758 Chap.i6. 
Theatrum Botanicum. 
T R I B E 6 l 
Frdgaria vulgaris. Common Strawberries. 
poy fonf'uU herbe, and therefore I thinke it ilioald beare a Strawberrie like head, whereunto I am the rather per-: 
fwadcd.bccaufethatas Bauhinus citeth, although wrong" 
fully, as Ithinke, for Icmnotfinde it in him. Gefnerir. 
hortu that he fhould call one Fragaria parvaflareluteo : the 
rootes are blacke and ftringic. 
4. Fragaria minim? vefca. 
Barren or unprofitable Strawberries. 
This Strawberrie is in the growing altogether like the 
ordinary kindes, with leaves triparted (landing on feve- 
rall llalkes and flowers, in the fame manner but fmaller, 
the fruite onely maketh the difference betwixt them, 
which being (mail and many fet together, are fere and 
drie without fappe and of an harfh unpleal'ant tafte. 
The Place. 
The three firll plants grow upon divers of the Alpes, 
and other places of Germany, and the lad in our owne 
land in mod woods and the fields fides ncare unto them, 
ill Carnereall, as Label faith, but in other places alfo. 
The Time. 
They flower in May, when the other forts doe for the 
mod part or fomewhat later, and the fruite is ripe quick¬ 
ly after. 
The Thames. 
The whole plant is called in Latine Fragaria, and the 
berries Fraga a frulUis fragrantia oderis & gufltti, for it 
hath no certaine Greeke name that I know, unleffe as Tra • 
gue thinketh it may be referred to the of Diofio- 
rider, or as others thinke to the wsagys C.omaron of Apulc-* 
itif, but neither ofthem is likely .* others fuppofe chat 
Diofcorides did underiland this plant under his wj rapvMa: 
foine have called it Rubm Idaiu nenjpinofus, but there is a 
flirubbc like unto the Rafpis that beareth no thornes, as I 
have fhewed in my former B joke. Pliny maketh men¬ 
tion otFraga, lib.25. c.p. Serviut calletll them Mcrater- 
reftria, and therefore fome would referre it to the (fhama- 
batm : the Italians call the plant Fragberia, and the berries 
Tragic and Frugale ; rhe French Fra iler and Fraifes, the Germans call the fruit 
Trdbeer, and the Dutch Erdtbefltn, and we in Englijb Strawberries, The firll here 
fet forth is the third FragariaofTragM, which hefaith the people about Spires in 
Germany doe call Harbeer ; and Qefiter in hortis Germanic: calleth Fragaria Jpecies 
minor : the fecond is called by Cafalpinut Fragariagenus in cAlpibus ; and Hatt- 
hlnsts Fragaria bisfruBstm gerens : the third is likely to be the Fragaria flare luteo 
of Bauhinus who citeth Gefner in berth, as I laid in the description, to call it fo • 
and I thinke it may as well agree unto theZexc* of Label which TSauhintis feemeth 
to make another plant differing therefrom, calling it Fragaria afflnit ferieea incana, 
for the deferiptions are very correfpondent: the lad is that which Label calleth 
Fragariafjlveflris m aim: vefca five jlerilit, but is not that'which Gerard calleth 
Fragaria vefcafive fterilii, whici is another plant, asl have (hewed before. 
The Fertile:. 
Thcfe Strawberries that are here fet forth and fit to be eaten, are of the fame 
qualitie with the other garden kinds exprclTtd in my formerBooke, the leaves i 
of them all being cooling in the firll degree, and yet fome fay hot jand drying in 
the lecond.the roote is more drying and binding,the berries while they are greenc 
are cold and drie, but when they are ripe they are cold and moift : the berries are excellent good £0 coole the li¬ 
ver, the Hlcud and fpleene, or an hoc chollericke flomacke to refrefh and comfort the fainting fpirits, and to 
quench third : they are good alfo for other inflammations, yet it behoveth one to be cautelous, or rather to re- 
fraine them in a fever lead by their putrefying in the domacke, they encreafe the fits and caufe them to be the 
more fierce : the leaves and rootes boiled in wine and water and drunke, doe likewife code the liver and bloud, 
and a ([wage ail inflammations in rhe raines and bladder, provoketh urine, and allaieth the heate and fharpenefle 
thereof: the lame alfo being drunke daieth the blondy fiixe and womens courfes, and helpeih the dwellings of 
the fpleene : the water of the berries carefully diflilled, is a foveraigne remedy and corciiall in the 
palpitations of theheart, that is, the panting and beating of the heart, and is goodforthe overflowing of the 
gall, the yellow jaundife; the juyee dropped into foule ulcers, or they walhcd therewith or with the 
decodlion of theherbeand roote, doth wonderfully clenle them and he'pe to cure them. All lotions and 
gargles that are made for fore mouthes or ulcers therein, or in the privie parts, or elfe where arc made 
with the leaves and rootes hereof, which is good alfo to fallen loofe teeth, and to heale fpungie foule 
gummes: the fame alfo helpeth to flay catarthes or defluxions of rhclime into the mouth, throatc, teeth or eyes: 
the juyee or water is fingulergood for hot and red inflamed eyes, if fome thereof be dropped into them, or they 
bathed therewith, the (aid juyee or water is alfo of excellent propertie for all pu/hes, wheales, and other c- 
ruptions of hot and fharpe humours into thejface or hands, or other parts of the body to bath them there with,and 
helpeth to takeaway any redneffe in the face, and fpots or other deformities oftheskinne, and to make the skin 
deare 
3. Fragaria Helvetica nana, 
Pwarfc Strawberries. 
