Chap. 737. ‘Enghjh tlerhs. ^ 5 7 . 
VI The fourth, or Marlh-Whorts, or Billber- 
jies Its Root is long and white, running aflope 
under the Earth, and not down right ; whence firing 
up fevcral fender browni/h Branches, like unto 
Strings Jcarcely exceeding a foot in length, 
creeping upon the Ground, befet with many Jmall 
Leaves like unto thofe of Thyme, at certain dijtan- 
ccs green on the upperftde , and oftentimes hoary 
underneath. The flowers come forth at the tops, 
growing upon long threddy footfla/ks, conjifting oj 
live reddijh Leaves, with an Vntbone or Foint/e in 
the middle, which turn into round reidijh Bernes, 
having a fowrijh Aftringent Tafle. 
VII. The Places. The firft grows on many 
Heaths and in Woods, and on Barren Hilly places 
in many parts of England. It has been found on 
Hampjlead- Heath, fmchley-Common, and St. Johns 
Wood not far from London. It profilers belt in a 
LeanBarren Soil, and in Untill’d Woody places ; 
and are now and then found on high Hills lubjett 
to the Wind, and upon Mountains. They grow 
in many other parts of England, as on the Hills in 
Chejhire called Broxen-Hills , near Beejton-Lajt le ; 
and feve’ral other places. The fecond in the North- 
parts of this Land, as in Lancajhtrc and Porkjhire ; 
on the Hills in Lancafhire , upon Pendle-Hills ; 
and ir, Weftmorelatti. , at Crosby Ravenfuiaiih , 8tc. 
The third grows as Label fays, on every rhll rn 
Provence ; and fome fay they have found it grow- 
ine in the Southern part of our Hand. The fourth 
grows only in Moorilh places, which are otten 1 co- 
med over with Mofs; in Bogs, Watery and Fen- 
ny places, efpecially in Chejhire and Staffordshire, 
where ic 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 June and July, but of 
the other two later. The Marjh kind Flower in 
July, and their Fruit is ripe in Auguft. 
IX. The Qualities. The Bernes of them all are 
cold and dry in the fecond degree, Aftringent, and 
Anti-Emmenagogick. - . D . 
X The Specification. The Juice of the Berries 
flop Womens Courfes, and all forts of Bleedings -, 
and ate good againft all Fluxes of the Belly. It 
quenches Third, flops Vomiting, extingntfhes the 
heat of Burning Fevers ; flops Coughs t ana is 
good againft a Phthifis, and other Difeafes of the 
Ll xf The Preparations. You may have, i.'T he 
ripe Berries 2. A Rob, or Syrup of their Juice. 
3. A Conferve. 4. A Purple Blew Dye. 5, A 
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 
eat Strawberries, and fo they cool and refrefli the 
Stomach, flop Vomiting, allay the heat of Choler, 
and bind the Belly. , . 
XIII. The Rob, or Syrup. They are good againlt 
the Heat of burning Fevers, cool a hot Stomach 
and 1 iver refill Vomiting and Naufeoufnes, quench 
Thirlt are good againft the Bloody- Flux, and flop 
all other Fluxes of the Belly, as alfo Cholenck 
Fluxes in particular -, and are good to cure all in- 
ward Fluxes of Blood, as Spitting and Vomiting 
Blood, Pilling Blood, Bloody Stools, or Kepat.ck 
Flux the overflowing of the Loches, as alfo of 
the Terms in Women, BY. and are profitable fo r 
fuch as are troubled with an old Cough, and Ob 
Itru&ions of the Lungs ^ and are faid to be good 
againft a Phtbifis, or an Ulceration of that Bowel. 
XIV. The Conferve of the Berries. It has all 
the Virtues of the Rob and Syrup, and may be gi- 
ven Morning, Noon and Night, to the quantity 
of a large Cheftnut. 
XV. The Purple color d Dye. Tragus fays, that 
the Country People take a Pot full of the Juice of 
the black Berries Jirained , into which they put 4 
Spoonfuls of good Wine Vinegar •, an Ounce of 
Alum , and a quarter of an Ounce of Copper Fi- 
lings , or Forgings, or Scales of Copper-, which they 
borl altogether , and make a Dye thereof Into this 
Dye or Liquor, they put Cloth, Wool, Thread, 
Yarn, Cfc. letting them lye in it for a good while, 
which afterwards they take out and diy, and then 
wafh them with cold Water, fo will they have a 
Turky Blew color and if they would have it deep- 
er, they put into it an Ounce of broken Gauls. 
Alfo with the Juice of the Berries , Painters color 
Cards, Paper, Maps of Countries, of a Purple 
blew color, putting thereto fome Alum and Gauls , 
by which they make it lighter or deeper, as they 
pleale. 
XVI. The Crimfon Dye. It is made of the Juice 
of the Red Whortle-berry, by adding thereto a lit- 
tle Alum. The Juice ©f thele Red Whor tie- berries, 
when of an excellent red color, and the Berries are 
full of Juice, is of fo Orient and Beautiful a Purple 
to Limne withal, that Indian Lacca is not _ to be 
compared to it:, efpecially when this Juice is pre-^ 
pared with Alum according to Art, as 1 my felf 
(fays my Author) have proved by Experience. 
CHAP. DCCXXXVII. 
(y WILLI AMS and JOHNS 
Sweet , Carden and Wild. 
1 . '“p'f/E Names. They have no known Greek 
J. Name, but are called by this general Name 
in Latin , Armerius : Of fome Superba, and Carya- 
phillus Sy/veftrts : In Englifh, J meet Williams and 
fweet Johns. 
II. The Kinds. They are either Latifolius, broad 
Leav’d, which are called Sweet Williams , or An. 
guftifolius, narrow Leav’d, which are called Sweet 
Johns. Of thefe there are thefe following Varie- 
ties, viz. 1. Armerius latifolius [implex flore albo, 
(ingle white Sweet Williams. 2. Armerius lati- 
folius [implex flore rubro , fingle red Sweet Wil- 
liams. 3. Armerius latifolius fmplex verficolor , 
five Vanegatus, (ingle fpeckled Sweet Williams, 
or London Pride. 4. Armerius latifolius fimplex 
flore rubro Jaturo holafericeo , (ingle deep red, or; 
Murry colored Sweet Williams, or Velvet Wil- 
liams. ;. Armerius latifolius flore rubro multi- 
plici, double red Sweet Williams. 6 . Armerius 
Angujiifolius rubens fmplex , Engle red Sweet Johns, 
or fingle red narrow leav’d Sweet Williams. 7. 
Armerius angufiifolius albus fmplex , fingle white 
Sweet Johns, or narrow leav’d white Sweet Willi- 
ams. 8. Armerius anguflifolius duplex , double Sweet 
Johns, or double narrow leav’d Sweet Williams. 
Gerard fays, that doubtlefs Sweet Williams are a 
kind of wild Gilliflower. 
7 X The 
