Chap. 598. EngUJb Herbs. 
IX. I 'he Speahcai'wn. Ir maturates Apoftems, 
eaTes the Head-ach, and heals Chaps of the Hands 
and Feet. 
X. The Preparation!. You may make there- 
from l. A Meal or blower. 2. Bread. 2 . Bran. 
4. l.eaven. 5. A Catapalfm. 6 . A Ponder. 7, 
Emplaftrum e Crufta panic. 8. A Diftil/ed Water 
from Green Rie. e. ,-i TiftiUcd II liter from the 
' Bread . to. An A cut Spirit made from the Bread. 
rr. The Afhcs of the Straw. 
The Virtues. 
XI. The Meal or blower. It heats moderately, 
and is more forcible than Wheat , in walling and 
confirming Tumors, and clammy Humors; yet 
made in Broth , or P uddmgs, and Cakes, it gives 
good Nourifhment. Made with Vinega’r into a 
L ‘atap/afm, it ftrengthens the Nerves and Joints, 
over-ftrained, or lately put out of place: it dil' 
cuffes Tumors, and eales Pains, and prevails again!! 
an Oedema , an Eryfipelas , and the Gout. And 
bound unto the Head in a Linnen Cloth, it eafes a 
CcphaUa , or long continued Head-ach, and the 
Megrim. 
XII. The Bread. It is generally made with 
Leaven. It nourilhes much, and is Scomatick, yet 
apt to Gripe fome People. Applied hot as it can 
be endured out of the Oven, to the moll Vehe- 
ment Head-ach, and left on till it is cold, it pre- 
fently eafes the pain, as if it was by Inchantment; 
and if repeated fome few times it perfeflly cures 
it. And l'o applied to the Stomach it helps the 
weaknefs thereof, and the Palpitation of the 
Heart. 
XIII. Tim Bran. It cleanfes, mollifies, and dif- 
cuffes Tumors, being laid hot thereon in form of a 
Cat aplafm , made with Vinegar , a little Salt , and 
Brandy. 
XIV. The Leaven. It is made rf the Pafle of 
Rie blower mix! with Salt, or laid in the midft of a 
Box of Salt. It does more forcibly digefb, draw 
ripen, and break Apollems, Boils and Bubo’s than 
Wheat Leaven. Applied to the Head, it eafes the 
continual pains thereof, cools, humeSs, foftens 
is fuppurating and abfterftve, yet is faid to Ranch 
Bleeding, and to difeufs fitch Tumors as will not 
fuppurate. 
XV. The Cat aplafm. It is made of the Crums of 
the Bread with Wine , or Wine Vinegar. It dif- 
cufles Tumors, eafes Pains, and is profitable 
againll an Oedema , and the Gout, being fitly ap- 
plied. * 
XVI. The Ponder. It is made of the Cruft of 
the Bread almoft half burnt , and then reduced to a 
Ponder by beating in a Mortar. The Pouder it fdf 
is ufed as a Dcntrijice to cleanfe the Teeth, they 
being often rubbed with rhe fame dry, laid upon a 
Cloth. The TecoSion of it in Water , made as 
Coffee is, is very Stomachical, and caufes a good 
Appetite to Food. 
XVII. Emplaflrum e Cruft a Fanis. Take Rie Bread 
toafted very brown and hard , 4 Ounces, which boil 
in Rofe Vinegar to the lhicknefs of a Pultife: clear 
Turpentine of Chio , 2 Ounces : Pouder of Red 
Rofes one Ounce : Mint , Maftich , Myrrh , Nut- 
meg, Storax Calamita , New yellow Wax, Tabda- 
num. Oil of Maffick , Pouder of Cloves , of each 
half an Ounce : mix and make an Emplafler acord- 
ing to Art. It is hot, dry and llrengthening 
good againll Aches and Pains from a cold caufe-’ 
and all cold Difeafes of the Head, Brain, Nerves’ 
Stomach, Womb and Joints ; Applied to the Sto- 
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mach, it caufes Concoflion , and flops Vomit- 
ing. 
