the hollow of the middle , there is generally found 
one long Worm, which in Form and Shape much 
rcfcmbles a Caterpillar, and oj a black Color , 
Wild Teaflc. 
but (the Heads bang full ripe) is for the mft 
part found Dead , like as in the Manured. _ 
' V. 'The Places. The tirft is only Sown in Gar- 
dens or Fields, for the ufe of Clothworkers. The 
fecond grows in wild and wafte Places, by Hedge 
and Duck lides , alfo in moift Grounds, near 
Brooks, Rills, and Handing Waters, in almoft all 
parts of this Kingdom. 
VI. The Times. They Flower for the molt part 
.in June and July -, and the Heads with the Seed, 
are ripe in Augujf, or not long after. 
Vlf. The Qualities. VwcTeafle is laid to be 
cold and dry : Galen fays it is dry in the fecond 
Degree, and Abfterfive, or of a cleanfing Faculty. 
VIII. The specification. It cures Wounds, cools 
Infiamations of the Eyes and other parts ; and is 
profitable againft Frenzy andMadnefs. 
IX. The Preparations. You may hare there- 
from, I . A Juice of the Leaves. 2. A Cataplafm 
of the Roots, a. A Cataplafm of the Leaves. 
4. at Dijiillei Waterfront the Leaves. 
'The Virtues. 
X The Liquid Juice of the Leaves. If it is 
dropt into the Ears, it kills Worms in them ; Snuft 
up the Nolbils, and bathed upon the Forehead and 
Temples it eafes the pain oi the Head from a 
hot Caufe, and is good againft Deliriums. 
XI The Cataplafm of the Roots. It is made oj 
the Roots bruifed and boiled in Wine to a pulpy 
thicknefs , after which it is put into a Brafs or Cop- 
per Bafon or Pot , to be Tinhlured with the Verit- 
grife of the fame. This fpread upon Pledgers of 
Tow or fine Flax, and applyed ro the Fundament 
heals the Clefts thereof •, as all'o Ficus, Cankers 
Ulcers and Filtula's therein ; and applyed ro Wart? 
and Wens, it waftes, confiitoes, and takes them 
away. 
XII. The Cat aplafrn of the Leaves. Beaten foft 
in a Mortar with a Tittle Spirit of Wine , in which 
fome Camphir and Opium are dijjolvcd , and applyed 
to the Forehead and Temples, it allays the preter- 
natural hear, gives prefent eafe in vehement Head- 
achs, and abates the Paroxyfms of Frenzy and 
Madnefs i Applyed alfo ro parts pained with the 
Gout, it gives eafe in the fame. 
XIII. The Di II Hied Water of the Leaves. Being 
dropt into the Eyes, it is good to cool their Inca- 
rnation, and take away Blood- Shot, and clear them 
of fuch Miffs, &c. as darken the Sight. The 
Face and Skin being firft wafht with warm Water, 
and wiped with a Cloth, and then wafiit with this 
Dijlillcd Water , it preferves the Beauty and Fine- 
nefs thereof and if loft reftores it again * taking 
away Redncfs, InftamationS, Pimples, Breakings 
out, Scurff, Morphew, Scabs, and other the like 
Defedations Bnc it will be fo much the more 
effectual, if to every Pint of the Water, 2 or 3 
Drams of Sac char um Sat urn i be added, arid dilfol- 
ved therein. 
TETTER-BERRY, fee Bryony, Chap. 89. 
TETTER- WORT, fee Celandine, Chap. 120. 
THEE, fee Lib. II. Chap. 
CHAP. DCLXXXVII. 
Of THISTLES Common 
and IV ild. 
I. '“p 'HE Names. The Thiftle is called in Greek, 
X 'A istr©- and sWu©-, (which almoft all 
Authors tranllate by the General Name Carduus .- ) 
and'Aim.!©., (which is alfo a Common Name for 
all kinds ofThiftles : ) but thefe two latter Names 
are alfo peculiar to two lingular Plants, or kinds 
of Thiftles, viz. t. 2 kom(k©- or oy.iflo.Q-. Scolymus . 
which is Kazr®- Tbeophrajii, i. e. CineraSy/veJIris, 
The Wild Hartichoake, which fee in Chap. 539. 
aforegoing. 2. * Uyoofer yfe.yy.rlo.. i. e. Branca Ur- 
fina , Bears-Breech, which fee alfo in Chap. 58 of 
this Book. In Latine, the general Name is Car- 
duus. pi. Cardui ; to which for every particu- 
lar Species, fome proper F.pithite is commonly 
adjoined. The Prickly Heads are called i 
Echinus. 
II. The Kinds. All the kinds of Thiftles are 
too many to be either Named or Treated of in this 
Work, which would be as Vain as it would be te- 
dious and ufelefs; many of them being infignifi- 
cant as to their Virtues, and many others Natives 
of Foreign Countries, and fo perfefl Strangers to 
us, that poliibly they might not be feen by an 
Eng/ifh Man in many Ages. We fhall therefore 
Treat only here of thofe which are moil: Common 
and Wild in out Land. Fifteen Species 6f which, 
we (hall difeourfe of in this Chapter^ vie. 1. Car- 
duus Ccanothus, Carduus Viahnn & Vinearum , 
Ceanotbos Theophrafli (Lib. 4. Cap. 11.) Anguitlaru 
& Column i ; Carduus Vinearum repens Bauhini , 
(becaufe its Root creeps much under Ground : ) 
7 F Carduut 
