L I b. 3 . Of the Hiftory of Plants. 4 1 ^ 
Red Worts, or red Wortle berries. Conradus G efnerus hath called this plant Vitis Idea rub: is aanis: 
but the growing of the berries doth fhevv, that this doth farre leffe agree with Vitu iae r, than the 
blacke ; for they do not hang vpon the fides of the branches as do the black (which deceiued then! 
that thought it to be Vitis Idas ) but from the tops of the fprigs in cluders . 
As concerning the names of the other they are touched in their feuerall defcriptions. 
The Temperature. 
Thefe Vacciniaot W ortle berries are cold euen in the later end of the fecond degree,and dry al- 
fo, with a manifeft attrition or binding qualitie. 
Red Wortleberries are cold and dry, andalfo binding. 
The Venues. 
The iuyceof theblacke Wortleberries is boyled till itbecome thickc,and is prepared or kept A 
by adding hony and fugarvntoit :the Apothecaries call it Rob, which is preferred in all things be- 
fore th6 raw berries themfelues ; for many times whiled they be eaten or taken raw they are offen- 
fiue to a weakeand cold domacke, and fo far are they from binding the belly, or (laying the laske, 
as that they alfo trouble the fame through their cold and raw qualitie, which thing the boiled 
iuyce called Rob doth not any whit at all. 
They be good for an hot ftomacke, they quench third, they mitigate and allay the heate of hot B 
burning agues, they flop the belly, day vomiting, cure the bloudy flix proceeding of choler,and 
helpe the felonie,or the purging ofcholervpwards and downwards. 
The people of Chefhire do eate the blacke wortles in creame and milke,as in thefe South parts C 
weeate Strawberries, which dopand bindethe belly, putting away alfqthedefiretovomit. 
Thered Wortleisnotoffuchapleafant-afteastheblacke, and therefore not fo muchvfedto D 
be eaten ; but (as I faid before) they make the faired carnation colour in the world. 
Chap. 74. 
Of the t5\fari(h I forts or FennefBerries* 
Vaccimapalufiriu. 
Marifh Worts. 
The Defcription. 
HP He Marifh Wortle berries grow vpon the, 
bogs in marifh or moorifh grounds, cree- 
ping thereupon like vnto wilde Time, hauing 
many fmall limmer and tender dalkes layd al- 
mod flat vpon the ground, befet with fmal nar- - 
row leaues fadiioned almod like the leaues of 
Thyme, but lefler : among which come forth 
little berries like vnto the common blacke 
Wortle berrie in (hape,but fomewhat longer, 
fometimes all red, and fometimes fpotted or 
fpecked with red fpots of a deeper colour .-in 
tafle rough and adringent. 
f The Vince. 
The Marifh Wortle growes vpon bogs and 
fuch like waterifh and fenny places, efpecially 
in Chefhire and Staffbrdfhire, wherel haue 
found it in great plenty. 
TheTime. 
The Berries are ripe about the end of Iuly, and in Augud. 
The Names. 
They are called inliigh-Dutch, <Jtf)oC)beCtcn, UeettbeRetl t that is to fay, Fen-Grapes, or Fen- 
Berries, and Marifh-worts, or Marilh-Berries. Valerius Cordus nameth them Oxjcoccon : wee haue 
called them Vacciniapaluftria.ot Marifh Wortle berries,of the likeneffe they haue to the other ber- 
ries : fome alfo call them Moffe-Berries, or Moore-berries. 
ThtTemperature. 
1 hefe W ortle berries are cold and dry,hauing withall a certain thinneffe of parts and fubdance, 
with a certaine binding qualitie adioyned. 
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