XVIII. The Ti /till’d Water from Green R,r 
p/’ '*" A ' .?!>' w in Balneo, of the Green 
P/anr , oh, left the Ear is Green. It is Abiterfive 
and Aperitive, and of good ufe to dear the 
tve-fight, and to remove Heats and Inhumations 
of me Eves, efpecially where a hot fitarp Rheum 
follows them. 
X ! X . The Ti failed 1 1 liter from the Bread. It is 
drawn m Balneo from the Bread Crums whilfl 
New Itts a good Ophthalmic/;, being often dropt 
into the Eyes, but ts more powerful it it is mixed 
with an equal quantity of Common Spirit of Wine 
It is commended againll a Diarrhea os Loofenefs' 
ana a Dy/entery or Bloody -Flux.. 
J’, e . Ac '^ spirit drawn from the Bread. It 
dmolves Minerals, extracts their Tinblures and does 
many other great things: and therewith an excel- 
ent Eye Water is made, only by letting it Hand for 
fome few Days in a Copper VefTel, clofe covered 
rius dropt into the Eyes is good againll Pearls, 
hints. Clouds and other things which obfufeate 
the Srght: it clears the Eyes and very much 
ftrengthens them. ’ 
XXL The Afhcs of the Straw and empty Ears 
A Lixivium being made of them with fiiir Water 
either by Infufing or Boiling, heals Chaps of the 
Hands and Feet, as Maltbtolus fays : and by often 
ufing it, it clears the Skin, and makes it fmooth 
and lofc. W 
CHAP. DXCVIII. 
Of R O C K E T Garden and Wild. 
I. np H E Names. It is called by the Arabi- 
■w /"S"’ “d Erg,,-: by the Greeks, 
ob f uavit at em in condicn.dk cbfonik : br 
th eLatmes Eruca , quod, vellicando Linguam nuafi 
erodat : and by the Eng/ijh, Rocket. 
. ll J he K,n ^ s - There are feveral Species of 
this Plant as, I. Eruca j at iv a, Garden Rocket. 
[I Er f a Sylveftns Wild Rocket. III. Eruca 
Sylveftns not ha, Ballard Wild Rocket: of which 
in this Chapter. IV. Eruca Aquatic/,, Water 
R °““' Y' E “ ,ca Mannd i Sea Rocket : of botlt 
>*• ' nexc foll°wing. 
111. The Kinds of the Land Species, i. Eruca 
Jativa Eruca Hortenfis: our Garden Rocket. 2 
Emca fatwa alba; Eruca, five Email, marina ma- 
jor l rag,; Erucula major Cord', -, Sinapi Hortenfe 
Jive album Lugdunenfts ^ Sinapi fativum femine al- 
bo duplo quam Th/afpi vulgaris majore Lobelii - 
Eruca floreG ftmme albo , Roman Garden Rocket 
with white Flowers and Seed. 3. Eruca latifolia. 
Great Garden Rocket. 4. Eruca maxima Ameri- 
cana vel Florid, ana. Great Rocket of Florida. 7. 
„. u:a , s y ,ve ft r ’* vuigatior Dodonei , Lobelii 
Matt, hob, ah or unique , Our more common Wild’ 
Rocket. 6 . Eruca Sylvcftris minor flore parvo 
Eruca Sylveftns fott.da Gefneri; Eruca pa/uftri s 
minor 1 abernaumntan 1 : Eruca Sylvcftris & Erv- 
Jiniii", ff^hfWft’icnfis; Sinapi paluftre Cerardi ; 
The lefier Wild Rocket with a fmall Flower. 7. 
Eruca era, lea ;■ Eruca pa/uftri s Can, lea, & Eruca 
f r Nf’ r if’-enofis crefcen s Bauhini, Blew Flower- 
ed W, Id Rocket. 8. Eruca Sylvcftris Anguftifolm 
Lobchj; Eruca Anguftifol, a Auftriaca , Narrow 
Leav J Wild Rocker. 9. Refeda major P/inij ■ 
6 E ’ Refeda 
