5p5 The fourth Bookc of 



A 



^The nature, 



Botlj of f Ijcft iberbcs arc t olD,u^ie and aCringenf * 



^Theverttief, 



Keti Kattlcis taken of tbe pbtfittons in t^cfc Dates, agamft 

 tt»e flure ttienftraall anu all otfer tflue of bloMj , bo^leo in tuinc 

 anUDjunken, 



%'i^ otijer kino W^ no peculiar berf uc tl^at 3 knotw* 



J 



OftheThiftle Chameleon. Chap.lvij 



Chamackon isof ttDO fe^jfes, a« jEDiofco^incis tojitetli, tlje 

 tu^tte ano blacke. 



The figures whtch my AuBhor attrihuteth to Leucacantha,m7/4- 

 ^rffff veellmth this defcriftion^dthey be fo placed of LMatthiolm, 



^Thedefi:riptio», 



X H-|r-<^e great C!)am8le0n,]^atl) great b^oao ifi\Mz2 leaneff 



not mucb tinlike tl;e loilo ^f)ittle,but rongfier ano ll^ari 

 per,tfjc ttjtitcb leaus are greater^ttnonger % groCrer,ttjcn 

 tbe leattes of tbe blacke Cf)ameteon:amongittDl)ic|) leauestljere 

 rifctl) immetjiatl^ from tbe rfflte , a p;jicklei? l^eao oj boVole , al^ 

 moS like tbe beadfrof f^artitbokeis, ano bearetb a purple t^^om^ 

 meo Qotoer like belnet* SDbe f^a^^e is almoU like tlie ftsoe of ba^ 

 Sard faffirom S^be riote is long ano toljite lDitbin>of a Cto^te taO^ 



and aromatical fmcll. 



3 2Dbe blacke Cl)amel0ons leaner, arealfo almoftliketo tbe 



leaues of tl)e toiloe ll^ljtltle, hut fmaller ano Sner, and fp;inckleD 

 o; fpotted tuitb red fpotg* C[)e Gem 10 redotl]^ 0; b;!oUine red , of 

 tbe btgnefife of a finger^and grotoetb to tlie tetgbt of a fote, tober ^ 

 ibpon grolu round beades ^it^ finall p^tcklep flotoeri^of diners 

 rolonres , lobereof ecbe 6otner is not marb bnlike t^ floluers of 

 tbe^pacinfbe. anberojtcisgreatantjfirme, ojlfrong, blacke 

 fuitboutand velloljotl^ luitbin , ^arpe and btting tbe tosng, tbe 

 iDbtcf) fo; ^ moli part is found^as it to ere already tatted 0; bittern 



' i^ The place. 



I %'^t lubi^^ Cbameleon grofnetb bpon W^s and mountaines 

 and fuclilfte bntoiled places, ^et foj all tbat it defiretb god 



ground* ^t iafound in ^paine in t&e region of 0rragon bp tbe 



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