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fyhiflris : of the high Dutch men, £$intitit%hlti%ox &\m I in Yxcnc\Gra»dRaifcrt inW 



Dutch^crtaUuaf : in fcnglift,Mountain Radiib,great Raifort,and Horfc Radifli,k is called in" 



the North part of England, Redcole. ^ 



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Diucrs thinkc that this Horfc-Radifh isan enemy to Vines, and that the hatred between them 

 is fo grcat,that if the root hereof be planted neerc to the Vine,it bendeth backward from ir 5 as not 



willing to haue fellowfhip with it. 



It isa!foreporred,That the root hereof ftamped^and caft into good and pleafantwine turncth 

 it forthwith to vinegcr. But the old writers doe afcribe this enmitie to the Vine and Braifica 



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CoJevvortSjVvbich the Anticnts haue named fr+mt. 



Pliny Jib. r <?. taf .9, defcribes Dittander by the name of LepMium • and JB.ginetA alfo names it Co- 

 in (hops, Raphantu (ylvefirisjsA Piperita • the Germans call ir ^feffcttoffltt X the low-Dutchmen 

 ^fppW CWn : in Englift,Dittander,Dittany,and Pepperwort. ' 



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Lepidium <^4nuum. 



Annual Dittander 



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Thefe kinds of wildeRadifties are hotand dry 

 in the third degree : they haue a drying and den. 

 fing qualitie,and fomewhatdigefting. 



% The Venues. 



Horfe RadiOi ftamped,with a little vinegeiput 

 thereto, is commonly vfed among the Germane* 

 for fauce to eat fifti with, and fuch like mears, as 

 we do muftard : but this kind of fauce doth heat 

 the ftomack better, andcaufeth better digeftioo 

 than muftard. 



\ O xy mel,or fyrrup made with vineger & tony, 

 an which the rinds of horfe-Radiin haue been in- 

 fried three daies, caufeth vomit, and is comracn- 

 ded againft the quartan ague. 



The leaues boiled in wine, and a little oile 0- 

 Iuie added thereto, & laid vpon the grieued parts 

 ™ manner of a pultis, doe raollifie and takeaway 

 the hard fwellings of the liuer and milt^ being 



applied to the bottorac of 



for the ftrangurie. 



Itprofiteth much in the expulfion of the fc- 



condineorafter-birth, 



ItmitigatethandaflWageth thepaine of the 

 hip or ha inch,commonly called Sciatica. 



It profirerh much againft the colique,ftrangu. 

 ne, and difficultieof making water, vfed in Acad 

 of Muftard as aforefaid. 



The root ftampedand giuen to drinke killeth 



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belly of the childe 



fame 



children 



efpecially the roots,be extreme hot.for th™ haUm a hurninci^ 



gand bliftring firaples, faith tlim , lib. 20. cap 



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gineflfe,if any thing remain after the healing of vlcers 



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Of Winter Xreffes. 



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T^™T3 e a e » h *^ m * D y& eeae broad ffnooth an <* flat leaues Jike vntotheo 

 . " ™3* ' Wh ° ' V*? lke$ > roun <* a^ full of branches.brineins forth at the too imali 



€ourcs : after them follow fmall 





inedfmallreddifh feed 



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