Chap.6. 
‘Theatrum ‘Bctanicwn. 
RISE 
The Vertues. 
remote of the white Chameleon ThilUe, faith ‘Diofcondes, taken to the quant.tie of a fpocnefull in red wine, 
l nliJlnm hath beetle boyled killeth the broad wortnes in the belly : a dramme thereof taken in wine 
Mn-rh droofe perfons for it extenuates their belly, the decoftion thereof is profitable for them that cannot make 
ware ofderU’. Theophrafins and Ph V from him laith.that the root hereof cut into peeces Sc nung up on Hungs to 
drie Lafterwards bovled in broath.or otherwife taken doth help the defluxions of rheume that fall from the head 
dne, &atterwaras ooy faith he would trie whether afickeperfon thould die or live, lfhebeare 
the eyes, teeth, r00te he Avail not die: .? is as a Treakle or an antidote 
and endure three tim s g ^ from hcnce ic is f up p 0 f e d that the Carline ThiQ Ic roote was uledagainft 
the plague n"the Hmperot 0 >*rles his army (although it be iuggefted to be declared by an Angell, without an 
the plague in the emp t A ng<; Il from due obfervation and praftile, which hath fince found it very efie- 
fertotS u r n h H^” S 0f H e H 
"nts and vet Diofcorid;s faith,the roote of Chameleon albxs given to dogs, fwme, or mile, killeth them, which 
utonert e i a Ho found in divers other things,as on the contrary fide divers creatures do feede on theft things that 
propert e is alio> roiin Thiftle is faid by Diofcondes to cure the itch,the roote being beaten 
andmfsXi h Ax*i 2 and lbnfed, and being boiled in vinegar and feme brimftoneput: to it killeth tetters, and 
and mixed with •? f and , l ann e from all blemifhes, deformities, and dil colouring being nfed with 
r.ngwormesi.tcler tie* the f ee tdoedi and alfo with thole that confume and 
STrandS 
tobeufed inwardly f t any difeafe, by reafon of the virulent quahtie therein, but onely al owed, of the deccfl.on 
to be t.lcd mu army ; ' Da ;„ es 0 f them: or by the roote btuiled and bovled in vinegar to helpc 
thereof to gargle there -1 e.. b P etollchcdt her C with.Ofour wilde Carline Thiftle I have notknov ne 
the tooth-ach and to breake them it tt ■e be ::c peilwadcd that it commeth ncete to the qualities 
S C^lKift h ou ^ard before .- and of the gummes, cither of the 
whiS cwlot CarlineThillle, there isno other fpeciall ptopeme fet downe by any than is declared be¬ 
fore that as icis called Mafticke of the Thiftle,lo it is uled as Mafticke to chew in the month, both to amend the 
eWli favour of the breath, and bv realbn of the dewing qual.tie to flay rheume, and to (trengthen loole t eech: for 
the illvee doth blfow the propertie of the berbe or tree 1, om whence it is taken : and although the gu mme of the 
SKI be called /.via. as Dio/corides faith, yet the Ixin that is poyfonous is another thing qu.redifter.ng 
from this for neither Diofcondes not Theophrajlw doe attribute any venemous or evill quahtie thereunto. Of the 
auaTitiesbothofthe white andblacke Chameleon Galen in 8 .ftmfHciummed faith thus = ,n the roote of the blade 
chamtlenion Thiftle, there is fomevvhat thatis deadly, and.therefore then 
tetters Vc and to clenie the skin: but the roote of the white Chameleon', Thiftle,belides that it kil eth the broade 
wotmefin the body or belly , it is given alfo to thofc that have a dropf.e.and Is fomewhat like in the temperature 
unto the blacke Chameleon, Lit thac ic is more bitter than the white. Panins and cfmin their Treadle- o po> - 
fo, ° after they have fpoken of the poyfons in both forts of Thiftle. and h' n" d 
the poyfonousftw in the fame manner that Diofcondes doth, wherefore we may conclude that :lxu hath a double 
interpretation and doth as well fignifie the harmeleffegummes of the white Chameleon anil Carhne Thirties, as 
th^poy^onousgummeor roote which is deadly : but b^caufe we ate not f ure that it is taken Iron, the blacke Cha. 
ms Icon Thiftle, 1 thinke it ncedlefle here co fet downe the cure of it. 
Chap. VI. 
Cables TieophralHJdefi Scot,mas Diofcor.dis & ScolymnsTheofhraftijniErynginm Intern, eft. 
The prickly or wilde Artichocke Thiftle, and thegolden Thiftle. 
fSpfflF all the forts of manured Artichockes, whether prickly like Thiftles, or not.being fit: to.be•jaten, I 
have fufficiently fpoken in my former Booke; and intend not further to fpeake of them a a ame . but ot 
ioi LVothet kinoes that are more prickly, and mote like Thiftles, whereof there arc two or three 
forts which (hall be here expreffed. 
j Scolymui Diojcoridts, The prickly or wilde Artichocke lniltle. .... 
This nricklv or wilde ArtichockThiftlc hath divers long thicke,hard,but narrow leaves, ending ‘j 1 011 5 P° ln ' s 
fomewhatcut bon the ed"es, fet with ftrong and fliarpe great prickes, which growing on thefta kcscompalTe 
SteSS Of a datke gteene colouri at the to£pe of each ft.lke and branch ftandeth one fc y 
n i nr ifklvhead Idler than thofe ofthc Chardons that arc kept to be eaten , from the middle vvuereot put o cl 
toii5SKfcn threads, which after they h ve flood fome time pafle away, the feede m their 
heads being flat and like other Thiftles: the roote is great and Ipreadeth much. 
, Cynara fvlvcftris Cretica. The Candy wilde Artichocke. 
This wilde Artichoke from among the long and hoary white leaves fomewhat b,^ 
on the edges, and thicke armed with long & (harpe prickes, life up fundry r0 r 'Sv heU which 
and branched into two or three parts fome times, at the toppes bearing fma.lftaly (1 ■, P. ■ cleared, 
are eaten by the Pcafants of the countrey,hoth gteeneland boyled after the fcal^esand flrirpeitickle^s * 
with fait, oyle, and pepper, and are as pleafant to their palate, as a damtie Artichoke to ours. the y 
long, and groicethdccpe. ^ . Sryn f Mm Unenm CMonJpelienfinm. The go.lden Thiftle 
The golden Thiftle (hooteth forth divers skinny & prickly flalkes.which in fo ™ e at e«?y 
right.andin other countries.as Mompelier , and ours alfo, bendeth with them un.o the g • > vv i, ere clfe, 
joynt both a branch and a lcafe, which islong and fomewhat narrow (mailer at the bottome than anj wh ^ ^ 
much cut in on the edges, and fet with fmall white prickes in fome placesimarke eav . csa iXh C ftalkes, 
deepe greene leaves, but in others & in my garden none at ah : at the joynts between fedof f ma ll fcalcs 
and at the toppes alfo come forth feverallhnall heads, fmaller than any of the former, P wdb 
