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the Hifiorie of Plants.

— - . 1) The Tim. 0 Thefe kindes oflihiflles do floure from thTe:lbe1gIinning oflune vntill the end of Sepfl’-mbfi" ‘ y 6 names. ‘ _ inc Thefe Thillles comprehended in this prefentchapter are by one generallname called 5:‘ at Cdftilill-_[)illHE/ZI‘€S,01"VVlldC Thililes5and that which 13 the fecond in order is named 5:0 1 written notthat Scolymm which T/mop/arajlu: declareth to_yeeld a milky yuyce (of which we auethey are before) but one of thofe which Pliny in his twentieth booke,c4p.23.d_efcribeth : of_fome es and takenhfor:Fkin<lles of Chamaeleon : their feuerall titles doe fet forth their feuerall Latine nam 2 alfot e n ifh. , ‘ch at Theréwas formerly much confufion in this chapter, both in the figures and hiflorkxglléut I will here end eauour to amend, and giue as much light asI can, to the obfcuritie of 0”‘ » and fome others ; to which end I lhaue made choife of the names as the fitteli place. I This defcription was taken outof Dodamzw, and the title alfo of Onopordofi merly put ouer the fi-gi-.ire,and they belong to the Thifile our Author before defcrib ddcripuon of V1 mm/mam purp. I/lyricum, azp.476. I haue therefore changed the title, yet letthe I am 0 ftand, for it reafonable well agrees with the figure which is of the Cardtmr f_I2i72r2fiflI'”’“h:”% r Lead, and Polyacantba T156019/arafii of Taéerrz. of this Thifile I obferue three l(lI'lClC5 3 ‘d_ - y . Thillle foiue two cubits and a halfe high,with many flender Iialkes and branches exC€€ er ly,hauing commonly. fiue prickly welts running alongfl the fialkes: the leaues on thfivpgmw asalforhe lialkes are of a reafonablc frefh greene colour, but the vnderlide of the leafc 15 they 3“, whitifh: the heads confilt of fundry hairy greene threds which looke like prickles 5 bl“ C C m. weake,and not prickly: the floure is of the bigneffe, and of the like colour and fhape as t_ “aka mom Kmpwced, yet fomewha: brighter: it growes on ditch fides, and floures in Iuly_. _ h.s MW. to be the Awleofa Gzifle ofrhe ¢_,da'uerf.]9ag.3 74. but not that which Label figures for_it in 1 . this This is that which Taéermmozmzrzm figures for Palyacantlm, and our Authoiir gaue his fig“; place. The fecond of thefe I take to be that which Label hath figured for Pa_lymntl2zi,80d for Cam’,zmrfyl.3. (which figure we here giue you) and in the Htfl.Luga’.p'ag; 1473 .it 15 bot - in the and dclcribcd bl’ the mm‘? °“"’l)'4€47¢t/10: Theapbra/52'. In the figure there is little dif1°€Y5“‘.";' few things themfelues this5the iialkes of this are as high as thofe of the lat}, but flendercfa W’ I I, and flraighter branches, and commonly edged with foure large welts, which haue fewéfg Y“ j prickles than thofe of the former : the leaues and flzalkes of this are ofa grayifh or whiti or the heads are Iongifh, but much finaller than thofe of the former, and they feldome 0P‘‘“. f abroad their floures,but only thew the tops ofdiuers reddifh threds of a feint colour. This fie as frequently as the former, and commonly in the fame places. The third, which I thin ed fitly be referi-edyvnto theft, gr’owes‘on.we’t heaths and fuch like laces,_ hauing a flalke f°‘” foureor fine cnbits high,grow_ing flraightvp, with few branc_hes,and rhofe fhort ones = the are of an indifferent bigneffe,‘ andcommonly purple, yet fotnetimes white. I thinke this I _ the onapyxor alter Laga’zmcn_/jtzr the Cardims palaflrzk defcribed in Bauhimis his Prod’/9””);/)§$I.Cl Dod- ‘ 2 The fecond which is ’a {hanger with vs,is the Pbawix, Leo é’ Cardzmsfirbx of L9 ’ Baabine hath r'efer’d it to Acarmgcalling it Acarmz minor mule mmfoliafiz. . _ ”.mm.,0f ’ The thirddefcri tion was alfo out of Dadamw: bein ‘ 0 his Cmlzms lac M I’ Orgpyxas DodoneiofthepFIijl.Lugd. The figures formelly bogth ifn the third {la fguftll 91“ Chapter were of the t/Icmbiam ‘II/yrimm of Laéel 5 or the omvpordm of Daclmeus, folmcr one . 0 . in ‘ '_4 Thlsdefcriptioii alfo was out of Dadwmus, being of his Carduuryjylaejlrir alter? agf°¢‘?§i thmgs but the colour of the floures which fliould be purple. Laéel in his Obferuatlons dc ' e the the film‘? Thmk bl’ the name of Ca;'d1m.6‘ tutalgatfjfimrvs ‘Z/idfltm : but both he and DM"”"‘”.’-’ figure of Carlina fylm,j_lrz's for it:but neither the floures nor the heads of that agree W1" fC‘iP‘i°“- I-Wdgfi’ this £0 be the Thiltle that Fabius Colmmm hath fet forth for the. CW1

Tbgapbraflas 5 and Tzzéern. for Carcfmw armnfis .: and our Author, though vnfitly, gaue 1”“ place for Garden: mufcaiws. re

5 The Muske-Thiiile haue feene growing about Deptford, and (as far as my “lemon;-0 me) it is very like to the third here defcribed : it growes better than a cubic high, with 4 large leaues, and alfo heads which are a little {bit or downy, large,with purple floure? _ J before the floures open fmell flrong ofmuske. I haue found no mention of this but 0!: .1”. J4 M 5 dc can/céiione inpme, where hee hath thefe words 5 Garden: amen/is m4jorpur}wr6ofl07" «his dam mzto imofc/mm olei5At)_]‘/oretlulio. Our Author formerly gaue an vniit figure f0” 1 7 ’mcr_ly noted.

