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ftrengthiiing the memory, and power- 

 fully chafing away melancholy. Befides 

 the ufes it has in the laboratory and 

 diftillary, the fprigs frefh gather'd and 

 put into wine, or other drinks, during 

 the heat of fummer, gives it (as Mr. 

 Evelyn obferves) a marvellous quicknefs, 

 and yields an incomparable flavour, made 

 as is that of cowflip flowers. The me- 

 lijfaj alias apiaftruniy as Diofcorides has 

 it, lib, 3. cap. 118. fjLiXlrlcii, quod hac 

 apes deleBantur, as affording great quan- 

 tity of juice, for bees to make their ho- 

 ney of 



Authors that have writ on this fub- 

 Jeft have figur'd and defcrib'd three kinds, 

 which have alfo been cultivated in the 

 phyfick garden at Oxford,md other places, 

 vi:^, melijffa ^vulgaris, common balm, 

 Ger.p.dSg. Tark. 40. meliffa turcica 

 fore alhoy Turkey balm with white flow- 

 ers; ut in pradi^, autkoribus, meltjT^y 

 molucca levisy fmooth Molucca balm, 

 Ger,p.69i. Tark. p.\z. 



This extraordinary herb is well known 

 to be propagated by the fl:ringy roots, 

 of which it has innumerable quantities 

 %% the mint: has. 



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