Chap. 591. ‘Enghjh Herbs. 
not unlike to the Tame or Garden Cole-wort, but 
/offer , at is all the refi of the Plant. This is of 
its own .Wit are Wild, and therefore not Nurfl up 
for Pood ■' but it is Sown and Husbanded in whole 
Helds for the Seed fake , by which the Owners 
oftentimes get great Gain. 
VIII. The Places. The two firlt are Natives of 
Italy , Spain , and fome places of Germany : from 
home of which places Seed has been lent to us, 
and they are become Natives in many of our Gar- 
dens. The third grows Wild on many Ditch 
bank Tides, both in the Up-lands and near the Sea 
fide : but now for the profit lake which is made 
of the Seed, (by extraUion of its Oil, by the help 
of Oil Mills , built on purpofe for that ufe) whole 
Fields are fometimes iown therewith, as we but 
even now hinted. 
IX. T he Times. They all Flower when other 
Colcworts do, viz. about the middle or end of Ju- 
ly and the Seed is ripe in the middle or end of 
Ajtguft. 
X. The Qualities, Specification, Preparations 
Virtues and Ufes of thele Plants, are the fame 
with thofe of the Garden Cole-wort in Chap, 143. 
Sell. 7. ad 22. fo that no more need be faid of them 
in this place : having that the Wild Rape , 01 Rape 
Seed Plant, is feldom or never ufed either as Food 
01 Sallet but is chiefly produced for the Oil of its 
Seed. 
XI. Obfervatien 1. The Seed of the Rape-Cole, 
or Cole Rape. If it is grofsly bruifed and boiled 
a little in Meat or Flefh Broth, it is a prefent Re- 
medy for the Colick : The Seed and Broth being 
taken together, eafing them who ate troubled theri> 
with, of all Griping Pains, and gives eafe alfo to 
thofe who are troubled with the Stone in the 
Reins. 
XII. Obfero. 2. An E/etluary of the Pulp of 
the boiled Stalks. If the Turncp part of the Stalk 
is boiled or baked till it is foft, you are to take 
the Pulp thereof, and with a little Honey and Al- 
mond-Milk, to make a Lohoch, or foft EleHuary. 
This taken now and then upon a Knives point 
is very profitable for (hortnels of Breath, and’ 
fuch as are entring into a conlumption of the 
Lungs. 
XIII. Oferv. 3. Gerard fays, that there is no- 
thing Wrote of the Faculties of thefe Rape-Coles 
or Cole-Rapes but he fays they are accounted for 
dainty Food, contending with the Cabbage in good- 
nefs, and pleafant Tafte. 
XIV. Obferu. 4. Not taking notice of the 
Mechanick Ufes for which Rape Seed Oil is had 
in Eftimation : its Medical Ufe is for eafing of 
Pains in am part of the Body ; by anointing 
the parts affefted well therewith, and applying 
Cloths dipt in it over the fame. It is Anodyn 
Relaxative, and gives eafe in the Gout , Cramp ’ 
arid helps lhrunk Sinews, if not of too long con- 
tinuance. It eafes Pains of the Spleen, Reins and 
Womb, being outwardly applykl, and inwardly 
taken to the quantity of a Spoonful or two at 
a time. 
93J 
C H A P. DXCI. 
Of RASP-BERRY Plant ; 
0 R, 
hinde - berry. 
TP H E Names. It is called in Greek, e«V©- 
A Ha. m: in Ratine, Rubm Idtea: in Enghfh 
Rafp-Berry , and Hinde-Berry. 
II. The Kinds. We £haU defetibe five feveral 
V arieties , viz. 1 . Rub us ileus vulgaris vet Hor- 
lenfis. Out common Garden Rafp-Berry. 2. Rubus 
Montanas Odoratus, The fweet Mountain Rafpis. 
3. Rubus lrteoccos, Our common Field Dew- 
p/’ D 4 ',- R v b '“ Saxatillis Alpinus, The Stony, 
Rock Raip-Berry. 5. Chamamorus Anghca Our 
Knot-Berry. 5 ’ 
The Defer ipt tons. 
. ^’ ,:e fi r fl > or Our common Rafp-Berry. 
Its Root creeps under Ground very far, and Jhoots 
up again in many places, much increafing thereby. 
It is of two forts, viz. one bearing red Berries, 
the other white-, but otherwise they differ not in 
their Jorm or manner of growing , either as to the 
Rafp-Berry Bufb. 
whole Bujh or at to the leaf. Flower or Berry but 
only ,n the color of the Fruit, and a little wthe 
Tafle thereof the white Rafp-Berry being a little 
more pleafant than the red. The Rafp-Berry Buft 
has lender whittfh Stems, with redd,_ fh /mail' Pricks 
6 C 2 like 
