Chap. 598. E ngUjh Herbs. 9^- 
them not at all. Jhorter aljo and narrower. At the 
tops /lands the flowers one abope another in a kind 
oj {piked Head, of an excellent purpliftb blew color 
confifting of four Leaves , after which come fmall 
long fmooth Lodi, containing within them /'mall 
Jharp reddifh Seed. 
XII. The eighth. or Narrow Leav’d Wild Rocket. 
Its Root is long and /lender. Its Leaves are long and 
narrow , not much unlike to thefe of Tarragon, but 
of the color of Rocket. Its Flowers are yellow 
and like thofe of the former Wild Rockets, grow- 
ing on long f piked Heads or Stalks a Foot and half 
high. After which come in their places long /lender 
Cods, like thofe oft Creffes or Muftard, containing 
within them , hot Jharp Seed, having the appearance 
of Eryfimum or Bank Creffes , but the Ta/le of 
Rocket. 
III. Baftard Wild Rocket. 
XIII. The ninth, or Our greater Baftard Wild 
Rocket. Its Root is long and woody, with fever al 
Fi&res thereat , abiding many Tears. It rifes up 
with divers, crefled bending Stalks, about 2 Feet 
high, fet with many and much divided Leaves there- 
on, fomething like unto the lotvejl Leaves of Rocket,' 
of a piercing Jharp Smell and Tajle , like unto 
Creffes •, and many fuch like Leaves btiftbing toge- 
ther at the Foot of them. At the tops of the Stalks 
grow yellow Flowers in long Spikes /landing thick 
together , which gradually opening at the bottom, 
fpread the mf elves farther af under ; and afterwards 
upon Jhort foot Stalks come fmall skinny, fwollen , 
cornered Cods , turning downwards , in which are 
contained very fmall Seed. 
XIV. The tenth, or Our common Baftard Wild 
Rocker. The Root is long and woody like the for- 
mer. It grows more upright, and not altogether fo 
high as it, but with whiter gikten Leaves; deeply 
ait in, or torn on the edges ; yet each divifion is 
broader than the former. Tbegf lowers arc fmall 
and yellow , growing on fuel) Spikes, but Jhorter. 
XV. The eleventh, or Small white Baftard Wild 
Rocker. Its Root is Jmall, long and white with Fi- 
bres adjoining to it. It J boots forth divers nbitifh 
green Stalks, much about a Foot high, bearing feve- 
ral long and narrow green Leaves ( not much unlike 
to thofe of Linaria or Toad Flax ) yet hoary witha/l , 
and leffer than thofe which grow near the Ground, 
or at the foot of the Stalk , which are fomewhat 
broader, but not lefs hoary. The Flowers are white 
growing on the like Spikes, many cluflering together, 
with fmall green Heads in the middle of each, in 
which ( afterwards ) is contained fmall bla'ckijh 
Seed. 
XVI. The Tlaces. The firft four are gener^Iy 
Sown and Nurft up in Gardens , bur many will 
have it, that the firft of them is a Wild Kind, and 
brought into the Garden for its ufefulnefs : it grows 
in moft Gardens of it felf, and you may fee moft 
Brick and Stone Walls near London, and in many 
other places abounding with it. The fourth of 
them was brought to us from America. The Wild 
Rockets are found growing Wild in many places in 
England, tho’ without doubt they may grow Wild 
in feveral, other Countries. The eighth, or Nar- 
row Leav'd (tho’ laid to grow in Auftria) grows 
with us in feveral places, near unto Water fides, 
in the Chinks and Crevifes of Stone Walls among 
Mortar: Gerard fays he found it as you go 
from Lambeth-Bridg to Lambeth, and under a fmall 
Bridg that you mutt pafs over near rheT homes fide. 
