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Chap. XXXI III, 
Emct fitiui. Garden Rocket. 
O Vr Garden Rocket is butawilde kinde brought into Gardens ; for the true 
Romane Rocket hath larger leaues ^ this hath many long leaues , much torne 
or rent on the edges, fmaller and narrowerthen the Romane kinder the flow- 
ers hcreofare of a paleyellowifh colour, whereas the true is whitifli, confiding of 
foure leaues : the feede of this is reddidi, containedin fmaller and longer podsthen 
the true, which are (horter and thicker, and the leedeofa whitifli yellow colour : the 
rootes of both perifli as foone as they haue giuen feede. Some haue taken one fort of 
the wilde kinde for Muftard, and haue vfed the feede for the fame purpofe. 
The Vfeof Rocket. 
It is for the mod part eaten with Lettice, Purflane, or fuch cold herbes, 
and not alone , becaufc of its heate and ftrength ; but that with the white 
feede is milder. The feede of Rocket is goodtoprouokevrine, andto 
ftirrevp bodily Iuft. 
T he feede bruifed, and mixed with a little vinegar, and of the gall of an 
Oxe, cleanfeththe face of freckles, fpots, and blew markes, that come by 
beatings, fals, or otherwaies. 
Matthiolus faith, that theleanesboyled, and giuen with fomeSugarto 
little children, cureth them of the cough. 
The feede is hd d to be helpfull to fpleneticke perfons j as alfo to kill the 
wormes of the belly. 
Chap. XXXV. 
Sinupi fttivum. Garden Muftard. 
T He Muftard that is mod vfuall in this Country,howfoeuer diuers doe fortheir 
priuate vfes fowe it in their Gardens or Orchards, in fome conuenient corner, 
yet the fame is found wilde alfo abroad in many places. It hath many rough 
long diuided leaues, of an ouerworne greene colour : the ftalke is diuided at the toppe 
into diuers branches, whereon growe diuers pale yellow flowers , in a great length, 
which turne into fsnall long pods , wherein is contained blackifh feede , inclining to 
rednefle , of a fiery fharpe tafte : the roote is tough and white , running deepe into 
the ground, with many (mall fibres at it. 
The Vfe of Muftard. 
The feede hereof grownd between two ftones, fitted for the purpo(e,and 
called a Querne, with fome good vinegar added vnto it , to make it liquid 
andrunning, is that kinde of ^Muftard that is vfually made of all farts , to 
feme as fawceboth for fifliandflefli. 
The fame liquid Muftard is of good vfe, being frefh, for Epileptickc per- 
fons, to warmeand quicken thofe dull fpirics that are fopite and fcarce ap- 
peare, if it be applyed both inwardly and outwardly. 
It is with good fuccefle alfo giuen to thofe that haue fhort breathes , and 
.troubled with a cough in the lungs. 
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