JTiU b r 5. The Theater of 'Plants* Chap.cjc?. < 5 85 
being fa nfed he would fay nothing o£ ir. There is much controvetlie alio among writer about Ltmtpoditem 
which fhonici be the-righc, feme accounting one plant and foroe anocner,and (ome accounting none that arc extant 
to be right--didattbiolut and Label let forth theirs, which is the firlt here exprelkd, which Clujitu refufcth,accoun- 
ringitbuta kind or Gnapbalium, orCudwecde, calling it Gnapbalium Alpinum ("as though Le'ontopodium were 
tj io much differing from gnapbalium, that there were little or no likenefle berweene theta :) Letucertu bath his 
5, Leontopod.ttm, wh ich is the Eibium Scorpioideipaluflre ol Ranhinuf, or Adyofbtit Scorpioidei of Lobe l, Apulem, 
i. csEtiui, and Oribafitu [ay as I fhewedbefore in the Chapter of LeontopetaLn, time it was called Leoniopodittm, 
u Urunfeifms inikeththe Aickymilla, which the fhops beyond Sea called PataLeeni j, to bee Leontopodium, which 
c UMattbin/ui notetb asan errourinhim, lofepbw de. Cafabona as Chtfiut faith in his Hillory of Plants, ienthinr 
c fome dryed plants received oar.oi.Cmdy, ly the name of Leontopodium, which bee judgerh ratherto belongto 
n the kinds of lin.alLPlantaines', yet Clufnu himfelfe fetteth it forth tinder the name of Leomopodium Creticum • 
■j which plant alfo as he faith Cartnfm fent him, loxCatanance. Honorim Bellas as C/afiw faith therealTo fent him 
:i fotne plants, and the.figure alfo drawne of the fame or the like herbe, which hee callcth Lcontopodiun Creticum 
ii aliud, which as the other he j.udgeth bpt a fyccies of the Ribwort Plantains all which forts of Clujiu, ar£ here 
| before exprefied in the twelft Chap, of this Clajjis. Hatthimu fetteth downe no herbe peculiar for the. true Lean. 
1 topodium of‘Diofcerides , but together with Lugdunenfis rhinketh that Pliny his Leontopodium d oth rntlch differ 
i from that of Ditfcorides, and maketh the Leomopodium of CMatthiolm,Label and others, to be but (pecies ofGna= 
|| pbalium : yet becaufc I cannoc fee but that the firft may as properly belong unto Leomopodium 0 f Lhofcorides a s 
1 umo Gnapbalium, I have asyott fee fet it downeby it felfe, funm cui.juejudiciumejlp : the fecond is the Leonto- 
1 podiumpurvumofLobelandothcis, which fDedomctu calleth Pilofe/U minor altera, andis Gerard his Gnapbalium 
. Alpinism. ‘ 
Tbe Vertues. 
The taffe hereof being aflringcnt and drying with fome bitterniTe in it alfo, doth teftifie it is very available for 
all fluxes of blood or humors, as alfo effeftuall for all fores, eytlier grecnc wounds or old ulcers, and conducible 
for whatfoever cures, the other Cudweeds may perforate: but becaufe I have no author that exprefleth the pro- 
fperties, nor any experience of my owne orothers,to whatdifeafeorgreefeitisaremedy, Iforbeareto plavthe 
Phyfition.and appoint the praftife any tuxtheripauca fapienti. ’ 
Catf. XCIX, 
Gnapbalium, Cudweede ot Cottonweede. 
Here be divers forts of tbefe Cud weedes or Cotton wortsjfome of much beantyf whereof I have given 
you the knowledge of in my former booke,as the Gnapbalium Amertcanum, Live long, or Life everla- 
fling. Gnapbalium momartum flore albo rp purpurea. White and Purple Catsfootc; gnapbalium Rofed 
urn, the Cotton Rofe, which I joyned to other plants of like beauty, forme and quality whereof I 
fhall not ncedeto make further mention ) others that are of 
more vertue then beauty I meane to entreats in this Chapter, 
onely the figures of fome of them I fhall here infeft. 
1. Gnapbalium Av.ghcum vulgar e m.ijui . 
Our greatc Common Cctdweede. 
The common Cudweede that groweth every where aimoll 
in this Land, efpecially in dry fandy grounds, rifeth up but with 
one ffalke fometime6,and fometimes two or three,thicke fet on 
all fides with fmall long and narrow whitifh or woolly leaves, 
from the middle oftheftalkealmoffupto the toppe ; with eve¬ 
ry leafe ftandeth a fmall flower, of a dun or brownifh yellow 
colour, or not fo yellow as others; in which heads after the 
flowers are fallen, come fmall leedc wrapped up with the 
downe therein, and is carried a way with the winde: the toote 
is fmall and threddy. 
i. Gnapbalium maju Germanicum . 
The greater Germane Cudweede, 
5. Gnapbalium mimitfeu berba Impia. 
The IcfTcr Cudwort or herbe Impious, 
