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procure coughing, and therefore, with some honey added 

 thereto, doth much good therein. The decoction of the 

 seed made in wine, and drank, provoketh urine, resisteth 

 the force of poison, the malignity of mushrooms, and 

 venom of scorpions, or other venomous creatures, if it 

 be taken in time ; and taken before the cold fits of 

 agues, altereth, lesscneth, and cureth them. The seed, 

 taken cither by itself, or with other things, either in an 

 electuary or drink, doth mightily stir up bodily lust, and 

 hclpeth the spleen and pains in the sides, and gnawings 

 in the bowels ; and used as a gargle draweth up the 

 palate of the mouth, being fallen down : and also it 

 dijsolveth the swellings about the throat, if it be out- 

 wardly applied. Being chevved in the mouth it often- 

 times helpeth the tooth-ach. The outward application 

 hereof upon the pained place of the sciatica, discusseth 

 the humours, and eascth the pains, as also the gout, and 

 other joint achs; and is much and often used to ease 

 pains in the sides or loins, the shoulder, or other parts 

 of the body, upon the applying thereof to raise blisters, 

 aud cureth the disease by drawing it to the outward 

 parts of the body. It is also used to help the falling off 

 the hair. The seed bruised, mixed with honey, and 

 applied, or made up with wax, taketh away the marks 

 and black and blue spots of bruises, or the like, the 

 roughness or scabbiness of the skin, as also the leprosy, 

 and lousy evil. It hclpeth also the crick in the neck.' 

 The distilled water of the herb, when it is in the flower, 

 is much used to drink inwardly to help in any of the 

 diseases aforesaid, or to wash the mouth when the palate 

 is down, and for the diseases of the throat to gargle, but 

 outwardly also for scabs, itch, or other the like infirmities, 

 and cleanseth the face from morphew, spots, freckles, and 

 other deformities. 



The Hedge Mustard. J. {h. d. 2.) 



This hath a very different appearance from the Garden 

 Mustard. 



Descript-I This groweth up usually but with one 

 blackish green stalli, tough, easy to bend, but not to 

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