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Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
1 B. Z. 
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The Vejcription. 
1 Arden Teafcl is alfo of the number 
V J <>i the Thiftles j itbringeth forth a 
ftalke that is ftraight, very long, 
iointed,and fill of prickles:the leaues grow forth 
of the ioints by couples, not onely oppofitc or 
ferone right againft another, but alfo compaf- 
fing the ftalke about, and fattened together ; and 
fo fattened, that they hold dew and raine water 
in manner of a little bafon : thefe be long, of a 
light greene colour, and like to thofe ofLettice, 
but full of prickles in the edges, and haueon the 
outfide all alongft the ridge ftiffer prickles: on 
the tops of the ftalkes ftand heads with fharpe 
prickles like thofe of the Hedge-hog, and croo- 
king backward at the point like hookes:out of 
which heads grow little floures:The feed is like 
Fennell feed, and in tafte bitter; the heads wax 
white when they grow old, and there are found 
in themidft ofthem when they arecur,certaine 
little magots : the root is white, and ofa meane 
length. 
2 The fecond kinde of Teafell which is al- 
foakindeof Thiftle,isvery like vntothe former, 
but his leaues arefntaller & narrower:his floures 
of a purple colour.and the hooks of the Teafell 
nothing fo hard or fharpe as the other, nor good 
for any vfe in drelfing ofcloath. 
3 There is another kindeof Teafell, being a 
wilde kinde therof, and accounted among thele 
Thirties, growing higher than thereft of his kindes; but his knobbed heads are nobigger than a 
Nutmeg, in all other things elfe they are like to the other wilde kindes . $ This hath the lower 
leaues deeply cut in with one gafh on each fide at the bottome of the leafe, which little ears are o- 
mitted in the figure: the leaues alfo are lefte than the former, and narrower at the fetting on, and 
hold no water as the two former do : the whole plant is alfo much Idle. f 
The Place. 
The firft called the tame Teafell is fowne in this countrey in gardens, to feme the vfe of Fullers 
and Clothworkers. 
The fecond kinde grovveth in moift places by brookes,riuers,and luch like places. 
The third I found growing in moift places in the highway leading from Braintree to Henning- t 
ham cattle in E fTex,and not in any other place except here & there a plant vpon the high way from 
Much-Dunmovv to London. 1 1 found it growing in great plentie at Edgecombe by Croyden, 
dole by the gate of the houfe of my much honoured friend Sulohn TunJlaU. 
The Time. 
Thefe flotire for the moll part in Iune and Iuly. 
The Names. 
Teafell is called in GteekcJi4»»', and likewifein Latine, Dipfocus, Lobrum Veneris ,and Carduus 
Veneris it is termed Lahnim Veneris,emd Lauer Lanacrum } o[the formeof the leaues made vp in fa- 
° fliion ofa bafon, which is neuer without water : they commonly call it Virgo pafloris minor, and 
Carduus fullonum : in high Dutch, LtatDetJ ©t ft ell : in low Dutch, CaetDCtl : in S^m{d\,Cordencha: 
and Car do Pcntcador : in Italian, Diffaco, and Gordo : in French, Chardon defoullon, Verge a. bergier : in 
Englifh, Teafell, Carde Teafell, and Venus bafon. 
The third is thought to be Goledrogon Plinij ofwhichhe hath written in his ay. book the tenth 
Chapter. 
The Temperature. 
Therootes of thefe plants are drie in the fecond degree , andhaue a certaine clenfing fa- 
cultie. 
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