£88 
Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
L I B. 2 
The Place. 
Itdclighteth to grow in mountaines,and in the fhadovvy and grandly Tides thereof : it is found 
in many places ofltaly and France, and in other countriesut is brought into gardens , where it 
profpereth maruellous well, and very eafily foweth it felfe. I haue found thefe plants growing vp- 
on the chalkie grounds and highwayes leading from Grauefend vnto Canturbury, in mod places, 
or almoft euery where, t I haue onely obferued the third and fourth to grow vvilde with vs in 
England. £ 
The Time. 
It flourifhethin Sommer, and almoft all the yeare thorow : it bringeth forth floures and feed 
from Iune to Autumne. 
The Names. 
It is called in Greeke wV*. as though you ftiould fay, Diegans aut vtilis CHemha, a gallant or 
profitable Mint : the Latines keepe the name Calamintha : Apuleius alfo nameth it amiffe, CMenta- 
Jlrum, and confoundeth the names one with another : the Apothecaries call it '.Montana. Calamin- 
tha, Calamentum , and fometime Calamentum mentanum ; in French, falament : in Englifh,Mountain 
Calamint. $ The fourth is certainly the fecond Calamintof D/ofcoridts, and the true Nipcta of 
the Antients. £ 
The Temperature. 
This Calamint which grovveth in mountaines is of a feruent tafte, and biting, hot, and of a thin 
fubftance, and dry after a fort in the third degree, as Galen faith : itdigeftyth or wafteth away thin 
humors, it cutteth,and maketh thicke humors thin. 
The Tertucs. 
A Therefore being inwardly taken by it felfe, and alfo with meade, or honied water, it doth mani- 
feftly heate, prouoketh fvveat, and confumeth fuperfluous humors of the body ; it taketh away the 
fhiuerings of Agues that come by fits. 
The fame alfo is performed by the fallet oyle in which it is boy led, if the body be anointed and 
well rubbed and chafed therewith. 
C The decoftion thereof drunke prouoketh vrine, bringeth downethemonethly ficknefie,andex- 
pelleth the childe, which alfo it doth being but onely applied. 
D It helpeth thofe that are bruifed, fuch as are troubled with crampes and convulfions,and that 
cannot breathe vnleffe they hold their necks vpright (that haue the wheefing of the lungs, faith Ga- 
len ) and it is a remedie faith Diofcorides for a cholericke paffion, otherwife called the Felony. 
E It is good for them that haue the yellow jaundice, for that it remoueth the (toppings of the li- 
uerand gall, and withall clenfeth : being taken afore-hand in Wine, it keepeth a man from being 
poyfoned : being inwardly taken, or outwardly applied it cureth them that are bitten of Serpents : 
being burned or ftrewed it driues ferpents away : it takes away black and blew fpots that come by 
blowes or dry beatings, making the skin faire and white ; but for fuch things (faith Galen) it is bet- 
ter to be laid to greene than dry. 
F Irkillethallmannerofwormesofthebelly, ifit be drunk with fait and honey : theiuyeedrop- 
ped into the eares doth in like manner kill the wormes thereof. 
G Pliny faith, that iftheiuyce be conueyedvp into the nofthrils itftancheth the bleeding at the 
nofe^and the root (which Diofctnidcswriteth to be good for nothing) helpeth the Squincie, if it 
begargarifed, or the throat wafhed therewith, being vfed in Cute, and Myrtle feed withall. 
Iris applied to thofe that haue the Sciatica or ache in the huckle bone, for it drawes the humor 
from the very bottome,and bringeth a comfortable heat to thewhole ioynt : Paulut toUgineta faith, 
that for the paine of the haunches or huckle bones it is to be vfed in Clyfters. 
I Being much eaten it is good for them that haue the leprofie, fo that the patient drinkewhay af- 
ter it, as Diofcorides witnefleth. 
K Apuleius a)firmeth,'that if the leaues be often eaten, they are a fure and certaine remedy againft 
the leprofie. 
L There is made of this an Antidote or compofition, which Galen in his fourth booke of the Go- 
uernment of health deferibes by the name of Diacaldminthos, that doth not onely notably digeft or 
wafteaway crudities, butalfo is maruellous good foryoung maidens that want their courfes, if 
their bodies be firft well purged ; for in continuance of time it bringeth them downe very gently 
withoyt force. 
•f The figure which Formerly ivn in the fecond place belonged to the fourth defcription ; and the figure that belonged thereto wa* before falfiy pnt for the 
.Wodowiaor'VVood-Sagc. As alfo that which fliould haue beene put in the fourth place was put in the fit ft place of the laft chapter fauctwo, for the Red Garden 
Mint. ' * 
