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114.8 Of the Hiﬁorie of Plants.

‘ ‘ . . I ' gmma VI’.- Brankc Vrﬁne,and reporteth it to be a city herbe, and to ferue for arbots . fame name It .

. . - ' mania!-' ﬁm:(others v-fe tocall Cow—Parfnep by the name 0f1inmc4_ Vrﬁna,but with the addit£onrC;'L€l'w 0 0 d the Italians call It udeamixo, and Bremen orﬁmz : the S panr_ards_,T mm Gzgtmste : the ngnd am vpon time were wont to came the leaues of this Branlce \_/‘rune rnptllers,and other workes, the cares of pots sas among others Virgil teliiﬁeth in the third Eclog of his Bucol1cl_<S:-

‘ Efnoéek idem Aleimedoza duapomlefeeit, Et ma//2' eirwm eff 471/2; emfie xv: Aoaxtbd.

re- :i:. I take Vi;'gz'ls c/mm:/am to be that which we now commonly call Pyrmtr1f54:“,5 I man be after fhew when I come to treat thereof. 1: , __ , l I; SL0, wild The other Branke Vrﬁne is named in Greeke, **'7Pr‘oe¢'x3to3=r2&ﬂd in Latine.‘3)‘l“¢ﬂN5 /1‘.€”’i1 ” C i; ' Branke Vrﬁne, and they may be called properly Lzlcant/J4, or .§y>ina,a prtckle 5 by W111? snub : thc found called ofmolf I-lerbarills, Amer/ms : yet there is alfo another vtfantlaura thorny‘ difference liquor which ilfueth forth of ir,as Herodotus and ‘ Tlzeoplzra/fur aﬂirmc, 13 a_ gumm? ‘ R.” nd among whereof perad uenture this kinde of Aamthus is named Herbacamba : There is ltkewife for! O W pic the baftard names of_Aezmt/ms the word Mamolarimanyd alfo Crepzla, but it is not exptclri it e of them,whethcr to the wildeor tame it ought to be referred. ’

1] 7 /1e Temperature. _ E _ V V V A low bg. The leaues of the garden Branke Vrﬁne conliﬂ in a meane as it weie b’etweeneh0f anducdw. 73,, ing fomwhat moilhwith a rnollifying and gentle digeﬁing faculty,as arethofe oftbe M3] ‘éagh. therefore they are proﬁtably boyled in clyl’ters,as wellas Mallow leaues. The root,aS 54 "” ' eth,is of a more drying quality. A _ .- qr T561/ertteer. , . V ; .'’b'éen¢ Diefcoride: {aith,that the roots are a remedy for lims that are burntwith ﬁre,-and that hauebcuy; out ol'joynt,if they be laied thereunto: that being drunlce they prouoke wine. and liopillc tionof that they helpe thofc that be brokemand be troubled with they crampe, and be in a_con{umP-9 - It/I 4 the lungs. ' . A i “' fl“ f on; They are good for fuch as have the ptiliclte and {pet bloud withall;for thofe that haué and ihc iome high place,that are bruifed and dry beaten, and that haue ouerﬂrained thefnfelllcsaa :6-ugg‘ are as good as theroots of the greater Comfrey,whereunto they are very like in fubﬂanm 1 " juyce,and quality. _ ’ As and Of the fame root is made an excellent Plaiﬁer againft the ache andynumnelfe of tlliibm ‘ feet.

It is put into clyiiers with good l'ucce‘lfe againﬂ fundry maladies.

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CHAP. 476. Of the Cottaei Tl7”t'ji[e., 4'

1] TIM D::feriptieni.

