Chap. 
I 2 I. 
'Eftgltjh Herbs. 
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number of pale yellow Plowers, which being pafjed 
away , long pointed Pods follow , rough like the for- 
mer ^ and with a fhew of divifions in them , in which 
are contained little round , <z//i zz/zz/fl/? Afh-colored, 
fometimes reddifh Seed. 
VI. The fourth has a Root fmall and long in fame 
Plants , in others thicker and rounder , to the 
bignefs of a fmall long rooted Turnep , which is An- 
nual , or perifting every Tear : Prom this Root there 
comes forth fewer Leaves than in the former , but 
f mailer and rougher , o/zr/ in fome little or nothing 
jagged , but in others more : the Stalks are rougher 
and lower than the others , which alfo fpread forth 
into Branches towards the top : and on the tops of 
which grow the Plowers , zzo/ _/o rzi/zzy tfx z/z //;£■ Cor?- 
?/zo;z, orfecond kind , nor yet altogether fo great or 
fo yellow , but either of a pale yellow , or more white -, 
o/zor which oo/ro /or//; /mailer rough Pods , with 
Joints or Divifions in them •, z/z tojb/f£> are contained 
/mailer brownifh Seed , nothing near fo fiery or hot , 
ox in the firft orfecond kind : of this kind alfo, fome 
have been found with a purplifh Plower. 
VII. T/;o fifth has a Root long and white , oW 
fomewhat Fibrous from whence fpring forth its 
lower Leaves , which are fomewhat large , thick, and 
hairy , 0/ 0 wry /ro/Z> ^roozz oo/or, /or^ on both edges 
at the bottom , but broader at the ends , w/;oro they 
are only waved : The Stalks alfo are a little rough 
and hairy , </ about twelve or fixteen Inches , or rzortf, 
high, fet with a few fuch Leaves as the loweft, but 
f mailer •, towards the top they branch forth into long 
/pikes of gold yellow Plowers , //;o /org/fr 0/ /fcroo, 
_/ozzr, or /w Inches •, which being pa ft , /fim? oorzox 
/7Z /feozr ^/ooox finally round, ftripcd Heads or Husks , 
with a fmall point at the end ■, containing in every 
one of them but one Seed, from whence came the 
name. 
VIII. The fixth, which is the Water Charlock, has 
a Root long, tough, and full of firings, creeping and 
putting forth many Stalks -, from whence conies forth 
Stalks of a Tard high, and fometimes more, with ma- 
ny Branches, fender and fmooth , in refpett to any 
of the reft, which are fet with rough ribbed Leaves, 
deeply indented about the lower parts of the Leaf 
The Plowers grow at top of the Branches in Vmble 
or Tuft fajhion, fometimes of one color, and fometimes 
of another : the SeedVeffels are fhort and fmall, con- 
taining in them fmall Seed. 
IX. The Places. The firft has been found grow- 
ing in divers places of England, as going from Shore- 
ditch by Bednal-Green to Hackney : The fecond, 
third, and fourth are found growing in Corn Fields, 
Hemp Lands, in Barren Grounds, and often by the 
Borders of Fields and Hedges, Bank-fides and lln- 
tilled Grounds, and fuch other like places : The 
fifth grows in many places of Germany, and with 
us is nourifh’d up in Gardens. The fixth grows in 
moift Meadows, and Marlh Grounds, and in Water 
Ditches, and other plafhy places. 
X. The Times. They dower all April, and con- 
tinue flowering till the Summer is far fpent * and 
the Seed ripens in the mean time. 
XI. The Qualities. The Seed is hot and dry in 
the third Degree •, infomuch as fome do make ufe 
of it inftead of Muftard Seed, or mingle it there- 
with. It is Cephalick, Neurotick, Stomatick, Ne- 
phritick and Hyfterick •, Aperitive, Abfterfive, and 
Diuretick : Alterative, Ptarmick, Mafticative, and 
Alexipharmick. 
XII. The Specification. It opens the Obftru&ions 
of Brain and Nerves, and is good againft the Pal- 
fie, weaknefs and trembling of the Nerves. 
