Description.
THe ordinary Herb True-love, hath a small creeping Root running under the upper crust of the ground, somwhat like a Coutchgrass Root but not so white, shooting forth stalks with leavs, some wherof carry no berries, though others do; every stalk smooth without Joynts and blackith green, ri∣sing about half a foot high if it bear berries otherwise seldom so high, bearing at the top four leaves set directly one against a∣nother in maner of a Cross or a Riband tied (as it is called) on a True-loues Knot: which are each of them a part: somwhat like unto a Nightshade Leaf, but somwhat broader, having somtimes but three Leavs, somtimes five, somtimes six, and these som∣times greater than in others. In the middle of the four Leavs fiseth up one smal slender Stalk about an inch high, bearing at the top thereof one Flower spread open like a Star consisting of four small and narrow long pointed Leavs of a yellowish green colour, and four other lying between them lesser than they; in the middle wherof standeth a round dark purplish B••tton or Head, compassed a∣bout with eight smal yellow Mealy th•• eds, with three colours make it the more conspicu∣ous and lovely to behold: This Button or Head in the middle, when the other Leavs are withered, becometh a blackish Purple Berry full of Juyce of the bigness of a reasonable Grape, having within it many white Seeds: The whol Plant is without any manifest tast.