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Show Cuar.to. Theatrum Botanicum. Trise7, Trise 7, The Theater ofPlants. like Rue, Thisis very likéthe Zrwea containing {mall {mooth round feedeof a very fharpe tafte:and{melling carulea fet forthbefore. Cuap. XI, The Place; Irio five Eryfimum, Hedge Muftard, Gardensonely, but the fécond, 4s wellas that which is fpoken of in The frit is not found wilde with us but in and firrowes of them; thé omy other booke, are foundoften in the borders of fields, asalfo in the low rilles thie other of Naples, and the laft of Exype, ther three are firangets tous, the one being ofUMompelier, The Time, ripe in Augu/t, All thefe Muftardes are but annuallplants flowring in Z#/y, and their fede The Names, but efthanens faith that the 4Tris called in Greeke oan Sinapi,and fo doe the Latinescall it alfo,and Simapia: ; thenians called it vez, and Ariffophanes in Equits faith of Cleomenes when he was angry, pec. Tey, rontem contraxit. Mon The Arabiduscallit Cardel, the Italians Senape, the Spaniards AdoRarde and Moftaxa,the French Senue and frarde, the Germanes Seneff and Senff, the Dutch Moftaerte, and we in Englifo Muftard, Thefirkt is called ofLo- of Ddonaus bel Simapi fativum Eruce ant Rapifolio,of Cordus upon Diofcorides,and of Lagdunenfis Sinapi hortenfe, Sinapi fativempris, of Camerarins Sinapi album differing from Erucafemine albo, of Baubinus Sinapi rapifolio, inapi Diofcoridis c Theoprbafti,Sinapi alternm lini paftoris folio, by Dodoneus and Lugdunenfis Sinapi the {econdis called by Lobel Sinapi [ylveftre minus burfa fylueftre, and is the third Sivapi of Adatthiolus, Durantes, and Cafalpinus, Tragus calleth it Erucafive Rucula marina minor, and Sinapi novum ; Fuchfius Eruca fativa, Tarner , and Gefner inhortis Erucafylveftras: the thirdis called by Bauhinus Sinapi parvum filiqua alpera : Erucah : thelalt is {o and the fourth Colamna calleth Sinapi alterum agrefte noStras : and BanhinusSinapi ambella purpurea fo called by Alpinus as is in the title, cl formerly hath bin,being Heré are divers forts ofthis Hedge Muftard more knowneat this time thenmay perceive in the fucfound out by divers diligent and experienced fearchers of herbes,as you ceeding difcourfe. : Muftard. 1. Trio five Eryfimum vulgare, The common wilde Hedge ftalke,tough or limber, The common Ery/imum erowet hupafually but with one.blackith greeneftalkes, fet full of bran- and fometimés with divers eafie to bend burnot tobreake, branched intodivers parts, Z into many: parts, cut in or torne on the edges ches whereon grow long rouglror hard rigged leaves very mach re {mall and yellowthat grow at the tops fome bigger and fome leffer, of a durtie greene colour : the flowersalong in flower, the ftalkes will have fmall ng of the branchesin ong {pikes flowring by degreesfo that continui while the toppeflowers yet fhewthemfelves, round cods at the bottome,growing uptight and clo {eto the ftalke, theherbeit felfe is alfo the roote groweth as ftrong in which are contained {mall yellow feede,fharpe an d every yeare. downe lender and wooddy,yet abiding and {pringing therefrom 2. Eryfimum alterum filiqnis Eruce. Broad leafed.hedge Muftard. t like the former but not fo This hedge Muftard rifeth up with two or three darke greene flalkes, fomewha greene leaves;.c ut into three or foure parts, with almoft equall darke large with onallfides fet muchbranched, f edges thereof : the or dented about the gathes oneach fide,but the end is the largeft,(omewhat un evenly waved fpikes are not fo long,neithe doe the long and flowersare {mall and yellow,yet greater then the former, whofe b nt fhorter like to thofe of Rocket ; the roundpods of yellow feede (tandfo clofe tothe ftalkes,nor are fo ‘fmall yeareroote is not {o long or wooddybut more-fibrous continuing bura 2. The Vertues, Muftard feede efpecially the commonfort is hot and drie in the fourth degree ( but the white feede and the o- ther {mall forts are not fo hor and haththe vertue of heating, difcuffing,tarefying and drawing forth {plinters of bones or other things out of the flefh. ‘The condithent or fawceis of greatufe, Yor ina manner the whole encreafe of the ground is {pent thercabout to feafonor fharpen the meats, both of fifh and Heththat are eateneither bythe rich or poore : the faid Muftardis of goodeffe& to bring downe womens courfes, and for other hyftericall difeafes, and for thofe thatare Epilepticke or Lethargicke, that is troubled with thefalling ficknefle or lethargie, dronfie, forgetfull,evill, to ule both inwardly and outwardly to rubbethe noftrills, the forehead and temples, to warme & quickenthofe dull {pirics that are as it were afleepe or almoft dead; forby the fierce fharpenefie it pierceth rorhe braine and purgeth itby fneefing and drawing duwne rheume & other vifcous clammy humors which bytheir refidence doe tauchoffend, or by their diftillation upon the lungsand cheft procure conghing, and therefore with fome honnyadded thereto doth much good therein, Our ancient forefathers even