AND COMPLETE HERBAL. ~U 0 ght 
from the middle of whofe heads of flowers come forth many purplith crimfon 
threads, fometimes white, although but feldom. The feed, that followeth in thefe 
white downy heads, is fomewhat large, long, and round, refembling the feed of 
our lady’s-thiftle, but paler. “The root “is ll ge and asetat sagen pnp yer 
ufually dieth after feed-time, vs “a 
Piace. It groweth on divers ahaa ‘and in the corel, and Hien 7 
generally throughout England ; ‘and is often found growing in gardens, 7 
Time. It flowereth and beareth feed about the end of “eysrneoid When — Sige | 
tles flower and feed. fONS ot a 
GovERNMENT AND Virtus. It is a: snide of: Mais: Dioredrides and Pay 
write, that the leaves and roots hereof; taken in dtink, help thofe that Have'a’ 
crick in their neck, that they cannot turn it unle{s they turn their whole body. Ga- 
len faith, that the roots and leaves hereof are good for fuch perfons as have their 
bodies drawn together by fome {pafin or Convulfion, or other infirmities, as the ric- 
kets in children; being a difeafe that hindereth their, growth, by oe 5 
nerves, ligaments, and whole ftructures of their body. | 
— SE FULLeERs THES TL Be OR ct E, A Sch Agee 
IT is fo well aPer as thar i it pees no defcription, being ufed ih the cloth- 
workers, -; wgediHA \2zauTsiY aus 
The wild.teafel is in ‘oh sie like Fe Kerkclety but that the siclline a aré Sahai: 
foft, and upright, not hooked or ftiff: and the flowers of bre are if a fine eb) ae or. 
pale carnation colour; but of the manured kind whitifh; ¢ 9 ©. °” boo 
_ \Prace.. The firft groweth, being 'fown, in eardéns or ahs fac the at of cloth- 
workers. The other near ditthes in many places of Great Bricaini © 
“Time They flower in Julyj and’are ripe near the end of Auguft. ' 
Government AND Virtues. It ig an herbiof Venus. Diofcorides faith, that 
the root bruifed and boiled in’ wine until it be thick, add kept in a brazen veffel or 
pot, and after fpread as a falve and applied, doth heal fittulas, and alfo taketh away 
warts and wens. ‘The juice of the leaves, dropped ‘into the'ears, ‘killeth worms in 
them. © The diftilled water of the leaves, dropped into the eyes, taketh away rednefs 
and miftsin them that hinder the fight,and is often ufed by women to preferve rene 
adish and to take cae tents and eo and all other irises 
© eee | 
ee The water, iin is received in sclieniitelasaiinanie sane: fash: for inflammations of theeyes. “Teale = 4 
fo takes off fpots from the face, and beautifiesit, Boiled in wine, it purges by urine. Sak 
