B C

D The feed is very hurtful] to the ftomacl<e,cauﬁng deﬁre to vomit, and is ofhard E

F.

Of" the 'Hill:o‘rie of Plants; L 1 34 3°

jlﬂtﬁdaailfi with prielrles in the edges 3 from the tops of the ﬁallts Brand out little heads or knf’P5

Ogthc bigneile ofan Oliue or bigger, fer with many {harp pointed and prickly fcaleszotit of ii/512%’ come forth lloures like threds,c1ofely compaéhofsa deepe yellow {hining col0ur,draw_1I1g 119 h__ n 3 the colour of Saffron : 'JE1(.lC!' them are long feeds,fm0oth,white, fomewhat corneyed, l;]1_geg?:V‘e:t in 33:13: corne,the huske whereof is fomethinghard,the inner pulpe or fnbﬁance is .at,W If : were ;the root {lender and vnproﬁtable. R the 2 There is alfo another kinde of 13 afiard Saffron, that may very well be numbred among e O kindes of ",i”hililes,and is very like vnto the former, fauing that his rlockie or threddy ﬂ<_?_l"l:3I5 the a blew colour : the root is thicker, and the whole plant is altogether more iharpe in pilc 5 ' fralkes are alfo more crelied and hairy. , _ l {I The Place. , _ _ Pym}. Iris fowne in diners places of Italy, Spaine,and France, both in Gardens and m_ Fléldfzgd P: l;‘é,25.m,t2. rslaith, that in the raigne of Vejybaﬁzzn this was not knowne in Italy: being In ::7 onely of good accoiint,and that they vfed to make oyle oi it,and not meat. {I T/7e‘Tz'mc. C it is The ﬁoures are perfeéted in Iuly and Augult : the root after the feed is ripe, the fan1€ Year fow newithereth away. ’ q The §Z‘Qzme5. it is called in Greeke, :m’;¢c;: in Latine alfo Cm'cm,or Carma: : in fhops,(.’4rtamw, diuers,Crmr5 /9orrmﬁ5,and Cram: Szmzcenicas :in Italian,Z4ﬁ1zrano Sam-i2¢efco,and Zafarawo h /I in S panilh,i/1 141%‘; and Sdmwte 616 papagaios :_in high Dutch, nailnen Zﬂfftﬂﬂt in Frencu, y Sgzmmge: in Englifn, Baltard Saﬁ7ton:offome, Mocke Saffron,and Saffron D'ort€, 35 mg Wig; {hould fay,SaPEron dc I902-to,or of the garden.T/zeélxhrzzﬂm and Pliny call it.Cm‘m: vréamz, an fa kinda tame andgarden baﬂard Saffron, that it may di er from t/1tr:zé7ylz5, which they make to be a ofcmmgﬁelug/Zrz‘a50r wilde Baftard Saffron, but rather a ﬁecie: of the Holy Thilile. 1 ’ «:3 The Temperature. . V\7e vfe, faith G.¢lc;9,the feed only for purgations : it is hot, and that in the ﬁrﬂ degfﬁea 3’ writeth. ﬁl T58 Vemzes. O The jiiyce of the feed ofbafiard Sallfron bruifed and {trained into honied water or the br U Chickeihand driinkeprouoketh to the lloole,and purgeth by ﬁege ﬂimy flegme,and HWPRO Ping Moreouer it is good againlt the collicke, and diﬂiculty of taking breath, the cough: and P - of the brelhand is ﬁngirlar againlt the dropﬁe. The feed vied as afore faid,and ﬂrained into milke,caufeth it to curdle and yeeld maketh it of great .i"oree to loofeand open the belly. The ﬂoures driinlze with honied water open the liuer,and are good againﬂ: the jail ﬂoures are good to colour meat in {lead of Saffron. - mom flow dig‘

and much cru“‘=

ndife = and the

remaining long in the ﬁomacke and entrails, Ma ic 2 _Put to the fame feed things comfortable to the fiomacke,as Annife feed,Galing3l"5a°_" H be thﬂ Ginger,S4lgcmme, and it {hall not hurt the iloniacke at all, and the operation therC0 {M more quicke and fpeedy. {Mon :0 Of the inward pulpe or fubﬁance hereof is made a molt famous and excellent Compof rthofﬁ Pmgﬁ Water with,commonly called Diacar:/mmm,a molt ﬁngular and cffeétuall purga“° O that haue the dropﬁe_

. fix‘ The Perfeﬁ defcription hereof is extant in Guido the Surgion, in his ﬁrﬂ Doarincr and the

‘ ' Traétat. ,

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. p . n 3 , We 11303510! readgor had in vfe that Baftard Saffron with the blew ﬂoure, and thﬁfelo“: ca ' nothing of his vertues. e ‘ ’ ‘ " V

7}» The ijgntc formerly wasofthe (mica: cnulm;

; ' / Cg pg.’ 4.89; Of If/ilde $4/zdrtl’ Saﬁon.

