TRi b e 7. TheTbeaterof ‘Plants. Cha p„i2, 835 
Graynes as (hallbe declared both when we come to fpeak of them,& fomewhat alfo in the Chapter of Myagrinn 
I following : Galen doth acknowledge both forts, for of this kind he fpeaketh in 6. ftmpliciufh medicamentonim, 
: and of the other in prime de ahmentorumfacultatibw :P liny alfo fpeaketh of them Lib, r 8.cap. 7,and lib,ti-cap, 2 j. 
] but in the end confoundeth them both together: for in the former place he faith Eftiva frumenta diximus Sefamum ■„ 
Milium,? anicamfitii after haic feilket SefamoJimili ejl in Apa Grttciacjue Eryftmum, idemy- erat nife punguius efftet, 
» quod apudnot vacant Irionem, medicaminibui potiM amumcranium yuam frugibui, And in the other place hee 
- irionem inter frames Sefama ftrmlem effe diximm, and a Greek Sefamum vocari : eft autemftuticofumfoliji Era . 
i Ca angaftieribm tamen,femine Tftalhtrti], this being the defeription of Dioftcorides his Eryftmum and the other 
| of Thcopbraftnt. The firft is called Hierabotanefcmina of Brunfelftiu, p r erbetm famim and Sinapi fteptimum of 7 ><i- 
y gets, Sinapi alteram fy heft re of Facbftnu, Eryftmum Sinapi ftyheftris fpeciet o{ Gefner in bortii. Iria of Matthioliu, ■ 
■*, Cordtts in Dioftco. Lenicerm.Lugdanenftn and Caftalpinut, Iria five Eryftmum of Lobel-.CleoneOclavij Haratij of 
Anguilara, and Eryftmum vnloare of Bauhinut : the fecond is Tabermontanui his fecond Eryftmum whole. Figure- 
iji Gerard hath placed for Erucafativa, Bauhinut calleth it Eryfimttm alteram Ernea ftliejuit : the third is the Iria. 
h alter of Mdttkiolue t Lugdunenfii m&. Corner arm, Eryftmum verum of Anguilara, Dentillaria alia Irio aliyuibus 
T of Gefner in Hortit, Irionis tertia jpccies ol CnJaIpinm,m& Saxifraga Romanorttm of Ltigdttnenftr according to his 
b! delcription, but the figure is tranipofed to a contrary place under the other title of Saxifragta aurca, TSauhinm 
It calleth it Eryfimttmpalyceratian vel cornicalatam, but is generally called by molt berbariftes with us Eryftmum ve~ 
* ram five montamm : the fourth is called by Colamna Irio Uvis Apulia Erucafolip, and by Baubinm Eryftmnm lati - 
ii folium ma\w olabrttm,and was fenthim as he faith by the name of Rapiftrum Hifftankum mn deftcriptum, I have 
n j entituledic Eryftmum latifolium Neapolitanum: the fift is called by Colamna Rapiftrum moiitanam Irionis.fi/lio , but 
Hi byBaubinm Eryftmum anguftifslium majuj : but in this as in many other, Baabinm doth much forgetwhst he had 
V written but two or three leaves before in his Pinax, for he fetteth this for a Rapiftrum among the other forts of 
,y Rapiftrum but it cannot be an Eryfimttm and a RapiShum both,for fo to doe were to make a confufion unfufferablc 
>1 and too farre unfit fo worthy a man as he was, or any other that would be accounted of any worth in his judge- 
I ment. The laft is called by Bauhinut EryfimoftMilu hirfuta mn laciniata alba,raid was called as he faith Barbara. 
-■ rnuralii by his brother loin Baub'mus . The Italians call it Eriftmo and Irione, the Spaniards Rincbaon, the French 
\ ye!ar and de la torts ilk, tile Cjermans Hedcrieke and Wilder Serff, the Dutch b'del Rakette, and in Enghfli by Ge- 
,t rWBan)teCre(l'cs,bnt becaufe I finde the moft judicious to make it a kind of wild Milliard,! have thereupon en- 
1 titulcd it wild Hedge Mallard. 
TheVertuet. 
The three firfl forts of Eryftmum as the mofl in ufe and effcftuall doe temperately heate, confining of a thinne! 
! fubdance, cutting andclenfing with fiome moyft parts j'oyned therewith,whereby it doth nor dry the rbickeand 
r vifeous flegme but maketh it eafie to be fpic forth, for it is lingular good in all the difeafes of the Ched and Lungs, 
I hoarfeneffeofthevoyce, and by the ufe of the decoftion thereof for a little (pace thofe havebeene reco- 
' vered perfeflly well, who had utterly loft their voyce and therewith their fpirits alfo almoft : the juice 
i thereof made into aSyrupe or Lohoc with hony or Sugar,is no leffe effeftuall for the faid purpofe.and for all other 
coughes wheelings and (hortneffe of breath: the fame alfo is profitably taken of thofe that have the Iaundies, the 
Plurifie, paines in the backe and loynes, and for torments and wringings in the belly or in the Colon, which is 
called the Collicke Being ufed alfo in Gliders; the feede is held to bee a fpeciall remedy againft poyfon and ve- 
nome. It is fingular good for the paines inthehippes or hucklebones, called the hippe Goute or Sciatica, the 
Goute alfo and all j'qync aches, as alfo for Fjftulaes, hollow Vlcers, and eating or running Cankers,and for Apo- 
fhims, fores, and Cankers in the mouth or throate or behind the eares, and no leffe alfo for the hardneffe and fwel- 
lings in womens breads or in the tedicles or (tones. 
Tblaffi, Treakle-Muftard. 
Nto the Creffes,Rockets, and Milliards perteinethefc herbes called Thlalfi, Treakle-Mudardas 
comming neared unto them both in forme and qualitie, whereofthereare found at this day fo ma¬ 
ny forts more then the former ages ever knew,that I mud with thefe as I have done with-many other 
inch herbes that yecld a plenciftill varictie,didribute them into fundry rankes or orders, that fo they 
may be both better described and apprehended, 
Tblaftpi arvenfe. Trcaklc Mudard of the Fields, 
1. ThlaJj/iDrabt folio. Treakle Mudard with broad flat Powches. 
This kinde of Tblaffi rifeth up with a hard round dalkc about a footc high, parted into fame branches, ha¬ 
ving divers foft grecne leaves fomewhat long and narrow fet thereon, waved but not cut in on the edges,broadeft 
towards the ends and fomewhat round pointed : the dowers are white that grow at the toppes of the branches 
fpike falhion one above another, after which come large round powches, parted in the middle with a furrow, 
having one blackifh browne feede in eyther fide fomewhat thicker and larger then in any other of the Tb/affiet 
that 1 know, fomewhat (harpe in tade and fmelling-of Garlick, efpecially in the fields where it is natural!, but 
in Gardens, neither fo (harpe nor duelling of Garlicke as others have exprefledit, for any thing I could ever 
perceive by it my felfe: the rootes are fmall and threddy perifhing every yeare. 
3 . Thlafpi Mitbridaticum five vulgatiJJimamEdccarixfolio. Mithridate-Mudard. 
This Tblajpi groweth higher then the former fpreading more and longer branches, whofe leaves are fmailct 
and narrower fometimes unevenly dented about the edges; the flowers are fmall and vvhite growing on long 
branches,with much (mailer and rounder feede veffells after them,and parted in the middle in the fame manner . 
with 
