Chap. 51 1 „ 'EngUjh Herbs, yji 
*U 3 f SI (K JD Common- 
fmall yellow Flowers one above another , to the tops 
after which come fmall Pods funding upon Jhort 
foot Stalks , in which are contained round reddifh 
or yellowijb Seed, which is Jharp , hot, atid biting 
upon the Tongue. 
VI. The third, or White Milliard. Ihis in its 
Root, Levies, and Stalks is much like to the fir ft 
MUSTARD White. 
defer ibed , but only it is /offer , and grows not fo 
high-, the Stalks are more whit ifh ■, its Flowers are 
yellowifh like the former, aud its Pods are rough 
and crooked, in which are contained whit ifh Seed, 
which is afo very Jharp and biting. Thefe three Kinds 
ot Muftard , juft now defcribed ? have been fo 
briefly treated of by all Authors, that it is hard to 
give the true differences of them ; and a matter of 
more difficulty than could have been expe&ed 
in, a thing fo commonly known and ufed as 
Muftard is. 
VII. The fourth, or Wild Muftard. It has a 
Root which is long, not very large , but Fibrous, 
from whence rife up Leaves like thofe of Shep- 
herds-Purfe, but larger , and more deeply gafht. 
The Stalk is round, rifmg up to be about two Feet 
fdgh, (but the whole Plant is lejfer than any of the 
former : ) It is fpread out into Branches towards the 
Top, aud its Spikes are furnifhed with fmall yellow 
Flowers, made of four Leaves apiece-, after zvhich 
follow the Pods, which are fmall and fender, where- 
in is contained brewnifh or reddift) Seed, lejfer than 
any of the former ^ and not full out fo Jharp or 
biting. 
VIII. The Places. The firft is not found Wild 
with us, but grows only in Cardens. The fecond 
and third, grow alfo in Gardens, but are oftentimes 
found growing Wild in the Borders of Fields, and 
in low Kills and Furrows: the laid only grows 
Wild. Johnfon upon Gerard fays, that our Com- 
mon Muftard, and the other two forts , viz. the 
three firlf Kinds, grow Wild in many places of this 
Kingdom, and might alt three be found on the 
Banks of Ditches , about the back of Old Street 
near London, and in the way to Islington-, in whiett 
laft I have for feveral years together found them 
growing, 
IX. T he Times. . They are all Annual Plants, 
and may be Sown in the beginning of the Spring: 
they come to perfection in the fame Year they are 
Sown, they flower in July-, and their Seed is ripe 
in July and Augujt. 
X. The Qualities. Muftard Seed ( which is 
part of the Plant which is chiefly ufed) is according 
to Galen hot and dry in rhe fourth Degree : it is 
Aperitive, Ablterfive, Attractive, Anodyne, Carmi- 
native, Cofmetick,. Digeftive , Dii'cuflive, Diure- 
tick, Inciiive, and Suppurative : Cephalick. Neu- 
rotick, Stomatick, PeUoral, Nephritic!;, Hyfterick 
Arthritick: Ptarmick, Alexipharmick, and Sper- 
tiiatogenetick. 
XI. The Specification. It is found by Experi- 
ence to be of efpecial ufe, to provoke the Terms 
in Women , provoke Urine, and give eafe in the 
Strangury, Stone and Gravel: it Cures Hyfterick 
fits, pains of the fides and Spleen, Tooth-Ach 
Kings Evil, Gout, Cramp, and Convulfions of the 
Bowels 5 and 'prevails alibagainft Agues, Epilepfv 
Lethargy, Cams, Vertigo, expels Poyfon of all 
forts, is good againlt Impotency in Men, and re- 
moves Scabbinefs, and other Defcedations of the 
Skin. 
XII. The P reparations. Thefe are all of them 
taken from the Seed ; and confidering the exceeding 
ufefulnefs of it, they are not many neither being 
thefe few following, viz. 1. A Ponder? 2. A 
Condiment. An Injufton. 4. A Cataplafm. 
5. A Spirituous TtnBuri. 6. An Acid TinBure. 
7. An Oily TinBure. S. A Saline TmBure. 9, 
A Spirit. 10. A Tiftilled Water both from the 
Seed alone, and from the Leaves alone : alfo from. 
Seed and Leaves together, ri. An Oil of the Seed 
by Exprejjion. 12. An Errhine. 
