MINT. —LETTUCE. 
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MINT. 
The medicinal properties of this herb were formerly held 
in such high estimation, that the plant became the emblem 
of virtue. 
Virtue only makes our bliss below. 
pope. 
Then rubb’d it o’er with newly-gather’d mint, 
A wholesome herb, that breathed a grateful scent. 
ANON. 
LETTUCE. 
It is fabled, that after the death of Adonis, Venus laid 
upon a bed of lettuce. 
Fat colworts, and comforting purseline, 
Cold lettuce, and refreshing rosemarine. 
SPENSER. 
And now let lettuce, with its healthful sleep, 
Make haste, which of a tedious long disease 
The painful loathings cures. 
COLUMELLA. 
