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berries, but of a purple, sweetish sharp taste : the juice 

 of them givcth a purplish colour in their hands and lip» 

 that eat and handle them, especially if they break them. 

 The root groweth aslupe under ground, shooting forth \n 

 ^sundry places as it creepeth. Tiiis loses its leaves in 

 'Winter. 



The Red Bilberry, or Whortle-bush, riseth up like 

 the former, having sundry hard leaves, like the Box- 

 tree leaves, green and round pointed, standing on the 

 several branches, at tiie top whereof only, and not from 

 the sides as in the former, come forth divers round, 

 reddish, sappy berries, when they are ripe, of a sharp, 

 taste. The root runneth in the ground, as in the 

 former, but the leaves of this abide all the Winter. 



Place-I The first groweth in forests, on the heaths, 

 and such like barren places. The red grows in the 

 North parts of this land, as Lancashire, Yorkshire, &c. 



Time.'] They flower in March and April, and the 

 fruit of the black is ripe in July and August, 



Government and Firtiies.'] They are under the domi- 

 nion of Jupiter. It is a pity they are used no more in 

 physic than they are. The Black Bilberries are good in 

 hot agues, and to cool the heat of the liver and stomach ; 

 they do somewhat bind the belly, and stay vomitings and 

 loathings ; the juice of the berries made in syrup, or the 

 pulp made into a conserve with sugar, is good for the 

 purposes aforesaid, as also for an old cough, or an ulcer 

 in the lungs, or other diseases therein. The red Whorts 

 are more binding, and stop women's courses, spitting of 

 blood, or any other flux of blood or humours, being 

 used as well outwardly as inwardly. 



Bifoil, or Twablade. 12- (^' ^- ^-^ 



Tins is a herb of very little note, and possesses very few- 

 virtues. 



Descript.'] From a root somewhat sweet, shooting 

 downwards many long strings, riseth up a round green 

 stalk, bare or naked next the ground for an incli, two 

 or three to che middle hereof, as it is in age or groAvth; 

 as also from the middle upward to the flowers, having 



