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Of the Hifloric of Plants 



Pali ur us. 



Chrifts Thorne. 





si 



Chrift : his reafon for th^? 1 ? 1 0ur Sauioo r 

 That in Iud*a there, £ ^« th7 $ 



land of,nor any fo ft, H f mJS £ * n 0r 8*- 

 groweth through^ theS^ P*"" ft 



yea, fo common with them there Sr' 

 Brakes,and Broome is here trirh v /' S^ 

 «F : t 1. of his Antiquities fakh Th S feg * 

 hath the moft (harp prickles of any o he S™ 

 ore that Chrift n/gft bee the mJre o *• 

 the lores rather tooke this than anyo? % 

 which I haue a fmall tree growing i/«^? 

 that I haue brought forth by (owing of t h e £d 



V 



continue 



greeners doe thofe of the Rams : it bud* fort], I 

 the Springes i>%teftifietb, 



<J[ Tie Names. 



Greek,iw* 



rus , for want of an Englifh name it may bee ter- 

 med Ram of Lybia,or Chrifts thora. flm faith 

 the feed is called Zura. 



«J The Temperature, 



The leaues and root of Chrifts thorne doe eui. 

 dentlybindeandcut. 



A 



B 



C 



D 



^r TbeVertues, 



By vcrtuc of this cuttir o t „ „ w _ iv afw< 



humors to remoue out of the cheft and hwgs,as Galen hith. 



The decoftionof the leaues and root of Chrifts Thiftlc,as Diofcmdesmxt 

 prouokes vrmcand is a rcmedie againft poifons and the biting s of ferpents. 



Th^ rr^t 4oth wafte and confumc away PhymaU and oedtmrttjSit be ftam 



is good for thccougb,and wearcsaway theftonein the bladder. 



igb and dimy 



root 



C 



h a p. 3 o . Of "Bucl^Thorne, or laxatiue Ityn. 





«J The Defer iptiov. 



1 W VcJc " Tnorne gfowes in manner ofa (hrub or hedge tree j his trunke or body is often" 

 :J_Jbig as a mans thigh 5 his wood or timber is yellow within,and the barke is of the c ° l °® 

 rf, * r of a Che <nu^almoft like the barke ofa Cherry tree.The branches are befet with W« c 

 tnat are fomewhat round,and finely fnipt about the edges like the leaues of the Crab or W« 

 tree:arnong whichcorae forth thorns which are hard and prickly : the flonresarewhiteaDj 1 ^ » 

 wnich being vaded,thcre fuccecd little round berries,green at the firft,but afterwards Ma*"* 

 or tnat excellent green colour is made which the Painters and limners do call Sap-green** 

 cemes before they be ripe do make a faire yellow colour,bcing fteeped in vineger. ^ 



t z BefidesthecommonkindeC/^mentionstwoothcrrthefirftofwhich^ 



fome two cubKs Ion gj f„bdiuided intodiuers others, couered with a fmooth barke W*** ^. 

 former, whicb,the v pper rindc being taken ofts ofa yellowifh greene colour, and bitra 3» , ft 

 the branches haue fome few prickles vpon them, and commonly end in t^^52rf*e 

 like vnto thofe of the common kinde,but fmaIIer,narrower, and fomwhatrcferobhngrno' jftj 

 Wacke Thorne, hauxng fomewhat a drying rafte ; the floures confift of fourelwnesor * 7 crttK 



