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XXL T he Saline 1 incture. It is good to wadi 
fuch parts as break out with any Iharp or fait Hu- 
mor, as the Leprofie of the Greeks-, Scurfy Mor- 
phew, Scald Heads, DandrifF, and the like : bathed 
upon parts troubled with the Gout or Sciatica, and 
continued for fome time, Morning and Evening, it 
gives eafe of the Fain, does much good, and in time 
removes the Difeafe. 
XXII. T he Spirit. It is Cephalick, Neurotick, 
Sromatick, Cordial, and Alexipharmick : It Hops 
Vomiting, drengthens a weak Stomach, chears the 
Heart, revives the Spirits, and is good again!! Faint- 
ing and Swooning, Vapors, and Fits of the Mo- 
ther, and preferves (being taken in a Morning fad- 
ing ) from the Infection of the Plague, or of the 
Spotted, or any other Malign Fever. You may take 
a fpoonful or two of it at a time ( if Dulcified ) and 
that twice a day, or upon the fpot, if any Paroxyfm 
is prefent : It is alfo good to bathe with, if any 
thing like a Gangrene is feared. 
XXIII. T he Baljam. Being applied to a cold 
Gout, it gives eafe to the Pain, and anointed up- 
on the Hemorrhoids, or Piles, it heals and cures 
them. 
XXIV. The Ointment. It is good to anoint Wo- 
mens Breads, which are fwoln and painful, pro- 
ceeding either from Cold, or Curdled Milk, or fome 
external Violence. 
XXV. T he Pe/fary. The green Herb made into 
a Peffary with Wooll, and put up the Vagina Uteri , 
it provokes theTerms, eafes the pains of the Mother, 
relids Vapors and Hyftertck Fits, and if it is near 
the time of Travel, hadens and facilitates the 
Birth. 
XXVI. The Cataplafm. It is made' of the green 
Herb, with Lard, Crumbs of Bread, or Pouder of 
Bay-berries : being applied to any part pained with 
the Gout, it eafes the Pains, abates die Tumor or 
Swelling, and difculles or draws forth the Humors. 
It mud be continued Morning and Evening for fome 
confiderable time, by which means it is laid to per- 
fect: thofe Cures. Being applied upon places black 
and blew, or yellow, or otherwife difcolored, it 
takes away the ill color, and cleanfes the skin. 
CHAP. CV. 
C A L A M I N T, Wild. 
I. r Tp H E Names. It is called in Greek , K«A«fu’»3» 
JL ayeia •' In Latin , Calamintba agreftls : and 
in Englijh , Wild Calamint. 
II. The Kinds. We fhall treat here of three fe- 
veral Kinds of it : 1. Calamintba arvenfts verticil- , 
lata , five Aquatica Lobel/ij , Field Calamint with 
whorled Coronets. 2. Calamintba altera oiore Pu- 
legij, foliis maculojis ; Calamint having the Penny- 
royal Smell, and with Spotted Leaves. 3. Ca/u- ; 
mintba minor incana , The lelfer hoary Calamint. 
III. The Defcription. T he fird of thefc has a f mail 
Root, abiding long , and not perijhing after Seed 
time : prom which Root come forth feveral fquare 
hoary Stalks full of Joints ; and two fmall , and al- 
mojl round hoary Leaves Jet thereat , up to the tops , 
Something like to Pennyroyal leaves, of a brisk, Jharp 
and quick Scent , yet Sweet withal , like unto Penny- 
™J al ■ Towards the Tops of the Stalks and Branches 
there ft and, with the Leaves, many purp/ijh l lowers 
feveral being fet together, m a kind of Whorle ob 
Coronet ; after which comes fmall blackijh Seed. 
IV. JJhe fecond or Spotted Calamint. differs net 
much from the Common Calamint in the former Chap* 
ter\ but that it grows nothing near fo great nog 
high •, it bar fquare , hard , hoary St'alks . , and hoary 
Leaves thereon like it h but J potted here and there, 
of a very ftrong Scent like unto Lenny royal. The 
t lowers grow in the fame manner as the Common 
Calami, it 
