f R. I B E 6 . 
TbeTheater of ‘Plants, 
G h a p; 
38. 8b: 
'the Vertuesi ' 
may be Jadged 
take them yee 
ilieede not a repetition of the lame things againe that have beene delivered, but 1 will referre you to the firft 
■ anke otHawkeweedes, to perufe the vertues there appropriated to them and transferrc them if you pleafe here- 
■into And fo much lhallferve to have fpoken of the whole family oftheHawkcweedes. 
Cha?. XXXVIII. 
Soncbns, Sow-thiftle, 
Ie/coridcs and the other ancient writers have fetdowne but two forts of So-v-thirties, d riding them 
intoroughor prickly andfmooth, fliny into blacke and white, Tbcofbraftui mentioncth onely the 
rough kind: but fince their time there have beene (undry other herbes found out, which doe fo ncarely 
refemble them,that they are therefore referred unto them as (hall bee prefently (hewed t but tecaufe' 
Sthere are fo many that beare that title I thinke good to avoid confufion to diftribute them into fnmdry Chapters 
,;asyou (hall finde them mentioned. 
Smck\ aftercs. Prickly Sow-thiftles,’ 
Oidofrimnt. The frit ranke. 
1 . Soncbns afper mayor non lAciniatus. The greater prickly Sow.thiftle with whole leaves. . 
’ This, prickly Sow-thiftle hath fomewhat long and broad leaves of a whitiih greene colour, unevenly dented,- 
D (, ut not gafhed or tome on the edges, and every dent fet with a (harpe and (hort pricke fomewhat hard, and 
I fometimes prickly alfo along the middle ribbe on the under fide, yeelding a more bitter milke in every part 
where it is broken then the fmoother kind:.the ftalke is fomewhat tender and as it were winged with a (lime 
1 running upon it, rough and (harpe, fet with fuch like leaves as grow below,diverfly branched with fmall pale 
< yellow flowers at the toppes which trirneinto downe and are blowne away : the rooteis long yellowifhand 
t fomewhat hard when it is growen up with a ftalke with a number of fmall fibres fet thereat. 
3 . Soncbns afper minor non Uciniatus. The lefler prickly Sow-thiftle with whole leaves. 
Theleffer Sow-thiftle is in all things like the other but lefferin every part, having a rounder ftalke feldoms 
1 above a foote high, fomewhat firmer and not fo tender, with fmaller leaves but as fliarpe and prickly as the for-' 
mer.fome becaufe this doth more ufually grow in the fertile grounds, doe account it to be the caufe that the leaves 
are whole and not rent,which is but an opinion with fmall reafon therefore. 
1 . Soncbus ajper major non laciniarui , 
The greater prickly Sow-thiftle with wholelcavcr. 
4 Soncbus ajptrlniniatuscreticns. 
Prickly Sow-thiftle of Candy, 
3, Smcbw 
1: Ml 
