38 Ada in Eden, Or, 
oa cereaty : The Vertues. 
All the forts of Rocket, but efpecially the wild kind which Ihave defcri- 
bed, are very eff-Cuall co quicken, and ftir up Naiwre where itis dul, or nor 
iuficiently a&tive for generati-n, upon which account it was very famous.- 
in Virgils time, who-in his Poem-called Moretwm, maketh mention of it in» 
thefe Words ; Et Venerem revocans Eruca morantem ; andis fo likewifeamongt 
the modern Italians, who.call it Rocketgentle, ywhich Epithite fome under- - 
ftand anything elfat maketh one quick, and ready to jelt lafcivioufly, as this 
herb doth ;-yet fome will have icto be fo called becaufe it is more pleafane 
and gentle in taft then the wild kind ‘Which is mere ftrong arid efiicacious; ig 
ferveth alfo to hel pe digeftion and provoketh Urine exceedingly; theherbboy- — ae 
led or ftewed and fome Sugar purthereto, helpech the Cough in Children, being 
often taken; the Seed moveth to Venus as much or more then the Herb, andis_ 
alfo good againft the biting of the Shrew. Moufe, and other venemous Creatures, 
andit expelleth the Worms out of the Body 5 being taken indrinke it dotl 
away the if feent of the Armepts, encreafeth Mulke in Nurfes, and wafteh the 
ey and applyed, iccleanfeth the skin from 
Spleents being mixed with Hon 
taketh away Freckles and redneffe in the Face,and other parts 5 and with thegall 
ofan Oxe, it amendeth foul Scars,blacke and blew Spots, and the marks of the” 
fmall Pocks. The roots boyled in Water and then ftamped andapylyed, help» 
eth any griefe that cometh of Raptieres 5 Splinters., Fratiures, OF unplacing of = 
joyntss The Leaves »are fitteft to be. caten with Letsice, Purjlaine, and 
ay the. coldneffe of them 5 for being eaten 
and caufe the Headache a Don ip ae 
thereof, and ufed wich Vinegar, 
atin Sinapi and Sinapis in imitation. of 
on NEAT ines eee oe 
