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Wortle berries. Conradus Gejherm hath called th 



doth farrc 







the black (which 



As concerning the names of the other they are touched in their feuerall defcriptions. 



Temperature. 



Wortle berries are cold euen in the later end of the fecond dee* 



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fo,twha manifeftaftri&ion or binding quality. 

 Red Wortle berries are cold and dry,and alfo binding. 



«P TbeVertues,. 



Thejuyceoftheblacke Wortle berries is boyled till it become thicke, and is prepared or kent A 

 byadding hgnyand fugar vnto it : the Apothecaries call it *^wbich is preferred mall things be 

 fore the raw berries themlelues 4 for many times whileft they be eaten or taken raw they areotfen. 



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juyce called R»6 doth not any whit at all. 



They be good for an hot ftoraacke, they auench third, they mitij 

 burning agues,they flop the belly, ftay vomiting, cure the bloudy fl 

 helpe the fclonie,or the purging of choler vpwards and downewards. 



The people : of Chefhire do eat the b lacke Worries in creameand milke, as in thefe South parts C 

 weeate Strawbernes,which flop and binde the belly,puttingaway all the defire tovomit. 



The Red Wortle is not of fuch a pleafant tafte as the blacke,and therfbre not fo much vfed co be D 



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"^ Marifh Worts 



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Wortle berries grow vpon the 

 rifli or moorifh grounds,cree- 



m log thereupon like vnto wilde Tin ., 



inany ffnall limmerand tender ftaikes laid a£ 

 moft flat vpon the ground.befet with final nar- 

 row leaues fartiioned almoft like the leaues of 

 Thyme, but JelTer : among which come forth 

 little berries like vnto the common blacke 

 Wortle berrie in fliape^but fomewhat longer. 



and aftrin 



deepe 



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% Tie Place. 



fie Marifh Wortle growes vpon bog 

 like waterifli and fenny places,efpe 



found ir in great plenty. 



where I haue 



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The Berries are ripe about the end of Iuly,and in Auguft. 



% The Names. 



They are called in high Dutch, fljtofftoTOtl, tlcetftefifes : that is to fay, Fen- Grapes or Fen 



?"nes,and Marifh-Worts,or Marifh- Berries. Valerius C$rdus nameththem Oxycocco* • webauecal 

 'M them Vaccimafaluftriajx Matifh Worde-berries,of the likeneffe they haue to the other berries; 

 ,0 toealfocall them Moffe-Berrics.or Moore -berries. 



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ertture 



Wortle berries are cold and dry,hauing withall a certain thinnefle of parts and fuM** *; 



binding quality 



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