(J.62 ChAF.2. 
Tbeatrum 'Botanicum. 
T RIBE 
7. Ctrfium motttatiumcapitulu compactis. 
Mountaine CirQum with tufted heads. 
time while it perfefteth the feede,which is of a meancbignefTe 
Ivina in the downe : the roote hath many long firings taftned 
to the head or upper part which is blackifh and penfheth 
r0t ' Cirfinm alind Anglicnm. The other Englijh Cirfinm. 
This other e»M C ir fi um is very like unto the former Eng. 
lijh kinde, whole leaves are as little prickly; but more hoary 
underneath and moregreene above: the llalke alfo which is 
about twofoote high bearethbut one large fcaly head with 
many purple threads and Thiflle like feedes lying w^ downe . 
the roote is fomewhat tuberous at the head and blackifn onthe 
outfide with divers fibres thereat, and (hooting forth long 
ftrin^s which fend forth heads for encreafe. 
= 6 . Cirfinm anguftifolmm Germanic tan. 
Narrow leafed Cirfinm of Germany. 
This C-rfium hath divers long and narrow darke greene 
leaves lying on the ground, dented and fet with a few pr.ckes, 
the llalke rifeth to be twofoote high, fet from leafe to leafe 
with fiiarpe filmes which make the llalke feeme winged, ha- 
viu« (iiortcr leaves, more prickly and more divided on them 
then thofe below, branched into many parts, each bear ing na¬ 
ked lowrflems and finglelmall heads at the toppes which are 
prickly like the reft, and have purplifh red threads in the mid¬ 
dle of them as the others. 
7 , Cirfinm montannm capituhi compact is . 
Mountain^ Cirfinm with tufted beads* 
This mountaine Cirfinm hath fofter leaves then the former, 
and fomewhat more cut iu on the edges being long and fome¬ 
what narrow, and fet with final! prickles sthe ftalke nfing to 
be two or three cubits high hath divers the like leaves thereon 
bur leffer and lelfe divided, bearing at the toppe a tuft of ma¬ 
ny (mall fcaly and prickly heads fet together with purplifii red 
threads in the middle : the roote is made of many long firings 
and abideth long. T he Place. , . 
StaKfiuKHe 1,11 b, m Atmo®8™»* 
t0Wne - The Time. . . 
All thefe Thirties flower about I nlj and fome in Angnfi, their feede ripeneth quickly after. 
The Names . # 
Tt is called in Greeke «f,*» and not «d»» as divers fuppofe for it commeth1 from *■»«« ■" fines fianet « 
J refer th- Latines alfo call it Cirfinm and fome Spina moll*. Fnchfim, Ruelhw, and Lornterm in their 
• rbnn'-ht chat thereat Tualoffum was both in outward fhew and inward qualities not mn-ch differing from 
ft bur baein £ were much nkaken as MauhioUn obferved and objefted feainft them. Z ,>^foppofah th-ac 
’ ( . r ... r 0 n „ arc the defeription of ‘Viofiorides his Cirfinm ns the third iort here exprefled. Thefirft 
n c Z°J make h his firrt C.rfinm. whereunto the former Cardans bnlbofius Monfifielienjium was like,which Tanhi. 
' LTbCirfummalimnl MhoMiralice: the fecond is the firrt Cirfinm of T> edentus, as Lngdunenfis fetteth 1C 
calle f th l Fre „, h booUc a „d the third in his Pempudes, which Banhinui calleth Cirfinm Lot,(fiemum, making 
fie next whic ? h is my third together, which is the firft Cirfinm of Dade- 
r/w, P arades and the third Cirfinm of (fittfins which Eaubinu, calleth Cirfinm fingnlanbnscapitulyar- 
T ' c !' s , , r u^, nr i filtarecenerallv called Cirfinm AngUcumprimummi alteram, andof CInput Cirfinm Panno- 
Am pr'mnmpratenfiiflxA Cirfinm Anglicum or Britamicumfiecundum, the fixt Banknnsz ntituleth Cirfinm angu. 
fii folium ■ rite hft is the Cirfinm of MatthulmRefiner in horti,, Lacuna , Label and Lugdnmnfis, and is the fecond 
c frbamof VoLaus in his Pcmptades, and the fourth of Clnfins, which Eanhinns calleth Cirfinm fiohj, non hirfimi 
' 1- The Italians call it Cirfio.md fo doe all other nations,but with little varying termination, and 
name in fome fort anfwerable to the effeds and ufe I have ent.tuled it. 
The loft Melancholy Thiflle. pertues 
There are no other properties found out or knowne whereunto any of thefe Thirties may be applyed then fuch 
which Bioficoridei fetteth downe taken from Andrea, (who brought in many figments and untrutbes to beeufed 
in PhyfickeJ that the roote thereof being bound unto the veine in the legge or other parts of the body fwollen 
with Melancholy blood doth quickly helpe and heale it. 
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