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Of the Hiftorie of Pi 



thereof a fmall knop or boll, fuch as is in the middle of ourwiMe~PoD — h~ ~~~— -~ 



and at the end thereof a ftaineor fpot of a deepe purple : after Ac vellKlf. of f m 3 ^ th <> 

 faid knop groweth by degrees greater and greater, vntill it come to full m" • e fa ,cn > th "f< 

 it felfeatthe vppercnd, fhewing his feed, which isvervblaelr* *nA .1 .1 7 i" um y> vvh ich own 



The whole plan 



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Wih«r, The verges hereof™ ve, ££££**• **f 



manifcftvntome. 



f T &e Place. 





ThepldenThiftle is fovvne in gardens of the Low-Countries. Petrus Beffomsmit«n 

 Dweth plentifully in Candv, and a fo in mnfl- nU™* «f t»«i„ . ~i..r... :, . wmes > Hut 



ches,and of a higher growth. 



The Indian Thiftlc growei 

 in my garden. 



"n? ' C/ ^ rep . ort£th SSSS 



and about Montpelier , with fo^E 

 the Weft Indies, andprofperethverywefl 



^J Tie Time. 



They floure from June to the end ofAuguft: the feed of the Indian golden ThiftlemuSh* 

 iowne when it is npe,but it doth not grow vp vntill May next after. • 



f The Names. 

 This Thiftle is called in Latine, Cariuus Chrtfmthemus : m Greeke of Thcopbrdus U*. for 

 thofe things which he writeth of Scotymm in his fixth and feuenth bookes doe wholly agmtitb 

 this Thiftle Chryfamhemm t which arc thefe ; Scdjm»s£m± floure in the Summer Solftic^raa* 



Ga"^, 



Droit: 



Which thing alfo Theopbrajl 



uitHt&ilffJxemM 

 itriesvfeitasameatt: 



booke ; for when hee reckoneth vp herfaes whofe leaues are fet with prickles, headdeth JV*//**/,or 



Lmonti. 



Notwithftand 



bring forth a purple floure, and betweene the middle of the prickes to wax white quickely, and to 



doufaticfle doth doc agree 



iththatwhichweaicnoo- 



if 



booker*. 2 2. Which Thiftle 



red before : fothat there be in Pliny two Sco 



with a our ole floure, turning into downe, and / 



ojcorides ; but this differs from Scolymus Theopbrajl 



isliiewifeoc- 



reckoneth vp,as we will more at large declare hereafter. But let vs come againe to C^^"** 

 This the inhabitants of Candy.keeping the markes of the old name/do call Afcoljmir^t^i 



ansnameit 



dofdiuersittf 



alfo named Glycyrrhizon, that is to hy^dutcis Radix^ot fweet root": it is called in Hnglifn, go 

 Thiftle : fomc would haue it to be that which Vegetm in Arte Veterinark calls £rjngw» £ w j. 

 ate deceiued ; for that Eryngium whereof Vegetius writeth, is Eryngium mmnmfw* n i 

 which we will intreat. fJ ^v^JM 



o j Carduus Chryfanthemus, of his golden «^gg 



thereto his natiue country indianuspi Ptruanuspx the golden Indian Thiftlc, or the go ^ 

 ofPcru : the feed came to my hands by thename Fique del Inferno : in Uxm,Ftc*s tnfw > 

 fcrnall fi &or fig Q f hell. 



The 



^j The Temperature 



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*ut iooi ana tender leaues of this Sfl?/y»«tf,wnicnarciometirae>«: 

 macke, but they containe f ery little nourifliment, and the fame thinne 

 cheth. mans ^PP"' 



£ Fliny faith that the root hereof was commended by Errtoftenes, ifl d" P*£L fc beiog <** 

 that it is reported alfo to prouoke vrine efpecially ; to heale tetters and dry » ^ w ^cjJJ 

 with vinegre ; and with wine to ftir vp fleftiiy luft, as Hefted and Kjtlf*** J«»° » , jnthrecp*^ 

 the flench of the arme-ho]es 3 ifan ounce of the roor,the pith picked ?ut,. De . D ^ w ifc«ftc r,I S 



winc,till one pait.be waft«d,and a good draught taken i 





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