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.

The seed of Mustard taken either by it selfe, or with other things, either in an Electuary or Drink, prevaileth mightily to stir up bodily lust, by the heat which it causeth, b••ing a great help to remove that deadnesse and st••pefaction that possesseth the seed and members of generation, is those which are of cold con∣stitutions. It is also of good effect to bring down Womens Courses, for the fal∣ling Sicknesse, the Lethargy, drousy or forgetfull evill, to ••se i•• both inwardly and outwardly, to rub the N••strils, Forehead, and Temples, to warm and quick∣en the Spirits; for by the fierce sharpnesse it purgeth the brain by sneesing, and drawing down Rhewme and other viscous humours, which by their residence there become very offensive, or by their distillation upon the Lungs and Chest, procure coughing, if it be first beaten, and then made up into little balls with honey, and one or two be swallowed downe fasting every morning, not onely helpeth the former distempe••s, but cleanseth the breast so effectually, that if those that are addicted to singing, take thereof, it will clear their Voices very m••ch in a short time; It strengthens the heart, resisteth poyson, warmeth the Stomack, helpeth digestion, provoketh Appetite, easeth the continuall pain of the Spleen, sides and belly, wasteth the Quartane Ague, and if used for some time, quite cureth it; The Dec••ction of the seed being taken in Wine, which used as a Gargle, sendeth up the Palate of the Mouth being fallen down, and it also dis∣solveth those Tumors and Swellings which sometimes gather about the Throat, if a plaister, wherein pretty store of the powder of this seed is mixed, be apply∣ed, and so it helpeth the Sciati••••, and other Aches of the joynts, by discussing the humours which cause them; Being applyed in like manner to the Sides, Loyns, or Shoulders which are grieved with any Ach or pain, it draweth forth the cause which doth evacuate it selfe by Blisters, and by that meanes helpeth them. It is also used to help the falling of the haire, and being chewed in the Mouth it oftentimes helpeth the Tooth-ach; Being bruised, mixed up with honey, and applyed, or else made up with Wax, it taketh away the Marks, and black and blew spots of bruises, or the like, the roughnesse and s••••bbednesse of the Skin, as also the Leprosy and Lowsy Evill; it helpeth also the Crick in the Neck, by which it is so drawn awry, that the liberty of breathing is well nigh taken away; The distilled Water of the Herb, when it is in flower, is much used, not only to drink inwardly for the diseases aforesaid, or to wash the Mouth when the Palate is down, and to Gargle the Throat, but outwardly also for Scabs, Itch, or o∣ther like infirmities, and cleans••th the Face from Morphew, Spots, Freckles and other deformities. The Oyle of Mustard, which is made by infusing four pound of grownd Mustard-seed, with four pound of Oyle, for ten dayes together, and then straining it, is good for the griefes of the Reines, Palsies, Gouts, Stitches and Swellings. The seed hereof, with good vinegar added thereunto, being grownd, is that Sawce that we eat both with Fish and Flesh, especially if it be

salt. It is excellent for such whose blood wants clarifying, to stir up appetite in those whose Stomacks are weake through Age, or any cold disease, but it is naught for Cholerick people. And if there be any one that doth not think the ordinary Mustard or Sawce delicate enough, or lesse pleasing to the palate and Stomack, let them take of Mustard seed two ounces, of Cinnamon half an ounce well beaten, which being made up into Balls or Cakes with honey and vinegar, and dryed in the Sun, will be fit to keep a long while, untill use shall be made thereof by relenting it with a little Vinegar, for so it is presently made into a sawce very well worth commendation, and the same way the balls of Te••x∣bury Mustard are relented, which of so simple a Sawce hath not its Paralell.