Tribe 7. 
The Theater of Tlants. Chap. 5 . 819 
5. Eruca czrulea. Blew flowred Rocket. 
This kinde of Rocket hath the lowed leaves cut in on both fides fomewhat like a Rocket, but more like 
; Groundfell in my mind, from among which rife up divers hairy ftraked ftalkes fcarce a foote high, bearing rough 
r hairy leaves on them, leffe jagged, and fome not at all,(hotter alfo and narrower: at the toppes (land the flowers 
a one above another of an excellent purplifh blew colour made of foure leaves, after which comefmall long 
: frnooth pods with (mall reddifh fharpe feedas therein : therooteis long (lender and reddifh with fome fibres 
3| tlicrcflt. 
6 . Erxcafylveftrls anguflifolia. Narrow leafed wilde Rocket. 
This plant is doubtfull whereunto it might be referred, in that it participated) of divers plants, namely of thd 
leaves ot Tarragon long and narrow of the colour of Rocket; the yellow flowers of wildc Rocket upon (lalkes 
acubitehigh with cods of Mudardor Creffes and hot (harpe feede, and the whole face of BanckeCref- 
:i fes, yet the talk of Rocket. 
The Place. 
Many of thefe are found wilde in divers places of our Land, although they are recorded by divers Authors to 
; grow in others, yet fome of them are [hangers to us, and therefore imparted to furniih the gardens of the 
1 curious. 
The Time. 
They keepe the fame time to flower and feede that the others doe. 
The Names. 
The fird is called Eruca fylvefris by Matthiolm, label, Ttodonaus and others: the fecond is called by Cjefncr lx 
J coUettione flirpium Eruca fyiveftrie faetida, by Tabcrmontanm Eruca palufirU minor fry Lueduncnfis Eruca (ylvefirls, 
I andEry/imamveram,andby Gerard. Sinapipalujlrathe third and fourth Bauhinm hath let fort 1 , by the fame names 
1 are in the titles the lift Bauhinus hath fet forth in his Matthiolw and Phytopinax by the name of Eruca / . yrrh 
, ccrulca, and in his Pinax by the name of Eruca cerulcain arenefis crefccns: the lad is the Erucafytveflria angujli. 
f folia of Lobel which Bauhinus calleth Eruca angufiifolia Aullriaca. 
The Venues. 
The wilde Rockets are hotter and dryer than thofe of the garden, more ffrong and efteftuall alfo to encreafe 
fperme and Venerousqualities whereunto the feede is no leffe effethialll than the herbe ; iefervech alfo to helper 
1 digeftion, and to provoke urine exceedingly : the feede is ufed to cure the bitings of Serpents, the Scorpion, and 
i the Shrew-moufe,and other poyfons,and expellech wormes and other noyfome creature; that engender in the bo¬ 
dy. Pliny writethf but that it is too fuperftitious to relate jthat if one gather three leaves of Rocket with their left 
hand,and bruife them, and drinke them in mede or honied water, it (hall cure the j‘aundi(e,and chat he that fhonld 
fuffer whipping or beating, by drinking hereof in wine, (hall not have any fence thereof or feele any paine, but 
I wifh that Phny had beene a true relator hereof by his owne experience fird, that others might have beleeved 
him the better: the herbe boyledorllewed, and fome Suger put thereto belpeth the cough in children being ta¬ 
ken often: the feede alfo taken in drinke taketh away the eviltfmell of the arme-holes or pits, and of the reft of 
thebody, and encreafeth milke in Nudes breads, and waftech the fpleene : the feede of wilde Rocket mixed 
with hony and ufed on the face clenfeth the skinne from (p its, morphew, and other dilcolourings therein, and 
nfed with Vinegar taketh away freckles and other redhetfe hapning in the face or other parts, and ufed with the 
gall of anOxeitamendethfoulefcarres.blackeand blew fpots. and the markes of the fmall poxe reftoring the 
skinne toiits owne colour againe. As both thefe Rockets, and the former are forbidden to be ufed alone, in regard 
their (harpneffe doth fume into the head .there caufing each and paine,fo they are no leffe hurtfull to hot and chol- 
lericke perfons, and robe forbidden them for feare of inflamming their blond, and therefore forfuchwe may 
fay a little doth but a little harme. 
Chap. III. 
Barbarea. Winter Creffes, or ratherWinter Rocket. 
Nto the Rocket (and not unto the Creffes as the name hereof commonly givetu doth import ) by 
the/udgementofthe bed Herbarifts in thefe dayes pertaincth this Barbarea, whereof there are 
two forts more, although untill very lately one onely was knowne. 
I. Barbarea jimpliciflore. Common Winter Rocket or Crefles. 
The Winter Crefles or Rocket whether he will, hath divers fomewhat large fad greenc leaves 
lying upon the ground tome or cut into divers parts fomewhat like untoRocket or Turnep leaves He nothing like, 
Creffes with (mailer peeces next thebottome, and broadeat the ends which fo abide all the W inte (if tt ipi mg 
up \n Autumns when it is ufed to be eaten either greene or dewed ) from among which rifeth up '.vers fmall 
round ftalkes full ofbranches, bearing many fmall yellow flowers of foure leaves apcece, after win h come fmall 
long pods with reddifh feede in them : therooteis' fomewhat dringie, and perifheth ever after the feede is ripe. 
2. Barbarea floreplena. Double flowred Winter Creffes. 
The double flowred Winter Creffes differeth not from the former but in the great nefle of the ftalkes 
which are bigger and crefted, yet (liorter in the leaves being an inch long cut in on the e Jges in the fame manner, 
and in the flowers which are double and fomewhat larger but yellow as the (ingle, and in the rooce which perifh¬ 
eth not but abideth many yeares. 
3, Barbarea minor. Small Winter Crefles. 
This fmaller fort hathblackifh greene leaves fomewhat j'agged or torne on the Tides refembling Moth-I lullein, 
the flowers are yellow and leffe than the former, and fo are the cods likewife; the rooce hereof perifheth like 
thefirft. 
The Place. 
Jbe firft groweth oftentimes of its owne accord in gardens and in the fields alfo by the paths; and wayes fide 
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