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Show “960 Cuar.2, The Theater of Plants. RIBE Q» The Time, : 3. Cirfiam alind wontanum. Another foft Melanchely Thiftles 2, Cirfum majus latifolium. The great fofr Melancholy Thiflle. Theydoe all Aoweritt 2#/y and Anguj?,and their {cede is ripe quickly after, bs CwHaP.?» The Names, A'xdy@- Acanus in Greeke in my judgementis molt properly Carduus in Latine,for from thénce be all the Cardy Ms qj ay WSKKMf called Acavacea ; the prickly heads whereof beingcalled §/»@ Echinms, the Latines call Echinatacapita, and yet Theophrafius in his firtt booke and fixteenth Chapter mentioneth e4canos with Acarnaand Drypir as an efpeciall kinde of Thiftle. Some would thinke that cxiaq& in Theopbraftus fhould better agree to denominate the gene. nalikinds of Thiftles, written as well with Ypfilon as Iota, becanfe Gaza doth alwayes tranflate it fimply Car deus and generallyall the Latines, to which opinion Lagdunenfis feemethalfo to encline in the Chapter ofScolya mus: The firlt here fet forth is the Carduws pratenfis of Tragus ot Gefner in bortisand Lobel,by Lugdanenfis Acanthus ris, andis thought to be the Leimonia of 7 heophraftus ,ib.6.c.3. which he puttethamong the Thiftles with ckly leaves,-but Gazahath very evillytranflated the word to call it Beta /ylveftris : the fecond Angnilara and Lrgdanenfis doe fet forth under the name Erifthales taking it to be that of P4xy inhis 36, Booke and 13. Chapter,which Bashines calleth Carduys pratenfis Acanthifolys laciniatis:the third Lobel faith the learned of Afompe. Wes leer called Gardens bulbofes, & he thereupon called it Carduus bulbous AMonfpelienfinm, but Clufius callethit Cirfa quinto congener, and Anguilara Lencacantha, Baubinus calleth it Cardwus pratenfis Asphodeli radice Latifolins ¢ the fourth iscalled by Lugdunenfis Acanthus fylveftris alter Datlechampi by Tabermontanus Iacea aculeata five tubes vofa,and by Gerard whichfolloweth him Iacea tuberofa, but by Bauhinus Cardanus pratenfis Asphodeli radicefolys profunde c&tenuiter laciniatis :thefift is called by Bauhinus Carduus polycephalos:the fixt likewife is fet forth by ‘Bauhinus by the name of(arduvs paluftris : the feventhistaken to be the (eanothos of Theophraftus, lib.4.cap.1 1. bothby Axguilara Lugdunenfis and Columna, by Baubinus Carduus vinearnm repensfolio Sonchi : The aft Tragu calleth Carduut [ylveftris in avena and T halius Carduus eA venarius,Tabermontanys Carduus arvenfis, and Gerard Carduys mu{catus, and by Bauhinus (arduys in avenaprovenienswhich Lagdanenfis maketh tobe Drypis Lonicert and would have tobe Scolymus, The Vertues, All thefe Thiftles are temperate in heate and drinefle, and are good to provokeurine, and to amend thé ftinking {mell thereof, .as alfo the ranke fmell of the arme holésor of the whole body to be boyled in wine and drunk: the fame alfo is faid to helpea ftinking breadth, and to ftrengchen the ftomacke, P/my faith that the juice being bathed on that place which wanteth haireoris fallen of,willcaufe it tog row againe fpeedily. Cuap, Il, Carduus mollis (irfiam diétus, The foft Melancholy Thiftlé: 4F this Thiftle there is much varietic, fome growing in medowes, fome on mountaines, fome with 2 broad leaves others with narrow, fome greater others {maller as you fhall finde them here exrefed. 4. Cirfium Anglicum primum, The firlt Englith Cichum. §. Civfiam aliudAuglicaw The other Englith Cirfium: ASS GZ KS toppe,and bearing on each of them from among a tuft of {mall prickly leavesa {mall prickley Thiftle-like head, out of which {pring many purple threads which paffe into downe: the rooteis {mall and long with divers fibres annexed toit. 2. Cirfium alindmontanum, Another foft Melancholy Thiftle, £ i they paffe intodowne hang downetheir heads, and conteine within them larger, fhining, and browner feede then the formoft that fall downe or are blowen awayinto the winde : the root is compofed of many longftringss ofbee thickneffe ofones finger, which fhooteth forth heads for encreafe at the toppe on all fides, whereby it : 4. Circium Anglicum primum, The firlt Exglifh Cirfium, : ' Theformer of tele agliThittles rifech up with a tender fingle hoary greene (talke bearing thereon foure of fivelong hoary green leaves dented aboutthe edges,the points whereof arelittle or nothing prickly & atthe top, ufually bur one head, yet fornetimes from the bofomeofthe uppermoft leafe there fhooreth forth anoth« r{maller head whichare {caly and fomewhat prickly, with many reddifh purple thrums or threads in the middle; which being gathered freth will keepe the colour a long time, and ftanding on the ftalke fadeth notin ie UY lafteth long. SS ess <S This other Melancholy Thiftle rifeth up wich divers ftalkes abonta foore high, winged as it were or fet with filmes from the bottome, and leaves growing thereon whichare fomewhatlike the firft, bue narrower dented about the edgesfet with prickes, and of a pale or blewifh greene colour at the toppes ofthe ftalkes upon long naked ftemmes ftand {mall,fcaly,prickly,fingle heads,with purple thrums or threadsin the middle, which when SOs and naked [talkes ftand gentle, prickly, fcaly whitifh greene heads, nothing {0 great as the largenefle ofthe plant might promile, from the middle whereof thruft forth divers {mall purplifh thredsasis ufuall inmoft Thi-, files, which whenthey are paft the head openethbeing fullofdowne, having very fmall whitifh feede, even mailer thenin any other Thifile almoft lying therein, which are carried away together with the winde :the roote iscompofed of many whitifh great {tuberous long clogs, like uuto thofe ofthe Afphodill which abideth all ‘ winters, witha few greene leaves at the head thereof. 2. Cirfium majys latifolium, The great foft Melancholy Thiltle with broad leaves. broaderthen thofe of Borage, dented and and This great Melancholy Thiftle hath large and longleaves,larger fet with foftprickles about the edges, the ftalke which is tenderbrittle or eafieto breake and cornered,hath fuch like large leaves thereon as the lower ate, but fomewhat morerént or torne on the edges, branched towards the SW onmE IT Mite mS with {mall fhort prickles : among the which the ftalkes that rife up being great hoary and ftraked or creftedtare three or foure foote high, bearing fundry fuch like leaves butleffe up almoft unto the toppe,where uponlong Kia ; 1. Cirfinm maximum montanum, The greateft mountainé Cirfiwm or Melancholy Thiftle. _ This great mountaine Cér/inm hath divers large whitith greene leaveslying on the ground, fome= what broad and long, pointed at the ends, as alfo dented about the edges or as it were a little jagged, fet about |