Adam in Eden, or, Natures paradise the history of plants, fruits, herbs and flowers with their several names ... the places where they grow, their descriptions and kinds, their times of flourishing and decreasing as also their several signatures, anatomical appropriations and particular physical vertues together with necessary observations on the seasons of planting and gathering of our English simples with directions how to preserve them in their compositions or otherwise : ... there is annexed a Latin and English table of the several names of simples, with another more particular table of the diseases and their cures ... / by William Coles ...

The Vertues.

All the sorts of Rocket, but especially the wild kind which I have descri∣bed, are very effectuall to quicken and stir up Nature where it is dull, or not sufficiently active for generati••n, upon which account it was very famous in Ʋirgils time, who in his Poem called Moretum, maketh mention of it in these Words; Et Ʋenerem revccans Eruca morantem; and is so likewise amongst the modern Italians, who call it Rocket gentle, by which Epithite some under∣stand any thing that maketh one quick, and ready to jest lasciviously, as this herb doth; yet some will have it to be so called because it is more pleasant and gentle in tast then the wild kind which is more strong and efficacious; it serveth also to helpe digestion and provoketh Ʋrine exceedingly; the herb boy∣led or stewed and some Sugar put thereto, helpeth the Cough in Children, being often taken; the Seed moveth to Ʋenus as much or more then the Herb, and is also good against the biting of the Shrew Mouse, and other venemous Creatures, and it expelleth the Worms out of the Body; being taken in drinke it doth away the ill scent of the Arm••pts, encreaseth Milke in Nurses, and wasteth the Spleene; being mixed with Honey and applyed, it cleanseth the skin from Spots, Morphew, and other discolourings thereof, and used with Vinegar it taketh away Freckles and rednesse in the Face, and other parts; and with the gall of an Oxe, it amendeth foul Scars, blacke and blew Spots, and the marks of the small Pocks. The roots boyled in Water and then stamped and applyed, help∣eth any griefe that cometh of Ruptures, Splinters, Fractures, or unplacing of joynts. The Leaves are fittest to be eaten with Lettice, Purslaine, and such like Sallet herbes to take away the coldnesse of them; for being eaten alone, they heat too much and cause the Headach.