' maclte, but they containe very little nouiifhment, and the fame thinne and waterie, as 5‘

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. 1156 Of the Hiﬁorie of Plants.

thereof a fmall knop or boll, f uch as is in the middle ofourwilde Poppy, but full of and at the end thereof a Ptaine or f pot of a deepé purple : after the yellow ﬂouresbe fa _ mt faid knop groweth by degrees greater and greater, vntill it come to full maturity, which °Pe “dd it felfe at the vpper end, fhewing his feed, which is very blacke and round like the feed ofm;_C i; The whole plant and each part thereof doth yeeld very great abundance of milky }"-‘Y°°> W 1 [am of a golden colour,falling and iffuing from any part thereof,if it be cutaor bruifed:the whole re perifheth at the approch of VVinter. The vertues hereof are yet vnknowne vnto I316; Where Oady purpofe not to fet downe any thing thereof by way of conjeiﬁure, but fhall, God W1lllUg1 be '6 aka to declare that which certaine knowledge and experience either of mine owne or Otl1€l'S¢{haH m rnanifelivrito me.

q]' The Place.’ _ That it The golden Thiflle is fowne in gardens of the Low-Countries. Perm: Bel/onim writes, mm groweth plentifnlly in Candy, and alfo in molt places of Italy :Cluﬁt:s5 reporteth that he fotgran‘ in the ﬁelds of Spainefand of the kingdome of Caflile, and about Montpelier , with fewer i ches,antl of a higher growth. ’ The Indian Thiﬁle groweth in Saint Iohns Iﬂand in the Weft Indies, and profpﬁfﬁth in my garden. ’

vel)’ We”

1] T/JE _ R bee They floure fromhlune to the end ofAugu{t: the feed of the Indian golden Thifilc I13“ ' fowne when it is ripe,bnt it doth not grow vp vntill Maynext after,

{I The Named - , _ for This Thiflle is called in Latine, Cztrdrm: Clzryﬁmt/aemus .- in Greekc of Theopbrajlw, ?**”‘“""v'vit;, thofe things which he writeth of Sta/ymm in his ﬁxth and feuenth bookes doe whollf agree this Thiftle Cbryﬁzntbemgu .« which are thefe 5 Scalymm,deth ﬂoure in the Summer Solfiicﬁab and a long time together ; it bath a root that may be eaten both fod and raw, and when it

it yeeldeth a milky juyce : Gay nameth it C4rdzms.—Of this P/my alfo maltes mention 126.2 1-§fP;¢1;oi

raﬂely is bfokgn

Scalymrmfaith he,difFers from thofe kindes of Thiﬁles,w':,.At4rm, and t,(rr4z2‘ilz2r,becaufet c: and

‘ thereof may bee eaten boyled . Againe,lz‘6.‘2 2.mp.z 2. The Eaﬁ Countries Vfe it as a mfiahis ﬁxt

he calleth it by another name Am-»'vm» Which thing alfo Tlzeop/arajfm feemeth to afﬁrrnea 1“ M I booke ; for when hee reckoneth vp herbes whofe leaues are fer with pricltles, he addeth Sroljl” ’ Limonia. 0 Notwitlrllanding,Plmy maketh mention likewife of another Scalymm which he aﬂlmeth t bring forth a purple ﬂoure, and betweene the middle of the prickes to war; white quicltcl ,6!!! re fall offwith the winde 3 in his twentieth booke,cap.2 3.‘ which '1'hm1e' doubdcga doth 9°‘ ag- witli Citrdrms C/yry/Zmtbemm, that is,with Tbeophraﬂus his S coljmus, and with that which We ned before : fo that there be in Pliny two Scolymi 5 one with a root that may be eaten, and‘ -re with a purple ﬂoure, turning into downe, and that fpeedily waxeth white. Scalymm is likely‘ ﬂip] fcribed bY'Df0f‘0”“'f’ 5 but this differs from Scolymu: Tﬁeopbrajlz‘ andit is one of thofe w ich ‘I’ : reckoneth vp,as we will more at large declare hereafter. But let izs come againe to 6W)ﬁ'”W”:‘aIi-l This the inhabitants of Candy,keeping the matrices of the old name ’do call Afcol mm’ " lhe I ' ans name it Amommzi Rz'mz':the Romans,Spim éorda : the Spaniards ,C4rdm lecbarjaind 0 ‘huge I a1f°l"‘"‘med 9/3")’ 7/7150”, that is to fay,a’z2ltp': Radzx or fweet I001?‘ it is called iii Etlgll ’ go ..Thiﬂle = fome would haue it to be that which Veg-erg»: in Arte Veteriimrizz calls Er 21 i#”’’ at t «are deceiued ; for that Eryrgium whereof Vegrtim writeth is Erymrium marinum Jchiglea Hula“, yvhich we williintreat. A ’ ‘5 ’ p . ding The g°ld€n Thiﬂrle of India may be called Caralms Clzryﬁmtréemus of his olden C010”, ad -ﬁle i‘h‘7’°‘° his name °°““"Y 'IW'i47m,or Pmmrmr,or the golden Indian 'i‘hiﬁlc,%r the golden.