‘J. ‘i N ‘He common Thiﬁlmwhereof the greateﬁ quantity of down is gathered for‘ dine:

P°f€S.as well by the poore to {top pillowes, curh ions, and beds lor want Of {cam

. 31f°b0.ught of the rich vpholﬁers to mix with the feathers and down they do 5”’ deceit would be looked vnto : t‘ u

_ h’ Th'fil l h l . ,l 1 cl b’ d ailhe 3 t- edgesaand re‘ Wlth ﬂ‘3"Pe 3I1_d,,(’tifll'§ priclde: dfltalcgdgiit tl1e::§§ge:)1cg<):[dred gll oiregwit . 2 {O‘fiJir(!) ton or downe : out from the mi '

_ ddcft whercofrT :1 .1 it lk b ' t two cubits bag ' n Iedaand re‘ with ﬁ1mes,and alfo full of prickle; :etl1]eVh)eaatd?:t§e laikeivaifghlornered with P',‘Cklcs’ae

bring forth flo_ur_es conﬁﬂing of many whitifh threds : the feed which fucceedeth them l$ﬁV_70n , r vp in downe; it 13 long, of a light crrmfon colour, and lell‘er than the feed ofballard 53 ‘ a root groweth deep In the grl<]>l;{Illd.ll]>e1It:g ;vh1te,h!a:td1,wo0"cl1&):l}/{,‘ank:l not withoutﬂtingsg _ gc O mam’ 2 The lllyrian C0309 I i C at 3 0_ng na 6 root eet about the to with 3 F1“

fmall threds or jags:from which arifeth a very largeand iall lialkeghigher than any m?“=”d: {om a tree than an annuall herbe or plant : this ﬂalke is garnilhed with fcroles of thinne‘ leaue . - E thfe lilottome to the top, 12:: fllll[]n(?ﬂ: ltorriblebfltafrtpe pricl<‘es,‘a‘n‘d fo iS‘thc ﬂ'£lll<€‘a§a:1d:L1t?f¥ Pa 0 t e plan: (0 that it is im 0 r e or man or ea to touch the fame without gre - _

get : his lcaties are very great: far broader and longer than any other Thyme wharfoeuer, Cg:

/with an hoarie cotton or downelilce the former: the floures doe grow at the ‘OP O t C

L I B . 2.. giiilic 5:0? rather (harper thornes than the aforefaid.

Ofthe Hiaorrsot1Signts.l

I Lﬂcaméium aléztm.

L Aczmt/laium I fly ri czmz pzerpureum. The white Cotton Thiftle,-'

The purple Cotton 1Thil’tle.

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T V p G; “flee Plate.‘ A hcfe Thiﬁles grow by high vvaies (ides, and in ditches almoﬂ euery where.

q} The Time. . M thgfhey Home from lune vntill Augulhthe fecond yeare after they be fowne:a_nd in the mean time Othefe Vf/axeth ripe, which being thorovv ripe the herbe perrfheth, as doe lrkewlfe moﬁ of the

Thrﬁlegwhich liue no longer than till the feed be fully Come to maturity.

.rh_ ‘ _ ‘ 1)‘ The ﬂames. gV_ _

haue ‘*5 Thiltle is taken for that which is called in Greelce, «P19393101, which Diofeoride: defcribcth to cop,” “"63 fet with prickles round about the edges,and to be couered withathin downe like a. iscaue .that may be gathered and f pun to make garments Oﬁillke thole of ﬁllce : in high Dutch it I~§ngl.°ds11%2if5lJJege Diftill: in low Dutch, _i19ltt¢ _i1B2Cl) Qlﬂﬂ 2 1}! French, Clmrdozz drgeﬂtin .- in Ehipégl. Cotton—Thiﬁle, white Cotton.Th1l’de, wrlde white _Th1ﬁle , Argentine or the Siluet;

bio ‘ qr ‘Tlae Temperature and I/ertuer. _ ‘ 4rawn~f°'‘d€r faith,vThat the leaues and roots hereof are a remedy for thofe that haue their bodies 3CkW’ards-, thereby Galen fuppoleth that thefe are of temperature hot.

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C it A P. 4.772 Ofour Larliz'et»Tbi/Zle. qf The Degfcriyuian.

TE?!“ Ieaues ofour Ladies-Thiﬁle are as bigge as more ofwhite Cotton-Thiltlezfor the leauei K \ rfireof be gteat,broad, large,gafhedin the edges, armed with a multitude of ltiffe andfhatpe -. P ,‘_9kl.°3a%S_ are thofe of Ore-Thiltle, but they are without d0_V[n, alfogegther lhpperypr a 11811‘ -~~ ‘ W ' -* M 3 greene

ll is diuid ed into fundry branches,and are of a purple colour,l'et or armed round about with the