Tribe 9 . TbeTbeaterof'Tlants. C h a p.17. 
of the curious with us: the firft flowring in Iune fometimcs or in Iuy but givcth no^erfeft feede with us, th; 
other later flowreth and feldome or never yet gave usany fhew of ripe feede. 
The Names. 
They are called in Greeke dag.vS& and £<*13^ Acanthus .and Acantha and Herpacanthaby fome, and 
the fmooth fort and Patterns and Mclamphyllos asOribaJius and Pliny have it, Fuchfius iU'o 
faith that it was formerly called c Marnuraria by the Romanes which is corruptly turned into MamoUria among 
the baftard names of Dio/corides, becaufe the forme of the leaves was ufually the patterne for many engravings;, 
&c. in pillars and other workes, their pots and cups alfo fle wred with the fame: The firft is called Acanthus verm 
fativus, bortenjis and Uvti by all others, or mollis pmgilii, and Branca ttrfina by the Italians : there are fome that 
make a doubt whether this be the true Acanthus of ‘Biofcorides partly for the difference of the feedes as you have 
it before, and partly of the colour of the rootes to be red, but all other parts fo exatftly agreeing thereunto hath 
decided that doubt: fome againe make a queftion as Bauhinus miftaking the matter, whether the garden kindc 
be not the Acantha of Theophr ^Jlus lib.^.c. 11 . which heputteth among the herbes: but he in disjoyning Acantha 
(from Ceanotbus to make them two things altereth the fame wonderfully, as you may fee it in Bauhinm his Pinax 
in his Scholy upon Acanthus, and comparing it with Theophrasbu his Text: but I thinke 1 may more truly won . 
dec why the firft Acanthus fhould bee numbred inter Spinas&Cardnos, being fofmooth anberbe without any 
fhew of prickles or thorncs in leafeor heads; which if I might give an anfwer thereunto, n ight rather proceede 
from the likenelfe of the thyrfus or fpike offlowers unto the wildeor prickly fort then ofitfelfe: the other was 
firft let forth by c Bodott£W and Lobel 'who call it Acanthus fylvcjlris and Scaly mo Biofcoridis fimilis acute attu : fome 
terme it JpmofM and fome aettleattu but it cannot bee Chamaleontha Mmfpelienflum which bath a prickly Thilile 
or Artichoke like head, although the title over it in Labels lames importeth fo much, The Italians as I faid be- 
fire call it Brancaurjznamd Acantlio-.theSpaniardj Tervagigante and Brantyuaurfina,tbe French alfo Branchem. 
fine, the Germane! IVelfih BerenleUFa , the Butch Becren claenw , and wee in Snglifh Bearcs breech and not Beares 
foote, which is another herbe (hewed you here before to be HelleboraSler minor. 
The Peruses. 
Byreafon ofthemuccilagines in the leaves they are often ufed in our times in the decoctions for glifters, (o to 
make the pafl'ages more ealfe and Oipperie: but Biofcorides faith that they binde the belly, and are good for thofe 
members that are out ofjoyhtto confirmeand ft l engthen them which no doubt it may doe by the (limy matter in 
the leaves and rootes, and (bone convertible by heate into a binding quality ; for as Galen faith <5 f,mpl. the 
roote hath a drying as well as agentle cutting facultie, being of thinne parts and the leaves often meanelv dige- 
fling withall: the rootes fay Biofcorides and Pliny are applyed to helpe thofe places that are burnt with fire, and 
alfo thofe that are bHrften, Crampes like wife and the paines oftheGoute, to be outwardly applyed, and thede- 
codfion of them taken inwatdly provokech urine.and is good for thofe that are falling into a Confumption. 
Chip. XVII. 
rAnonufive Refia bovU. Reft Harrow or Cammaok. 
Iter I-have (hewed you all thefhiftles that are ufually knowne, let me to finifhthis Claflis include 
thofe fhrubbes or bulhes that are thorny and prickly,fome of which number are already entreated of in 
m y I° r mer booke, and thofe are the Roles of all forts for a Garden, the Rafpis berries.the Gooleberries 
;,J ' and Barberries, the PaliurasorChriftsThome, the Pyracanthaor overgteene Hawtherne and Savine 
of one fort, the Ficus Indica or Indian Fig,and the Indian Itscca which hath a prickly poi' ted leafe, & in the fecontl 
C laflis of this worke the purging Rhamnusor Bttckes thorne : of the r c ft I (hall Ipcakhere in order as they come 
next to hand, and firft of t he Reft Harrow which is diftinguifhed into two kinds, the one thorny, the other gen¬ 
tle without thorncs which is to be joyned to the other for the names fake,ofeach whereof there is fome varietie 
as the fucceeding Chapter will (lie w. 
i. Anor.ii [pinofi [loro pur pur to. Common Reft Harrow with purplifh flowers. 
The common Reft Harrow that is frequent as well in arable as wafte grounds and by lanes, rifeth up vvithdi- 
vers tough wooddy ewigges, halfe a yard or a yard high, fet at the Joynts without order, with little roundifh 
leaves fometimes more then two or three at a place, ofadarke greene colour, without thornes whiles they axe 
young, butafterwards armed in fundry places with (hort and flaarpe thornestthe flowerscome forth at the tops 
of the twigges and branches whereof it is full, fafhioned like Peafeor Broome BlofTomes, but leffer, flatter 
and foinewhat clofer, of a faint purplifh colour, after which fucceede fmall pods concerning within them lihall 
flat and round feede : the roote is blackifla on the outfide and whitifh within, very tough and hard to breake 
while it is (reft, and greene, and as hard as an home when it isdryed, thrufting downe deepe into the ground,and 
lpreading likewife, every little peece'eing apt to grow againe if it be left in the ground. 
2. Anonisfpinofa flore albo. Reft Harrow with white flowers. 
This Reft Harrow differeth in little elfe from the former then in the leaves which are a little freflier greene, 
and in the colour of the flowers which are very white in fome places more then in others, in other things they 
are alike. 
3 Antonis fpinofa montetna lutea mayor. The great yellow prickly Reft Harrow. 
This likewife differeth from the former onely in the leaves which are fomewhat larger and longer and in the 
flowers which areyellow like th: other yellow kinde without thorncs. 
4. Anonis fpinofa hstea minor, The leffer yellow pricklv Reft Harrow, 
This other yellow Reft Harrow thar hath thornes 01 prmkes thereon is like the laft yellow fort, but lower and 
fmaller arifing little above halfe afoore high, differing notin any ether greater matter from the laft. 
5. Anonis non fpinofa flore purpurea, Purplifh deit Harrow without Thornes. 
This Reft Harrow hath no other difference in it from the mod common, but that this hath n, Hornes or prickes 
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