*290 THE ENGLISH PHY&ICI.VN ENLAUGLD. 



Sauce Alone. $. (//. d. 4.) 



Also called Jnck by the Hedge side. 



Dcsaipt.'] Tlie lower loaves of this are roinidcr than 

 those that grow towards the tops of the stalks, and aru 

 set singly on the joint, being somewhat round and broad, 

 pointed at the ends, dented also about the edges, some- 

 Avhat resembling nettle loaves for the form, but of a fresher 

 green colour, hot rough or pricking : the flowers arc 

 Avliite, growing at tlie to]) of tiie stalks one above another, 

 which being past, follow small round pods, wherein arc 

 contained round seed somewhat blackish. The root 

 .stringy and thready, perishcth every year after it hatli 

 given seed, and raiseth itself again of its own sowing. The 

 ])lant, or any part thereof, being bruised, smellelh of 

 garlic, but more pleasant, and tasteth somewhat hot and 

 and sharp, almost like unto rocket. 



Place] It groweth under walls, and by hedge-sides, 

 and path-ways in fields in many places. 



Ti.nc.'] It llowereth in Juno, July, and August. 



Government and Firtues.~\ It is an herb of ISIercury. 

 This is eaten by many country people as sauce to their 

 salt fish, and helpctii well to digest the crudities ami 

 other corrupt humours engendered thereby. It vvarmctit 

 also the stomach, and causeth digestion. TJie juice 

 thereof boiled with honey is accounied to be as good as 

 hedge mustard for the cough, to cut and expe6torate the 

 tough phlegm. The seed bruised and boiled in Avine, is a 

 singular good remedy for the wind cholic, or the stone, 

 being drank warm ; it is also given to women troubled 

 with the mother, both to drink, and the seed put into a 

 cloih, and applied while it is warm, is of singular good 

 use. The leaves also, or the seed boiled, is good to 

 be used in clysters to ease the pains of the stone. The 

 green leaves are held to be good to heal the ulcers in the 

 logs. 



Winter and Summer Savory. $. (h. d. 2.) 



i^OTii these are so well known (being entertained as 

 constant inhabitants iii our gardens) that they need no 

 description 