XIII. The Preparations. You may have from the 
Seed, 1. An Expreffed Oil. 2. An Errhine. i. A 
Sauce imitating Muftard. 4. A Spirit, like Spirit 
of Scurvy-grafs. 5. A Spirituous Tin Jure. 6. An 
Oily Tin Jure. 7. A Saline Tin Jure. 8. A Cat a- 
plafm. 
The Virtues. 
XIV. The Oil by Exprejfion. It difcuflfes any 
cold Tumor, and eafes pains proceeding from a cold 
Caufe, being anointed upon the part warm, and 
well rubbed in. It is of good ufe to make Soap 
withal, inftead of Oil Olive, and much exceeds 
Train or Whale Oil for that purpofe *, and where 
Butter and other Oil are wanting, it may ferve to 
Fry with. 
XV. The Errhine. It is made of the Seed by 
grinding it with fair Water, in a Boul, with a Bul- 
let, then ftraining the thin or liquid part from the 
grofs : this liquid part being fometimes fnufft up 
the Noftrils, lo as it may come out again at the 
Mouth, purges the Head and Brain effectually, by 
the Noftrils, of cold, moift and mucilaginous Hu- 
mors, and by that means prevails againft vehement 
and inveterate Head-achs, proceeding from a cold 
caufe, Vertigo’s, Lethargies, Carus, Apoplexy, Epi- 
lepfie, Convulfions, Palfie, and other like Diftem- 
ers of the Brain and Nerves. And I have known 
y often ufing of it, in fome who have been Dim 
lighted, or almoft Blind, and in others who have 
had a conftant flux of Rheum into their Eyes, for 
fome confiderable time, that it has cleared the fight, 
diverted the Rheum, and ftrengthened the Eyes fo 
admirably, as if they had never ailed any thing at 
ail. 
XVI. The Sawce. It is made as Muftard, and 
fo to be ufed : it ftrengthens the Stomach, (harpens 
the Appetite, and caufes a good Digeftion : but it 
is nothing near fo plealant as Muftard : applied 
immediately upon a Contufion where the skin is 
not broken, it difcufles the Tumor, and prevents 
the afflux of Humors to the part. 
XVII. The Spirit. It is admirable againft the 
Scurvy in a cold habit of Body j it excites the Ani- 
mal Spirits, and caufes liveiinefs and cheerfulnefs 
in fuch as are Sleepy, Drowfie and Lethargick : 
and is indeed an excellent thing for fuch conitantly 
to take of, who are Paralytick, or troubled with 
numbednefs, tremblings, and other weaknefles of the 
Nerves ^ more efpecially, if it is alfo bathed down 
along the Back-bone, and parts affeCled, Morning 
and Evening, and alfo taken from one dram to two 
drams, or more, Morning, Noon, and Night, in 
fome convenient Antiparalytick, and Antifcorbutick 
Vehicle. 
XVIII. The Spiritous Tintfure. It has the Vir- 
tues of the Spirit, and in fome cafes more effedual, 
being more Stomatick than that is ^ and being ba- 
thed upon any part afflifted with a cold Tumor or 
Swelling, or with cold and moift Humors, or with 
Rheumatick Pains proceeding from cold, it warms 
and comforts the Part, difcuiTes the Humors, and 
eafes the Pain : mixed with White Wine, and ufed 
as an Errhine, it purges the Head and Brain of Cold 
Phlegmatick Matter which offends it, caufing Head- 
achs, Vertigo’s, Drowiinefs, Lethargies, Lie. 
XIX. The Oily Tintfure. It is ufed chiefly out- 
wardly, in Gouts from a cold caufe, in which it 
gives admirable eafe. As alfo in Numbnefs, Trem- 
bling of the Limbs, and Palfies, in all which cafes, 
it ought to be bathed all along upon the Back bone, 
from the Vertebra of the Neck, almoft to the Anus, 
and this to be repeated oftentimes, and well rub- 
bed in both Morning and Evening ^ the parts af- 
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