Cs AP.7. 
Tbeatnm Botanicum . 
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where it grew did there build his City : but Thdymus in Atheneus faith it was the Cynosbatos Cants fentis, the 
BryerbiUh, but the Scolymitt of Theophrajlut was not kuowne unto Diofe orides. ¥ liny lib. cheap. 2 a. confoun- 
dethboth the kinds of Scolymus together, as if they were both one plant, giving the vertuesof bcthasuntoor.e, 
and faith moreover that the Scolymus of the Grecians is called all'o by another name Limcn'mm, which is the 
Theophrajlut lib.6.c. 11. which Gaza very falfly tranflateth Betafylvejlris, whereas Theophrajlut r.um- 
breth it among the Thiftle-like plants, and is a differing Thiftle from Scolymus let downe in the fame place. Lo- 
Wcalleth the firll Cynara /y/w/fw.becaufe as he faith it doth fo oearely refemble the Cynara aculeata , as iKoSco- 
limirs fylvcjlrii five Chamaleontha CMonspelierfium, and Lugdunenjis Scolymus Diofcoridit, but "Bauhinus Cynara 
fylvefirit latifoliu : the fecond is called by Honorius Bellas fas it is let downe in his fccond Epillle to Chi fins') Cy- 
nsra fylvejlrit, the Cretans: as bee laith calling it Agrioanzinari, and by Fossa in his Italian Balias Agriocinara 
Crete a, by ‘BauhinusCinarafylvcjlritCretica, and thinketh it may be the Cinarafy/vefiris Betica ol Clufms, fet: 
downe in his Cure pojlcrioret in quartoJel. 66. the lad is called by C/ufius Scolymus Theophrajli ( whereof hee gi¬ 
ve; h two figures, the one of the Spanijh plant growing upright, the other of that which growethat Mompdier 
leaning dovvnewards, and called by him Narbonenjis, whom Dodomcus followeth, giving both his figures and 
calling the one Cardus Chryjanthemus, and the other Cardui Chryjantbemi altcrius icon : and fo doth Lobel (who 
alfo faith it is the Eryngium luteum Monjpelientium) Camerarius,Ca[alpinus and Tabermontanus, Anguilara calleth 
it ErynmmVcgctij, and Bellonius laith it is called in Candye AJcolymbrot, andbythe Latines Glycyrrhizon as hee 
faith,wherein Itbinke he is deceived calleth it Scolymus Chryfanthemos, and faith it is the AttraSlylis 
marina of Lngir.nenfis, which as 1 laid before in the Chapter of AtraLlylis, he faith was the Ticnomos of Lobel and 
Pom, and yet asl (hewedyon in theChapter of Acarnahe makethitan Acarna likewile, calling it Acarna bu¬ 
ns lii cattle foliofo, but it cannot be both an Acarna and Scolymus, this double denominations of plants is not ag ree- 
ab’e zoD iofeorides minde, who is never found of himfelte to name one plant in two fcvcrall places or to calf 
one plant by two feverall names, although he fhew the divers appellations of other*. The Italians as BcUonius 
faith doe in aero Romano call the lad Sputa borda, and thinketh it to be that plant whieh the ancients did call Gly¬ 
cyrrhizon, the Spaniards of Salamanca did call it by Slum. bat as he faith it cannot bee Sylibum of Diofcoridcs, 
3nd in their owre Language Cardon hchal or lechar, idejl, Cardano luchits, becaufebf the white fpots upon the 
leaves : the French call the fird Chatdonuette, 
'the Vettltes. 
Tsiofcorides faith that his Scolymus is good to expell drong and finking Vrine, and to amend the firong or din- 
king favour of the Armcholes, or of the whole body, ifthedecoflicnoftherootes in wine be drunkeithe young 
(Bootes alfo are eaten like unto Afpharagut,and the young heads alio in Spa inc before they flower: but they ule 
toraifeuptheearth over the young (hootes untill they bee rilcn to a good height, which then are not ep.ely 
white but more tender and delicate,to be eaten raw as their ufuall manner is with Oyle, Pepper and Salt, or boy- 
led or dewed: the flowers are ufed by the Italians as Lobel and Pena fay to curdle milke, whereof they make 
Cheefe, as alfo are perfwaded that thefayd flowers given to women with child in their broth or todrinkedoth 
hinder aborfment, and caufc them to goe out their full time in good plight, and alfo is very good lor thofe that 
doe not teeme or arc barren, and caufe fertilitie. The Cretanes ufed their wilde Artichoke in the lame manner 
tint the Italians, Spaniard: and French ufe their Car deni or Chardons. Theophrajlut alfo faith that the roote of 
his Scolymus ismodpleafantbcingboyledor eaten raw, but then chiefly when it is in flower, as alfo that the in¬ 
ner (ubdance of the heads are eaten, Clufins laith that they of Salamanca ufe to eate the young plants rootc-s 
and all,being wafhed eyther raw or boyled with flclh.and that with the milkie juice thereof they doe coagulate or 
curdle any milke, and with the flowers doe counterfct Saffron, for the like ufes as in other places they doe with 
the flowers of Ballard daffron. 
C HAP. VII. 
Acanus Tbeopbrafii. The ancients Thiftlei 
i H is Thiftle rifeth tip with a great thicke prickly flalke three or foare foote high, branching forth on 
all (ides from the very bottome, letat the joynts with lomewhat large leaves, broad and long, cut 
Is! I sip" in on the edges, and let with (harpeprickesac the points and corners ■’ at the toppes of the branches 
J &r'fS S come ^ evera ^ Thiflle-like heads,out of the middle whereof thruft forth the flowers,cein- 
p 0 ( CG i 0 f many deepe purplifh tnreads, after which come fomew hat round and flat feede, of abrow- 
nilli colour lying in downe the roote is thicke with divers long firings at it. 
The Place. 
It grsweth in Candy from whence the feede hath beene fent into divers other parts of Europe. 
The Time. 
ItflowrechintheendofSommer, that is, fomewhat late as other forts of Thiflles that come out of hot 
countries. 
The Names. 
It is called in Greeke AV'©" Acanus, which doth as well fignifie a peculiar plant of it felfe,fitch as this Thi- 
fllc here fet downe as the head of any thiftle, or any other Thiflle-like head of any other plant; Theophrajlut 
oncly (and Pliny from him) making mention both of this and that, for in his firll Booke and fixteenth Chapter 
henameth it among the'‘-'"‘wAi, thofe plants that beate prickly leaves, thus, «*•{!«*,» S'pmnt,^ 0 and in 
his fixt booke and fift Chapter, lome faith he. have prickly leaves as and then making Aca¬ 
nus to be the head of aThiflle alio (which T>iof corides calleth lx'*®’ Echinus from whence commeth Echinacea, 
as from sAcanos Acanacea fignifying all Thirties or Thiflle-like plants ) in his ninth Booke and thirteenth Chap¬ 
ter,where (peaking ofthe Chameleon Thiftle he faith thus, act Si vazasa'n cyu 'lunardy&a uc-ySrs d 1 xraweghnar, 
caput hujut magnum Acanofimile , unde qttidam Acanum dixerttnt , and in his fixt Booke and fourth Chapter fpeak- 
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