1}‘ The Deﬁriptién; . me raigh‘, 5"‘! Hﬁgzn

‘Tm7ylz3*,otherwife called wilde Ballard Saffron,bringeth7forrb,_3 11 nc cs, ~ i ﬁeltrarsrr fragile 95 brittle» ditislssl at S??? t°i>i>¢ §PE9;?¢FF§}£1Fl?5?-.,.. .s long:

LIB. 2.. Of the Hiﬁorie of Plants. M71 \

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Pzlcklestollt of which grow ﬂours all of thred 5, like thofe of baﬂrard Salfrongbut they are ofa light

a °"V«COlour,and fometimes purple: the feed is fom‘whatfgreat,brown'e,and bittenotherwife like 101‘ baftard Saffron : the root is ofa rneane bigiiefle.

2 Cardwr Beaediﬁus.

I L/!Irac"r'_yl£5. The Bleﬂed Thiﬁle.

Wilde Ballard Thilllei

' N. ‘V :75 :.'.'?F' - (H '/ ‘E9?’ _ . ~"« ~ . '7'!

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pasted The flalkes ofcardwm Bmea’i£?»r,or Ble{l"ed Thiﬁle, are rouncl,_rough and pliable,and being Ufhar Into diuers branches, do lie flat on the ground: the leaues are Jagged ronnd about, and full ‘ Onmlclle prickles in the edges : the heads on the tops of the ﬂalkes are fet with prickles,and in-i '-» °d_With {harpe prickling lcaues,out of which llandeth a yellow ﬂo_ure:the feed is long, and {ct and R aims at the top like a beard :thc root‘ is white,and parted into ﬁrings : the whole herb,-leaues a1k¢S,4an'd~alfo‘ the heads,are coucred with a (of: and thin downe.‘ A ' ‘ ‘ ' q]' The Place. ;]0‘57)'li5 groweth in Candie,and in diners prouinces and Iflands of Greece,and alfo in Langue- C E ’ and is an herbe growing in our Enghﬂr gardens-

, 4’ “wBened/ﬁm is found euery wherein Lemnos, an Iﬂand of the Midland Sea, in Champi- i»,3,%§°““dS, as Pctrm Bellomfm teftiﬁeth rilt is diligently cherifhed in Gardens iritliefe Northerne

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M . V i _ I V q; Tbs Time. c4,:;:57)"i5 is very late before it floureth and feedeth. 4 A A .. .d {O 5‘ ~ . r : ' l . . . . _ - - p ‘ 3 PhYﬁcke::;’;:j:S5?m floureth in Iuly and Augiifhativhich time it IS efpecially to be gather as

4, _, _, qT_T6eN:zme5. _ . _ - and bbagylu is called In Greeke, A-,r'.mm ax”; of the Latines like_wif'c, Atraélylmaﬂd C"7"“ﬁZ*“‘ W‘ 5' \ Elle 0,°““_f¢ Women in the old time were wont to vfe the (life ﬂalke the1fOi‘=,177’’’ﬁ‘f‘' 4“ ‘Q “J0! 8 Trun- the Woa lafifhe, it is named Fufm rzgreﬂés, and Calm Rajlica ; which thing iP"”“-‘ B.€[[””""’~‘ T‘3P‘7'f‘€tl1 ‘1 rs ofme“ In Greece do alfo euen at this day 5 who call Atraéiyltl‘ by, .3’_‘?°"'"Pt name '4-?‘,"’“57_'Y/4 ’a'»d"". tbamuthe later herbariﬂs name it S}/uc_/iris, Cart/Jamm .- that is to fey in low Dutch,;19;|1]m(1I;ag;=‘

.31“? : and in En‘gli{h,wildc Ballard Saffron,or Spindle Thiflle. _ A

ed Tbiltle is called in Latine cuery where Carduw Benediffus, and in {hops by 3‘ compoiindf

F ffff 2 word,

g lagged leaues fer with prickles: the heads on the tops of the branches are very full of {liarpe S