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Show 574 THE SECOND HISTORIE BOOKEOF THE OF PLANTS. $73 and groffe humours, and to expell yertuetofcoure and open, to attenuate or makethinne thicke Of Water Hempe. Obap.229. ordriue themfoorth by vrine: they clenfe and purifie the blood. ; i %e The vertues. The decoction heerofis profitablie giuen to thofe that be fcabbed andhaue filthyskins:andlike- A wifetofich as hauetheir fpleene andliner ftopped orfwolnes for it taketh away the ftoppings of % The defeription, Ater Hempe, orwater Agrimonie;i VV feldome foundein hotregions, for which caufe it is called Eypatoriom Cannabinum famina Septentrtonaliwn, and go. weth in the colde northerne countries in moi places,and in the midft of ponds, lowe running both thofeintrailess and alfo ofthe gall: wherefore it is good for themthat haue the iaundile,e cially fomewhat after the beginning. Theherbe boiled in wine or water,isfingular good againft certian feuers, Thedecostion drunke, and the leaues outwardly applied , doe heale all wounds both inwarde C andoutward. Of Egrimonie. riuers,and ditches. ‘The roote continueth long, hauing many long and flender ftrings, after the nature of water herbes, The ftalkes growea cy biteand a halfe high, of a darke purplecolou, with many braunches ftanding by diftaunces Agrimonia, Egtimonie. % The defeription. Heleaues of -4grimonia, arelong and hais one fromanother. The leavesare more indented andleffe hairie than the male kinde,the flowers growe at thetop , ofabrowne yellowe colo, rie, greene aboue, and fomewhat grayifh vnderneath , parted into diuers other {mall leaues, fnipt rounde about the edges, almoft like the leaues ofhempe. Theftalke is two foote and an fpotted with black fpots like Aster attiewesvich confifteth of fucha fubftaunce as isinthemidl of the Daifieyor the Tanfie flower, &isfetabot with finall andfharpe leaues , flich as ate about the rofe, which caufeth the whole fowettor {emblea ftarre and fauoureth like gum Zlawpn The Rofine, or Cedar woode when itisbumed, halfe long,rough,and hairies whereupon grow ma- nie {mall yellowe flowers one aboue anothervpwards towardethe top: after the flowers come the feedesfomewhatlong andrough, like to {mall burs hanging downwards, which whentheyberipe, do catch holde vponpeoples garments whichpafle byit.The rooteis great,long,andblacke, feedeis long like Pyrethrum, clofely thet tog ther,andlightly cleatieth to any wollen garmttt, % Theplace. that it coucheth byreafon ofhis roughns, There is another wilde hempe growingin water, whereof there be twofortsmotts It growethin barrenplaces by highwaies,inclofures of medowes, andofcorefieldes, and oftentimes in woodes and copfes, and almoft euerie where. ting to growin the like ground,in fhewedif ee ra fomewhat reddifh, abouttwocis vetielittle, This pringeth vp with long roundeftalkes, and indented vpon theedges,witt %& The tame. high, or fomething higher , they are befet with long greeneleauesvpon one ftem like the laut of youfhall fee commonly fiue or feauenof thofe leaues hanging roundets Tt fowreth in Iune , and fomewhatlater, and feedethafter that,a great part of fommer, colour, confitting offoft hempe,but yet fofter. The flowers arelittle, ofa pale reddifh vanifh away into downe: the 100k length at which fprigs topofthe vponthe ftand perting % The names. The Grexcianscall it éuzerewr: and the Latines and derncathis full of threddie firings ofa meane bigneffe, % Theplace. ‘They growe aboutthe brinkes ofditches,running waters, and ftanding pooles, a nnd. in ratte placesalmoft euerie where, % The time. lenut They flower and Aourith inTulieand Augutft: iesok continueth, but the fakes andl wither away in winter. % The names. ‘a The baftarde or wilde Hempes, efpecially thofe of the water, arecalled commonly Host adultery Cannabinumof divers alfo Eupatorium, Leonhar. Fuch/ius watneth it Eupator/um and Enpatortim A s Cannabina , ofthe likenesithath with the leaues ofCanmabis, Hempe, Itis thoughtalfo to be that which Baptifla Sardus doth pean Terzola: inhigh Dutch if gund kraut, tharis to faicin Latine Sanéte Cunicunde Herba, S. Cunigunaes herbe? 19:08 wit Baelkens keutt; in Englith water Hempe, baftard and water Agrimonie.Itis called Bg ofthe facultie, whercbyitis good for Hepar,the liver. % The temperature. . Theleaues androotes ofthefelbetbes are bitterallo hot and driein the fecond degrets hey Chap.230. allo Eupatoriwm. Plinie Eupatoria, yet there is another Expatoriumin Apuleius, and thatis A¢arrub:um, Horehound: in like manner the Apothecaries haue another Hepatoriwn thatis commonly vied, a which alfo is named Hepatoriwnadulterinum: the hopsealticbattavae Ait me InOribifushis olde Sraa divers itisnatned Ferraria, ofothers Concordia,or ALarmorella: is 3 2 ae in the fourth booke of fimples, Agrimonieis named Lappainuer/a: le Phidensfeet D seis icaufe the feedes which are rough like burres,do hang dawnyrardes $ dSpaniarde Beer the Se ofthe feedes hanging tomens pene dialiaps 2 fr chandin Engtith, eeeties 0 high re Beuckiwurts ap eee oe faith Phaie\ithath eremonie : Eupatorium earet n His name of Eupator the tinderof it out; atha roiall andpriticely authoritie, ff Cand doth moderately bi * Hee EEeeot hu fle: Galen Gal teacheth,t apse: heth,that atAgni ndfubtillace g y binde,andis ofa temperate drineffe: apninecte 10 of oC parts,t lat itcutteth and {eoureth, therefore faith he, it remoouet PMs out of the liuer,anddothlikewife ftrengthenit, by reafonof the binding qualirie Dit, & The |