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Show THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE HIST ORKECOF (PLANTS. Of Thiftle vpon Thiflle,anddiners other wilde ty T bistles. 1 Onopordon. i hewayThe ys a Pe (hap.4.74. te fe senting vhice way ties Thiftle 2 Carduus ferox. The cruell Thiflle. flowers, withftiffe prickles, & confift ofa multitude of fcales sour of which grow purple 2 outof other Thiftles,ldome white: the roote is almoft ftraight,butit growethnot deepe. La! Italians ofthe benamed to writeth Obeliws Z’ which red that 2 To this alfo mayberefer we prickle herewith the wie" is fo called of the wonderfull fharpe andftiffe Carduus ferox ;forit s, wh 0 plant aboundeth; the ftalke thereof is fhort,{carceah andfullhigh: the flower growet , andit is alfo inuto” prickly head,andis of a pale yellowcolour,like that of“wilde baftard Saffron ned and fetround about on cuery fide with long hard thor nes andprickles.Se 3 a och forth mani¢ The thirde growethfeldome aboue a cubire or twofoote high: it bringtt hi a butlet round ftalks,partedinto divers branches ; the leaues are like thofe of white cotton rowe f fer,and blacker, and not couered with downe or cotton: vpon the tops of the ftalkes jail heads like Hedgehogs ; out of whichfpring gallant purple flowers, that at len ay downe, leaning {eedes behinde themlike thofe ofother Thiftles:the roote confiltethorme”? ftringes. 1. gnottofill’ long, conte 4 the fourthrifeth vp with an higher ftalke, now and then a yarde branches nor leaues, whichare fharpe & full ofprickles, but lefler andnarrower:t 4He yanifh 1000 ofa white colour, lefler, longer, and not fo full offtitfe prickles: the lowes are downe: the rooteis blacke,and foote long. >3 CA CAr® SSS _ ; % The defiription. ftalkes thereofarevte Mong all the Thornes andThiftles, thisis moft full ofprickles 5 the wing vnto them, ric long,and feeme to be cornered by reafon of certaine thinne skins gto h manie deep being fent downe foorth of the leaues : the leaues are fer rounde about with ine ery plact fet thicke arevery heads the ftalkes the as well as gafhes, being veryfull ofprickles as they 40 tis lanceatttt, re Thiftle. ree ae eet A Sery y Tt =e Ss 5 Carduss ms ifcatess. The musked Thiftle, ewe Sa ae SSS 9a ASSeRe awn nn Se Thittle vpon Thiftle, . viariun, dus . ; A |