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brown seeds than the formrr, ami much sharper in taste. 

 The root perishcth after set'd time, but abidotli tlic first 

 Winter after S|)riiigiiig. 



Fiace.] They grow in sundry jjlaces in this land, as 

 ]ialf aniiie irom Jiatficld, by the river side, under a hedge 

 as you go to Hatfield, and in the street of Pcckham oa 

 Surry siile. 



Time'] Fhey flower and seed from May to August. 



Gocernmcnt and f'iitt/es.2 Both of them are herbs of 

 Mars. The iMustards are said to purge the body both 

 upwards and dowmvards, and procureth women's courses 

 so abundantly that it sufiocatelh the birth. It breaketh 

 inward iniposthumes, being taken inwardly, and used ia 

 clysters, helpeth the sciatica. J'he seed applied, doih the 

 same. It is an esj)ecial ingredient unto jNlithridate and 

 treacle, being of itself an antidote, resisting poison, ve- 

 nom, and pi!trela6tion. It is available in many cases for 

 •which tiie common Mustard is used, but rather weaker. 



TheBlackThorn, or Sloe-Busb. ^ (r. d. 2.) 



It is so well known, that it needeth no description. 



Goveryiinent and Virtues.] Ail the parts of the Sloe 

 Bush are binding, cooling and dry, and all efit'(5luai to stay 

 bleeding at tiie nose and mouth, or any other place; the 

 lask of the belly or stomach, or bloody-ilux, the too 

 much abounding of women's eourses, and helpeth to ease 

 the pains of the bides and bowels, that come by overmuch 

 scouring, to drink the decoetion of the bark of the roots, 

 or of the berries, cither fresh or dried. The conserve 

 also is of much use, and more familiarly taken for the 

 purpose aforesaid, iiut the distilled water of the flowers 

 iirst steeped in sack for a night, and drawn therefrom by 

 the heat of the Balneum Anglice, a bath, is a most certaia 

 remedy, tried and approved, to case all manner of gnaw- 

 ings in the stomach, the sides and bowels, or any griping 

 pains in any of them, to drink a small quantity when the 

 extremity of the pain is upon them. The leaves are good 

 to make lotions to gargle and wash the mouth and throat 

 wherein arc swellings, sores, or kernels: to stay the 

 delliictions of rheum to the eyes, or other parts ; to cool 

 the heat aud inilummatioHS of them, and ease hot pains 



