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thereupon,as a prefervative to put by all difeafesfor that prefentyeare, Alfothe root of the wild G 
Nettle, if it be fodden with any fefh,maketh it-to, eat more tender, The dead Nettle, which ftin; 
geth notatall, iscalled Lamium. As touching the hearbe Scorpio, L will write inthe treatife 
of hearbs medicinable. >) Avs has iw to 
sami 
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” = 08 Of Cardaus, and xine: of Tribulus and Anchufa re 
He common Thiftle is full. oif prickie haires, both in leafe-and ftalkenlikewife *ANconilas 
7D kind of *Leucacanthos, Chalceos, Cnicos,Polyacanthos, Onopyxos,Ixine,. and Scolymos. ‘As 
thiftle: fome : ne ee ; : Sat Coe 
eaieviens: touching the Thiftle Chamzleon,it hath no pricks in the leafe. Moreover, thefe prickie 
bloud, hearbs are diftinguifhed & different one from another, inthis, That fome of them be furnifhed 
“pa *Y —— with many fteims,and fpred into divers braunches,as the Thiftle others againe.rife up with.one 
SOiaie maine {talke, and branch not,as Cnecos. Alfothere be of chen that be prickly only in the head, 
asthe Eryngium or Sea-holly.Some floure in Summer,as Tetralix and [xine.As for Scolynius, 
late itis alfo ere ic blow, but it continuech long ‘inthe floure.Acorna differeth from itonely in 
theredcolour and fattier juice that commeth from it. Atradtylis alfo might goe for Scolymus, 
but that itis whiter and yeeldeth a liquor like bloud: whereuponthere be fome whocall it Pho- 
nos, 7. Murderer: this qualitieit hath befides,that it fenterh {ttong : the feed-alfo ripeneth Jate, 
and not before Autumne: and yerthis isa propertie commontto all plants of:this prickie and 
thiftly kind. Butall thefe hearbs will come of feed and root both. Asfor Scolymus, it differeth 
from the reft of thefe Thiftles herein, That the root, if it be fodden,is good tube eaten -befides, 
it hatha ftraunge nature, for all the fort ofthem during the Summer throughout, never reftand 
give over, but either they floure, or they apple, or els be readie to bring foorthfruit: and. look 
when the leaves begin to wither,their pricks loofe their force and will not pierce, 5.9.) 
‘Non vara vie -Uxine * isa rare hearbe and geafon to befeene, and notfound growing inall countries alike. 
fants eq¢ in Trmmediatly from the rootit putteth forth leaves plentie; out of the mids of which root thete 
rafiew «x, SWelleth outa bunch likean apple, but the fame is covered with the forefaid leaves: in che verie 
Thep.whichis top of which fruit,there is contained a gum of apleafanctaft, called the Thiftle-Mafticke. Tone 
clean contrary ching the hearbe Caétos, which groweth alfo in Sicilie and nowhere els, it hath a propertie by 
"it felfesthe ftalkes whercof fhooting ftom theroot, creepe along the ground, andit carrieth a 
‘broad leafe full of pricks and thorns: and indeed thefe {talks thus running vpon the earth, the Si- 
cilians call Caétos,which they ufe to keep and preferve; and being thusconditedalfo,they com- 
monly eat, as very good meat. One flem it hath growing upright,which they rearme Prernix,as 
fweet and pleafantas the other, buc it willnot abide to be kept long. The feed thereof is covered 
with a cerraine foft downe,which they call Pappos, which being taken off with the huske, there 
remainech atenderkernell within, which they eat,and find it as delicat.as the verie heart’ of the 
Date tree top, which is called the Braine : and this pith aforefaid the Sicilians name Afcalia. 
The Caltrop-thiftle Tribulus, groweth not but in moorie grounds and ftanding dead waters. 
# dude, for DUtEly in other places, folke curfe 1t as they pafle by, the pricks and {puts fticke out fo daunge- 
onapaidia roufly but about the trivers Nilus and Strymon, the inhabitants do gather it for their meat. The 
Theephrs?. nature of this plant, isto leane and bend downward in thehead to the water: the leafe refem- 
slike the feed rae ; F : 
ofSelama. _ Dleth informe thofe of the Elme, and they hang by along ftele or taile. But in other parts ofthe 
"And therfore world there be two other kinds of Tribulus: the one ts leafed liketo the Cichling peate;the other 
a eae hath leaves tharpe pointed: this fecond kind is later ere it floure,and commonly groweth about 
fia arasri, be~ the mounds of clofes lying by villages and towne fides; the feed lyeth in a cod rounder than the 
caufeir Raver other, and blacke withall: whereas the former hath a* fandie feed, Of thefe hornie andprickly 
theOxe at _ plants, there is yet one kind more, namely Oxonis, 7. Reft-harrow: for it carrieth pricks clofe to 
plough. _4 the very braunches: the leafe is liketo Ruesthe whole ftalke throughoutis fet with leaves difpo- 
+ Deceit rfo {din mannerof a guirland. This plant commonly growethafter corn,it * plagueth the plough, 
called,becaufe and yet there ismuchadoetorid it out of a ground, fo loth itis to die. Of plants that beprickie, 
ene butterncils fome have theirftalkes and braunches training by the ground, as namely that hearbe which they 
ny aone, loo- Call Coronopus, /, Harts-horne,or Buck-horne Plantain: contyariwife there ftand upright, Or- 
king ike toa chanet,the roatwhereof is {o goodro colourwax and wood red. And of fuchas be moregentle 
eee handling * Camomile,Phyllantius,Anemone,and A phace. As for Crepisand*A pate,their 
chorie, 
ftalks 
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