Li b.J, 



Of the Hiflorie of PI 



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which raakcth 



tafte,but is greatly profitable to fuch as are troubled with an hot burning ague. P C 

 They are diucrfly eaten.but they euery way ingendcr raw and cold bloud : they nourifh 



or very little : they alfo ftay the belly and flench bleedings. 



They ftop the raenfes or raonethly ficknes.cxcept tbefhappen to be taken int 



then do they not help.but rather clog or trouble the fame by forae manner of flix 



The rioe berries. a«rhpv arc r«r<»^f/.r rrt<4r-.»K«.,»r/^i:..f t- . - i * 



hot. 



fo doe they 

 t than thofc 



but thefe are fcldome eaten orvfed as fauce. 



The juice of thegrecn Goofcberrics cureth all inflammations^/^and $.Amk.mes fire 

 They prouoke appetite,and cure the vehement heate of the ftomackc and liuer 



JEZoF** aDd tender lcauc$ catCQ raVT in a fallad prouokc vrinc,aod driuc f °" h thc a ° Dc **<* 



B 



nothing C 



ftotnacL D 



nde,and are fomcthiog E 

 le fame nor crude or raw: 



F 

 G 

 H 



hap. zj. Of "Barberries, 



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f The Kindts. 



Tborc be diuers fotts of Barberries, fomc greater,others lefler^nd feme without ftones 



Spitta acid*, five Oxyacamha. 



The Barberry bufh. 



f The VtfcrifUcn. 



He Barberry plant is an high fhnlb or bufh 





fhoots 



, / ..jorns 



ftnooth and thin,thc wood 



rinde 



low : the leaues are long, very greene, fleightly 

 nicked about the edges, and or a fourc taftcrthe 

 flours be yellow, Handing in clufters vpon long 

 ftems : in their places come vp long berries,flen- 

 der.rcd when they be ripe,witha lirtle hard ker- 



fte 



the root is yellow, difperfeth itfelf far abroad, 



v\ 



wooddy 



fort, whole fruit is like in forme and fubftancc 



k Mk M . u..... : t^« t _r t • 



common 



con 



We 



thc fruit is like the reft of the Barberries both 

 in fubftance and tafte. 



^ The Place. 



Thc Barberry bufh growes of it felfe in vntoi- 



rounds, in woods and 



J — £) -j ~— .w wvt* «l/U LUC 



borders of fields, efpecially about a gent lemans 

 houfc called M r Monkc , at a village called Iver 



hedg 



Colebrooke 



They are planted in raoft of our Engiifh gar- 

 dens. ' 



^ The Time. 1 



The leaues fpring forth in Aptill, the floures and fruit in September. 



^J The Names. 



G&n callcth this Thome m Greeke, of.^x who maketh it todiffcr from <s ( .«<**«, in bis book 

 the Faculties of fimple Medicines j but more plainly in his bookeofthe Faculties of Xoarifa- 

 nts j where he rcckoneth vp the tender fprings of Barberries amongft the tender (hoof *&« ue 



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