The Theater of TlantSi 
r ibb 7. 
,&:i Raphamvit\gctrU„ Ordinary Garden Reddifh. 
Chap. 25. 861 
Rapbanus nigerrotundioreradice. 
The rounder rooted blacke Reddilh, 
rnN-s-t, caileth virUti : the CoriMix faith Theophraflm is the greateft, whofe roote is bare above g'j ound > Sew¬ 
in'* uuwa'rds and not downewards as the reftdoei Ltobalafit, called of fome Thracia. doth belt induce thecold, 
^rLisfwectcft, the forme being imall and round, when as the Cleone a is fomewhat long. Now let any 
me referreaUthefe forts rightly, to the kinds of Reddiihes knowne to us, &mt mihi magmvs Jpolio, the I a- 
liatts call it Anoracia, the French Grand raphaim and grandrMfirt, the German, Mm'tticb, /and thereupon 
'T^eymontamu caileth it in Lilias R*phamtt marinm) and fome Krevt or Kren> the Dutch Meerraajs anaw 
’in Enelijh HorfeRcddifhjMonntainc Reddifh, and in the North greene Reddilh, but better I thinke Clownes 
Muftard for it is too ftrong for any tender ftomacke. 
. The Virtues. . _ , , 
Horfe Reddilh is hot and drie in the third degree: with the roote fait and vinegar is made a Muftard, much 
ufed with country people,and ftrong labouring men in fome countries of germ*nj,k :c. and 1,1 ou ^ o w “ l 
hnr as I faid it is too ftrong for tender and gentle ftomackes, for as CMatthiolus faith, to thofc that ule it, it hu 
-eth the head and caufeth ftiarpe and foure belchings, but it is of much good ufe m the paines of the rames, ' 
der and ftor.e provoking much urine and helping to feparate the gravell from the ftone and to1 expell t,be g 
l ’..j .1,1,1, h’onv and vinegar into an Eleffuary : it is alio a good remedy in ftrong bodies,both for the Coug , 
the T-fficke and other difeafes of fhe lunges, as alfo to procure womens courfcs that are (lopped s the ame 
bv nravoWnVvom ting and fweating, is oVn given before the fit of the q-rf* ague to alter the courfc the 
i.l^Tven in drhike ^ held to be very effeftuall for the feurvey: t k illeth the wormes m cmldren being drunke, 
is alftfbeine laid upon the bellyithe roote bruifed and laid to the place grieved with the Sciatica-gout, joynt-ac 
or the hard fwellings of the fpleene and liver, doth wonderfully helpe them all: the diftilled water of tne be 
and rootes is morefamiliar to be taken with a little Sugar for all the purpofes aforefa.d. 
Chap. XXV. 
'Rapiftrttm. Wilde Rape or Charlocke. 
N this Chapter I (hall fhew you the forts of wild Rape called Chadlocke or Charlocke with us, whered 
' of there are more forts knowne at thefe times then formerly were to the ancient write, s. 
1. Rapumfylvefire non hulbofum. The wild Rape or Tumep. 
—- The leaves hereof are very like the garden long Tumep, but growing thicker amd wire Pi 
from the roote,and morecfumpled and rough in handling, the roote is long andflendc , >n 
not fi'om it, a. Rapijirum 
