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Show HISTORIE OF THE THE SECOND BOOKE 3 Smapr fplnefir’. Wilde Muftard. A 2% : Ts j OF PLANTS. and hard {wellings. and blacke markes that K It helpeth thofe that haue their haire pilled off; it taketh away the blew comeofbrufings. x The a oo defeription. , h: h leaues like thofe of 3. The wilde Muftard fhepheards purfe, but rougher,and more deepely indented, with a ftalke growing to the heightof two foote ; bearirig atthe top {mall yellowfow. ers made of fowerleaues : the codsbefinall and mal. flender, wherein is contcined reddith feede, OfRacket. (bap.1o. % The kindes. ler then anyof the others, but not fo fharpe otbi ung, Herebefiindry fortesofRocket,fome tame,or ofthe garden; fome wilde or of the fieldes fon ofthe water,and ofthefea. %& Theplace. The garden Muftard,with whitith feedis {owen in gardens : Paladins faith, it loueth to growein plowed grounde, andis delighted with moiftut, This kinde isnot common in England, yet Ihave difperfed the feede thereofinto indrie pattsof this lande , fo that I thinke itis reafonablie wel 2 Eruca fyluefiris, Wilde Rocker, 1 Evuca[atina. Garden Rocket. knowneat this day. The other kindesdo growe of their owneat: cordein grauelly grounds and ditch bankes, and byhigh waies,and among tubbifh. % The time. Muftardmaybe fowenin the beginning ofthe fpring. The feedeisripein Iulyor Augutt: itcom meth to perfedtid the fame yeere thatitis fovren % The names. The Athenians hauecalled muttard rete tines ‘Sinapi: the rude and barbarous Singin 7 ? lowe Dutch Boftactt (att the Germanes Genffzthe Frenchmen Senene, and Atoustarde : the Semapt' in Englifh :the Italians but the fauce which is made of the feede, is fimplie called Muftard whet the Spaniatdes: AZoftaza and MoStalla : the Bohemians Horcice: Plinécalleth it Thhafpi, doubtlefieitis akinde,andfome hauecalled it Saurion. That Muftard whichbringeth foorth white feede, may be called white Muftard. he fecond kinde,common Muftarde,orfielde Senuie. "The third wilde Muftard,or treacle Muftarde. % The temperature. : ‘a The feede of Muftard,efpecially that which we chiefely vfe,doth heateand make thinne, a4? drawe foorth, Itis hot and drie in the fourth degree according to Galen. of : % The vertues. A “The feede ofMuftard pound withvineger,is an excellent fauce good.tobe eaten with any a meates, either fith or fleth, bicaufe it doth helpe digeftion, warmeth the ftomacke, and prow appetite, 4 B Itisgiuen with good fucceffein like mannerto fuchasbefhort winded , andare ftoppeai breaft with toughflegme fromthe head and braine. C Teappeafeth the toothach,being chewed in the mouth, sith D__ Es. F % The defirsption. They vfe to makea gargarifine with honie, vineger, and Muftard feede againtt the ume {welling of the Vuula, and the Almondes. about the throateand roote ofthe toong. r ‘Muftarddronke with water and honie,prouokeththe tearmes andvrine. ; mene |The feede ofmuftard beaten and putinto the noftrils, caufeth {neezing, and raiferh w ‘eve : of themother outoftheir fits, G ‘ Itis goodagainft the falling ficknes,andfuch as hauethe Lithargie, ifit belaid plaiftet™ exp theheade (after fhauing) being tempered with figs. 14pit all mannet ofold? :italfocureth bone orhuckle hippe the in Sciaticajorache «dphelpeththe is Hi Proceeding ofacoldecaufe, I Icis mixed with good fiucceffe with drawingplaifters,and with {uch as wafte aud confumé 1 ¥ ; Atd G Se ak or Rocket gentle, hath broade leaues like thofe of Turneps, but not opither {o great, nor rough. The ftalkes rife vp ofa cubite, and fometimes two cubites high ; . i Ke tometinesyellonah. and brittles atthe top whereofgrowe the flowers of a whitifh colour, and the feede, whichconteine coddes, long fucceede do there paft, being hotvnlike tor owithswhich * ne Com; ape feede,but finaller. ‘ - : ; I RomaineRecket, Rocket which we haue in our gardens, called the wilde Rocket,is leffer then the gentle, in leaues and {talkes narower,and more jagged. The flowers be ¥ellowethe me cod Codrae s alfoRocket flenderer,the {edeis reddith and biteth the toong. 3 Eruca |