‘AND COMPLETE HERBAL. “ 315. 
dark green colour, witha great rib in the middle ; after thofe have been up a while, 
others follow, greater, rougher, broader, and longer, whole, and not divided as the, 
firft, but only fomewhat roundly dented about the edges. The ftalk, when it beareth, 
flowers, (which is but feldom,) is great, rifing up with fome few f{maller leaves 
thereon to three or four feet high, fpreading at the top many fmall branches of white, 
flowers, of four leaves each ; after which come fmall pods, like thofe of fhepherds 
purfe, but feldom with any feed in them. The root is large, long, white, and rug- 
ged, fhooting up divers heads of leaves ; but it doth not creep within ground, norrun 
above ground, and is of a ftrong, fharp, and bitter, tafte, almoft like muftard. 
. Peace. It is found wild in fome places in England, but is chiefly planted in gar- 
- dens where it thrives in moift and fhadowy places, 
Time. It flowereth but feldom, but, when it doth, it is in July. 
- GovERNMENTAND Virtues. They are both under Mars. ‘Thejuice of horfe- 
radifh, given to drink, is held to be very effectual for the fcurvy. It killeth the 
worms in children, being drunk, and alfo laid upon the belly. The root bruifed, - 
and laid to the place grieved with the fciatica, joint-ach, or the hard {wellingsof the 
liver and fpleen, doth wonderfully help them all. The diftilled water of the herb 
and roots is more commonly taken with a little fugar for all the purpofes aforefaid. - 
Garden radifhes are eaten as fallad, but they breed humours in the ftomach, and 
corrupt the blood ; yet, for fuch as are troubled with the gravel, ftone, or ftoppage 
of urine, they are good phyfic, if the body be ftrong that takes them ; the juice of 
the roots may be made into a fyrup for that ufe: they purge by urine exceedingly. 
Sleep not prefently after the eating of radifh, for that will caufe a ftinking breath. 
RAGWORT. 
IT is called St. James-wort, ftagger-wort, ftammer-wort, and feggrum. 
_ Description. The greater common ragwort hath many large and long dark 
green leaves lying on the ground, very much rent and torn on the fides into many 
pieces; from among which rife up fometimes one and fometimes two or three {quare 
or crefted blackith ftalks three or four feet high, fometimes branched, bearing divers 
fuch-like leaves upon them at feveral diftances unto the tops, where it brancheth _ 
forth into many ftalks bearing yellow flowers, confifting of a number of leaves fet 
asa pale, or border, with a dark yellow thrum in the middle, which at laft turninto 
down, and, with the {mall blackifh gray feed, are carried away with the wind. The 
oot is made of many fibres, whereby it is firmly. faftened i into the cee andabideth 
many years, é : iia “43 ne se el 
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