HERB - "Hortulus" - "Catmint"

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Here's another installment of Strabo - Raisya

"XXIV.  Catmint

	Among the herbs my garden is always renewing
The sprigs of catmint grow as brisk as any
Its leaves are like the nettles, but the scent it casts
So lavishly round its tall head is passing sweet.
	It has long been known as a cure for many ailments
And ranks high among herbs.  Mixed with oil of roses,
The juice makes an ointment which, they say, can clear
The hurt of a wound and the unsightly marks of a scar,
Restoring the bloom of the skin and renewing the hair
Which the blood and pus of the gaping sore had eaten away."
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