The three laft, or Baftard Kinds , are alfo Wild 
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Plants ; rhe two firit of them, viz. the ninth and 
S’J" ; frequently in our Nation in many 
waite Grounds , both near London, and uo and 
d0 j'r'! n ,f he o 0untr '''’ in Saild y> s “ny. Gravelly 
and Chalky barren Grounds; as .in feveral places 
m Kent, at South-fleet, upon Longfield Downs 
which is. a very Barren, Chalkv, Hilly Ground’ 
and at . Greenwich upon the Hills ; and at other" 
places m A cm. The ninth has alfo been found 
growing upon the H'ou/ds in Tork-ftbire. The 
eleventh being a Foreign or Italian Plant, is found 
with us only in Gardens. 
t 11 ; TV T "f". The firft four Flower in June 
and their Seed is frpe in Auguft. The 
I[ild Rockets, viz. the fifth, fixth, feventh, and 
eighth FWr till Auguft, and their Seed is ripe 
and September. The Ballard 
Kinds, Viz. rhe ninth tenth, and eleventh. Flower 
about June , and all July and Auguft, the Seed 
Flowering 6 ^ Momh follov ™g their 
XVIII The Qualities. They are all hot and 
dry in rhe third Degree, Aperitive, Ablterfive 
Attractive , Carminative, Cofmetick, Digettive, 
Diurenck Suppurative, Cephalick, Neurotick 
Stomatick, Nephritick, Hytthrick Emmenagogick 
Alexipharmick and Spermatogenetick. 
XIX. The Specification. Rocket is good againft 
the Scurvy, Strangury, Stone, Gravel, Itoppage of 
Urine, bitings of Serpents and other venomous 
Creatures, Hinging of Scorpions, refilts Poifon 
is profitable againft the Jaundice, Cough, obftruai’ 
ons ot the Spleen , Stoppage of the Terms in 
Women : is excellent againft Althma’s, and all 
obftrufhons, of the Lungs, and gives eafe in the 
Gout, Sciatica, and other like pains of the Joints. 
Where N o te. The Wild Rockets, are flrongeft and 
moft lifted in Phyfick : The Garden Rockets arc of 
V ,t m ‘ tuT ft moft ufed in 
S allots. The Ballard Rockers, tho' they are of the 
Jame A at lire, nire yet weaker , and but very little 
lifted any way, where the others can be had. 
XX. The Preparations. You may have thare- 
rrom, \. A Sallet of the Herb , efpecially of the 
Garden Kinds, tho’ the Wild Kinds are fomccimes 
ufed for that purpofe alfo. 2. A Liquid Juice. 
\r 4 * Offence. 4. An Infufwn or Deco tt ion of the 
Herb. y. An Infufion or Deedlion of the Seed. 
6 . A Ponder of the Seed. 7 . A Syrup. 8. An 
Oil or Ointment. 9. A Cataplajm. lo.ACofme- 
Uck • . -f 1 Difti/led Water of the whole Planti 
1 2. A Spirit from the Herb, or Seed. 
The Virtues. 
XXI. The Sallet of Garden Rocker. It is fel 
dom eaten alone, but with other Herbs of a coding. 
Nature, as with Lettice, Common Cabbage and 
Roman, or with Purjlanc, either Garden or Wild 
but it is in a manner wholly fpentas a Condiment 
or W lor Meat, to pleafe the Palate, Iharpen 
the Appetite and caufe a good Digeltion : It admi- 
rahly encreafes Seed, removes Impotency atfd Fri- 
gidity, and provokes to Venerial A£ts ; but the 
I ild is more potent to this purpofe than the Gar - 
in . the lalt C3fe is moft ufed. 
Liquid Juice. Being taken from a 
Spoonful to 2 or 3 mixed with Honey, or double 
Refined Sugar, and halt a Pint of Generous Wine, 
and Urank Morning and Evening, it powerfully pro- 
yokes Urine and the Terms, cures the Strangury, and 
is profitable againlt the Stone, Gravel, Sand, or 
Tartarous Matter, or Slime, obftrufting the Reins, 
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