C u a F.io Theatrum \Botanicum . Tr i b k 14, 
ac]'.:.victim,Corduiy Gefner andJh.iliw Sijymbrium alter um t F itchfim and Lugdttnenfis Sifymbrium Cardamine: Do- 
chm&M called it Slum and Laver i Ericitu Cordui Crejfo Laver cdoratum t and Lobel Sion Cratev£ Erne*folium t 
AnquiUara tooke it to be Vella Galeni f and Tragus , Lontcertu ,DodomcM and Bauhinus call it Naflurtium aquatic am, 
the fecond Matthiolm calleth Slum vulgar e % which the Italians as he faith, call Crefcione, Lobel and Lugdttncnfis 
call it Slum Matthioli & Italorum, and Bauhinus Naflurtium aquaticum erettumfolio lengiore. The third Tbaltw 
remembreth in hi sHarcynia fylva, by the name of Sifymbrij alteritu sfecics fecunda t and 'Bauhintu Nafltertinm 
aquaticum majus & amarurn . The lart is called by Camerariw in his Epitome of tJMatthiolus, Sifymbrium aqua, 
ticum alterttmvelminus , andby LugdunenfL Cardamine quanta Dalechampiy. The Italians as is beforefaid call it 
( r e fdone, the French Creffon deatte 9 the Cjermanes Brunkreffen i thcGDutch Water kre (ft find WC in Englifh Water 
Crefies. 
The Vertues. 
The Water Creffcs are hotter in tafle then Brookelime.and more powerful! againft the Scurvy, and to clenfe 
the blood and humours,and for all the other ufes whereunto Brookelime is before laid to be availeablc,as to break 
the Hone,to provoke urine and womens courfes : the decoftion thereof is faid to be good to wafh fcule and fil¬ 
thy Vlcers,thereby to clenfe them and make them the fitter to healc : The leaves or the juice is good tobeap- 
plyed to the face o r other parts troubled with freckles,pimples, fpots or the like at night,and taken away or wafh- 
ed away in the morning,the juice mixed with vinegar ,and the forepart of the head bathed therewith is very good 
for thofe that are dull a id drowfie,or have the Lethargy. 
Chap. XX. 
Siam five Paflinaca aquatica,. Water Parfhep. 
Ivers Writers have made divers forts of herbes to fuite with the Siam of ^ iofeorides , fome whereof 
I have fhewed you in the Chapter before,the other that are held by the mofi judicious to be the trueft 
and neereft thereunto {ball follow in this. 
I. Slum T'iofcoiidU five Paflinaca aquatica major. The greater Water Parfncp. 
This greater fort rifeth up with great hollow and crefted (hikes, two or three cubits high, parted 
into divers branches, whereon Hand long wings of leaves made of many long and fomewhat broad leaves pointed 
at the endcs and dented about the edges, fmooth thickc and fappy, every one whereof is as large as of a Parlnep, 
the flowers are white and Hand in tults or umbels, after which follow the feede which imelleth well, and is big¬ 
ger and rounder then Annefeede,the rootc is blacke with many fibres at the joints thereof, and of the (hike un¬ 
der the Water necre the ground,the whole herbe is fomewhat of a Hrong fweete fent. 
2. Slum minus five Paflinaca aquatica minor . The leffer Water Parfnep.' 
The leffer fort is very like the former,but lower and lefler,the leaves being long and narrow? and dented alfo 
1 . Sitttn Viofcoridu five ToiHnaca aquatica major . 
The greater water Parfncppe, 
2. Siummnuifve TafiinatdaquaiieA minor* 
The lefler water Parfneppe. 
