86 THE COMPLETE HERBAL 
long and woody, abiding the Winter, and 
shoots forth fresh stalks in the spring. 
The smaller wild Gromel sends forth 
divers upright hard branched stalks, two or 
three feet high, full of joints, at every one 
of which grow small, long, hard, and rough 
leaves like the former, but less; among 
which leaves come forth small white flowers, 
and after them greyish round seed like the 
former; the root is not very big, but with 
many strings thereat. 
The garden Gromel has divers upright, 
slender, woody, hairy stalks, blown and 
cressed, very little branched, with leaves 
like the former, and white flowers; after 
which, in rough brown husks, is contained 
a white, hard, round seed, shining like 
pearls, and greater than either the former; 
the root is like the first described, with 
divers branches and sprigs thereat, which 
continues (as the first doth) all the Winter. 
Place.| The two first grow wild in barren 
or untilled places, and by the way side in 
many places of this land. The last is a 
nursling in the gardens of the curious. 
Time.| They all flower from Midsummer 
until September sometimes, and in the 
mean time the seed ripens. 
Government and virtues.] The herb be- 
longs to Dame Venus; and therefore if Mars 
cause the cholic or stone, as usually he 
doth, if in Virgo, this is your cure. These 
are accounted to be of as singular force as 
any herb or seed whatsoever, to break the 
stone and to avoid it, and the gravel either 
in the reins or bladder, as also to provoke 
urine being stopped, and to help stranguary. 
The seed is of greatest use, being bruised 
and boiled in white wine or in broth, or the 
like, or the powder of the seed taken there- 
in. Two drams of the seed in powder taken 
_ with women’s breast milk, is very effectual 
__ to procure a very speedy delivery to such 
_ women as have sore pains in their travail, 
and cannot be delivered: The herb itself, 
when the opel is not to be had) either 
f) | time grows to be the seed-vesel, whith 
4 Retee ripe i found ive mage, with « om 
boiled, or the juice thereof drank, is effec- 
tual to all the purposes aforesaid, but not so 
powerful or speedy in operation. ) 
GOOSEBERRY BUSH. 
Cattep also Feapberry, and in Sussex 
Dewberry-Bush, and in some Counties 
Wineberry. 
Government and virtues.] They are un- 
der the dominion of Venus. The berries, ; 
while they are unripe, being scalded, or 
baked, are good to stir up a fainting or 
decayed appetite, especially such whose 
stomachs are afllicted by choleric humours: 
They are excellently good to stay longings 
of women with child. You may keep them 
preserved with sugar all the year long. The 
decoction of the leaves of the tree cools” 
hot swellings and inflammations; as also 
St, Anthony’s fire. The ripe Gooseberries 
being eaten, are an excellent remedy to al 
lay the violent heat both of the stomach 
and liver. The young and tender leaves” 
break the stone, and expel gravel both from 
the kidneys and bladder. All the evil they 
do to the body of man is, they are supposed 
to breed crudities, and by crudities, worms. 
WINTER-GREEN. 
Descript.] Tuts sends forth seven, eight, 
or nine leaves from a small brown creeping 
root, every one standing upon a long foot 
stalk, which are almost as broad as long, 
round pointed, of a sad green colour, 0d 
hard in handling, and like the leaf of * 
Pear-tree; from whence arises a slendet 
weak stalk, yet standing upright, beariDg 
at the top many small white sweet-smelling . 
flowers, laid open like a star, consisting of | 
five round pointed leaves, with many yellow 
threads standing in the middle about a gree _ 
head, and a long stalk with them, which 2 
