Lib. z. 
Of theHiftory of Plants. 
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f 5 Mcntbajpicatadtera. 
Balfatn Mint, 
fourefquare, and the fltiures. grow in cates or 
fpokie tufts, like thofe of the fecond. J 
The Place. 
Moftvfeto fet Mints in Gardens almoft e- 
uery where. 
The Time. 
Mints do floureind flouriflrin Sommer in 
Winter the roots onely remaine : being once 
fet they continue long, and remaine fure and 
faff in the ground. 
The Names. 
Mint is called in Greeke;vtV'<and tuo)-. the 
fweet fmell faith Pliny in his rp.booke cap. 8. 
hath changed the name among the Grecians 
when as othervvife it fhould be called Mintha, 
from whence our old writers hauc deriued the 
name : for ;*"< fignifieth fweet, and OOfjUC fmel: 
The Apothecaries, Italians, and Frenchmen, 
do keepe the Larine name Mentha . the Spa- 
niards do call it rerun bnena , and Ortelana: in 
High Dutch.C^tintJ J in Low Dutch, CJflun- 
tftin Englifh,Mint. 
The firft Mint is called in High Dutch 
30tement s in Low Dutch, 23tuj’tt ijcrlt gfte : 
he that would tranflate it into Latin, mu If call 
it Sacra nigricans fit the holy blackilh mint:in 
Englifh, browne Min^or red Mint. 
The fecond is alfo called in High Dutch 
&raufjWemtnt,fctaur? tntmt?,and fcratifs 
balfam : that is to lay, rJMcntha crutiata in 
French , Rename crejpu : in Englifh, Crofle- 
Mint,or curled Mint. 
The third is called of diners Mentha Sarracenica, Mentha Romana : it is called in High Dutch 
23alfam munt ?4>nfet ftatoen munt ?,S»ptr?er muttty, £>ptt?er tmifam : it may be called um- 
tha angufii folia .• that is to lay, Mint with the narrow leafe : and in Englifh, Speare Mint common 
garden Mint,our Ladies Mint,browne Mint, and Macrell Mint. 
The fourth is called in High Dutch as though itweretobee named Cardiac a, or 
Cardiac a Mentha \ in Englifh, Hart-woort, or Heart-mint $ This is the Sifymbrinmfati-vum of Mat - 
t Indus, and Mentha hortenfis altera of Gefner. the Italians call it Silembrio domejlico, and Balfamita ■ the 
GerrnaneSjfeafcenbalfam, t 
TheT emperature. 
Mint is hot and drie in the third degree.lt is faith Ga/w,fomewhatbitter and harih,and it is in- 
ferior to Calamint. The fmell of Mint, faith Pliny doth If ir vp the minde,andthe tafte to a °reedy 
defire to meat. • b 7 
«[y TheVcrtues. 
Mint is maruelfous wholefome for the ftomacke,it ftaieth the Hicket ; parbraking, vomiting & A 
(cowring in the Gholerike pallion, if it be taken with the iuice of a foure pomegranate. 
It ftoppeth the calling vp of blond, being giuenwith water and vineger,as Galen te acheth. B 
And in broth faith Pliny, it ftaieth the floures,and is fingulargood againft thewhites,that is to ^ 
fay, that Mint which is deicribed in the firft place. For it is found by experience, that many hauc 
had this kindeofflux ftaied by thecontinuall vfeofthis onely Mintrthe fame being applied to the 
forehead, or to the temples, as Pliny teacheth,doth take away the headache. 
It isgood againft watering eies,and all manner of breakings out in the head, and againft the in- E> 
nrmities of the fundament, it is a fure remedie for childrens fore heads. 
It is poured into the eares with honie water. It is taken inwardly againft $Colopenders,Beare- B 
wormes,Sea-fcorpions and ferpents. 
It is applied with fait to thebitings of mad dogs. It will not fuffer milke tocruddlein the fto- F 
macke (Pliny addeth to wax foure.) therefore it is put in Milke that isdrunkeforfeare that thofe 
who haue drunke theffeof fliould be ftrangled. 
It is thought, that by the fame vertue it is an enemy to generation, by ouerthickning the feed. q 
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