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Show Cu arety | em a Theatrum Botanwwu i. Ts. 13011, The Fheater of Plants. ext Cuasrg. The Vertnes. 9. Mentaftram tuberofam Clasi. CluGus his knobbed wild Mints, The garden Mints in generall, yet the (we-ter forts; thar is the Speare Mint, and Hart Mint, ate more ufually takenforall che ufes whereunto Mints doe ferve ; Diofcorides faith it hath an heating,bir andtherefore the juyce taken with vinegar ftayethbleediig, it ftirreth upvenery g,and drying qudlity, or bodilylu(t, and ashee faith killeth the round wormes, whicn hath not ufually beene knowne to take effe& with any.,.two.or three: branches thereofitaken with the juyce of fswre Pomegranats ftaieth the hickock,vomitings,and allaieth choller, it diffolveth 11. CMentaftram hirfutum. impoftumes beinglayed to with barly meale : it is goodto repreffe the milkein womens brealts whe they Hairy wild Mints. This wild Mint hath {quaré hairy ftalkes with many branches rifing are {wolne therewith, or otherwife, for fuchas have {wollen, flaggingor great breafts, applyed with falt,i¢ helpeth the byting hayrie long leaves fet thereon at a joynt , and many purplifh flowers at the tops, to curdle i the ftomack;if the leaves hereofbe {teepedor boyledin it before yee drinkeie, Briefly,itis very profitable {tomack; and in meates is much accepted, it is of efpeciall ule to fay the feminine courfés when tl faft, as‘alfoito ftay the whites, for which purpofe no other hearbe is more fafeand powerfall, for by ing it oftenithath cured many. Applyed to the forehead orthe temples of the head it eafeth the paines thereof. Itisalfo from the roote , higher and grearer than the ordinary wilde Mint, having 12. CMentaftrum rotundifolinm minus. Small round leafed wild Mints. The ftalke hereof is {quare, hairy, and teddith , about a foote high, having twoleaves at ajoynt, fomewhat long andround, foft, hairy, and dented about the edges, of a fad greene on the upper fide; and hoary under-neath : from the joynts rife fome branches fer withthe like leaves, andround heads of flowers at the toppes, of a purplifh colour: the feent hereof is not very pleafant, but rather {trong and heady. The Place, The firkt foure forts are onely found planted in Gardens with us, and the fift found firtt wilde both with us, and elfewhere , but far efpeciall refpects brought into gardens. The otherforts were likewife wild by nature in their places , but now are cherifhed with the lovers of plantes in many places. The Tine! ~ Allthe forts ofGardén,as wellas wild Mints, flower notuntill the beginning of Auguft for th emoft part, but the garden Mintsfor the moft part feldome doegive any good feed, but recompence the defe& b y the increafe the root, which is fo plentifilll, that being once planted ina garden, they of are hardly rid out againe, every {mall piece thereof beingleft in the ground increafing faft enough, The Names. £Mentha wascalled by the old Grecians uirdn as Pliny tecordeth, but of the later Greékes #Svécws ab odoris bowitate veljucunditate, becaufe it is fo fweet, The Arabians call it Nabat naho : theItalians (Mentha : the Yerva buena : the French Afenthe : the Germa Spaniards nes Aduntz: the Dutch Mint, andfo doe we. The fritof garden Mintsis called Romana anguftifolia five chefe Cardiaca, and called by Bauhinus Mentha hortenf is verticillata ocims edore(but howtru ely I cannot fee,becaufe beareth {piked heads) whofaith alfo, it is the Ocinoides repens that Gerard hath {et out, for that no other Ocimoiitdes ciata ofLobel, & rotundifolia altera picato flore, ofany other Author agreeth thereunto, The fecond is called Cra. in Englifh CrofleMint. The third is ufually inour name of red Mints = the fourth is called Afentha crifpa, gardens by the and Balfamita of Camerarius, and Sifymbriam hortenf Matthiolus, and called by Baxhinus Menth e of a crifpa verticillata,andis the vulgataferpe ns rotundiorefolio Pulegi flore of Lobel, in Englifh Curld or Crifpe Mint. The did not fet forth. The fixtis that kinde ofwil fiftis the beft and trueft Curld Mint, which Lebel fhewed. but d Mints which is planted in gardens, and called Mint; (from whence hath come our white or party coloured Mints,to be feene in manygardens ) of fome Horfe called by Lobel Sifymbria Menta agreftis , for andasI itanfw ereth very well thereunto, although Lobel faith, thinkeis with the Adentha cruciate, The feventh is called it isall one by Lobe/ Wentaftrum alind Ge Mentaf nenfis,itisthe S.syfimebrinmSylueftre of Matthi olus very well {et forth in. his {mall cones,irum Campenfe of Lugdst C/ufius hath fer forth,calling the cighth Afosta The eichth and ninth referrethit rather to a kinde of Cattaria tuberofnum,or Pannonicum,and the other Mentastrum tuberofa radice, but a, and by that name I have often received from Italy and otherplaces, whereuntoit it among other {eeds doth moft fitly agree. The tenth Banhin :eaeBeethereofee defcription in his ey P7 : t the the name ofMentha ceniculara . and us: hath writtengots of, andfe radice, faith, hee received it2 both by ¢ a tub 4 peta anguft ifolia odorata, from feverall places The eleve bel Calaminthatertia Diofcoridis nth is.called by LBey. ect Dias. o a . by Camerarius Teapan lind C ee Baubinns Mentha rotundifoliapaluft ris mixer, ae fl palufiris folioe tomeTh oblongo: The ea laltis ds called b by The of a mad Dogge, with Meade or honied waterit eafeth the paines ofthe