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Show : —— sa Theatrum Cu ard 964. ; Botanicum, that I may enformeyou throughly how to doe it, the timeis chiefely to be regarded, that is, while the leaves are young, or before they grow hard.and faplefle upon the ftalkes when they are old ; for both leaves, flalkes, and the young heads being broken offwill yeeld that red or bloody juyce. The Atraétyls is in fome copies of Divfcorides, i f i ; Ike Ww hereof,3 as Diofi¢ orides {aith, ‘the woa pies ent ¢ =,es Od = f ‘ : tranfla.* ftead he faith, with thinkethit tooke the name from the head, which beingftored, as wooll uponit, Diftaffe with hoary downe, the reft of the ftalke underneath being bare vefembleth a Rockeor c of thefe names and thereuponfomecalled it alfo Co/us ruftica, howfoever Adatthiolus thinketh,that the diverfiti : ufed, and fo called by the onthonid certainely demonftrate two feverall plants, for you fee they are indifferently cient Authors themfelves, v=. cither for a Rocke or Diftaffe, or for a Spindle. The-Gr-he: tefet downe,is calle [By Clufius Cnicus alter, becaufe, as he faith, it is fo like the firlt (micas called Satipus nd from him Cees \Zobel, Lugdunenfis and others doefo call it, or Czicus carulexs : the anaes is called Atraéiylis Intea es purpurea by many Authors, but Bashixus in friving to thew a Cxicus{ylveftis differing\from Atradylés, hath in myopinion erred much: for as I {aid before, the moft judicious of our times can finde no other Cricas Sylvcfris, butthe Atrattylis which he doth not fo acknowledge, but maketh the Arraé?ylis of Matthiolus ( whom Castor Durantes, Lacuna,Lugdunenfis and Gerard.do follow,exhibiting the fame figure of his, which is acknowledged by Gamerarins tobe a falfe one) tobe the true Atraétylis, which Afatrhiolus himfelfe did not fo acknowledge, be- caufe,as he faid,ic wanted the true propertie of Atrattz/is to yeeld a bloody juyce, and moreover confoundeth the Carlina (yluestris of Clufias, with the Carduns vulcatiffimus viarum of Lebel, and his Cirfinm luteum Sequano~ rite, and maketh the Acarua of Lugdunenfir, andthe Scolymus Pliny of Dodoneus tobethe fame Atraliylis of Tragus, Fuchfius, Cordus,Gefner and others, whichhe would rathercall Caiews /ylveftris (binofior opi than Atraily. lis, as alfo making the Atratylis of (olumna, tobea differing herbe from that ofchofe former Authors, whenas via of Anguilaraai Me menfis t t Atr chy lis flore.p: rpurea of a i: : eis 3 2 eo sao. 9. Taine all things thereunto, the feede being blacke and bitter alfo that none can doe more, as allio in thar prope rty ty peer pecu« {faith liar to Atraéylis, as Theophraftus recordeth, which yeeldetha bloudy juyce as ours doe,and therefore, as he i was called ¢tv@- cr#or, and is taken from the leaves, not by bruiling and wringing out the juyce, asthe juyce off other herbes are taken,but droppeth out ofthe veines ofthe leaves of it owne accord, being broken offand laid in any thing toreceive it, in the {ame manneras I have fhewed you here before the juyce of Aloesis prepared, and ri its agre 2 y > thi vai a chi Far yet Co/umna Diltaffe, Rockeor > agannenfis, Sy an ono: Lo el, ae iylis Cy= maket 5 i “ Dodone us,h ¢ and Lugd; cobe nefethem igda g ai ; and Jaftly, he maketh the Chalochierni of Honorins Bellus mentioned in diftinguith ” as theyplainely when the firft Epiftlehe wrote to C/ufiar, tobe a differing plant from Atraéylis vulgaris,when as Clu(ivs himfelfe faith that faw it growing with him thatit was likethe ordinary Atraylis, It maay be called in Engl, either wilde i si baftard Saffron, as referring it to (vices or Diftaffe Thiltlc unto the Atraélyl, The Vertues. . Diofcorodes faith that they fhall The Atraiiyles, as Galen faith, is ofa drying faculty,and moderately digefting, ni feele no paines {tinging ofthe : of theoe : Scorpionfor fo long as it is held by them, but that the paines returne as foone asthey lay ir by. Pliny faith thatit helpeth greatly againft the venomeofall creatures, asalfo againft the harme that commerh by eating Mufhromes: I findeno propertie expreffed ofthe other baftard Saffron of Clofies, The properties.of the Spanij> Saffron or gardenbaftard Saffroncalled Cnicas,is briefely fet downe in my former book: whence come forth the ae starof ‘an After or Starrewort, which when theyare paft the feede being fmall about a moreyellow thrum, in On ine : the roote is about a foote long ofa fingers thickenefle, and ofa whitifh and grayifh is found wrapped in dow ke f Wect tin tafté andd vifalfo a Ww white milke d \ ing {weet ani i g t ‘h erea' tf i 2 ‘mellin i Vv fibres growin colour with divers : — Acarna i y élding i il i ing ile with wi broad reddith dith flowers. cous or clammy2,quickly t thicke.rubente patulo tulo,’ ‘The fith Thiftle flow flore purpureo Acarnagrowing ated oreee hefoneSe This fimall Thiftle hath soieea aaa hen the former dented orcut in on the edges, and fet with Final fharpe prickes greene on the upp : J as in the Pp att he toppes and fuch like heads and flowers tickly mer, bearing fmaller leaves thereon but notleffe prickly i -inThi uta middle y yellow thramme. si or border of reby ae ewesShae other but that the pale ps 3: ei o Kora on the ground fomewhat