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Show anni eonedeedad BROOKE OFTHE HISTORIE 1 Mentha fatinarubre. Red Garden Mints. OF PLANTS, whenas otherwileitfhould be called Atjntha,from whenceour old writers hatie derined 2 Mentha cruciata, Croffe Mint,or curled Mint, foridrfignificeh {weet,atid sou4: {mell: The Apothecaties, Italians, and French mendo} Latinename Mentha: the Spaniardes docall it Per#abuens, and Orte/ana:in high Dutch § yy inlowe Dotch @3unte + in Englifh Mint. Thefit Mintis called inhigh Dutch Diement yin low Dutch Bayin hevtinhet he tharwould ranflate itinto Latine 5 muft call ie Sacra mig ricaus, ot the holy blackifh Mint? } Mint, or ted Mint. The fecondis called in high Dutch Graufs piement, Hrauls muntz,an istolay,Mentha cructata iin French Beawme crefp Enelith évofle Mint; Thethitdis called ofdiuers Afentha Sarraccnica, Mentha Romana,Salyta Morfa:itiscalledin high Datch Batam munts,Onler frau sirbaliams itmay becalled Atentha anguffzfolia : that istofay , Mint with thenarrow lea inEnglifh Speate Mint, common Garden Mint,our Ladies Mint,Browne Mint, and M: Thefoutth is called in high Dutch bertskraut, as though it were tobe named Cardiaca, of diate Mentha: in Englifh Hart Woort,or Hart Mint. te Thetemperature. Mintis hot and drie in thethird degree.Iris faith Ga/emfomewhatbitter and harfh,andiris infetiortoCalamint, The fmell of Mincfaith Pine doth fturrevp the minde, and rhe taftagreedie deliteto meate, % The vertues. Mintis marnellous wholfome for the ftomacke , itftaieth the hicket, parbraking,vomiting and A {comtinginthe choletike paffion,ifit be takenwiththe inice ofa fowre pomegranate. Itftoppeth the cafting vp of blood,being giuen with water and vineger,as Ga/enteacheth, B _ Andinbroth, faith Péinie, it ftaieth the flowers, andis fingular goodagainft the whites, that C stofayhat Mint whichis defcribed inthe firft place.For it is found by expetience,that manyhaue psi thiskinde of fluxe ftaied by the continuallvfe ofthis onely Mint: the fame being appliedto the forehead,or to the temples.as P/yzze teacheth,doth tak awaythe headache. ‘aluia Romana. peare Mint. Itisgood againtt Watting cies,andall mahner ofbreakings out ii the head, and again{t the iufir- D mutesofthe fundament tit is a fare remedic for childrens fore heads. 3 % The defeription. olmed TheleauesofSpeare Mintare long ket’t of the Willowtree, but whiter, fofter, anama hairie: the flowers are orderly placed in anne of the ftalkes, and ineares like thofe of the i The roote heereofdoth alfo cteepenio others itis the, thandoth that ofthe firft;vato which hathio® Thereis anotherfort of Mintwhich mice Seaueé like to the third in little ftalkes,yet rs heereot!t and in rootes lefler; but the flowe notin the'tops ofthe braunches,but compathre of etiH about circlewife as doe'tl hofe sia which be ofalight purple colour. Likewife there bemany otherforts, #4 write itwere to {mall purpofe. & The place. Mott vie to fer Mints in gardens @ where. ‘tspowred into the cares with honie water. It is tal wardly againft Scolopenders, Beare E wommes,Seafcorpions and ferpents. ray ; Itisapplied with fale to the bitings ofmaddogs.Ie will not fuffer milke to ctuddle in the ftoma Ri eadderh towaxe fower.) T hereforeit is put into milke thatis drunke for feare thatthofe wh oe thercoffhould be ftrangled. ground, se Thewanes. Mintis called in Greeke #4 fweete finell (faith P&ie in his 19 hath changed the name amon) © 5 G ortaesteacheth that being appliedto the fecret part ofa womanbefore the act, ithindreth ption, Giied Mints Ps taker; dines,tien ae or pe rae oe pees ftomacke, and drieth vp H ' digeltion. bso te Mints minoled with ered in thefame,and caufeth good | Thos consi nthe meale ofparched barlie,confumeth tumors and hard fwellings, dT Se ater ofMints is of like operationin diuers medicines, it cureth the trenchings and griping K yexing° and vomiting. o 2 “Stingular ag: and bowels, 4 it appeafeth headachftaieth a sOfthebellie ainft the erauell and {tonein the kidneies,and againft the ftrangury, being boiled L ‘ine and drunke, theylaje ; ist _ : Y lac it to the {tinging of wafpes and bees with good ficcefle, M | The time. | Mints do flower and flourtin 3 ter therootes onelyremaine: continue long , and remaine BS . ist ought,tharby the fame vertueit is an enimie to generation,by ouerthickeningthefeede. OfNeep,or (Cat Mint. Anes % The de(cription. (hap.216: C eenNe growethhigh; ic bringethfoorthftalkes mone a gubite longs seme, tice » and full of branches: the leaues are broadnickedin the edges i ee o A f burlonger. The flowers are ofalight yellow, and whitith withaot otHore ot, "YCompa s abouthound, the yppermoft fprigs,and partly in the very top,they are fet inmanner rllOr catki the rooteis diuerfly parted,and full of ftrings,and endureth a longtime. ae ni whole ae 21 “ee |