a. . TeOriak. 
The Conferue or Syrup pe made ofthe berties, i is effe@uall to coolea an hot 
ftomacke, helping torefreth and ret thofe that are ouercome with 
faintneffe. — 
_. Theberries are caren in the Summer time, as an afternoones dith to 
, Pleafe the tafte of the ficke as well as the found. 
> Theiuyce and the diftilled water of the berries are verie comfortable 
and cordial]. 
Sha ks is generally held of many, but how truel know not, that the red wine 
ae char i is yfually foldat the Vintnets, is made of the berries of Rafpis that 
: “grow in.colder countries, which giveth. itakindeof harfhneffe : And alfo 
that of the fame berries growing in hotter climates, which giueth vnto the 
wine a more pleafant {weetneffe, is made that wine which the Vintners call 
ae but we hauea Vine.or Grape come to vs ynderthe name of the 
Alligant Grape,as you fhall finde it {et downe hereafter among the Grapes; 
{ ‘andt ih eor is likely tobe buen ALOE and notruth in t is, asit may 
._bealfoin the orhet-~: Gee, ee 
and blacke. fate! off 
Thered Curran buth is of two forts, and groweth tothe height of aman, Mite 
fometimes a ftemme of two inches thicknefle,and diuers armes and branches,coucred . 
witha fmooth, darke, brownith barke, without anic pricke or thorne at all vpon anie 
part thereof, whereon doe growe large cornered blackith greene leaues, cutin onthe 
edges, feemning to be made of Bus pati, alin Vine leafe, the endsalittle poin- — 
ting out , and ftanding one aboue another on both fides of thebranches : the flowers 
are littleand hollow, pgcommting For atthe ioynts of the leaues, growing many toge- 
ther ona long ftalke, hanging. wne aboue ‘a fingers tength, andofan herbie colour : 
| after which come finall round fruit of berries, greeneat the firft, and red.asa Cherry 
| whenthey are: 4 ofa eae tarctafte 2 the other differetii not in anieother 
eber asthe fotimer s the rooteis wooddy,and 
| inca eth dinerfly. © | Tia 
* ‘The white Curran both rilettyvfually isle higher then the red’, and fteaighter ot 
, bigger alfoin the Revcinaes tl couered with a whiter barke : the leaties 
arecornered , relat Nhe Bae forties but not fo'large :the flowers are fmalland 
hollow like che other, hanging downe in the fame matitier on long ftalkes, being of 2 
| whiter colour : theberries likewife groweon the long ftalkes,fomewhat thi 
ge ether, and ofa cleare white colour, with alittleblackelhead , fo teanfparert- that the 
leedes may be cafily | feene thorough tthera and of aawie pleafanewinie tafte then the 
~The blacke Curran buth rifeth Higheb een: ihe white: webinar plentifill bed 
ime aad more pliant and twiggie : the ftemme and wWheclder beaches being couered 
with a brownifh barke, and the younger with a paler the flowers afea!fo like vnto lit- 
tle bottles as the others be, of agrecnith purple colour, which turte into blackeber- 
) ries, ofthe bigneffe of the fmaller red ‘Currans: theleanes are fomewhat like yato the 
| leanes ofthe red ‘Currans, but not fo large; both branches, leaves,and fruit haue a kind 
j 
' of ftinking fent with them, yet they are not vawholfoine , but the berries are caten of 
many, without Chime either tafte or {mell. 
ouoritie: - The Vfe of Currans.... 
The cel Catia are ew eaten when sheet are ¢ rip atefiething toan 
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