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The Theater of Tlants. 
Chap.2^. 
rcled as ic were with a deepe Saffron like yellow, which addeth a greater grace thereunto • in other things it is 
re unto the ordinary Priinrofes. _ _ f ' lnrc 
Of this kinde there is alfo another fort little differing from it in any thing fave in the colour of the flower 
t drich in this is crimfon, as in the other purple. 
2. Paralyfiios variat jpecies. The divers forts of Cowflips. 
f: Of the various forts of Cowflips, i have given you all the (tore I know are extant, and therefore will defcribe 
1 (one of them here, but referre youto my former Booke, where you (hall finde them. dupStlti 
3. Auricula urfi varietates. The varieties of Beareseares or French Cowflips. Purpurea 
(I I have there alfo divided the varieties of the Beares earesor French Cowflips into three colours, that is pur-™™ 2 - 
lie or red, white.and yellow, of the refl that I have not there fpoken, I will here make but briefe mention, r a “’f r “ r i°. 
“lie difference in leafe and flower onely, without any lar ger defeription. „ „° t f' 
The bright crimfon hath leaves of a middle fize more greene then mealy,and flowers of a bright crimfon colour re 3 . 
arger then the blood red. ru-pureo 
f J he deepe crimfon velvet colour. f ar °. 
r The double purple hath the purple flower once more double then the Angle, but is not conftant. J j l " e mu 
1 The [fript purple differs in leafe little or nothing, from the ordinary purple, nor yet in flower, but onely that it sangui- 
f s varioufly ffript with a kinde of whitifh blufh colour ; fomeofthefe will change wholly into the one or thee- nco. y. 
r her colour, as all or moll of the feveralllorts of other ftript flowers, whether T»fi^.«,Gilloflowers, See. are Cy eftmai 
iabferved often to doe, yet as in them fo in thefe, if they change into the deeper colour, they feldome or never 
| erurne to be marked, as they will if they change into the lighter. Fiore 
The heavens blew hath the leafe broader and of a duskie yellowifh greene colour, the flowers being of a blew- c' £r „ko 
I ifh colour tending toa purple. folio Bo- 
The paler blown) fomewhat like unto the laft in the greene leafe, the flower being of a paler blew. 
Borage leafed blew Beares eares is fufficiently expreffed in my former Booke. 9 -i'uiptms 
The collie as the french call it,or the farre Collier as we in Englijh, hath a pale greenifh leafe without dents, ™‘‘ 0 \ . 
and fomewhat a large flower, and of a dainty violet purple colour,fomewhat fad but very lively. i, 0t 
The (famberfine hath a fmaller greene leafe without dents or very few, and the flower lieere that of the faire flare cnt~ 
Collier, bur not altogether fo lively nor fo great a flower. mafmo. 
A purplifh blew with a white bbrtome, and a mealy leafe. 
The Toutrine or blood red hath a yellowifh greene leafe, fomewhat fmall and long, with a few dents on the jr ° 0 0 [ c '~ 
edges,the flowers are of a blood red colour with a yellow eye, and but few upon a ftalke. Purpurea 
The party coloured red and white,we heare for certaine offuch an one, but we have not as yet feene it. Rubra am- 
There are fundry forts ofblnfhes.paler or deeper, moreorleffebeautifnllby much then others,as alfo wonder-'» n. 
full much variety ofeach of the former colours not to be expreffed, in that from the fowing of the leede arifeth 
new colours almoft every yeare. FinertU 
The pure white, Snow white, or Paperwhite, as they are called by divers, hath flowers of a pure Snow white ' 
colour, but fmaller then the next. Flare a bo 
Whitehathalittlelargerflower,butisnot(opurea whiteasthe former, but yet commeth white from the * 5 . 
firft budding,andnotyellowith as in the next. ll ‘re al. 
The common white hath fundry flowers upon a flalke, of a reafonable fize, whofe buds are yellowifli at the vlL , 
firft, and become white afterwards. ^7 Flm 
Other forts may be reckoned to thefe whites,and fome may be fet under the blufhes of the paler forts. lutco. 
Of the great yellow there are fundry different forts, all of them having large mealy leaves, and great tufts of Magna, is 
flowers, fome deeper or paler then others, and fome greater or leffer alfo. Lirmmia- 
The Lemman colour is ofa delicate pale yellow colour and ofa middle Azeboth leafe and flower. a f‘ Iy - 
Straw colour. Sbsmwey colour. trammeo 
A number of other forts of plaine yellowes there be,impoflib!e to be diflinguiflied. Verfiore 
The diverflties likevvife ofthe diverAAed or variable yellowes are numberleffe, which although their ground is bttto. 
yellow yet are fo mixed and varied thereupon that I cannot expreffe them. cmefien- 
The leather coate is larger or leffer, deeper or paler one then another, they have all large mealy leaves,yet not 
fo much as in tile greateft yellow, but yet feemeth to be produced from thence they comedo neere it, L^ a r„r 
Hairc colour of divers forts. ea.f ' 
Spmjhbhfb. Crime co. 
'The Place end Time. loris z 4. 
The purple and crimfon Priinrofes came firft from Turkic to us, and flowreth with other Primrofes very early 
in the Spring, andfometimesagainein Autumne, The originall of the Auriculas came firft from the mountaines 
of German-}, Hungary, Italy, as the A/pes and Pyrenees, &c, but the greateft variety hath rifen from fowing of 
the feede, and many of them will flower twice in the yeare, m. in Aprill and May, and then againe in Angrifi 
and September, ifthe Autumne proove temperate and moift. 
The Names. 
Thepurple Primrofe is faid to be called Carchichek by the Turks s. Fabiue Columna referreth the Cowflips 
to the Alifma of Diofcorides , and calieth them Alifma pratorum cfifjlvarum, others call them Verbafculum. 
Gefner Arthritica, Angiuhira Dodecatheon , but generally Pxralyfismd Her ha Paralyfis. The Auricula urfi is 
entitnlcd by divers names, by fundry authors as Ltmaria Arthritica, and ‘Paralytica. Alpinaby Gefr.er Primula 
veru pachyphy Has by Lugdunenfis, Saniculafive Auricula urfi, Aril by Mattbiolm, and after by Lobel, and Sanicula 
Alpina by Gefner and Bauhitm , but ufually now adaies Auricula urfi by all, and thereafter we in Enqlifb Beares 
eares or French Cowflips. 
TheVertu'S. 
Primrofes and Cowflips are muchufedtobe eaten in Tanfles Sailers, &c. by thofe beyond Sea, and are accoun¬ 
ted very profitable for paines in the head, and are accounted the bed for that purpofe next unto Be'ony, they are 
excellent good againft any joynt aches as the palfie and to eafe the paines of the Anewes, as the names doe im- 
, port. 
