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Show 572 THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE HISTORIE for (as Galen faith) ithathing Thefeede ofNettle ftirrethvp luft, efpecially drunke with Cute: ' C acertaine windinefle. Itconcotteth and drawerh out of the'cheftraw D_~ The feede humors. they hold their neckes vpright, and for thofedha itis good for themthat cannotbreath volefle E ationof the lungs, ifitbe taken inalogche inflanim the of beficke as haue the Pleurifie, & forfuch haue,called the chinte orlicking medicine, and alfo againft the troublefome cough that children cough. EF Nécander afixmeth,that itis a remeaie againftthe:venemous qualitic of Hemlocke,Mufhtoms : and Quickfiluer. ns; , , G~ Henbane,ferpents,and feorpio And Apollodoris faith,thatitis a counterpoifon for the ftingingwhich AsPaiewitnefleth, thefame author writeth, that the oile ofit taketh away the Nettle it félfe maketh. ne againf the I. Thefamegroflely powned, and.drunke in white wine ,isamoft fingular medici H He Itexpelleth grauell,and caufeth to make water. th that good Theleaues ofanykinde ofNettle,or the feedes, do workethe like effedt; butnotwi fpeede,and fo afluredly as the Romane Nettle. OfHempe. Cannabis. Hempe. eta i and{ conteinethi iniran ill iuice, notwitl macke and head, arched cam alys tragematis,with tunkets, eate the fa fomeHy do vie tomuted int A rapbavaeint he . : : . Irconfame:h winde,a: ave as the faid author faith infa his booke of the faculties of medicines, andis fo B greatadtier,asthatit drieth vp the feede,iftoo much be caten ofit, ep ; Bllice ofthe hetha dr y j thereof, C> the paine Diofeorides faith, chat the iuiceof the herbe dropped into the cares ,aflwageth proceeding as L take it,of obftruction , ot ftopping,as Galen addeth. 4 cet aa, the feed prefied out in fomekinde of liquor,is giuen tothofe that D faethe owejaunders, when the difeafe firft appeereth, and oftentimes with goodfuceefieif thedifeate come of obitruttion without an agewe, for it openeth the paflage ofthe gall, anddi- fperfeth and concoéteththe choler through the whole bodie. Ofwilde Hempe. Chap.228. % The kindes. Hetebediuers forts of wilde Hempes, it (hall fiftice to giue youthe figure of one, withthe defetiption ofmo. : R : % The defcription. His wild Hempe called Canmabis Spuria, and alfo Cannabina Spuria; ot baltarde & The defeription. , Empebringethforth round {talksfraight hollow, fiueor fixe foote high, full ofbia of it it ches, andthat whenic groweth wilde: but whenitis fowen infields, it hath ey leaues thereot be few orno branches atall. The ifcheybebt and e, t black ewha hard,rough, fomm fed they be of a ranke {mell, made vp of cuts pa little Ieanes joined togither ,.euetie Hempe,hath finall, flender, hoarie,and 4 hairie ftalks,a foote high,befet at euerie ioint with two leaues., finallie indented about the edges, fomewhatlikea nettle. The flowers growe in rundles about the ftalkes,ofa purple colour : the rooteis little and threddie. Thereis likewife another kinde ofwilde Hempe which hath haitie ftalkes and leaues Jike the former,but the flowers are greater, gaping wide open like the fowers ofLamium,or dead Nettle, whereof this hath beene taken fora kinde: but hee that knoweth any thing may cafily difcerne the fauour e leafe whereof is narrow, long, fharpe point eth | nicked in the edges : the {eede comm from the bottoms ofthe wings and leaues, ' e fubftance. round,fomewhathard,full of whit rootes haue many ftrings. Hemp Thereis another being the female eto EN barren and without feede, contrarithe vnto other fi ofthat fexe whichis very like ered beforetieor the male, & onemutt be gath beripe, elfeic will wither away, and come goodpurpofe. we Theplace. sag Hempe,as Columella wrireth, delight al ina fat dunged and waterie foile, ot pa moift,anddeepely digged. y, The x The time. Hempeis fowenin Marchand Apt! ily istipein the end ofAuguft,che other in %& The names. + Leepe the Apothecatie py Fie’ This is named ofthe Grecians wdyvetis,alfo of the Latines Can#abis:Spaniards Canam _ 4 Camape: ,of the Italians the of hanif: Jamer Dutch name: inhigh Winter Hempe. The female Barren Hempe,and Sommer Hempe. #! : Mathiolusfaith that the {eed giuen to hens,caufeth them to laie egges more plentifully, Cannabis Spuria. Wilde Hempe. Chap.22.7. Chanuye : of the Brabanders kong in Englith Hempe. Themaleis called Charlee PLANTS. s Galen writethin his bookesof the faculties of fimp! ofdigeftion, hurtt dtothe great cafe and com ftone either in the bladder,or in the reines, as hath beene often prooue with that maladie. fort of thofe,that haue been pri¢uoutl y tormented K L_ OF se Thetemperature andvertues. of hempefrom the {nell of dead Nettle. ‘Lhe flo- wers are of acleere and light carnation colour,declining to purple, There is alfo anotherkinde of wilde hempe, like ynto the laft before mentioned, fauing thatitis {maller in eche refpect & not fohairie : the leafeis fomewhat rounder. The roote {mall and thredaie: %& Theplace, The(ekindes ofwilde or baftarde hempe, doe gtowe. vponhilles and mountaines , and barren hilly grounds,efpecially in eatablelande, as |-haue often feencinthe cornefieldes of Kent, as about aralits ende, Sout! fi are outhfleete, andin all the tract from thence ro Canterburie. % The time, Thef Stherbes do flower fromIulic to the end ofAugutft, wide : in Englifh Enguin wild i oh deans for: the Latinename: what hath t Re fhall fufice mpeNettle hempe, a1 a 1 beene fet downein thetitle pe, andbaftard hempe, te ]The ex Cem) Med in phperature and + ire Ulicke wh, and vertues. : t % The temperature Bt : re Faculties are referred to the manured hempe , notwithftancing they are Of llicke,where the other maybe had, E |