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Show 250 | Of the Hiftorie of Plants, sce Lis.2. a ee whereupon do growfimall tufts or {pokie gundles of white flowers. The feede followeth,browne ofcolour, andbitter in tafte. The whole plant is of a loathfomefmelland fauour. 4 StoneCreffe groweth flatvponthe ground, with leaues lagged and cutabout the edges like the oakeJeafe ,refembling well the leaues ofthepheardespu rfe. I hauenot feenethe flowers, and therefore they benot expreft in the figure;notwithftandin it g is reported vnto me,that they Of the Hiftory of Plants. Lis. 2. Nafturtinm Bifpanicum, ; Spanifh Creffes. 4 Naflurtinm Petreum, Stone Crefles, bee fmall and white ofcolour,as are thofeof the garden Creffes. The {eed is containedin {mall pouches orfeede veffels, like thofe of Freacle muttard or Thlafpi. @ The Place, OSs Creffes are fownein gardens,it skils notwhatfoile it be ; for that theylikea ny ground,efpecially ifit be well watered.» + M. Bowles found thefourth growing in Shropfhire in the fields about Birch in the parifhof Elefmere, in the grounds belonging to M. Richard Herbert, and that in : great plenty. + Rte oe Ve Ky aoe veh ONY R @ The Time, It maybe fowneatanytime of the yeereynleffe itbe in Winter s it groweth vp quickly, and bringethforth betimes bothftalke and feedesit dicth euery yeere, and recouerethit felfe ofthe fallen or fhakenfeed. 1 Naflurtium hortenfé, G The Names, GardenCreffes. k Creffes is called in Greeke ssnmen: in Latine Nafturtium;in Englith Creflés:the-Germaines call it herflesand in French, Cre/fow: the Italiatis,Ns furtio, and Agretto : of fome, towne Creffes,and gardenKarffe. Itis called Naflurtium,as Varmand Plime thinke 4 narribus torquendis, thatis to fay,of writhing the nofthrils, which alfo by the'foatl- fome{mell and fharpnefle of the feede doth cau fneefing. + The firftis called Nafturtinm hortenft, Garden Crefles.2 Xaflurtinm horten{e cri(pum,Gatden Creffes with crifpeor curled Jeaues. 3 Naflr- tinmHifpanicum,or Latifolinm ; Spanith Crefles,t Broad-leaued Crefles, 4 This is Na/turtiumpare wm Of Tabernamontanus (and not of Lobell,as out Author termedit.) Stone Creffes. r It driueth forth wormes, bringeth downethe floures, killeth the child in the mothers womb, and prouokethbodily luf. E ie Being inwardly taken,it is goodfor fuchas hauefallen from high places : irdiffolueth clutte- red bloud,and preuenteththe famethat it do not congeale and thickenin any part of the body ; it procuteth{weat, as the later Phyfitions haue found andtried by experience. | The Temperature. The herbe of garden Creffés is fharpe andbi- ting the tongue; and therefore it is very hot and drie, but lefle hot whileft it is yong andtender,by reafon ofthewaterie moifture mixed therewith,by which the fharpeneffe is fomewhatallaied. The feede is much more biting then the herbe, and is hot and driealmoft in the fourth degree, : q The Vertues. } vfually did ; and the low-Countrie men many : Galen faith that the Crefles maybe eaten with bread Felutiob{oniumand fo the Antie nt Spartans times doe, who commonly vfeto feed of Crefles with bread and butter, It is eaten withot herfallade hearbes. as Tarragon and Rocke t: and for this caufe it is chiefely fowen. It is goodagainft the difeafewhich the Germa * ines cal] Srorbuch and Seogbupe s Scorbutus : which we in Englandcall in Latine, the Scuruie,and Scurby,and vpon the feas the Skyrby+1t ' as good andas cffe@uallas the Scutuie grafle,or water Creffes, Diofioridesfaith, ifthe feed be ftamped and milt: with Vinegerand Barley meale parche mixed with hony,it cureth the hardneffe of the hard fivellings and inflammations, It fcouredit is aremedie againft the Sciatica,and taketh away th awaytetters, mixed with brine: it ripene calledin Greeke,assine: it forcibly cuttet th felon’, h and raifet if it be mixed withthings proper againf h vp thickeand tough humors of theche lt, t the ftuffing of the lungs. Diofcorides faithitis hurtful] te the floma cke, and troubleththe belly, Cuar.1. OfFndian Crefes. | The Defcription. Reffes of India haue many weake andfeeble branches,tifing immediat ely from the pround; difperfing themfelues far abroade, by meanes whereofone plant doth occupie a great cir cuit ofground,as doth the great Bindeweede. The tenderfta lkes diuide them{elues into fiindry branches, trailing likewife vpon the ground, fomewha t bunched or fwollen vpat cuery icine or knee, which are incolour ofa light red, but the fpaces betweene the ioints are gteene. The leaues are roundlike wall peniwort,called Cotyledon,the footeftalke ofthe leafe commethforth nthe backefide almoft in the middeft of the leafe,as thofe of Frogbit,i n tafte and fmell like the garden Creffes. The flowers are difperfed throughout the whole plant,of colour yellow,with a croffed ftarre ouerthwart the infide, ofa deepe orange colour ; vnto the bagke part of the fame doth hang taile or {purre,fuch as hath the Larkesheele, called in Latine Confolida Regalis, but Sreater, and thefpurre or heele longer ; which being paft there fucceed bitched and knobbed cods or feede veffels, wherein is contained the feede, rough, browne ofcolour,and like vnrothe feedes of the beete; but fmaller. ees . G The Place. The feedes of this rare arid faire plant came firft from the Indies into Spaine,and thence into France and Flanders, ftom whenceI receiuedfeede that bore with meboth flowers and feedes efpecially thofe I receiued from my louing friend foha Robin ofParis, € The Time. Thefeedes muft be fowen in the beginnin g of April, vponabed ofhot horfe dung, and ee ne |