Note (26) — BOOK IV.

26. Refreshing to nature.) I have given a sense of the phrase secundum naturam (which is the reading of Linden and Almeloveen) very near to that, in which the philosophers use it, because I can find no other.—Pinzius, Junta, and the Manutii read vel mentha secundum naturam est. As the books vary, and none of them make the meaning quite clear, it might perhaps be plainer, if it be read, vel quod secundum eam naturam est, that is, Or mint, or something of the same nature.