The Theater of Tlants. 
CnAP.p. 829 
Tribe 7. 
and by Banbimn Naflnrtium Alpinnnf infipidnm :the fixt is called by Clnfim Plantitla Cardaminet alteriw amula 
& S'inapi pumilum rstlpimm, and by ’Baubinut Naflnrtium Bellidis folio minus ; the feventh is called by Taber. 
, mom MM and Gerard Naflnrtium peer turn, and by Banhinm Tfafturtmm petraumfolys burfa paflorte : theeight is . 
called by Bauhinm Naflnrtium pumilum vcrnum : the ninth is called by Banhimts Naflnrtium lAlp'mttmcapfnU 
V. Naflurti hortenfis : the tenth and laft he alfo calleth as they are in their titles. 
The Vertues . - 
I There hath not beene any efpeciall triall made of any of thefe herbes that I know,but mod of them being fome- 
[ what (harpc in tafte, they are adjudged to be neare of the famequalitie with the former, or rather ftronger in that 
,, they are mountainous plants, but I have nothing to affirme for certaine, and therefore let this fuffice untill wee 
n can fay more of them. 
Chap. IX. 
T^aJhtrtia fylvtflria, Wilde Crelfes. 
a Here is a wildekinde of Crelfes yet to be handled whereof there are not many fort?, one of them is to 
"Sj be found almoft in every field, which although it be accounted a very foule weede in a garden, yet it 
I is not amide as I thinke to place it with the reft. 
Naflnrtium fjlvefire Ofjridis folio. 
Narrow leafed white Creffes. 
1 . Hoflwtium filutfire Qfpldis folio. 
Narrow leafed wilde Crcflcs. 
This wilde Creffe bringeth forth many (mallround and hard ftalkes.with divers (man round and narrow leaves 
let without order thereon, branched from the middle upward into many parts, at the toppes come forth a num¬ 
ber of fmall white dowers ( yet fome have beene found with 
yellow dowers ) one (landing above another fpike fafhion, af¬ 
ter which appeare huskes containing fmall feede: the roote is 
wooddy and peri(heth after feede time. 
a. Naflttrtiumfjlvefirc 'ZJalentinum. 
Spanijh wilde Creffes, 
Spanijh wilde Crelfes groweth up with a round grecne, 
rough, and hairy ftalke about a f oote high fpreading into bran¬ 
ches from the very ground at every joynt whereof ftandlong 
winged leaves very much divided like unto the ordinary gar¬ 
den Creffes but yet more finally parted and fharpe in tafte like 
Credits: the flowers are many, and of a pale whitifh yellow 
colour (landing ip long fpikes at the toppes, and afterwards 
lmall (bort powches divided into two parts which (land not 
upright but hang do wnewards wherein is contained fmall red-, 
difh feede like unto Crelfes: the roote is long and (lender, and 
periflieth every yeare. 
3. Sophia Cbirurgorum five Tfeudonaflurtium fjlveflre. 
Flixe weede. 
There is no doubt but that this herbe pertaineth to the family 
of wilde Creffes, although a baftard fort of them riling up with • 
a round upright hard ftalke foure or five fqote high fpread into 
fundry branches, wherein grow many grayifh grecne leaves 
very finely cut and fevered into a number of fliortand almoft 
round parts, the flowers are very fmall and yellow .growing 
fpike fafhion, after which come very fmall long pods, with vc- 
rie fmall yellowifh feede in them : the roote is long and 
Wooddy perifhing every yeare. 
Whereof there is an other fort withfomewhat broader leaves 
and in no other thing differing : they have a ftrong evill favour 
being fmelt unto, and are of a drying tafte. 
The Place. 
The firft and the laft grow wilde in the fieldsby hedge (ides 
and wayes, and among rubbifh and many other places : thefe- 
cond was found onely in the kingdome of Valentin in Spaine, 
The Time, 
They flower and feede quickly after, namely in bine and lulj. 
The ?{ames, 
TheMisThraftiJifzenus.znd Naflmiw ^ Tragi,Thlafii anguflifol. of Fachfiu, and Lugb.Tblafbimimu hort 
vttlg.Ofjndtfi folio acernmu album C~ lutcum of LobefNaJlurtififjl t of Thal\w, r Btirfa Vafiort minor rif 7? >r° 
and Naflunium fjlveflre ofjridis folio of Baubinut, and may in my minde be accounted a ThLIbi much hetterra-’ 
part.c.pateth of bothtche fecond is called by Clufiut Naflnrtium fjlveflre Valentroum, and fo doth Luodunellm 
following him ; but Lobel in altering that title called it Erttca Nafturtio coanata temtifolia and is renr A^aJa u” 
Clafiui for fo doing 5 by Lugdunenfis alfo Erucacintrea,^auUnmth m Ltb, who mateth ft aTfo ro fc the// 
cobea manna as is before find, and called this Tfafhtrtium [jlveflrU Ernes:folio-.tbe laftis called by Come PCondo 
nafiurtmmfjlvefire by Fucbjius and Gefner tnborti, Naflnrtium fjlveflre ,by Tragm Scripbium Germar.icJm and 
by Lomccrw Senpbitim abfmthium ( but very erromoufly not having anyaffinitie with Worme wood 1 hvTWo 
^ French Booke.by Gefner bortit, by CfrdJ, Lugdunenfit, Thai™ and TabZZZZ ^12 
ThaUflrum but not traely; but by Dodoutu in his Latine Booke, by Lobel and Cjcrard Sophia (fbirurgorum by 
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