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Show Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 1148 a aa Branke Vriine,and reporteth it to be a citie herbe,andto ferue for arbors : fome name it Brancay, fina(othets vie to cal Cow-parfhep by the name of Branca ¥rfina,but with the addition German 5 the Italians call it Acantho,and Branca Or{ina : the Spaniards,Yerua Giguaate: the Ingrauers of a Gimme Of the HiftorieofPlancs, ~ 1149 ofa purple colour, fet or armed round aboutwiththe which isdinided into fundry branches,and are : aforefaid. the likeor rather (harper thornes than 2 Acanthium tlhricum purpureum, 1 Acanthium album, time were wontto carue the leaues of this Branke Vrfine inpillers, and other works.and alfove the eares ofpots;as amongothers /irgil/ teftifiethin thethird Eclog of his Bucolicks: a The purple Cotton Thiftle, Thewhite Cotton Thiftle, Et nobis idem Alcimedon duo poculafeett, Et molli circumeff anfas amplexrs Acantha. $ Itake Virgils Acanthus tobe that which we now commonly call Pyracantha, as I thall here after fhew when I come to treat thereof, + ; The other Branke Vrfine is named in Greeke zppue dxertoe:and in Latine,S:'ylueftris Acanthus Or wilde Branke Vrfine,and they may becalled properly Acantha, ox Spina,a prickle ; by which name itis found called of moft Herbarifts, Acanthys : yet there is alfo another 4 canthus athornie thtub:the liquour whichiffteth forth ofit,as Herodotus and T heophrafiusaffirme, isa gumme: fordifference wherofperaduenture this kinde of C&canthusis named Herbacantha: Thereis likewife found among the baftard names of Acanthus the word Mamolaria,and alfo Crepulabut it is not expreffed to ich ofthem,whether to the wilde or tameit ought tobe referred. | The Temperature, Theleaues of the garden Branke V rfine confift ina meane asit were betweenehotand cold be. ‘ing fomwhat moift,with a mollifying and gentle digefting facultie,as are thofe ofthe Mallow.and therefore theyare profitably boyledin clyfters,as well as Mallowleaues. Theroot, as Galenteach- i eth,is ofamore drying qualitie, q The Vertues. A Diofcorides {aith,that the roots are aremedie for lims that are burnt withfire,and that hauebeen outofioint,ifthey be laied thereunto: that being drunke they prouoke vrine,and ftop thebelly: that they helpe thofe that be broken,andbe troubled with the crampe,and be inaconfumption of the lungs. B They are goodforfuch as hauetheptificke and {pet bloud witha), for thofe that haue faln from fomehighplace,that are bruifed and drie beaten,and that have ouerftrained themfelues,and they ateas good as the roots of the greater Comfrey, whereuntothey are verie like in fubftance,tough © D inice,and qualitie. Of the fameroot is madeanexcellent plaifter againft the ache and numneffe of the handsand feet. _Itisput intoclyfters with good fucceffe againft fundry maladies. @| The Place. Thefe Thiftles grow by high waies fides, and in ditchesalmoft eulery where, q The Time an floure from Tune yntill Auguft, the fecondyeare after they be fown:andin the meantime Cuar. 476. I Ofthe (Cotton Thiflle. os eed waxeth ripe,which being thorowripe the herbe perifheth, as doe likewife moft of the ‘et Thiftles,which liue no longer thantill the feed be fully come to matutitie. ( ‘ q The Nanes, | The Defiription. ae Thiftle is taken for that which is called in Greekeass», which Dioftorides deferibeth to ae leaues fet with prickles round about theedges, and to be couered witha thin downelike a HecommonThiftle,whereofthe greateft quantitie ofdownis gathered for fe ~ pofes,as well by the poore to ftop pillowes, cufhions, and bedsfor want of feat Nae ienegat may be gathered and {pun to make garmentsof, like thofe of filke: in high Dutch it alfo boughtofthe rich Vpholfters to mixewiththe feathers and downethey do fell,which = would be looked vnto: this Thiftle hath greatleaues,long and broad, gafhed about the oe fet with fharp and ftiffe prickles allalongft the edges,couered all oner witha foft cotton a 0 “ out from the middeft whereof rifeth vpa long ftalkeaboue two cubits high ycomered,and ‘i an filmes, and alfofull of prickles : the heads are likewife cornered with prickles,and bring dort Ena Weritswege DIFEIL :in Low Dutch,nitte udech Diffels in French, Chardon argentin : in hile » Corton-Thiftlewhite Corton-Thiftle, wildewhite Thiftle, Argentine or the Siluer i. : @ The Temperature and Vertues. : ‘*corides faith, that the leaues and roots hereofarea remedy for thofe that haue their bodies wae backwards; thereby Galen fuppofeth that thefe are of temperature hot. floures confifting of many whitith threds:the feed which fucceedeth them is wrapped YE : oy it is long,ofa light crimfoncolour, and leffer than the feede of baftard faffron: the rootgt deep in the ground,being white,hard, wooddie,and not withoutftrings. 2 The Ulyriancottonthiftle hath a long naked root,befet about the top’ {mall threds or iags:ftom whicharifeth a very largeandtall ftalke,higher than any t e leaues, atreethan an annuall herbeor plant: this flalkeis garnithed with {croles of thinn erie part the bottome to the top,fet full ofmoft horrible tharpe prickes, and fois the fealkeandov feds ofthe plant; fo that itis impoffible for man or beaft totouchthe fame without gteat ae ues ger: his leauesare very great,far broader and longer thanany other thiftle whatfoeuct, © with anhoari ; the former : the floures doe 1 grow atte he topop of Mens 1Oaric cotten or2downe: like which Cuar. 477. Ofour Ladies-Tbiflle. G The Defiription. He : Thiftle : : i t leaues as thofe ofwhite Cotton-Thiftle areas bigge ofour Ladies | oe :for the OF be great,broad, large,eathed in the edges,armed witha multitude of ftiife and fharpe Prickles 928 are thofe of Ote-Thiftle,but they are without down,altogether fliopery,ofa light Ddddd 3 green: |