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Show Ofthe Hiftorie ofPlants, 1180 jes = Lip. 20 Lina, eeeereenessemenn floures growat the toporextteme point of theiplant rafter which follow fruit jp fhape likeafg full ofa red iuyce, which being touched ftainéth the hands ofthe colour ofred Ieade: the tafle i not vopleafant. A , ; 4 There hath been brought fromthe Indies prickly reed of the bignefle ofa good big ftaf of the lengthof fix-or eight foot, chamfered andfurrowed, hauing vpon two fides growing vnto i an yneuen membrane orskinny fubftance,as itwere a dag or welt fet’ vpon the wingof a garment and vponthe verypointofeuery cutor iagge armed with moft fharpe’ prickles: the whole inmke is filled fullofa {pongeous fubftance,fuchas isin the hollownesofthe bricr or bramble amo thewhichis to be feene as it werethe pillings of Onions, wherein are often foundliving thin: thatat the firft feeme tobe dead. Theplantis ftrange, and brought dry from the Indies,therefor wecannotwrite fo abfolutely hereofas we defire ; referring what more might be faid toa further confiderationor fecond edition. vat A ® as Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 2 Itis troublefometobeateit, vnleffethe noftrils a St jz See of him that beats it be carefully flopped and defended , for ifit happen that the hot fharpneffe thereofdo enter into thenofe, it prefently catrfethitching, and moueth neefing, andafter that, by reafon of the extremitie ofthe heate,it draw- ethout aboundanceof flegmeandfilth, andlaft ofall bloud, not without great quantityof teares, But againft the hot fharpneffe ofEuphorbium, it is reportedthat the inhabitants are remedied byacertaine herbe, whichof the effectandcontraricfaculties is named Anteuphorbinm.T his plant likewife is full ofiuyce, Whichis nothing at all hot and fharpebut coole and flimy,allaying the heateand fharpne fle ofZuphorbium. VVhauenotyet learnedthat the oldwritets haue fet downe any thing touching this herbe, notwithftanding it feemeth tobe a kinde of Orpine,which is the antidote or counterpoyfon againft the poyfon and venome ofEuphorbium, q The Place. t+ Cuar. gox Thefe plants grow vpon Mount Atlas, in Libya, in moft of the Iflands of the Mediterranean Offoft Thiftles, and Thifile gentle. fea, in allthe coaft ot Barbarie,efpecially in S.Crux neere vnto the fea fide,in a barren place then called by the Englith men Halfe Hanneken; whichplace is appointed for Merchants toconferof their bufineffe, euen as the Exchange in Londonis : from which plage my friend M‘. William Ma- tin, a right expert Surgeon, didprocure me the plants of themfor my garden,by his feruantthat he fent thitheras Surgeon ofa fhip. Since which time I haue receiued plants ofdiuers others that hauetrauelled into other of thofe parts andcoafts : notwithftanding they haue norendured she cold ofour extreme Winter. : t pts are certaine other plants by moft writers referred to the Thiftles ; which being @: mitted by our Author,I haue thought fit here to giue you. t Cirfium maximum A|phodeli radice. 2 Cirfinm mains alterum. Great foft bulbed Thiftle, Great foft Thiftle. @ The Time. Theyput forth their leaues in the Spring time, and wither awayat the approch ofWinter. . q The Names , It is called both in Grecke and Latine ‘+944, Exphorbium: Pliny in oneplace putteththe herbe in the feminine gender, naming it Euphorbia : the iuyce iscalled alfo Euphorbion, and foit is likewife in fhops : we are faine in Englith tov{e the Latine word, andte cail both the herbe and inyce bythe name of Euphorbium, for other namewe hauenone: it may becalled in Englith, the Gum Thiftle. @ The Temperature. Euphorbinm (that is to fay, the congealed iuyce which we vfe) is of a very hot, and, as Galente ftificth, cauftickeor burningfacultic, and of thinneparts it is alfohor and dryin the fourth degree. q The Vertues, wees Anemplaifter made with the summe Euphorbium,and twelue times fo much oyle, and a little fi wax, is very fingular againft all aches of the ioynts, lameneffe,pal fies,crampes,and fhrinking of newes, as Galew,lib.4. de medicamentis (ecandumgenera, declarethat large,which to recite at this prefent would but trouble you ouermuch. B f the Euphorbium mingled with oyle of Bay and Beares greafe cureth the feurfeand ey ace heel; and pildneffe, caufing thehaire to growagaine, and otherbareplaces, being anoumte wee with. Cc The fame mingled with oyle, and applied to the temples of fuchare very {leepie, andtroubledj with the lethargic, doth awaken and quickentheirfpirits againe. cs anelol If it be applied to the nuqueor napeofthe necke,itbringerh their fpeech againe mat ™"* it by reafon of the Apoplexie. : 4 ad {pot foule and iJ fauoured 1p z Euphorbium mingled with vineger and applied taketh awayall whatpart of the body focuer theybe. - eonentht Being mixed with oyle of Wall-floures,as aefues faith,and with any other oyleor omt"™ ¥ quickly: heatethfuchparts as are 6uer cold. aes Itislikewife a remedieagainft old paines in the hucklebones, called the Sciatica. sraeth Df G Actius,PailusyAdnarius,and Mefue-doe report, That if itbe inwardly taken it ine y the H fiege water and flegme, but withall ir ferreth on fite, fcortcheth and fretteth, not the whole D throat.and mouth, butalfo the Lomacke,liuer,and the reft ofthe inerals, and inflames bodie. I K + ce asalla Forthat caufe it'muft not be beaten fmal,aidit is to be tempered with fuchthin ee ca heateand fhatpeneffe thereof, and that make glib and flipperie ; of which things peer part fuch a-quantitic, as that jt maybe fufficient to couer all ouer the {uperficiall ot thereof. d ot feorten Butitis hard rhibg forocouer and folditvp,or to mixit, as thatit will nor burr , lifters For thought be tempered with-neuter fo muchoyle, if it be outwardly applied it as ‘i inwardly 18 efpeciallyin tiem that have foftandtender fleth, and therfore it is betcer not totak @ The Defiription. A es firft and largeft ofthefe hath roots confifting ofgreat longith bulbes like thofe of the A fphodill : from whence arife manylarge ftalkes threeor foure cubits hight, cre- theed af about downy : =the leaués are vety long andlarge, iuycie, greenifh , ana cut fted and . ae nr “8c, and fet withfoft prickles. Atthe tops of the ftalkes and branches grow heads round an : 1 ee . t8e, out whereofcome floures confifting ofaboundance of threds, ofa purple colour, w hich leaay 7 : Ec : fe for a ° , ‘Way indowne, This growes wilde inthe mountainous medowes and in fome wet places of uf F ipa ae . sith M? abe Thauefeene it growing in the garden of M'. Joho Parkinfon, and with M*. Tugeye,. It i Pa in Tuly, Clufivs hathcalled it Cirfiuiee maximum mont incavo folio, bulbofa radice. But he gaue ‘Ohgure thereofnor any elfe,vnleflethe Acanthinm peregrinum in Taberaamont, (which our Author g Gesgs formerly |
