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Diofcoridcs teacheth,that being applied to the fecrec part of a woman before the a& it hindreth 
conception. 3 1 
,11 takC " “ T 3 ' ° rdri " ke r warmet J h and ftrengtheneth the ftomacke,and drieth vp 
all lupeniuous humours gathered in the (lime, and caufeth good di-eftion F 
Mints mingled with the leaues of parched BarIy,confumeth tumors and hard Sellings. 
The water of Mints is of like operation in diuers medicines, it cureth the trenching and griping 
pames of the belly and bowels, it appeafeth headacb,ftaieth yexing and vomitino- 5 
It is lingular againft the grauell and Hone in the kidneies,and againft the ftrnngurie, bein- boi. 
ledinwmeand drunke. ° ’ 0 
They lay it to the flinging of vvafpes and bees with good fucceffe. 
.l*r^^fri,- ..I ri,,nr.,Ti,. ; oc • 1 , nc . tmra P lac c,_ ihcrhird was of the Mentha C<Maria aw uft, folia defenbed i n the third 
• hv flic Mrl/«nCn,«_.: J . ■_ C 
Pli£ c of „ l= „„\c tapt „.Thc %« ^ »*;-* *sr rq 
Chap. h6. 
Of jfepjjr (fat afMint. 
If T he Defcripticn. 
C -«• r/i. ■fiyuon. 
At Mint or Nep groweth high •, it bringeth forth ftalks aboue a cubit Ion- cornered 
chamfercd.andfullofbranriir*!- rim l/^.i^c , . » 3 '" UU1 _ 
i j j rii ci f 7 3 r & lullttilKbaDOUea CLiDit Ion CT cornered 
y chamfered, and full of branches; theleaues arc broad, nicked in the edges like thofe of 
Bavvtne, or of Horehound, but longer. Theflouresare ofawBii-lm^m c 
compafle about thevppermoft fprigs, and partly grow on the verv ton rln - < ' Ur ’ ^ 
an care orcatkin:the[L is diuerflf parted, an7l XingsSeXS a lon^ 
herbe together with the leaues and ftalks is foft, andcoueffiSwfift^ 
l tr°ndr” lnriiC * S ° f 3 lliarpe rmd,and pearceth into the head.-it hath a hot tafte with a ce! tfine bk- 
* 2 ° l,r Authour figured this and deferibed thenext in i 
This hath pretty large fqtSalks^ 
fioi ’ rcs f r ° W 3t the t0pS ° f Che Mks in lon § Ipokie tufts like thofe 
of the laft deferibed, and ofa whitith colour.the fmel is pleafanter than that Q P f the laft deferibed. $ 
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Mentha Felina,fcu Cat! aria. 
Nep,or Cat-mint. 
cA.na.eU 
2 Mentha C at t aria altera . 
Great Cat-mint. 
