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of the Teeth, and opens 
Obftrubtions of the Liver, 
being infus’d in Wine, or 
boyl’d in Poflct-dtink, and 
taken inwardly for lorne 
time. 
in ^atin Sccale. 
’Tis the next Corn in 
goodnefs to Wheat. Bread 
made of it is black and 
heavy, and hard to digeft ; 
and it purges and gripes 
thole that are not tiled to 
it ; but it keeps moilt 
longer than Wheaten 
Bread. The courfc Flow- 
er of it put into a Cloth , 
and applied to the Head, 
cures inveterate Head- 
aches ; and fo applied 
is good for Mad People. 
it CRCC , or Wintcr- 
Crdffcs , in Latin Bariarea. 
It has an oblong, white, 
thick, Perennial Root, ol 
an acrid Talfe, The 
Stalks are a Cubit high, 
channcl’d, Arong, and lull 
of Pith - with many 
Wings , ’ wherein the 
Leaves are ; Idler than 
thofe of Radilh, and re- 
fembling the Leaf of 
Crclfes at the Extremity 
of it, by extream Jags j 
they are of a dark-green 
Colour, and fhine ; they 
do no? tafte fo quick as 
the Root. From the 
Wings of the Leaves, to- 
wards theTop-ftalk, come 
many (mall Branches, 
whereon, as alfo on the 
Top-ftal(c, fmall yellow 
Flowers, confifting of four 
Leaves, run up into Jong 
Ears. The Cods are fmall 
round, and about an Inch 
long, prdlcfj to the Stalks, 
wherein are fmall Seeds, 
of a brown Colour. The' 
whole Plant is fmooth. 
The Flowers are placed 
on fliort Foot-ftalks. It 
grows near Ditches and 
Rivers , and Runnnig-wa- 
ters ; and fometimes alfo 
on plow’d Grounds. It 
flowers in May and June. 
’Tis acrid and hot, and 
much of the fame Virtue 
with Crefles. ’Tis mix’d 
with Sallets, efpecially in 
the Winter-time , when 
Crefles are fcarce ; where- 
fore Tis called Winter- 
Crefs. ’Tis good in the 
Scurvy. The Juice of it 
is mix'd with Ointments, 
to clean (e fordid and im- 
pure Ulcers. The Seed 
is 