cares ;.applyed to the. privie parts of a woman before the act ofgeneration hindreth lines below; and rubbed tponthe tongue,taketh away 35 See ane ee concey ion, which is contradi@ed as you may read a few roughnefle thereof. Tt fufferethnar milke good torwath the heads of young children therewith, againft all manner of breaking out therein, whether fores or {cabs : and healeth the chaps ofthe fundament. It is prontable alfo againft the potfon ofvenemous creatures, The diftilled:warer of Mints ts availeable to all the purpoles aforefaid, yet more weakely : but if'a {pirit thereofbee tightly aud chimically dtawne, it is more p owerfull thanthe hearbeit felfe, in regard the fpirir and ftren sthof a great deale’ is brought intoa {mall proportion ; foure ounces thereof takenas Marth th, doth ftay bi ding atthe nofe, which maybe thought incredible to a gtcat many. It 1s much commended tobe available in venereous caufes,although PZxy in his 4.20 cap.14.doth write to the contrary + but Galen in his Gxt Booke of Sintples, doth rendera'reafon of the faculty hereofvery worthily , where he-faith, fome doe call that (Mesths vdorata, {weet Mint, which by othersis called ivo7ua; Hedyo/mos : but there'is another Mint which is not {weet, which they call Calamintha : both ofthem are fharpein tate, and hotin quality, yea even in the third degree of heat, but Mentha odorata is weaker and leffe heating, fo that I may well fay that the one feemethto beas“it were the tame, and the other the wild : wherefore'by that humidityit hath gained by manuting, it provokerhto Venery, which thing is commonto all hearbes that have in theman humidicy halfe digefted and windy : by reafon of whichtemperature being mingled with Barley theale it is ufed to ripen impoftumes; which you cannot doe with Calémint, becan(e it heateth and digefteth more, thenfurch things as fhouldripen impoftumes doe require. It ‘hath alfo in it a little bitterneffe, andfometartneffe, by reafon of the bitternefle it kille.h the long wormes of the belly, and by the tartneffe ic ftayeth the vomiting ofblood : whileitis freth, ifit bee taken with Oxycratum (which fonie take tobe fower milke, and others tobe Pa/ca, thatis vineger and water mingled together.) Itisofas gteat tenuity as any heatb whatfoever: thefe are Gales words. Simeon Sethi faichit helpeth a cold liver,and ftrengtheneth the ftomack andbelly, canfeth digeftion, tayeth vomitings and the hickock,is good againit and ftirreth/ap the appetite,it taketh awaythe obftrutions of the liver, and ftirceth the gnawingsof the heart, up bodily Iufts bat thereof too much muft notbe taken, becaufe it makeththe blood thin and whayith, and’ tutneth ir intocholer, yea, and caufeththe blood which is of very thin parts,after it is feparated, to becomethick fore cholerick perfons mutt abltaine fromit: itis a fafe medicine for the byting and melanchdlick : and thereof with faleand laid on ; the powderof it being dryed and raken after meate, helpeth a mad Dogge), beingbruifed fplenetick , taken with’ wine it helpeth womenintheir hard and fore travels in digeftion and chofe that are child-bearing s it isalfo thought to begoodfor bleare eyes applyed to them ; and. that the decogtion of them at the mouth fpeedily or prefently. tis good againft the gravell and ftone inbeing drunke,dothhelpethe bleedings the kidneys and ftrangury, Itisalfo comfortable for the head and memary, ‘not onely to be {melled unto, bur chieflyro be applyedstinto the head and temples, and €afeth the head-ach: the decoftion thereofcureth the gums and mouththat is fore, fir bee gatgled therewith, and mendethanill favoured breath, as alfo with Rue and Goriander, caufeth theuvula or palate of the mouth that is downe,to returne toits place againe, the decoction thereat being garaled and ‘held-‘in the! moiith, Ariftorle and otherin the ancient times forbade Mints to be ufed ofSouldiers time. of warre:s becanfe they thoughtitdid fo muchincite to Venery,that it tookeaway, or at; lea{t abated inthe Divers have held for true,that Cheefes will not corrupr,if they be-eitherrubbedtheir animofity or courage: tofight, over with the juyce:or the deco. tion Of Mintsjor they laid among them.. And {ome againe,that if the juyce of Mints be put into theimilke whéreofyou méane to'make’ Cheefe, that althoughyee putrennet thereto,it will neyerdraw, ta-curds whereby! to:be= come Cheefe,° The vertiies ofthe wild Mints are more efpecially to. diffolve winde:inthe: ftomack; to -helpe :the chollick and thofe thatare fhort-winded, andare an efpeciall remedy for thofe. that have, venerolts \dteames «and pollutionsin the night, afed'both inwardly andthe juyc@@being applyed outwardly to the: teftidles ior codsis: the juyce thereofdropped intothe eares eafeth the paines, and deftroyeth the wormes that breed in them ; they are good againft the venemous bytings of Serpents, and asiris faid, killeth them by.the fume thereo& or by the feng of then being laydiin any place. the juyce laid on warmehelpeth the kgs or-kernels ofthé throat, thelde.. cottion, or the diftilled water helpeth’ ftinking breath,‘which proceedeth fnnffed'up into the nofe purgeth the heads Pizy faith, that in the time of fromthe corruption: ofthe teeth, -and Great:Pompey,it was found ont bysexperience 6f'one;to cure the Lepry by eating the leaves, and applying fome of them, to/ his faces.and\te helpe dhe feurfe of dandroffe ofthe hea utedWith vineger, |