i and }Aruga : the French Roquette : the Germans Rauhen and Rockelen : the Dutch Rukette ; and we ip Enqlijb Gar¬ 
den Rocket, Romane Rocket, Rocket gentle, and white Muftrad leede. The firft is called by Tragtd Eruca Jive 
' Ruculamarinet major fay Cordus in hi florin Erne ula major ,yet he giveth thereunto long blacke feedes which cannoC 
; agree to this, and quoteth Tragus to agree with his, which hath yellowifh feede ; of Lugdunenfls Sinapi hortenfe 
fr alburn^ and LobelSinapi fativum femine alfyo duplo quant Thlajpi vulgaris majore • there is no other that I know 
hath expreffed this fort, for Matthio/w and others have fet forth a garden kinde that beareth yellow flowers, and 
fmall browne feede in Render long pods, which Gamer arius calleth Eruca Anglic a :rwe doe ufually call this £m- 
ca flore & femine albo , to put a difference betweene it and the other; the fecond is called by Rauhinns Eruca lati - 
| folia, and mentioned by no other : the laft is fet forth by (Jornutus among his Canada plants., 
The Vertues, 
This Rocket gentle fo called from the Italians who by that title of Gentle, underhand any thing that maketh 
one quicke and ready to jeft,to play,or to Venery as this herbe doth,or that it is more pleafant and gentle in tafle, 
than the wildc kinde ; itisfeldome eaten alone but among Lettsce, Purflaine, or fom'e other cold herbes to tem¬ 
per each others cold and hcate;for as it is Paid by Galen it procureth head-ach if it be taken alone: it is in a manner 
wholly fpent as a fawfe or condiment to meate, to quicken the appetite and to pleafe the palate, or to enrreafe 
fperme and Venerous effedls, for which purpofes Martiatl fhevyeth the cffefls in thefe Verfes, 
EtVenerem revocans Eruca morantem. 
And Columella thus, Iamqitc Eruca falaxf&cundoprovenrt horto , 
And Ovid Nec mirrn Erucaijubeo vitare falaces . 
But as for any Phyficall qaalitie I know not any it is employed upon, for that the wilde Rockets, as you dial! 
heare by and by, ate ufed for all fuch purpofes, except in the want of the one the other may be taken, but as it is 
more milde and gentle in tafie, fo it is alfo in operation. 
Chap. II.* 
■ Eruca fjlveftrii. Wilde Rocket. 
F the wilde Rockets that are more feldome ufed for fallets or fawfe except nntocjiurlifh ftomaeke; 
and are moll: fpent in Phyficall ufes, there are divers forts, as (hall be here declared in this Chapter,’ 
and the other three that follow. 
t. ErucafylveftrUvulgatm. The more common wilde Rocket. 
This common wilde Rocket hath longer and narrower leaves much more divided, and intofien- 
erer cuts and jagges on both fides of the middle ribbe, of a fad over-worne greene colour.from among which H- 
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