The first and seconde partes of the herbal of William Turner Doctor in Phisick, lately ouersene, corrected and enlarged with the thirde parte, lately gathered, and nowe set oute with the names of the herbes, in Greke Latin, English, Duche, Frenche, and in the apothecaries and herbaries Latin, with the properties, degrees, and naturall places of the same. Here vnto is ioyned also a booke of the bath of Baeth in England, and of the vertues of the same with diuerse other bathes, moste holsom and effectuall, both in Almanye and England, set furth by William Turner Doctor in Phisick. God saue the Quene
Turner, William, d. 1568.

Of Strauberries.

FRagraria is called in Englishe a Strawberye leafe / whose frute is called in Englishe a strawbery / & in Latin Fragū / in Duche Erdber / in Frenche Fraisue. The strawbery ryn∣neth vpon the grounde / and hath a litle roughe stalke / and in the toppe of it growe whyte floures / after the whych floures be gone / ther growe berries / whiche are grene first / Page  6

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Fragraria Strauuberrie
and afterward rede. The leafe is in∣dētid / & alwayes thre of them grow together / ye rote is in som place blake and som place redyshe.

The vertues of Strawberries.

STrawberies leaues ta¦ken in meate / helpeth thē that are diseased in the milt / & so doth also the iuice dronkē wyth hony. The same is good to be geuen wyth peper for them that are short winded. Strawberryes quenche thirst / and are good for a cholerike stomack. Ther is a iuice pressed out of strawberries / whiche by cōtinuance of tyme encreaseth in strēgh / and that is a present remedy against the sores and wheales of the face / & against the blodshotten eyes. The brothe of the rothe swageth the heate of the liuer / dronken the mor∣ninge eueninge. Many vse this herbe to ioyne together grene woundes / to stoppe laxes / and ishewes of women / to strenghehen the gūmes / & to take away the sores or wheales of ye mouth / and the stinkinge of the same. The frut semeth to haue som warmenes in it / but the leafe is colde.