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markesinthe face, and maketh black fcarres to become well coloured, ifthe greene hcarb and not the dry be boy- 
led in wine and laid to the place, or the place washed therewith being laid to the huckle-bone or haunch where 
the paine of the Sciatica refteth, by continuance of time it fo healeth the place, that it draweth forth and fpendeth 
the humours that were the caufe of the paine. (This was a courfe held in Diofcondes time, but our Phyficians and* 
Chirurgians doe not fo ufe it now. adayes.) It killeth the wormes of the eares if the juyee be dropped into them, 
the leaves boyled in wine and drunke provoketh l'weat,and openeth the obftrudions both of the liver and fpleene: 
it hclpethalfo them that have a tertian ague (the body being firfi: purged) by taking away the cold fits tnatgoc 
before it:the decottion hereof with feme Sugar put therto afterwards,is very profitable for thofe that be troubled 
with the overflowing ofthegauie, and that have an old cough, that are fcarce able to breath by the fhortnefleof 
their winde, that have any cold diftemperature in their bowels, and are troubled with the hardnefle of the fpleene, 
for all which purpofesboth the powder called < Diaca/amctttbcs i and the compound Syrupe of Calamint, which arc 
to be had at the Apothecaries are inoft effeftuall. 
Chap. XV. 
Nepeta. Neppe or Calamint. 
ere are divers forts of Neppe, fome vulgar, and others more rare, which I intend to bring to your 
T knowledge, which are thele. 
r • Nepeta mdjor vulgaris. Common Garden Nep. 
Tl ie Common garden Neppe fhooteth forth hard foure-fquare flalkes with an hoarinefle on them,a 
yardhigh or more,full of branches, bearing at every Joynt two broad leaves, for forme and largenefle, fomewhat 
like unto Bal me,but longer pointed, fofter, whiter, and more hoary, nicked alfo about the edges,and are of a ftron® 
Tweet feent. not offenfive to any, but very pleafing to Cats,who will rub thcmfelvcs thereon all over; the flowers 
grow in large tufts at the toppes of the branches,and underneath them likewife on the flalkes many together, of a 
whit fb purple colour: the rootes are compofed of many long firings and fibres, faftning them fc Ives throng ly in 
the ground, and abide with greene leaves thereon all the Winter. 
2. Nepeta media. Middle fized Neppe. 
This other Nep hath likewife fquare hard flalkes,not fo great as the former, but rather more in number, and 
fometimes as high: the leaves are fmaller by almoft the halfe, harder,greener,and nothing fo ftrong in feent, fet by 
couples upon the flalkes,which branch not in that manner: the flowers are fewer, fmaller, and growing onely by 
fpaces along them up to the toppes, of a faint purplifh colour, gaping like the other, and after them fuch like fmall 
round feed in the huskes, the rootes are greater, longer, and more wooddy, abiding many yeares in the ground, 
but holding no greene leaves thereon in the winter. 
3. Nepeta minor. 
Small Nepyc. 
3. Nepeta minor, Small Neppe. 
This fmall Neppe hath divers fonre-fq.iare hard and hoary 
flalkes riling from the root, which dye not after feed-bearing, 
but fhoote frefh branches not above a footehigh, with two 
fmall long and narrow leaves, : (nipt or dented about the edges, 
and hoary alfo, of a ftronger feent than the common, and of a 
hotter tafle, the flalkes fhoote forth into many branches, at the 
toppes whereof ftand many fmall gaping white flowers, fpike 
fafhion like the ordinary, after which come fmall blackefeed 
like the other. 
Cajper Bauhinut in his Vrodromiu 7 beatri Botanici fetteth 
downe a fmall Neppe, which he faith doth differ from this of 
Clufius , but the delcription thereof doth fo neerely rcfemble it, 
that I am more than halfe perfwaded it is the very fame. 
4 * Mentha Cat Aria minor Alpina. Small Mountaine Neppe, 
or Catmint. 
In the fame place he fetteth downe another Neppe, fmaller 
than his former, with fquare brownifh flalkes of a foot height, 
branching forth,whereon arc fmaller leaves fet then the former, 
being fomewhat broad,almoft three fquare and hoary;the flow¬ 
ers are fmall and whitifh,fet or placed fpike fafhion at the tops, 
like unto the common kinde. 
5. Nepeta peregrma latifolia. Strange Neppe with broad 
leaves. 
This ftrange Neppe hath a fquare hoary ftalke, fpreading into 
branches on all fides from the bottome to the toppe, fet with 
two leaves at every fpace,which are broader than the next that 
fblloweth, but yet are not much broade r , but longer than the 
ordinary Neppe. dented about the edges, and of an hoary greene 
colour: the flowers ftand in fpaces about the toppes of the 
flalkes, almoft of a pure white colour like in forme unto the 
common Neppe, but larger : after which commeth the feed 
which is blacke like it alfo; the fmell of the whole plant is 
ftronger and fharper,but more pleafing than it, 
6 . Nepeta 
