Tk.! B&13 
Tbe Theater of TiemtSi 
C«AP. 3®, II9I. 
Chap, XXX. 
fnncw. Ruflies. 1 
Here jre divers forts of Rulhes,fome great fome fmall,fome foft and fmooth, others hard,fome barren 
others bearing feede/ome fharpe pointed, others not,fome on the Land,ey titer in uplands or neare the 
Sea, others in the fteflt waters,lome againe fweet, others not at alltof thole I meane to entreate in this 
Chapter that are not fwecte.for or thole kindes,the one called Sclntnnnthos or luncui oioratut, and the 
other Iunciu cMgniloftu or Cjptrtu odomtui, I have fpokenin the full Claflisofthis worke among the 
the other fwcete herbes; and firfl of the foft or (mooth lorts of Ruflies in thisChapftr, 
I. Inncus Uvu maximta. The gteateft Bull Rufli. 
The great BullRufii fendeth forth fundry tall,foft round (mooth fhootes which are the Rufhes, of a frefh pale 
greenc colour.grcatcr then any of the other forts of Rudies,having certaine fheathes like leaves compafling them 
at the bottome,and pointed at the ends but not fharpe, full of a white pith which are fcrviceable (the outer rinde 
being pilled away) for lights, being divers of them bound together and dipped in Suet or Tallows towards the 
toppcsofwhich on the one fide breake forth lundry (mall brownifh chafHe heads, each upon a fhort f ootftalke, 
wherein lye three fquareblackilh feede : the route is of a blackifiibrovvne colour, andtgroweth lame what great 
and (lope with divers firings or fibres thereat. 
( I'.-.—- , J. ltutcHs levit vulgaris. The common fmooth Rufli, 
This Rufli is in all things like the former but much leffer and (horter having a whitifli pith within them as ths 
other hath lit for the like ufes, but that the heads are lunger and the tuft or pannicle is dole and not fpread open 
as,thenextis: the rootes hereof are not great as theother,buc are a bufb of firings or threds. 
3. JuncHi Uvispanicu/a fpnrfnmajor. Another fort ofgreat fmooth Ruflies. 
This other greater lort is like the laftbuc with fewer (fore of Ruflies, of adarkilh greene colour, and the tufe 
all'o or brownifh pannicle is more fpread at large.and each part Handing on a pretty long footftalke, and is broad 
below and pointed upward : the 1 ootc is bufhie like the laft. 
4. JuncM Uvitglomertto (lort. Round headed Bullies. 
Round headed Ruflies have divers fliootes riling from the roote like unto the fecond fort and|pitchy within likd 
it, the chiefeft difference confifteth herein that the tufted heads Hand fume what dole together and areround., 
not pointed at all. 
y. Imctu Uvit panicttU fparftt minor. Small Ruflies with difperfed tuftj.’ 
This differed] from the greater fort beforedefcribed,one!y in the fmainefie of the plant, and growing in dry.*: 
grounds,which may peradventurecaufethe Imalnelfe. d 
I. /uncut Invu maximut. ». 1- lurtcmUm lapirdlufpur/amujat tr glmirot, jlm. 
The great Bull Rulli. ; Another fott of great fmooth Rulli and round beaded knificS, 1 
