Theatrum Botanicum 
Chaf.io. 
T R I B E 7.; 
containing (mail fmooth round feede of a very fharpe taftc andfmelling like Rue. This is very like the Erttea 
carttlea fet forth before. 
The Place. 
The firft is not found wilde with us but in Gardens onely, but the fecond, ds well as that which is fpoken of in 
my other booke, are found often in the borders of fields, as alfo in the low rillesand ftrrowes of them ■ the 0-' 
ther three are flrangers to us, the one being of UMcmpelier, the other of Naples, and the laft of Etypt ’ 
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The Time. 
All thefe Muftardes are but annual! plants flowring in Inly, and their feede ripe in Augttff. 
The Names. 
It is called in Grceke dram Sinapi,mi fo doe the Latines call it alfo,and Sinapii; but tAthaneus faith that the A- 
thenians called it vatu/, and Ariflopbanes in f^8r»> faith of Cleomencs when he was angry. 
Confpexit Sinapi & frontemcontraxit; 
The Arabians call it Cardel, the Italians Senape , the Spaniards Meflarde and CMoJlazjtfhe French Seme and Ainu. 
Jlarde, the Germanes Seneff and Scuff, the Dutch CMoftaertc, and we in F.nyjifl? Muftard. Thefirft is called of Lo- 
bel Sinapi fativum Enter ant Rapifolio,o( Cordus upon Dtofcorides,and of Lttgdttnenfis Sinapi hortcnfe ■ of Odour at 
Sinapi fativumprim, of Camerariw Sinapi album differing from Erttcajemine alba, of Bauhinut Sinapi rapifolie 
Sinapi Diofcoridis &■ Tbeoprhafli,Sinapi alterum Tlinij : the fecondis called by Label Sinapi fylvejlre minus turf* 
pafloris folio, by Dodonaw and Lttgdstncrfis Sinapi fylveftre, and is the third Sinap, of Alatthiolus, Tar antes and 
Cafalpinw, Tritons calleth it Erticajive Rtscula marina minor, and Sinapi novum ■ Fuel fins Erttea fativa Tamer 
Eruca hortenfis, and Gefner inhortu Erttea fylveftris : the third is called by Bauhimts Sinapi parvum filitjua ajiera - 
and the fourth Cohtmna calleth Sinapi alterum agrefte noliras : and Bauhinut Sinapi nmbclla purpurea : thelalf islij 
fo called by Alpinist as is in the title. 
The Ferities'; 
Muftard feede efpecially the common fort is hot and drie in the fourth degree ( but the white feede and tile c* 
ther fmall forts are not fohot)and hath the vertue of heating, difeuffing,rarefying and drawing forth fplintersof 
bones or other things out of the flefli. The condiment or fawce is of great ufe, for in a manner the whole cn- 
crcafe of the ground isfpent thereabout tofeafon orfharpen the meats, both offifh and flefli that are eaten cither 
by the rich or poore : the faid Muftard is of good effeft to bring downe womens courfes, and for other hyftericall 
difeafes, and for thole that are Epilepticke or lethargicke, that is troubled with the falling ficknefle or letharpie 
droufie, forgetfull,evill, to ufe both inwardly and outwardly to rubbe the noftrills, the forehead and tcmplesf to 
warme& quicken thofe dull fpirits that are as it were afleepe or almoft dead;for by the fierce fliarpencfleitpier- 
cethtothebraineand purgeth it by fneefing and drawing duwne rheume & other vifeous clammy humors which 
by their rcfidence doe much offend, or by their diftillation upon the lungs and cheft procure coughing, and there¬ 
fore with fome honny added thereto doth much good therein. Our ancient forefathers even tlx better fort in the 
more Ample, and as I may fay the more healthfull age of the world, were not fparirg in the ufe hereof, for with¬ 
out doubt they found it much conducing to their health by warming the ftomacke and helping digefiion, by clen- 
fingthebraine, lungs andbreaft of rheume and fiegme: but now adayes it isfeldomeufcdby their lucceftours be¬ 
ing accounted the downes fawce, and therefore not fit for their tables ; but i9 transferred either to the me, ny or 
meaner fort, who therefore reape the benefit thereof. The decoftlon of the herbe, but the feede is the more ufu- 
alland cffe&uall made in wine and driukeprovoketh urine, refifteth the force of poifon,the malignitie of Mufh- 
romes, and the venome of the Scorpion or other venemous creatures,for it fufferech rot the virulencie thereof to 
pierce to the heart, and vitall fpirits, thereby to overthrow Ufe, but maftereth it in the way it it be taken in time: 
the fame all'o taken before the fits of agues doth by warmingthe bloud and fpirits, keepe backe and lelfen the cold 
fits, thereby altering the courfe and curing the difeafe: the (cede alfo taken either by it felfe or with other things 
either in an Eiedluary or drinke doth mightily prevaile to (litre up bodily luft, being taken alfo in the fame man¬ 
ner it helpeth the fplecne and paincs in the fide-, and gnawings in the bowels, and uied as a gargle, it helpeth the 
Vvnlaoc pallateof the mouth when it is fallen downe and faftenethit, and alfo diflolverh the tumours &kernells 
about the throate in the Kings evtll, efpecially ifit be alfo applied outwardly thereto; being chawed in the mouth 
it oftentimes helpeth the tooth-ach : the outward application hereof upon the pained place of the Sciatica doth 
much helpe to difenfle the humours, and to cafe or lelfen the paines, as alfo for the gcute and other /oynt-aches 
and is much and often ufed to eafe paines in the (ides orloynes, the (houlders or other parts of the body, upon the 
applying thereof to raife blifters, and by drawing the paines to the place from the inward or more remote, cureth 
the difeafe or diverted) it to thofe outward places where local! medicines may helpe : iris alfo ufed to helpe the 
falling of the haire: the feede bruiled mixed with hony and applied, or madeup with waxe, taketh away the 
markes and blacke and blew fpots and bruifes of beatings or the like,the roughnefl'e or fcabbedueffe of the skin in 
any placets alfo the lepro(ie,and lowfie evilhic helpeth alfo the cricke in the necke, or that difeafe when one can¬ 
not turne their heads,but they muftturne their whole body with it. The diflilled water of the herbe whenitisin 
flower,is much ufed both inwardly to drinke to helpe in any the difeafes aforefaid, or to walh the mouth for the 
I vuU or the kernclls and tumours of the throate,but outwardly alfofor the fcabbe,itch,or the like infirmities,and 
clenfeth the face and skinne from freckles, fpots, morphew, or other deformities thereof. The Italians ufe to 
ke 'P= a • ■ condiment or fawce macie Muftard feede to ule upon all occaflons. fuddenly made fit to be eaten, 
which itos likely they learned from Diofcorides who taught his to keepe Rocket feede good for a longtime, by 
beating it and making it up with vinegar and milke into balles to be dried : for they much after the lame manner 
appoint two ounces of Muftard feede to be taken, and halfc an ounce of good Cinamon well beaten to be made up 
into balles or cakes with hony and vinegar, which being dried in the Sunne are to be kept untill ufe be to be made 
thereof, which then relented with a little vineger is made into fawce prefently, very delicate and pleafing to the 
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