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where the great Psalks are d-earely bought for the better fort of people, and the {mall thorny {P""°: for the poorer fort, From thefe thorny branches grow little ﬂoures like thofe of Broome, an 0 yellow colour, which in hot regions vnder the extreme heate of the Sunne are of a very perfe any colour: in the colder countries of the Eali, as Danzicke, Brunfwicke, and Poland, there is ﬂoihep branch hereof growing,except fome few plants and feeds which my felfe haue fent to Elbing 0‘ on wife called Meluin,where they are molt curioully kept in their faireli gardens,as alfo our C003?‘ 6 Broome, the which I haue fent thither likewife, being ﬁrﬁ delired by diuers earnefi letters -If I cods follow the ﬂoures,which the grauer hath ornitted,as a German who had neuer feenc the P 3“ it felfe,but framed the ﬁgure by heare-fay : the root is ﬁrong,tough, and woodd y. , -D We haue in our barren grounds of the North part of England another fort of Furze: bmgl gf forth the like prickly thornes that the other haue: the onely difference conﬁﬁcth in the c0l0l“ the ﬂoures ; for the others bring forth yellow ﬂoures,and thole of this plant are as Whit‘-_€ 35 ﬁ1°W'es T 2 To this may be j oyned another kinde of Furze which bringeth forth cerfillmé brancucs that be fome cubit high,l'riEFe,and fet round about at the lirft with {mail winged Lentil-like 19“ ed and little harmele lie prickles,which after they haue been a yeare old,and the lcaues gOﬂ€ib° “rm onely with moli hard (harpe prickles, crooking or bending their points downewards. The hereof are of a pale yellow colour,lell'er than thofe of Broome, yet of the fame forme 3 th fmall,in which do lie little round reddilh feeds :the root is tough and wooddy. 3 Gemjfa Spinoﬁz minor ﬁliqua rotunda.

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‘~37 Ohm‘ Cl“ﬁ”” 1'€°k°ﬂ5 Vp three varieties : the ﬁrﬂ growing fome cubit high, with ; low ilotitesz the fecoild gr0W=S higher, and hath paler coloured ﬂoures : the third gf0W‘itP :0 and height oi the ﬁrfit, the floures alfo are yellow, the branches more prickly, and the leaues 111"” ‘ the ﬁgure 1 glue you is of this third variety. _ “es;

3 This feldome exceeds a foot in height, and it is on euery ﬁde armed with fharpc Pncf ,;b which grow not confufedly, as in the common fort,but keepe a certaine order and {till grow I‘: of by couples: they are of a lighter grcene than thofe of the common Furze : ori the tops ofeﬂc 1“. the branches grow two or three yellow ﬂoures like thofe of the former-which are fucceeded Wthc ‘tle round rough hairy cods of the bigneffe of Tares. This ﬂoures in, March, and growelh Les it way betweene Burdeaux and Bayone in France,and vpon the Pyrenean mountaines.Clu/ixa “'3

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4- This fmall kinde of Furze (growing vpon I-Iampliead heath neere Loridon_,and in diners nth“ barren grounds,where,in mariner nothing elle will grow) hath many weake and ﬂexible bran. Che? Of a wooddy fubllance : whereon doe grow little leaues like thofe of Tyme : among which are ﬂet in number infinite moi’: {harpe prickles,-hiirtinglike needles,whereofittooke his name. The

°“Y§’S grow on the tops of the branches like thofe of Brooms, and of a pale yellow colour. The °‘1S tough and wooddy. ‘ r S This plant (faith Cluﬁra) is wholly new and elegant, forne fpan high, diuided into many‘ ";l“Ches,fome fpred vpon the ground,others fianding vpright, hauing plentiful! (’torr=, ofgreene p"°k1€S,: the ﬂoures in fhape are like thofe ofBroome, bnt lelfffi and of a blew “"1 pllrpléf‘. C0101“, i anding in rough hairy whitilh ‘cups, two or three ﬂoures commonly growing neere together: ﬁllnetimes whileli it ﬂoures it fendeth forth little leaues, but not very often," and they are few‘, and . lkﬂhofe of the fecond defcribed, and quickely fallaway,f0 that thc3 Whok? plant f9<‘U1'L“SilOEi3.i.ilg “F Prickles or like a hedge-hog when fhee folds vp her felfe : the root is wooddy, ai1d,largi: for the Wlportion of the plant. It growcs in the kingclomeofValentia in Spaine,w1‘m1<:t'ltie s[7i3!l.'i3i't:iS can it Erz'{o, that is, the Hedgehog; and thence Claﬁm alfo termed it Brim-m. It ﬂourcth in l t i

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5 Th f 11 Pt 11 h F irzc is that of the Aiitients called N474, 0! SCOl'piOilFul'Ze, as the ~ °‘d NeI,,,e{'er:,:,e:h [?)i:1pi:o1-iz iris a Ptranger in England: it hath beene touchedof the Antients b llame onely which fault they haue beene 311 and may of them to be complained of, being fo

"ﬁfe that nothing can be gathered from their defcripcion : and therefore I refer what might here« iifbe (‘aid to 3 further conﬁderatiom 1: This hath a thick_e wooddy blacke root fome, halfe foot 0 g, from whence grip; many {lender branches fome foot high, which are felt with many Ptifie and 1, "PE prickles,growing fornewhat after the manner of the wilde prickly Sperage : the yong plants aue little league; like thofe ofTragacanth;the old ones none : the Hours are l'mall,and come forth “the bot: f the rickles and they are fucceeded by broad cods wherein the feed is contai- 1:2 ' It grgﬁsiu diueprs plaCe,s of France and Spainei and is thought to be the Scorpiw-of T/2ea-_ ‘ M Wiwhich Gaza tranllates 7(§_;>4. fl? ' QT The Place. _ I f. Tilt common fort hereof are very well knovvne to grow in paﬁures and ﬁelds in I110“ P aces 0. ngiaﬂd. The reﬁt are likewife well knowrie to thofe that curiouﬂy ohferue the d1lf€f€“C€- T p qr 'rbcTz'me. 115)’ ﬂoure from the beginning of May to end ofseptcmberr te Fur?-e is commonly called Gcniﬂa //Emil: .- liiigﬂgliichi ‘1531'P¢“-"°?'¢” 3 in Enguﬂl. Furze, Fur; nb“fhes,VVhinne,GorlTe,and Thorne-Rroorne. ‘

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