I here is fiiflicient of the refi in their title’; and defcriptiqnsp. 1:

which W35 for’ ed by Eh’-7 “glue e

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—. 1 The Temperature amz’Vcrme:. V

!‘Thefe wild Thiltles(according to Ga!en)are hot and dry" inthe feconcl degree,and that through

,4": Pmpertie of their effencc they driue forth {linking vrine, if the roots be boyied in Wine and H, and that they take away the ranke fmell of the bodyand arme» holes.

{me z0,L6r2fi_ae: {aith,thatthe root of the common Thillle applied plaifierwife correéteth the filthy Ana. lllearme-holes and whole body. _ V_ A _ fie of it workes the fame efireét it it beboyled in wine and drunkcgand that it expelleth plen-

A mg vrine. _ _ \ . , V V mime faint: Author afiirmcth alfo, that the herbc being as yet grecne and tender is vfed to be ea- flmg other herbes after the manner ofAfparagus. ,_ . __ . . h ~re [15 being Ptamped before the floure appeareth, faith 1’{1"}’;.3n°l the Juyce prefléd forth,caufeth -Th ° grow where it is pilled oil’, if the place be bathed with the yuyce. . F A i L me e rrpoé of Shy of the wilde Thililes being boyled in water and diunke, 15 reported to make I at rinke it. . e - . . their firengtheneth the £l0II]3Cl{€5'3ild it is reported .( if we beleeue it) that thefamc is alfo good for is th0a"1X, that boyes ma y be engendred : for fo C/Jcrm of Athens hath writien, and Glzmcma, w ho Thigh: towrite inolidiligentlyiofThiflles. I .4 ~ A y _ _I pp _ l books: ihifilc being chewed is good againft a (linking breath. Thus farre Plmynn his twentieth 3 4 .233

C H A P. 4 91. Of the e9l/[clan or Hedge/bog 7791/3/e. Melacafalraiiz Ecbmzms Pena’&?'Z‘a25’.: El 75¢’ D4f"’P’i””} The Hfidgf-hOg Thi‘l’tl<e.' .. ,~

‘’ s Ho can but maruelat the rare and {iii ' V hula: workemanfhip which the Lord V . God almighty hlathhlhewed in this Tphiflle, H ‘l:l\»n’y’,':‘l,”_l]l)l,"_{fI, 4% called by the name EcbIIfa- M e/0f:ié2‘o:,or Q/'W(’~ ‘l’ W ]g.c4r,rz'zm; Ecbinatzzsf This knobby or bunchy maife or lump is {iraiigely compaéi and con;

text togethencontaining in it fundry {hape-s,‘

and formes, participating of a Pepon or Me-

Ion, and a Thiftle, both being incorporate in I

one body 5 which is_ made after the forme of a cock of hay, broad and flat below.but lharpn toward" the top, as blgge as a mans body from’

the belly vpfijaffl 30“.tl1C‘ Olltfigle hercofare

45 fourteene hard nbbes; defcending from the p I crowne t0__th€ l0W€fi_ part, like the bunchy or yfi //4/‘I4 , - ex / pl out fwelling rib ofa Melon {landing out,and .:,:.« ~ ./ ./ / p 9 ‘ ' - chanelled betweene: at the top or crowne of ’///s the plant pllllutftll forth ;,a line filken cotton;

\:.\§~» wherewith it is full fraught : within which

=1 \ cotton or flockes lie hid certain final iheaths

0’ Codsafilarpe at the poinr,and of a deep fan«

guine colour, anfwering the cods of Capflcum

or Indian pepper, not in {hew only,but in co-

loiir,'ont the cods arefomewhar fmaller. The

furrowed or chanelled ribs onthe ontfide are

ga1‘ni{i'ied or rather armed with man)’ P“‘3klY

fliers, ilanding in a cornpaffe like fl18‘P_C“70‘.

ked homes or hookes, each If-'_2rC0“l‘1llUDg of

ten or twelue prickes, wherewlth the Olltwardl

urn _ batke of; pilling is_«_S‘'‘Td€d : {O that rfithout

l°ur0O the fingers it cannot be touched : this rinde is hard, thicke and like vnto Aloes, or the .30- cool. t e Cucumber : the flefh or inner pulpe is white, fat3wateritl_1,f>IfF3P‘C f0UfC,vnl:iuory and y 01- (twig: much like vnto the meat of a raw Melon or Pompi0D- , Th“ P.a"t.g’°We"*h Wnhm” leaf‘?- C; as our Nmthegne Thimc dorhica-lled Caralzmr vfcaulas, and 18 bigger‘ than tge largeqfl ‘

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