off, and continue this 
courfe nine daies togither, iterating evermore thefe words [doe this to cure the (plene| hee fhall 
find remedy indeed for the infirmitie of that part.Moreover,let onetakeas much poudred mints _ 
dried.as hee can well containewith his three fingers ends, and drinke the fame withwater,itwill H 
cure the head-ach,or grievous paine of the ftomack.Likewifeif his drinke be fpiced with the faid 
powder, it will drive out of the belly the worms there engendred. fio Fedora i 
The braunches of Mintand Penyroiall both, are ufually put into glaffe viols with vineere,for 
_ to beinfufed therein : and a man would notthinke how good this vinegre is for faintings of the 
heart; fo great is the focietie that thefe two hearbs have one with the other in thisbehalfe. For 
which caufe, remember upon atime when divers learned Phyficians were met togither to con- 
fer in my chamber, they refolved & concluded definitly, That a chaplet of Penyroiallwas with, 
out comparifon far better for the giddineffe and {wimming of the head, than one of rofes ; for a” 
garland of Penyroiall, if it be worne onely upon the head, allayeth (by report) the ach thereof. 
Morethan that,icisfaid, That the very fent of Penyroiall preferveth the brain from the offence J 
‘that may come bythe diftemperature either of heat or cold, yea and from the inconvenience 
of thirftinefle : infomuch as whofoever have two braunches or {prigs of Penyroiall put into his 
cars, {hall feele no exceffive heat though they continued in the Sun all the day long, Penyroiall 
being applied in forme of a liniment,togither with barley groats and vinegre,afluageth all grie- 
vous paines whatfoever, Howbeit,the female of this kindis thought tobe of greater operation” 
every way, than the male. Now hath this female a purple floure, that you may knowit thereby 
from the other; for that of the male is white. The female Penyroiall taken in a mafhmiade with 
fale and barley groats in cold water, ftaieth a kecklifh ftomacke,and keepeth it from the inordi- 
nat defire and many offers to caft. Inthe fame manner alfo it eafeth the paine of the breaft and 
belly. Likewife the ghawings of the ftomacke it ceafeth,being taken in water; asalfoimmoderat K 
younits it repreffeth, with vinegre and barley groats. Beeing fodden in honey with alittle nitre 
among, it cureth the maladies of the guts. If one drinke it with wine, it caufeth abundance of 
urine :and ifthe faid wine be made of the Amminean grapes, itexpelleth the {tone and gravell, 
yea and all things elswhich may engender inward paines. If it be taken with honey and vinegre, 
it provoketh womens tearmes, and quieteth chem when they lye gnawing andfretting inwardly, 
yea and fendeth foorththe after-burden. The fame fetleth the mother and reduceth it into the 
right place. It expelleth alfo thedead child within the mothers bodie. The feed of Penyroiall if” 
itbe fimelled unto, is fingular good to recover their tongue againe who be {peechleffe : forthe’ 
falling fickneffe alfo, it 1s given.inacyath of vinegre. If 1tfortune thatone muftdrinke unhole- 
fome waters, the feed thereot reduced into powder and ftrewed thereupon, correéteth alk the LE 
malice thereof, If the fame be taken in wine, it flaketh theitch in the bodie proceeding of hot’ 
and falt humors. The feed of Penyroiall, mingled with falt,vinegre,and honey, if itbe well rub- 
bed into the bodie, comforteth the finewes in cafe of cramps and convulfions: and particularly 
helpeth thofe who witha cricke are forced to carrie their necke much backward. The decoction _ 
thereof is a foveraigne drinke againft the {ting of Serpents; and particularly of Scorpions, if it 
be bruifed and taken with wine: efpecially that which groweth in drie places, Moreover, Peny- 
royall is held to bee very {overaigne for the cankers orulcers inthe mouth:and aseffectuallto 
flay the cough. The floures of Penyroiall that be frefh and new gathered, if they be burnt make 
a fingular perfume to kill fleas, Among many good receits that Xenocrates hath left untous,wee 
findthis for one,namely, That a braunch of Penyroiall wrapped within wooll, and given to the 
Patient for to fimell unto before the fir come of a tertian ague,driveth itaway :asalfoif it beput - - 
under the coverlet of the bed, and the Patient laid uponit, it doth no lefle. For thefe purpofes 
above named, the wild Penyroiallis of soft efficacie: This hearb refembleth Origan, and hath 
finallerleaves than the Penyroiall of the Garden: fome give it the name of medica If it 
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