86 o Chap. 24, 
Theatrum Botanicum . 
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The Vertues . 1 
fartllft : the herbedryed or the roote chiefly chewed in the mouth dfawnb doS^mS“a'l!Ki 
and is thereby available to ea(e the paines m the head and teeth.and to draw forth cold rheume catarrhs 
fluxions upon the Lungs or diftillations into the eyes, it mightily alio numeththehr a ;„rTl w n * 
that are thecaufe of the Appoplexie and Epilepfie or falling fickneffe “ifhelnelhalfnro r £ M e k, “ 0UI1 
moyflureofthe head and braines.that falling into other parts of the body is the caufe of majdifeffes and mu* 
trouble thereunto: the powtherofthe dryed herbe or roote put up,mo the Noftrills proJeth freezing, whid- 
oftentimes doth eale the head-ach the leaves or flowers bru.ied and made into a falve or poultis withoMH™ 
greafe,being applyed taketh away blacke and blew (pots that come by fttoakes or falls or bruifes, as alfo all othf 
lores or blemifhes in the skinne, and is alio good for the Goute and Sciatica 1 he true Pellrmr, 
commonly ufed for the toothach.by the root it ielfe or with otherthings to bee chewed L th?^ \ F r ’ 
it is to be ufed with oyle,and rubbed on the parts that have (haking fitf of Agues ' 
Chap. XXIII l: 
Raphanus R»ftica»us. Horfe RcddifR. 
He kinds of Garden ReddilBIhave 
declacd in my former Book,& there- 
*3^1$ 1 fore need nor to ddcribe the againe* 
b ut: onely to fhew you their Figures 
- ” and with them the Horle Reddifli, 
ivhofefirft: leaves that rile up before Winter arc 
about a footc and a halfe long, narrower and ve¬ 
ry much cut in or torrie on the edges into many 
parts, ofadaike greene colour with a great rib 
in the middle, but after thefe havebeene up a 
while others follow which are greater, rougher, 
broader and longer, whole and not divided as the 
firff, but onely lomewhai roundly dented about 
the edges : the ftalkc when it doth beare flowers 
as it doth but feldome is great/ifing up with fome 
fe " Idler leaves thereon to the height of three 
or foure foote,fpreading at the toppe many fmall 
branches of whitifh flowers made of foure* leaves 
a peece, after which come fmall pods like thofc 
of the Idler Shepherds purfe, but feldome with 
any ieedcin them : the roote is great, long, white 
and rugged, fhooting up divers heads of leaves 
which may be parted for increafe, but it doth not 
creepe within the ground, nor run above ground, 
and is of a ftrong fliarpe and bicterifh tafle almotl 
as Wuflard. 
The Place. 
It is found wilde in fome places of this Land, 
but is chiefly planted in Gardens where it joycth 
in a moyll and fhadowy place. 
The Time, 
It flowreth as I fayd but feldome, but when it 
doth it is in Inly, 
The Thymes. 
It hath no Grceke name that I can finde,for if 
THofcoridcs his Copies bee true it cannot bee his 
Rdpbayjui fylveflris y called by the Romans ss 4 r- 
moracia Jor hee maketh the roote thereof to bee 
fmall, and the leaves tender and fit to bee eaten 
Repbattus rvjlicanus. HorfcRcddih. 
which cannot agree hereunto, yttlTragm is confident that it is the oArmoracsa oi Pliny, and thinketh with- 
a t la t it is the 7 hraciaradix and LiothalaJJionai Theophraflus lib,- 7, cap, 4. which Pliny referreth to the Turneps, 
Jt is called Raphanm Rufticmtu by Label, and Raphams vulgaris and Rxfticamis by Matthio/us, by Dodonms Ra. 
f and Radicjtla magna,Armoracia atn Raphanus major by Trunfo/fim, Raphanus major by Tragus and 
d L y' r ' , y npon 7 ) iofeoridts and Lonicerus call it Thlajpiruajus and magnum, and Tauhinus doth in part fo 
judge of it alfo.for he calleth it Raphamu Rufiicanm Thlaff i alterum ‘Diofcoridi, lib.1.cap. 1 3. But Pliny in his 19. 
booke and, 5. Chap, hath faulted much,in reciting the kinds of Reddifli with the Grecians to make three wfiich 
ne taketn opt or ThtopbraShu lib.y.c.A. where he by the word doth not underftand Reddifli but Cab- 
Dageas the learned doe well know that readehim, and that fdv*™ with him is as it is thought Raphamu Rcd- 
diih, whereot in the lame Chapter he mentioneth five forts, Corinthiafileonaa, Liothalaffia , BxotiamA another 
Wild lort with Rocket-like leaves which Atheneiii calleth Amorhea, and Pliny inverting the word Raphamu 
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