Lib. 2 . Of heHiftory of Plants. 2 6 i 
ripe, though you put but your hand neere them, as profering to touch them, though you do'e it not, 
yet will they fly out vpon you, and if you expert no fuch thing.perhaps make you affraid by reafon 
of the fuddennefle thereof. This herbeis written of onely by prtfjftr Alpiniis, vnder the title of 
Slum Minimum : and it may be called in Englilh, Impatient Lady-fmocke, or Cuckovv floure. It 
is an annuall, and yeerely (owes it felfe by the filling feeds . £ 
I 8 The leaues of this fomevvhat referable thofe of Dafyes,but lefle,arid lie fpread vpon 
the ground, amongft which rifes vp a vveake and (lender ftalke let with 3 or 4 leaues at certaine di- 
flances,it being fome handful high, the top is adorned with final white floures confiding of fourc 
leaues apeece, after which follow large and long cods, confidering the fmallnes of the pla D nt; with- 
in thefe in a double order is conteined a fmall reddiih feed, of fomewhat a biting tafte. The root 
creepes vpon the top of the ground, putting vp new buds in diners places.C/»/?«r found this grow- 
ing vpon the rockes on the Etfcherian mountaine in Auflria,and hath giuc-n vs the hiftbry and fi- 
gure thereof vnder the name oiPlantulaCardamines emula, and Sinapi pimtdum Alpinum.± 
The Time and Place. 
That of the Alpifh mountaines is a ftranger in thefe cold Countries : the reft are to be found 
euery where, as aforefaid, efpecially in the caftle ditch at Clare in E flex. $ The feuenth growes 
naturally inforne places of Italy, t- 
Thefe flower for the 1110ft part in Aprill and May, when the Cuckowe doth begin to fin^ her 
pleafant notes with out Hammering. 
The Thames. 
They are commonly called in Latine, Flos Ciiculi, by Brunfclfim and Vedonaut, for the reafon 
aforefaid ; andalfo lomecall them Najhirtium aquaticnm minue,ox lefler water Crefle: offome Car. 
daminc., and Sifymbrium altertm of Diofcorides : it is called in the Germane tongue, J©tlDetcrefjS 
in French, Pafragefanuage . in Englifh, Cuckowe flowers : in Northfolke, Canterbury bells: at 
the Namptwich in Chefhire, where I had my beginning, Ladie fmockes, which hath giuen me 
caufe to Chriftenitaftermy Country fafliion. 
The Nature and Vertues. 
Thefe herbes be hot anddrie inthefecond degree : we haue no certaine proofe or authority 
©f their vertues, but furely from the kindes of water C rede they cannot much differ, and therefore 
to them they maybe referred in their vertues. 
t The fi*nre that was in the fourth pliccjbeing ofthefame plant that is deferibed inthefirft placc;the counterfeit, {hikes and heades being taken away, as 
Mirimt rightly hath obferued} as alfo the defeription thereof, which (as many other) our Author frames hy looking vp0nthcfi''urc,andtheftrcnathof his 
ownerancic: I hauc omitted as impcitinent. 0 ® 
C hap, ip. Of Treacle zSAT ujlard. 
The Def cription. 
X f I 'Reacle muftard hath long broad leaues, efpecially thofenext the ground, the others 
| lefler, (lightly indented about the edges like thofe of Dandelion. The'ftalkes be 
long and brittle, diuided into many branches euen from the ground to the top where 
grow many fmall idle flowers tuft fafliion,after which fucceed large, flat, thin, chatfie hdskes or 
Iced veflels heart fafliion, wherein are conteined browne flat feed's , fharpe in tafte burninv the 
tongue as doth muftard feed,leauing a tafte or fauour of Garlicke behinde for afarewell. & 
-a Mithridate Muftard hath long narrow leaues like thofe of Woad,or rather Cow Bafil.The 
Italkes be mclofed with fmall fnipt leaues euen to the branches, Pyraniidis fafhion, that is to 
lay,ima!Tcrand fmaller toward the top, where it is diuided into fundrie branches, whereon doe 
grow fmall flowers :which being paft, the cods, or rather thinne chatfie huskes do appeare full of 
fharpe feed, like the former. Therocteis long and (lender. 
3 Thcthirdkindeof Treacle Muftard, named Knaues Muftard,(forthatitis too bad for ho- 
nelt men) hath long, fat, and broad leaues, like thofe of Dwale or deadly Nightfliade : in tafte like 
tliole of yuluaria or flinching Orach, fet vpon a round ftalke two cubits high, diuided at the ton 
into final! armes or branches, whereon do grow fmall foolifli white fpokie flowers. The feed is 
conteined in flat pouches like thofe of Shepheards purfe,brown, fharpe in tafte, and ofan ill fauor. 
ft r B '™;y, ers Muftard hath the lower leaues refembling the ordinary Thlafpfbutthevnperare 
very fmall like todeflaxe but fmaller. Tbeftalkes be fmall, flender,and many. The flowers be 
mall and white, each confiding of foure leaues.The feeds be placed vpon the branches from the 
Joweft part of them to the top^xceeding fharpe and hot in tafte, and of a yellowifh colour The 
roote is (mall and woody. 4 
r 5 r Grecian mufti«d hath many iiMues fpred vpon the ground, like thofe of the common Dai- 
tie,of a darke greemfli colour: from the mid ft whereof fpring vp ftalkes two foote long, diuided 
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