L : b.2. 



Of the Hiflorie of Plants. 



ii 77 



^f T/x Temperature and Pertnes. 



Thcfe wi!J ThirtIes(according to Gdt»)m hot and dry in the fecond degree,and that through & 

 ibcptoocrtic of their eflencc they driue forth ftinkingvrine, if the roots be boy led in Wine and 



ft ■ ff ■ ^ ^V 1 A^^ll ^f**\*^ !-**^J,t Afn/4 ivmA hAlno 



4UU iiiai iuvt v«av %*»• ** 7 %.*#w * ~****w .-.._-. ^ — , 



>/iftfrr/</tf laiib.that the root "of the common Thiftle applied plaifterwife correfteth the filthy B 



i the arme-holcs and whole body. 

 i dm it workes the fame tficdt if it be boy led in vvineand drunke 3 and that it expelleth plen- q 



ixot 



The fame Aurhoraifirmcthalfo, that the herbe being as yet greene and tender is vfed to be ca- j) 

 among other herbes after the manner of Afparagus. 



hairc t( _ 



The root 

 cbcni dry tb 



being damped before the tfoure appeareth, faith Pliny, and the juyce pre fifed forth 



F 





the 



t) 



G 



though 



ThisT 



bookc/vt/ 





wft 



V K 



m «- 



h a p. 4pi. «y /fe alMekn or Hedgehog Thiftle. 



!'. loCAtduw 



The Hedge-bog Thiftlc 



c^ 



'/< 





4' * 



I 



WHo can but maruel at the rare and fin* 

 gular workemanftip which the Lord 

 God almighty hath (hewed in this Thiftle 

 called by the name Echine-Melocafospr <JHe- 



h-cAYduas Echi»atus?Thh knobby or bnnchv 

 mafleor lump is ftrangely compaft and con- 

 text together,containing in it fundry fliapey 

 Zt for . rac !iP?"«cipating of a Pepon or Me-' 

 Ion,and a Thiftlc, both being incorporate ?„ 

 one body which is made after the forme of 

 a cock of hay, broad and flat below,but .ham 

 o^ard the top,as bigge a, a mans body S 



the belly vpward ; on the outfide hereof a£ 

 fourteene hard ribbes, defcending from ^ 



out fwelhng rib of a Melon ftanding out Lw 

 chanelled betweene • a r i4„» rrJ ~ g ,and 

 the plant i^Zl kith iLTn^ Ct0w ne ^ 



"herewith it is fuH tugh C . &3RS 



cotton or flocks i ;„ 'i, ; i b '. v i tnin which 



or Indian pepoer nor in n « ? . Ca n t ^m 

 iour,but the cod s are f" ^ ° n > bur in <»- 

 fcrrowed or du^w ^^A^?: ™e 

 garnifhed or rather a^L" i JSu^ out ^earc 



>y 



irp 



1 , ten or twelue orirtp. . 7 tar COn "*ftin e of 



^t to the fingers it cannotbe touched-, h- , , • barke °* P«ffi £ , 7^^°^] 

 J** the Cucumber : the Hem or inne n ,? n ? de ?. hard > *Lke «£ d £ ^ ' /° that without 



^^IlccasourNortherne TbiftL^L Melon or Pompi 0n T? ' j e fo »rc,vnfimor y3 nd 



Thi ft l cdoth>called c ^ Ji^^i^^h^fc 



iwu is Qj^efthan the largeft 



Pompion; 