%§doiar$ﬁi° my hand‘ b? the ham‘? Fiﬁ“ “'61 lﬁﬁrm’-i if! Larine.Fivw i”f”’”‘ "’

q] The-_‘Temperature and I/cmm;

for the “O;

The mot and tender leaues of this Scalymus, which are fometimes eaten;are good Wren‘

cheth. » cl Pliny faith that the root hereof was commended by Emtrﬂbenes in the poore mans fu_pPe:,a an

that it is reported alfo to pl'OlJ0l<C vrine efpecially 5 to heale tetteis and dry fcurfe , emg away

Wlth vinegre ; and with wine to Ptir vp ﬂefhly lulla, as He/ion’ and urlnm teﬂiﬁe; an ‘O ‘aka

the ﬁench of the arme-holes,if an ounce of the root,the pith picked out,be boyled in tl‘1l'€5 P eat:

4’tV.§!l°aFlll9l‘.°P3¥E bsvta1t¢d.a!1é 9 seséérsushs salsa! failing alters bs5h.aad liksrrifsafttf flit?

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w ' . . . L hmh later words Diofcorides likewife hath concerning his Scolymm : out of whom Pliny is though r we lmrrowed there things,

‘r rt, r Fen‘ ‘Flint o i I V ' . cf ‘ cd 1 - . . gm‘ ut Author here dcfcribesrn the fecond place .15 that which I d cribed and ﬁgux ‘former y p.4g.4o_u ,by the nam¢ofp,,Pd,,,,. Jg,,,,,[,,,,. 1 mun. tn”- §“5ht h§5'§r‘;l‘;:’i:l' haue omitted it,becaul‘e it is here fer forth Iufliccntly by out-Authour. wncrﬁof Indeed I had a little remembrance, and thcrcflrrc at ihatnmé: ism,“ end all the names I could remember, but not makmw it : fardm, I at that time miffed thereof ;buth¢rc ﬁnding it,I ban: 1:: ihchiﬂoty {land as it

Y °mi€rcd the figure vrhichyoit may find: before,and fgmcihing alfo in the hzﬂory not here dcliucted.

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Of iv/aite Cczrline T/5_z]Zle of Diofcorides. i

3]‘ The Defiription. \

CRAP. 4.81.

I T He leaues of Carline are very full of pricklcs, cuton both edges with a multitude of _ deepe gafhes,and let along the corners with {tiffe and very tharpe prickles 5 the middle the moﬁ ribs whereof are fometimes red _: the flalke is a (‘pan high or higher, bringing forth for page 1. Part oncly one head or knap being lull of pricltles,on the outward circumference or com. broad Ike the Vrchin hirske af a chef nut : and when this openeth at the top, there groweth forth a at, at ‘?“Te,_tuade Vp in the middle like a ﬂat ball,ofa great number of threds,“which is compalfed it en5’V1tl1 little long leaues, oftentimes fomewhat white, very feldome red: the feed vnderneath we, 3? and narrow, the root is long,a ﬁnger thicke, fomethingblacke, fo chinked as though it Pl“ In funder, fweet of fmell,and in talte fomewhat bitter.

2 C4rlz'm¢,ﬁm Chameleon aléua Diofcoridis. The white Carline Thiftle of Diafcoride: with the red ﬂ0l1!€~

l: I Cariimt crmlefcem mrgnoﬂore. Tall C arline Thillle.

mg There is alfo another hereof without a ftallre, with lcaues alfo very full 95 PYICl<les,lilte al-‘ fort it‘) thofeofthe Otherglying ﬂat on the ground on euery ﬁde: 5131011?» which tllcre groweth ten the middle a round head or l<nap,fet with prickles without alter tlrefame manner,but grea- tim yfmreivhcteofin the middle is of {lringsand prilcd round about with red leaues, and Tome‘- ‘ With white, in faiie and calms weather the ﬂoures both of this and alfo of the other lay ’ ’ " ' ' " ' Eeeee ' ‘V themfelues