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flic powder of tlie bark of tlic root taken in Mine per- 

 foiincih eliicfnally. iSlatihiolus sailli, the. baine li('lj)etl» 

 the disease called Hernia Carnosd, the fleshy ruptnrc, by 

 taking the said ponder for some n'.onths together con- 

 stantly, and that it haih cured some which seemed in- 

 curable by any other means than by cutting or burning. 

 The decoc;tion thereof made with vine:;ar, gargled in tha 

 mouth, caseth the tootli-ach, especially when it comes of 

 rheum; and is very powerful to open obstructions of the 

 liver and splt'cn, and other parts. A distilled water in 

 Jiahico Afan'ce, with four pounds of the root iiereof first 

 sliced small, and afterwards steeped in a gallon of canary 

 wine, is ^in^ula^ good for all the purposes al'or.'said, and 

 to cleanse the passages of the urine. The jjowder of the 

 root made into an electuary, or lozenges, with sugar, also 

 the bark of the fresh roots boiled tender and alierwards 

 beaten to a conserve with sugar, worketh the like etl'ett. 

 The powdtr of the roots strewed upon the brims of 

 ulcers, consumeth the hardness, and causeth them to heal 

 the belter. 



Rocket c?. (^i- d, 3.)' 



Tut. Garden-Rocket being rather used as a sallad herb 

 than to any physical purposes. 1 shall only speak of the 

 common wil'l Rocket. 



De.sciipt.'] The common wild Rocket hath longer and 

 narrower leaves, much more divided into slender cuts and 

 and jags on both sides the middle rib than the garden 

 kinds liave ; of a sad green colour, from among which 

 rise up divers "^.talks two or three feet hi.ih, sometimes 

 set with the like leaves, but smaller and smaller up- 

 wards, branched from the middle into divtM-s slilF stalks, 

 bearing sundry yellow flowers o*n them, made of four 

 leaves a-])iece, as the others are, which afterwards yield 

 them small reildish seed, in small long pods, of a more 

 bitter and hot biting taste than the garden kinds, as the 

 leaves are also. 



P/ace.] It is found wild in divers places of this land. . 



Time.'] It flowereth about June or July, and the seed 

 is ripe in August. 



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