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"74- Of the Hifto rjeof Plan^T"" L? 



Hkc Hedge-hogs,out of which fpring gallant purple flowe^u^^ ~~7 ^ 



S „g fad. bchindc .hen, Hk. 4cg of .he o,h« wi^^^gM* 



firings 



^- a ww ftvintw i*ivm *^ t» ituiiuuacuci ltd 



branches nor Ieaues,which arc fharpe and full 

 fo leiTer, longer, and not fo full of ftiffc pricl 

 downe: the root is blacke,and of a foot long. 



prickly 



5 Th 

 whereon do grow wpnniy icaues : tne; tioures grow at thetopsofthe branched 3£5* 

 a flockic downe.of a white colour tending to purple, of a moft pleifant fweet fmel l\? '^ ^ 

 the fauour of muskc : the root is fmall, and periftieth at the appfoch of \^nt« * t I a V th 

 direSIy fitting this . wherefore I put that fold**, his oZSwlTC/jif^"?^ 

 the leaues were narrowrer,and 



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f 5 CdrJuusLZtufcatus* 



The musked Thiftle 



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tf Cardans Uncutm. 



The Speare Thiftle. 



6 The Speare Thiftle bath an vpright ftalkc.garniihed with a skinnie membrane, tu o^ 

 ftiarpe prickles : whereon do grow very long leaues, diuided intodiuers parts with (M r P * ^q 

 the point of the leaues are as thepointofafpeare,whercofittookehisname:tbejio^ » ^ 



the tops of the branches,fet in a fcaly prickly head, like vnto the heads of Knapvyced u» » 



fitting of many threds ofa purple colour : the rootconfifteth of many tough &**%?' Venice, by 



7 Theophrafiu* his fifli Thiftle called ^urna, which was brought from Ilty" 3 < id | eS ,fct 

 the learned Vdtrandus Deme^ defcribed by Theofbraftus, hath horrible fliarpe yell™ F ^ (iS ,|[ 



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contamin 



vpon his greene indented leaues, which are cornered on the backe fide with an hoary k 

 the reft of the plant) bauing a ftalke ofa cubit and a halfe high,and at the ^55'^Lootk 



yellow thrummie floures,armed or fenced with horrible (harp prickles . 

 andthreddy. !,frir>u<tfvt' tb 



8 The other kinde of fin, Thiftle, being alfoanodter *»w of .f'ffjin Ufcolep* 

 long and large leaucs.fet full of (harp prickles,as though it were fet fall of pifl£» ' cbes !*&£ 

 f s couered with a certain hoarinefle, like the former : there arifcth vp a ftalke wn thicke pg 

 in fome fertile grounds a cubit high, beating the floure oiCarduus hntditt#> n* ° 



fiier,but leiTer. ■ " J ? TC 



