2.j.i 
Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
Li B. 2. 
fyluc,iris: of the high Dutch men, S^Ctrettitljluaitl OJ iifcn : in French, Grand, ruifoit of 
the low Germaines, <J|pettat)US! : in Englifh, mountaine radifh, Great Raifort, and Horfe Ra- 
diihi.lt is called in the North part of England, Redcole. 
Diners thinke that this Horfe Radifh ds an enemy to Vines, and that the hatred betweene 
them is ip great,that if the roots hereof be planted neerc to the V ine it bendeth backward from it, 
as not willing to haue fellowfhip with it. 
It is alfo reported that the root hereof ftamped, and caft into good and pica Hint wine, doth 
forthwith turne it into vineger: but the old writers doe afcribe this enmity to the vine and Brat 
flea, our coleworts, which the mod ancients haue named jww 
Dittander is described of Pliny by the name of Lepidium iu his ip.booke, 9. Chapter: likewife 
«/£yiB£tdrnakethmentionof this plant, by the nam o. Lepidium : in (hops, Bapbums fylueflru, and 
Fipmtis: the Germans call it, J the lowe Dutch men, pepper CtUPt *. the Englifh 
men, Diftander, Dittany, and Pepperwort. 
3 Lepidium Annum. 
Annuall Dittander. 
«U The Temperature. 
Thefekindesof wilde Raditlies, are hot and 
drie in the third degree : they haue a drying and 
clenfing quality, and fomewhatdjgefting. 
qj T he Virtues . 
Horfe Radifh ftamped with alittlc vineger put 
thereto, is commonly vfed among the Germanes 
for fauce to eate'fifhwith, and Rich like meates, 
as we doe muftard : but this kinde of fauce doth 
heate che ftomacke better, and can feth better di- 
geition than muftard. 
Gxinelorfyrupemadc with vineger and ho- 
me, in which the rindes of Horfe radilh haue 
btene infufed three dayes, caufeth vomit, and is 
commended againft the quartaine ague. 
The leaues boiled in wine, and a little oile 
oliue added thereto and laid vpon the grieued 
parts in manner of a Pultis,doe mollifie and take 
away the hard fwellings of theliuer and milte; 
and being applied to the bottome of the belly is 
a remedie for the ftrangurie. 
It profiteth much in the expulfion of the fe- 
condineor after-birth. 
It mittigateth and affwageth the paine of the 
hip or haunch, commonly called Sciatica. 
It profiteth much againft the collicke, ftran- 
gurie, and ditficultie of making water, vfed in 
ftead of mu ftard as aforefaid. 
The root ftamped and giuen todrinke, killeth 
thewormes in children : the iuyee giuen doth 
the fame : an ointment made thereof, doth the like , being annointed vpon the belly of the child. 
H The leaues of Peppenvort butefpecially the rootes, be extreamehot, for they haue a bur- 
ning and bitter tafte. It is of the number of fcorching and bliftring fimples, faith Pliny in his 
ao.booke, the 17. chap, and therefore by his hot qualitie, it mendeth the skin in the face, and ta- 
keth away fcabs, fcarres,and mangineffe, if any thing remaine after the healing of vlcers and Inch 
like. 
Chap: 8 . Of Winter Crejfes. 
The Defcriptiou. 
T He Winter Crefles hath manygreene, broad, fmootheand flat leaues like vnto the com- 
mon turnc-ps, vvhofe ftalkes be round, and full of branches, bringing forth at the top fmall yel- 
low floures:after them doe follow fmall cods,wherein is conteined fmall reddilh feed. 
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