Of the Hiftorie of Plants, 
L I B.' 2, 
M^The Vertues. 
There is fmallvfe of Teafell in medicines: the heads (aswehauefaid) arevfed to drefleWooI- A 
len cloth with. 
Diofeoridcs writeth,that the root being boiled in wine,& damped till it is come to the fubflance B 
ofa faluc,healeth chaps and fiftulaesofthe fundament, ifit be applied thereunto 5 and that this me- 
dicine mult be referuedina box of copper, and thatalfo it is reported to be good for all kindesof 
warts. 
It is needleffe here to alledge thofe things that are added touching the little wormes ormagots G 
found in the heads of the Teafell, and which are tobehanged about the necke,orto mention the 
like thing that Pliny reporteth of Galedragon : for they are nothing elfe but moll vaine and trifling 
toies,as my felfe haue proued a little before the impreflion hereof, hailing a moft gneuous ague, ’ 
and of long continuance: notwithflanding Phyficke charmes,thefe worms hanged about my neck, 
fpiders put into a walnut {hell, and diuers fuch foolith toies that I was conftrained to take by fan- 
tafticke peoples procurement ; notwithftanding I fay, my helpe came from God himfelfe,for thefe 
medicines and all other fuch things did me no good atall. 
■f The fignre which fotmetlv wa< pat mto the fecond pi jce,was of the X ip facu* (ccundn oCTdtrnamomwu ,wh\ch differ* from cm common one,in tl.it the Icaut* 
arc deeply diuided, or cut in on their edges- 
C h a p. 488. Of 'Bajlard Saffron . 
£ 1 Carthamut ftue Cnicut „ 
Ballard Saffron. 
f 2 Cnictu alter cteruleuf . 
Blew floured Baftard Saffron, 
Tht DefcriftiOfl, 
i called alfo baftard Saffron, which may very wel be reckoned among the Thiftles. 
^^rifethvpwrth aftalkeof acubiteanda halfe high, ftraight, fmoothjound, hard, and 
wooddy.Sc branched at the top : it is defended with long Icaues.fotnthing broad, tharp 
JPffff pointed/ 
