99*3- Chap. l*y 
Theatrum Botanicum. 
Tribe <?• 
So'flitialis 
Lobtlij. 
^wte7 TT^Tfo7ruelly foarpe that they prickTTheThighes and Legges of thofc that tinadvifcdly 
oa ffe t her ebVin the middle whcrcolftand afew yellow threads; the ieede is white and long not much unlike 
thofeof the former ftarte Thiftle: the roote isblackifh, long, and Adder not growing deepe, joynted or kneed 
in d vers olacesibmewhatwooddy and bitter in tafle, fomewhat like unto the long Ciperus graffe roote. Lobe! 
giveth a figure hereof whole lower leaves are as little jagged as the upper, which I have here fet to let you fee 
the difference. ! lhcVUct , 
n,M g — 
good('Ic.lieL lh v,„ax; 
be found vvilde with us. ^ 
The firfl fiowreth early and (eedeth in /„/, and fometimes in Aagafi: the lail is ufually in flower about 
Midfommer or a little after. The Names. 
Iris vtrV probable that the Card* m Stellatm or Stellarisis the^'^v^i CMjaeantlm of Tkeop!,raft U) M.ffA. 
( and nonhe/ia^& either of ‘Diofcon ^i.whith is Alfaragwpetrw or J'towhich is oxjylv.ftr,, 
MaraZ which is majbiaa a bufh oncly of thorncs) wh.ch hath thornes or pnekes not upon the leaves, tut be- 
fifes theml Capers oJL and Tribalm, for with them he letteth Months as being of a >keneffc and fo 
«*s "-t m s““ “ratar. 
fieUatas latifolias caalcfcens : 1 he lall i. thought by fome to be the ?pma regta Tbopbraft, sends 
called by Gefaer » citric five lute*, and Sph,* Solfistiah and fo doe Todovaas Lobel and 
w ho alio call it /Wbw SoljHiialU Lagdaaeafis Leucacanthaepuorundam, who as ■ Lcbel alfo faith,the f mis call 
it Auriole, in divers places, Lfalpinas faeatrepola altera^d ColamaaSpsaa AfuUfsve Cardans 
ftellcittts miner , and Baahirsm Cardans fiellatas intern filijf ejaai,Gerard his figure thereof is not right, for it is biic 
the firfl C4«f«»i /?<tor which Mb utmfer, hath noted, yet giveth a figure for Sc/ftmal„\m\e or nothing diffe¬ 
ring from the SteUatns, when as this t, ue figure hereof is extant ,n Lobe!, and whereas Gerard his StfifisUah la¬ 
te* pereorim is fuppofed to be Acarrthium peregrimm of Tabermoatams, which Bauhmus knewTiot W hat to make 
of • it is plaine by Gerards owne words that hce ment it by Clafias his Jacea lutea eapt,ala ffiv.fi : many fucj 
faults have palTed W. Iohnfons correftion,which I am loth m every place to exhibit, knowing that none of us all 
can publifh any thing but there may bee flippes and erronrs in many places thereof. T t'tllul'trZi 
Thiftle (as I fayd before) Calcatrepola, the French Chaajfetroppe, the Germans Wallow,.ftell, ibcDutcb Sterre ds- 
If el. the other we call in Fnqliflj S.Barnabics Thiftle or MidfoiTimer Tniltle. 
• TheVertncs . 
The feede of ths Starre Thiftle made into powder and drunke in wire doth provoke Vrine^andhelpeth to 
breake the ftone and drive it forth: the roote in powder given in wine is good agamft the Plague or I eltilerce, 
by drinking thereof daily falling for fome time together is very profitable for a Piflula m any part of the body. 
They about Franckeford doeufe the rootes hereof in ftead of Eryngittm which groweth there together with it as 
Camerciriits faith. Baptfta Sardus doth much commend the diftilled water hereof being diunke to helpe the 
French difeafe, and to open the obflrudions of the Liver, and elenfe the blood from corrupted humors,and is 
alfo profitably given againft eyther qnot'idtcw or tertian Agues : The Midfommer Thiftle is u c ) t e aveyars as 
Cameraritfs faith, and both flowers and roote admirably commended againft the evill difpcfition of the whole 
body called Cachexia againft the Dropfie,daily Agues, maidens pale colour by reafonof the greene hckneile, or 
other obftfu&ions, the countrey people faith hee,doth much ufe the_ diftilled water or the decoction thereof 5 both 
againft the fwellings of the lpleene and prickings In the Tides, as alfo to provoke fweatirg and to heipe the hip- 
gcute or paines in the huckle bones called the Sciatica. 
Chap. XV. 
Cardans mollis. The gentle Thiftle. 
&Q|Ne of thefe kinds °* gentleThiflles 1 have puhlifhed in my former booke and therefore (hall not 
ncede to fpeakeagainethereofir. this place, bet ot the red as they follow. 
. f i. Cardans moVit laciniato (olio. The gentle Thiftle with jagged leaves, 
af This j'agged gentleman hath many leaves, font lying on the ground, others flandirg more upright 
^ much jagged or cut in on the edges,even to the middle ribfce, gteene on the upper fide, hoary white 
and woolly underneath like unto the younger and fofttt leaves of the firft ftatre Thiftle, not having any evv^o 
prickles on them,of a little drying and bitter taftc -.from among which rife tipone ortworcurd Itriped liaiKes 
about two foote high,of a reddilh'colour yet covered with a fine Dovvne or Cotton, fetwith ivers eaves, e 
lowed whereof are like thofe on the ground but Imaller, and thofe up higher ate narrow and long witticut Ci¬ 
vilian, the ends and points of them being ulually reddifh, at the toppe of theftaike w re is more u ua y 
• ■ ■ ■ s fet together With very foft and gentle pnekes 
thereon 
without branches,groweth one head compofed of many lcales, 
