2 ^o Salmon V Herbal . Lib. 1. 
1 he others, but fingle and lefier -, and fo alfo are 
the Cods which follow the Flowers, and yield much 
the jame kind oj Seed , but lejjer in proportion to the 
Magnitude of the Cods. 
VI. The Places. The fir ft grows oftentimes of 
its own accord in Gardens , as alfo in Fields by Paths 
and Ways fides in feveral places of England -, as in 
the next Fields beyond that called Lambs-Conduit , 
( from whence comes Lambs-Conduit Water a little 
below Snow-hill : ) the other two are only nurs’d 
up in Gardens. 
VII. The Times. They all flower in May, and 
th z Jingle ones feed in June , and then perifn but 
the double kind abides green both Winter and Sum- 
mer. The Italians and Spaniards are fcarcely ac- 
quainted with any of thefe Winter-Crejfes , or rather 
Winter-Rockets , they being more peculiar to thefe 
our colder Climates. 
VIII. The Q 'ualities , Specification, Preparations , 
Virtues and Vfes are the fame with thofe or Garden- 
Crefs in Chap. 163. aforegoing, to which you are re- 
ferred : But befides all that is there faid, we have 
thefe following Obfervations. 
IX. Obf ovation 1. The Green Herb. It is uled 
as Rocket or Crefs to be eaten as a Salle t in Winter , 
and that with great pleafure and fatisfaCtion, when 
other Salleting is difficult to be gotten. 
X. Obferv. 2. The Liquid Juice. If it is drunk 
inwardly, it is found by good. Experience to be a 
Angular good Wound Herb, to cieanfe and heal in- 
ward Wounds ^ and being outwardly applied, to 
waffi filthy running Sores, and putrid old Ulcers, 
cleanfing them by its Sharpnefs, and removing the 
dead Fleffi, and hindering proud Flelh from grow- 
ing therein, and fo healing them by its drying Qua- 
lity. It is alfo profitable to provoke Urine, help 
the Strangury, and expel Gravel and the Stone. Dofe 
two or three ounces Morning and Night for fome 
time, in fome proper Vehicle. 
XI. Obferv. 3. The E fence. It has all the Vir- 
tues of the liquid Juice exalted * befides which, it 
is a moft powerful thing to be ulbd againft the Scur- 
vy, Dropfie and Gout, in cold Conftitutions : it 
may be taken Morning, Noon and Night, from j. 
to 3. ounces, in fome proper Vehicle, the Ule of 
which is to be continued a Month, two or three, 
according as the occafion or force of the Difeafe 
requires. It is truly a good thing againft the Bloo- 
dy-flux, and all other Fluxes of the Bowels what- 
foever. 
XII. Obferv. 4. The Seed. It provokes Urine, is 
good againft Dropfies and Gouts ; warms and com- 
forts a cold and moift Stomach, and caufes a good 
Appetite and Digeftion. And if it is made into a 
Lohoch with Honey , it is good againft Afthma’s, 
Coughs, Colds, Wheezing, Inortnefs of Breath and 
difficulty of Breathing, by cutting the tough, thick, 
vifcous Flegm or Matter, and caufing an ealy Expe- 
ctoration. Dofe as much as a large Nutmeg three 
or four times a day. 
XIII. Obferv. 5. The Spirit. It comforts and 
warms a cold and weak Stomach, chears the Heart, 
exhilerates the Spirits, abforbs Acidities, eafes Pains 
and Gripings of the Bowels, expels Wind, prevails 
againft the Colick, diflipates inward Apoftems, dif- 
folves coagulated Blood, and prevents or helps its 
Stagnation , and thereby reffelnes wearied Nature, 
and Strengthens the whole Body. Dofe 20, 30, or 
40 drops in a Glafs of Wine or Ale. But this is to 
be obferved, That it is only to be given to fuch as 
are of a cold Conftitution, or Habit of Body ; for 
fuch as are hot, it puts all into a Flame, and there- 
fore fuch are to avoid it. 
CHAP. CLXX. 
Of CRESS Water. 
I. HP H E Names. It is called in Greek , 
X IvuJ'&v : in Latin , Nafturtium Aquaticum * 
and in Englijh , Water-Crefes. 
II. The Kinds. There are four feveral forts of 
this Plant, viz. 1. Nafturtium aquaticum vulgare , 
which is generally taken to be the Sifymbrium alte- 
rum Diofcoridis , and by Cefalpinus and Tabernmon- 
tanus , it is called Sifymbrium aquaticum : by Cordus , 
Gefner and Th alius, Sifymbrium altcrum ■, by Fuch- 
fius and Lugdunenfts , Sifymbrium Cardamine -, The 
Common or Vulgar Water-Crels. The fecond is 
called, Nafturtium aquaticum rotundifolium majus , 
Sifymbrium aquaticum Matthioli , Sifymbrii altcrius 
Species fecunda Thalii 5 Nafturtium aquaticum alte- 
rum , & aquaticum amarum Baubini ■, The Greater 
round-lea v’d Water-Crefs. 3. Nafiurtium Aquati- 
cum rotundifolium minus, Sifymbrium Aquaticum 
minus Matthioli ■, The Lelfer round-lea v’d Water- 
Crels. 4. Nafturtium Aquaticum erettum j olio lon- 
giore Baubini, Sium vulgare Matthioli -, Slum Mat- 
thioli, (J? Slum Jtalorum Lobe hi, Cf Lugdunenfts •, 
Mat thiol us his Water-Crefs, or the Italian Water- 
Crefs. 
III. The Defcriptions. The firft has a long Root , 
which is filled with nothing but Knobs or Bunches of 
white Fibres or Threads *, from whence fpring forth 
many weak, hollow, fappy Stalks or Branches , trail- 
ing upon the Water and gravelly Earth where it 
grows, taking hold in feveral places as it creeps , by 
which means it fpreads it felf very much, Jhooting 
forth Fibres at the, Joints. As the Stalks grow up- 
wards, they are filled with long winged Leaves, ha- 
ving many fmall Leaves fet upon a middle Rib, one 
againft another , excepting the point Leaf, which 
ftands by it felf as does that of the Afh-tree. The 
upper 
