Tk i b s 16. Tip Theater of"Plants* Chap, 107, 1561 
With fmall blackifb feede lying within the pulpe, which is of a pleafant winy raQe, acceptable to theftomacke, 
and without offence,although one doe eate many of them: the longer betry hath the thicker skinne, and the wot” 
fettafte. 
2, Goffular'ut rubra. Red Goofeberryes. 
The red Goofeberry is oftwoorthrcelcrts; one hath flendererflemmes and fewer thornes on the younger 
white branchcs.which bend downe more then the former: the leaves are made after the fame manner,but a little 
larger, the flowers and berries arc like the other, butareof a darkebrownifli red colour, almoffblacke when 
they are through ripe, ofafullfomefweetifli talk,and never beare many in a yeare, which make them thelclle *• 
regarded t Another fort is like the former in growing with little difference ; oncly the berries are fmaller, red¬ 
der,and ofa pretty tart tafle, and fwcctwithall: A third fore groweth very like the ordinary fort of yellow, 
both in heighth,branch,and leafe.the berries are as large as the largeff fife of the other, and ofa very fine red co - 3 ■ 
lour, untill they befuftered tohanglongonthebufhes, which then are ofa datkifli red colour, very pleafant in 
tafle. 
3. Gofful.iria certtUa. The blew Goolcberry. 
The blew Goofeberry rifeth up to be a fmall bufh, having broader and redder leaves atthe fiiffthootingour 
then the fecond red Goofeberry, theberryesate more fparingly fet on the branches alfo, and for bignelfe neere 
unto the fmall red Goofeberry, but leffer, and fomewhat fweete, and ofa blewifh colour like a Damlon, before 
the colour be wiped off. 
4, Gojfalaria viridu hirfuta. The hairy or prickely greene Goofeberry. 
This greene Goolcberry is very like unto the ordinary Goofeberry, inltemme and branches, but not furnifli- 
ed with fuch fharpe prickles as it, the younger branches alio have fmaller greene leaves: tlx flowers arc alike 
andfoarethebei ryesjofamiddlefize, but greene when they are through ripe, withafliewof fmall hairesor 
prickesonthem, which yet ate as harmelefie as if there were none, butofa more plealing reliiflithen anyo* 
the otherthe feede hereof hath produced bullies bearing fmooth berries, with few or no haires on them. 
The Place and Time. 
The ordinary forts grow ufually in the hedges, in fundry places of France , but I thinke rather planted there 
for defence onely, rather then that they are naturall ro the Countfy,for even there as well as here, they are plan¬ 
ted in Gardens and Orchards alfo : all the other forts likewifeare kept jnGaidens: they all flower veryearely 
in the Spring, prel'ently after the leaves begin to come forth, and the berries are ripe from the middle oilu/y to 
the end of Augujlpx as the yeare proverb. 
The Namei, 
It cannot be certainely knownc that any of thefc fruites were knowne to any of the ancient Greeke or latine 
writers, for although fome have referred Come of them unto the !«tot cm, I/a s , or Oefes 0 f Theaphrafim where¬ 
of he faith one hath a white flower and froite^ndat^other both bltcke, yet he remembreth no thornes in it as 
that hath, which fo curious a W ritcr would not have omitted,and therefore is not likely to be this: fome ag’ine 
would have it to be Vitti precia of P liny, but that cannot be, becaufehe numbrethit among the other forts of 
Vines, that beare wine as one of them: Gefncr in hertie taketh it to be the Ceamthm jbim of Theophrafi„ 
AnguHUra rather judgeth his Ceanothos to be a kinde of Thifllc, whereof we have entreated amon<nhe Thiftlcs: 
it is called Vv.im/pa by divers, and Vvacrijpina, becaufe the leaves feeme robe crifpt or curld, and Go/Tularin 
by others, bccaufe they are like Grajfas fmall greene Figges, and by fome alfo Vv» marina, but f know not upon 
whatcaufe.^ Tf z Italians call it Vva ffina, t he Spaniards Vva crefpc, and F ffina, -he French Gyafelles t h c ‘ 
Cjcrmanes Kmjfbeer,mi Iirufelbeer, theHutch StehelbefienKncfclen.and Cracfbefen, and we in AwAyJGoo'c- 
bernes.but in fome places Feaberries,and Winebcrries. 
The Vertices. 
1 "trcr.e and unripe fruite cf the ordinary forts are fomewhat fharpe and tart, and ferve to rclhfh brothes 
for the (l-ke (asneede requ;rctr,,_) as well as the found toitirre up a fainting or decaying appetite, or overcome 
with cbol.enckehumours, but otherwifeyeeld fmall nourifhmentto the body, ar.d that tut cold and crude for 
rhey dee a little helpe tobindethe bellyand If ay fluxes of blood in man or woman, andflay their longings* V ec 
they arenottobetollerated to cold or windy ftomackes, lead by breeding morewinde they bring thecholdicke 
and griping paines in the belly : tle/uyce of the berries or of the leaves, is helpefull to coole and redraine hoc 
dwellings and chollericke inflammations, called Saint Anthmes fire •• the ripe fruite is mote pleafant, andmore 
delircd lor toeficeeteneffetobcearcnitpleafure, then for any proper or fpeciaileffeft for any difeale,butbv rea- 
lon of their good and fweete rellifh.and moift lubricity, they eafily defeend out of the ftomackc without any of- 
E h ar. CVII. 
ttibes fruSlit rubra, alba, nigra. Red, white, and blacke Currans, 
i He flemme or flocke of the red Curran bufh,hath a very thinne brownilh ou'er barke, and eree 
d nifh underneath,and of the bigneffe ofa good great (laffe,wholly without thornes on any bran ch 
£ Whereon grow large cornered blackilh greene leaves cut in on the edges into five pairs fomewhat 
|| like a Vine leafe,but a great deale lefle, t he flowers come forth at the joynts of the leaves, many 
j together on a long flalke,hanging downe about a fingers le»gth, of an herby colour, after which 
follow round berr tes, greene at thc firfl, and of a cleere -ed colour when they are ripe ofa little 
pleafant and tart fade withall,wherein lye lmall feed: the roote is w«odffy, and (preadeth diyerfly. ’ 
There is another (orr hereof.whofe berries are twife as bigge as tfc former,and are ofa better rcliifh F ' uBu 
ThewhireC urranbufn hatha taller ftraighter ftemme, a whit-rbarke, fmaller leaves, and fuch like berries 
upon long ftalkes, and of the fame fife and bigneffe with thc fief or mofl ordinary, but ofa (hinin= tranfparent'SiiolM 
Rrrrrr 3 white- \ 
