Chap. 737. 'Englijl) Her 



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ulveflikelnto thojroi Thjme, Zl ccnmn d'San- 



"ndfr^eatk" The Nowers cm" fortTT:L 'topi, 

 growing upon long thr^dy i'ootftalh, confifting of 

 five reddijh Leaves, with an Vmbone or Point /e in 



"vTl \^'¥laces. ""S firft ''grows on many 

 Heaths, and in Woods, and on Barren Hilly places 



'^^ftearHclhy.iAky/ommon, and Sr/"*"" 

 Wood, not far from London. It prolpers beft in a 

 Lean Barren Soil, and in UntiU'd Woody places; 

 and are now and then found on high Hills lubjea 



Chejhi^re, called Broxen-Hdli, near Beefton-Caftle -, 



and fcveral other places. The fecond in 



The third grows as Lobe/ fays, on every Hill in 

 Provence ; and fome fay they have found it grow- 

 ing in the Southern part of our Ifland. The fourth 



ny'placesTefpecially in Chejhtre and Staffordshire, 

 where it is found in great plenty. 



VIII. The Times. The firlt three Flower in 

 March and April, and fometimes in May, and the 

 Fruit of the Black is ripe in 7«^^ and J«/y, but of 

 the other two later. The Marjh kind Flower in 



IX. The Qualities. The Berries of them all are 

 cold and dry in the fecond degree, Aftringent, and 

 Anti-Emmenagogick. 



X. The Specification. The Juice of the Berries 

 flop Womens Courfes, and all forts of Bleedings ; 

 and are good againft all Fluxes of the Belly. It 

 quenches Thirft, flops Vomiting, extingtiilhes the 

 heat of Burning Fevers; flops Coughs 5 and is 

 good againtt a Phthifis, and other Difeafcs of the 



""^l' The Preparations. You may have, ^.The 

 ripe Berries. 2. A Rob .r Syrup of their Juic, 

 3. A Conferve. 4- ^ ^ «'-/'/<^ S'^* ^y'- ?• ^ 

 Crimfon color or Dye. 



the Virtues. 



XII The ripe Berries. The Black Whorts are 

 eaten in the Countries where they grow, with 

 Cream or Milk, and fometimes with Wine, as we 

 ^TSrTwberries, and fo they cool and refrefh the 

 Stomach, flop Vomiting, aUay the heat of Choler, 

 and bind the Belly. 



XIII. The Rob, or Syrup. They are good againft 

 the Heat of burning Fevers, cool a hot Stomach 



^food, Piffing mood Bl^^^^^^ 



d are laid to be gooi 



lings,\r torgings, or Scales of Copper ; which they 

 boil altogether, and make a Dye ifjereof'. Into this 

 Dye or Liquor, they put Cloth, Wool, Thread, 

 Yarn, (Sfc letting them lye in it for a good while, 



wafl^ them wJtVcolfw3ter°"fo will They"have^a 

 TurAy Blew color ■ and if they would have it deep. 



Cards, Paper, Maps of Countries, of a Purple 

 blew color, putting thereto Ibme ^/aw and Giuls, 



compared to it; efpecially when this Juice is pre- 

 pared with Alum according to Art, as 1 my felf 



CHAP. DCCXXXVII. 



'1 Namrbut are called 

 -atln,Armerius: Onoti 

 m Sylveliris : In Englift 



11.^ The Kinds. They are either Latif alius, broad 



ngle white Sweet Williams. 2. Arm'erius lat'i- 

 >l,us fimplex flore rubra, fingle red Sweet Wil- 

 ams. ?. Armerius lat if alius fimplex verjicolor, 

 . ve Variegattis, fingle fpeckled Sweet Williams; 



jiare rubra Jaturo holafericeo, fingle deep red, or 

 Murry colored Sweet Williams, or Velvet Wil- 

 '•ams. y. Armerius latifolius flare rubra multi- 



ngufiif alius rubcns fimplex, fingle red Sweet Johns, 

 : fingle red narrow leav'd Sweet Williams. 7. 



Sweet Johns, or narrov^ leav'd white Sweet Willi- 

 " * ufiifoliusduplex,io\il\ii^WKt 



Gerard fays, that doubtlefs Sweet Williams are a 