the better fort in the age of the world, were not{paring in the ufe hereof, for withmore fimple, and as I may fay 1ealth by warming the ftomacke and helping digeflion, bycleni out doub: theyf fing the braine, lungs and breaft of rheumeand flegme : butnowadayesitis feldome nfed by their {ucceflours being accounted the clownes fawce, and therefore not fit for their tables ; but is transferred either to the mey nyor meanerfort, who therefore reape the benefit thereof. The decoétion of the herbe, but the feede is the more ufuialland effe@taall made in wine and drinke provokerh urine,refifteth the force of poifon, the malignitie of Mufhromes, and the venome ofthe Scorpion or other venemous creatures,for it fuffereth not the virulencie thereof to foirits, thereby to overthrow life, but mafterethit in the way if it be taken intime: pierce to the heart, and virall the fame alo takenbefore the fits of agues doth by warmingthe bloud andfpirits, keepe backe and leffen the cold fits, therebyalrering the courfe and curing the difeafe: the {cede alfo taken either by it felfe or with other things, h mightily prevaile to ftirre up bodily Inft, being takenalfo in the fame manoF drink either in an Eledt paines in the fides and gnawingsin the bowels, and ufed as a gargle, it helpeth the {pieene nerit helpeth the Vouulaorpallate of the mouth whenit is fallen downe and faftenethit, and alfo diffolveth the tumours &kernells abont the throatein the Kingsevill, efpecially ifit be alfo applied outwardly thereto: being chawed in the mouth it oftentimes helpeth the tooth-ach : the outward application hereof upon the pained place of the Sciatica doth much helpe to difcafle the humours, and to eafe or leffen the paines, as alfo for the goute and other joynt-dthes, and is much and oftenufed to eafe paines in the fides or loynes, the fhoulders or other parts of the body, upon the applying thereof to raife blifters, and by drawing the paines to the place from the inward or more remote,cureth the difeafe or diverteth it to thofe outward places where locall medicines mayhe!pe : itis alfonfed to helpe the fallins ofthe haire: the feede bruifed mixed with hony and applied, or madeup with waxe, taketh away the markes andblacke and blew {pots and bruifes of beatings or the like, the roughneffe or {cabbednefle of the skin in any place,asalfo theleprofie,and lowfie evill:it helpeth alfo the cricke in the necke, or that difeafe when one can- notturne their heads,bur they muft turne their whole body withit. The diftilled water of the heike whenit isin flower,is much ufed both inwardlyto drinke to helpe in any the difeafes aforefaid, or to wafh the mouthfor the Vuzla, ox toe kernels and tumouts ofthe throate.tut cutwardly alfofor the {cabbe,itch,or the like infirn ities,and clenfeththe face and skinne from freckles, {pots, morphew, or other deformities thereof, The Italians wie to keepe a drie condimentor fawce made of Muttard feede to ufe uponall occafions, {uddenly made fit to be eaten, whichit islikely theylearned from Dia/corides who tanght his tokeepe Rocket feede gaod for a long time, by beating itand making itup with vinegar and milké into balles tobe dried : for they muchafter the fame mannet appoint two ounces of Muftard feede to be taken, and halfe an ounce of good Cinamon well beaten to be made up into balles or cakes with hony and vinegar, which being dried in the Sunne are to be kept untill ufe be to be made thereof, which then relented with alittle vineger is made into fawce prefently, verydelicate and pleafing to the palate and ftomacke, Cuap. Cuaredle Eryfimum verumfive montanum, The true hedge Moftard, the former, {maller alfo, ‘and cut in Theleaves of this Evyfimnmare of a frefher greene colou rthen either of of Dandelion but very fmall,.each on both‘fides into more but {maller parts,refemblingthe divi fions on the leaves three ftalkes, but more ufually pert orcorner looking downewards,from among which ri feup fometimes twoor and fill of branches to the leaves but {maller tone, round, and about haife a yard high, thicke fet wit h fich leaves with them, after which foltoppes; all along which come forth very {mall yellow flowers with fmaller them {mall yellow feede, nothing within ng conteini kes, Jow whitifh yellow fmall cods growing clofe to the ftal after feedéfo ftrong or fharpe as the firft,yet {omewhar quicke upont! he tongues the roore is {mall and perifheth time,but by fowingit felfe never miffeth to be in the groun d whereit hath once feeded. : Multard ofNaples. 4. Eryfimum latifolium Neapolitanum, Broadleafed hedge fmooth greene leaves lying ma compaffe upon the This Neapolitane hedge Multard hath many {mall long and(whi ch wecall our ordinary Garden Rocket) but ground,divided or cut after the manner of the wilde Rocket with fmnaller and leffer divifions, the middle ribes being white, the ftalke that rifeth from among them,forit I. Iriofive Evyfmum vulgare. The commonwilde hedge Muftard, 3». Evyfimum veruwm five montanum The true hedge Muftards 333 |