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Show 194 THE SECOND 1 Nasartium Hertenfe, BOOKE HIST-ORIE OFITHE Of Garden Creffes. Chap.rx. PLANTS. fe, Lhauenotfeenethe theoken leafe, refembling well the leaues of fhephearde therefore they benotexpreft in thefigure ; notwith{tanding itis reported vnto me, thar the Garden Crefles. ge {mall andwhite ofcolour,as are thofe of the gar Arden Creffes or Towne Creflesshathfal narrowiaggedleaues, fharpe and burningin tafte,The italks be round,a cubitehighwhic bring foorth manyfinall white flowers, andafterl tle flat huskesorfeede-veflels , like to thofe ofthep. heards purfe, wherein are conteinedfeeds ofabrom reddifh colour, The roote dieth whenthefeccei SarSE OF and cut about the edges 3 Stone Creffes groweth flatvpon the grounde,with leaues iagged A ripe. There is anotherkinde in tafte like the former,br imleaues farre different, which I recouered offeeds, J fent me from Robinus dwelling in Paris. Thettaks rife vp to the height of a foote, garnifhedwith maty broade leaues, deepely cut or indented about edges :the middle of the leafeis deckt and garnifed with manylittle finall leauesor rather fareddes of leaues , which make the famelike a curlde fanneo! feathers, The feedcis like the former in fhape, 2 Spanith Crefles rifeth foorth of the grouindelit vnto Bafill, afterwarde the leaues growelarga broader, like thofe of Marigoldes, among the whic rifeth vp a crooked lymmet ftalke , whereupon ue lone’ growe{mall tuftes or fpokie rundels of white The feedé followeth, browne ofcolour, and bitters tafte, The wholeplant is of a lothfome finell &cfaut Petrewm Lobel 3 Nafturtinm Stone Crefles. % ns. 1¢ feed is conteined in {mal 7 orfeede veflels, like thofe of Treacle muftardor Thlaf % The place. besforthat it liketh anyyggrour Crelfes is fowenin gardens,it skils not what f vile it itbe well watered, % Thetime Itmaybe fowen at any time ofthe yeere,vnleffe itbe in winter; it groweth vp qu E foorthbetimes bothftalke and feede : it dieth cueryyeere , and recouereth it felfe of the fhakenfeede, % The names. Creflesis called in Greeke x/péuor in Latine 2asfurtinm:in aston Englith ud Crefles,being es,beingana a nam towedof the Germaines , who call iciterffe t and in French Grefon: the Italians 2aifurt goSoraa towne Crefles and garden Karfle, It is called Xafturtinm,as Varr Se ee is tofay of writhing the nofethrils,which alfo bythe lothfome fel ind {harpenes ofthe feede doth canfe Sternutamenta , or{neezings, Tl % The temperature. feaapaicing cefate aaieneie vegetae bymhich Be cieesis eas on y reafon of the watery moifture mixedtherewith, Thefeed ismuch morebiting thenthe herbe,and is hot and drie almoft inthefourth degree. Gilenfaith that Crefles may b - bea j i i mer f y bee eatenwith bread Yeluti ob/onium, as the lowe Conntrie : “Ot time do,who5 commonlyer Manyytimes vie to feede of Creffes with breadaoa and butter, Itis eaten with other ret ic. Ser AE Tarr: falladeherbes etbes.as lis good euacie and pySeg :and for this cauic it is chiefely fowen. ; lez eee the Germaines “mai a1] Scoghuck Srayhiurk and 1 Scoebupye? & ¢ +iin Srbteich tf ane call ce in England call the Scuruie, andScurby , and ypon the feas the Skyrby: i Daf ooo as the Scuruie graffe,or water Crefles. NS ‘ ae \ ‘ : i faith, ie she ofcortaes with oe feedebe5 {tamped and mixed with honie, it cureth the hardnefle of the Cc hard fvellings oe ae atly meale parched, it is a remedie againft the Sciatica, and taketh av Velings,and inflammations. It {courethi awayay tetters, with brine brine:21t it ripeneto ripenetl mixed with tetters, mixed ifitbe mixed with t tforceablie cutteth andraifeth vp thicke and tough humours of the cheft, called in GreekeMifvec: Disforide'faich nlngs proper againit the {tuffing ofthe lunges. D I Teche hurtfull to the ftomacke, and troubleth the belly. childeiin the mothersrswomt killeth the childe womb, E flowers, killeth'the dow: lowne thee flowers, bring luft » bringeth woormes, bodily : and provoketh cing8 inwardly y taker taken. ici +. ditt : : Bdeociich: loudsand Preuenteth b Bc goodfor fiich as hiaue fillen ftom high places: it diffolueth cluttered F tie fame thatiedonotcongeale andthickenin any part of the body: it proctnethf nvegteras:the |ree: sasithe later: E hyfitions haue'found and tried by epetience. OfIndian Creffes.* Chap.13. % The defeription. Reffes of] . C dilperfin ndta hath many weake andfeeble branches, rifing itumediately fromthe ground, : f: © themfelues farre abroade; by meanes whereof,oneplant doth occupiea great cirf as Chit of oto, ind, clues as : r : Undrie braunches tf 7: on the great Bindeweede. The tender ftalkes deuide themfelues into : v: likewife vponthe s isittor knee,which a ing9 likewife gtounde, fomewhat bunchedor fwollen vp at euerie atein colour of a light ted, butthe {paces betweene theioints’are greene, The 2 leaues hi |