like unto the Atratiylis or diftefte This Neapolitane Thiftles meek more and fharper prickes, from the middle of whom rife updivers fomewhat Thiftle, but broader — Acta having fach like leaves {et thereon which yeeld a whitemilke like thelaft, reddifh {talkes about a cn! . Ig) “1 headslike thelaft but) a tuft or umbell ofmany ftnall prickly heads fer togeand beating at the repre ee of the blacke Chameleon Thiftle, and ont ofthem rife {mall leavesas beards ther,fomewhatlike ae e ae ehiddle thram, ofa palct yéllow colour, the milkie juice tliat this giveth be- of adeepe yellow colour hieke is like unto Gum, ; ing condenfate and madethic! oy lobofis capitulis. Round headedfith Thiftle. = eee ; Globe Thiftle atesa t;riail p foneabouta foot high fhooting forth from thehalfe headaninchbroad, of the toote much whichcutigin long on fearfe (Bng,and nroines erea This and {mall manyleaves fome n; ke without wi : oi of anga nd about the ftalke order, atthe he toppe topp whereof is fet the edges,and thicke fet with prickes,growing rou! fi3 : > 5 armed on both fides yellond natrov il leaves, verf {mall wfe a q fedaofman | fotyry very xiefa @ r aor whokee. idle wereof s iics,out pricke fharpe ith long d head,r aroun ny erteda : : dlike the other but leffer ; the 2 : two other ftalkes,bearing g each ofhema round hea forth fometimes ftalke {pringeth cen a! net. Be Jant-confifteth iin thofe round heads forme dlikea; filmefet. ‘The ftalke ofthis low thiftle is winged from the bottome tothe opps tlt is aseed rickyflefe ee cy “carn humilis canle foliofo, The low ahr maces a is eal prickly neth leavestwo fet ata joynt, rickly jaggedp narrow long ,and thereof agey xe like thofe of Cricus or Atraflylis tis on both fides -in diversplaces unto the toppes and bearing thereon fhinivg yellow flowers jike thot 7 x. Acaraa flore luteopatule, TheFith Thiflle witha broad yellow flower. ; Cuap. IIL Re 965 rickly theneither Cuic#s or Atrattilia A ahagBr hey=vide yn Acarna, Thé Fifh Thiftle: : Cuarp.4. whofe prickes are {mall and yellow, ahecuchees forth into two or three parts bearing {mall prickly heads, from up to the toppe without order wherei {ed of many {mall leaves of a yellow colour {tanding asa pale ot border but becaufe I wastherein more {hort than was convenientor expected, Ithinke goodto fet downé the vertues to {peak in this Chapter,and wishall to fhew yon which of theus isheld to come neere(t'untothat ofthe ancients. of Plants. Theaterxof 1. . Acarna flore Luteo fe patilo, The fith Thiltle with «Broad yellow narrower, Bowes. , fmaller, narrower, harder and more This fir Thitle hath manyléaves lying ina compaffe upon the ground, {maller, . 1 itns h underneath, :. _ s md erieae thereof in this place fomewhatmore amply, Galen faithlittle of it, rhe feede onely, faithhe, is ufed onely for purgations, and is hot inthe third degree being outwardly applied : but (Me/nes fpeaketh morelargely thereofin * this mannersit is hot in the firft degree,and dry in theecond; the pnlpe or kernell of the fede is chiefely nfed, yet the floweris not unprofitable, which being taken inwardly purgeth flegme and water by vomit, and fo dothit alfo being.nfed ina giifter, which therefore is profitable againft thofe difeafes are bred thereof, as alfo the collicke and the like it cleanfeth the ftomacke and lungs of tough flegme flicking therein, efpecially being made into an Eleétuary or Lohoc, with the oyle drawne from the fecde, which alfo maketh the voycecleare that was hoarfe, as alfo encreafeth the fperme, if be much ufed, but it is ofevill nourifhment, very hurtfulto the ftomacke, and procureth loathing and trouble thereunto,he therefore advifeth to ufe ftomachicall helpes, as Anifeede, and Galanga or Mafticke if neede be, or ofthofe that are more forcible, that is, Cardamomes, Ginger, and Salgemme, which quicken his operation , and preferve the inward parts from harme : the flowers thereoftaken with {weete wine helpeth the jaundife, for it clenfeth and openeth, yet ina meaner degtee than the milkie herbes, (which Tunderftand to be the Tichymales) the Lohoc that (Me/xes fo much commendeth again{t the defects of the chelt and lungs is madein this manner. Take three drammesof the inner kernells of the feede of Cnicos or Carthamuys, one dramme of Allmionds, and halfea drammeof Pineapple kernels, rhefe being made into an EleGuary with honey, wherein the dried fcales of Scylla have beene boyled is admirable goodfor the {aid purpofes. This note is given alfo of the feedes hereof, that thofe that come out of the Levant countries are more quicke in purging, and more powerfull in operation than thofe of thefe neerer parts, Ecaufe this Thiftle is faidto be fo like unto the Ara éiylis and Cnicus that it might bee the fame; nely differingin the colour of the leate and juyce, Ithinke itnot amiffe to joyne it next thereunto: bnr becaufe che ancient Writers thereof, which are Theopbraftus and Pliny have beene very briefein Se th. defctiption thereof, or rather have given noneat all, or bur by comparifon, the moderne authors __havereferred divers Thiftles therenntoas every ones opinion led them, of all whichitis not amiffe = ¢The 3. Atarnaaltera Apula. The Neapolisane Fith Thifle, |