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Show k 598 Theatrum Botanicum: Cua. 61. Trip x5. the Palma Chriffi , Lupine and baltard Hellebor, every one fet upon along foote ftalke, of a darke gteene colour, ‘andofa {trong unpleating favour ; the flowersare {mall,' ahd of a whitith yellow colour, ftanding many together upon along branch, which turne into dull, and are carried away withthe wind,not. carrying any feede afterthem; which being the tenderer and weaker, and theftalke a = Cannabis [yluefiris five [puria, Wilde or baftard Hempe. EGER 3) Hereare two or three forts ofherbes,that are accounted by divers for wilde or baftard Hempes, : yetare none ofthem the trite Cannabis[ylveftris of Diofcorides : Bauhinus therefore in not fo ac= counting of them,referreth them to the kinds of Nettles,as you fhall heare by and by. 1. Cannabis [puria prima, The firft baftard Hempe. andis called of fome Sommer Hempe: but the other being ftronger : This baftard Hempe rifeth up witha reafonable great hairy {quare ftalke, not very {trong nor © =< upright, butas ic were leaningdowne, with divers joynts bunching outlike knees, and two leaves fer at every of them, fomewhat long hairy and pointed, of a frefher greene colour then the manured Hempe,and dented about the edges: at the joynts likewife comeforth divers branches joynted and fet with leaves inthe fame manner, where about towards the toppes grow divers hoodded and gaping flowers,like thofe and called winter Hempe, becaufe itisnot gathered untill toward Winterjorat the leaft,not ofa monethafter the other, beareth feede of many {trong {tringes which take faft hold in the ground; but dyé country hufwife almoft. i "IN HNN 3 YeOe ‘ 22 el ; Lie" U is AC SN Wehavehad from Virginia a very great kinde of Hempe, with Virginen. fis major. greaterftalkes, and muchlarger leaves and flowers, which bein R broken downwith the wind,whenit was almolt at the perfe@ion, “wecannot fully expreffeitas we would, and astime may doeit hereafter. 1 of the dead Nettle, but larger,and greater, of a pale purplith colour, ftanding in {mall greene prickly huskes ; wherein afterwards groweththe feede, being {mall and round, three or foure growing together ; the roote is hard and white,and fomewhat {preading, but dying before winter, Thereis another hereof,whofe floweris ofa perfec white colour for the moft part, ora little pale whayifh, Flore #tit whichdothplainely expreffe the difference, 2, Cannabis {puriaaltera, The fecond baltard Hempe. This other baftard Hempe differeth notin ftalke from the former, but the leaves are fhorter and rounder ; the flowers hereof are notfo great as they, thenppermelt part or hood whereof, is of a pale colour tending to yel- low, and the lower part ofa deeperred or purple colour ; the huskes of the Bowers are fomewhat more prickly thenthe other. : 3. Cannabis (pwria tertia, Thethird baltard Hempe. The Place. Although Phay, lib, 20,¢, 23. faith thar Hempe was formerly found wilde, yetknow wenor in thefe dayes, where fuch may be found; forinall places ofthe world I thirike; itis onely fowne in fieldesandplaces, chofen ont for the purpofe. : The Time, Tt isfowne inthe end of AZarch, or beginning of Aprill, andis ripe in Axguft or September, as she two forts grow ripe andfit tote gathered. The Names; 599) Cuap, LX It. woven into linnen cloath, fit for mens bodies,or other the like ufes, and.perifh every yeate:to fhew you the mannerof {teeping, drying, uel a hercof,to be made into cloth or Cordage,is a my purpofé, nor pertinent for this worke; befides that, ‘it would take uptoomuchroome and time; itis familiarly known to every Cuar.62. aoa a ea ‘ativa. Manured Hempe. hollow and not foftrong, maketh the finer ftuffe, tobe {punne and inthe fame manner, that the other bore flowers on long branches, whichis round and conteined in round heads: the rootes are made The Theater of Plants. Tries, ° ItiscalledinGreeke ygyyo2:s, and fo Cannabis in Latine alfo, fromthe Greeke word xayraGci, faith Lobel, quodfonticulos Parfaf= we fcaturigines fignificat, quoloci lubens ponte, e [ata laxuriet: the Arabians callit Canab, and Schehedenegis the Italians Canape: the Spaniards (annamo ; the French Ghanure, and Ghaneve: the Germanes Zamer Alanff; the Dutch Kempe, and we in Englifo Hempe, The Vertues, Hempeis cold and dry fay Tragus and Lonicerws, but Galen in ib. 7.fempl.medicament. & primode alimentfacul. tatibus faith it is hot and dry,and {0 doe Afatthiolus Ruellius,Fufchius,and Lugdunenfis, agrecing with him therein: the feede of Hempe confimeth wind,and by the much ufe thereof, doth difperteit {o much,that itdryeth u the naturall feede of procreation ,therewith:forit is hard of digeftion, hurtful to the head & ftomack,and breederk ill blood and juyce in the body,yet being boyled in milke and taken, helpeth fuch as have adry and hot cough, as Tragus faith: the Dutchas one faithdoe make an Emulfion out of the feede, and give it with good fuccefle to thofe that have the Taundife, efpecially in the beginning ofthe difeafe, ifthere be no ague accompanyingit,for it opencth the obftructions of the gall,and caufeth digeftion of choller therein : but as A¢atthio/ue faith, the women in Germany went a wrongcourfe, to give their children the decoftion of Hempefeedefor the falling fickenefle, which it did rather augment, then helpe to take away: the Emulfion or decoétion ofthe feede, ftayeth laskes and fluxes that are continuall,eafeth the paines ofthe collicke jand allayeth the troublefome bumoursin the bowels : divers alfo doe ftaybleedings herewith, whether at the mouth or nofe, or at other places,by frying the leaves with fomeofthebloodthat hathcome from them that bleed,andfo given them to eatesit is heldvery good to kill the wormes in man or beaft, as alfo the wormes in the eares, or the juice dropped therein, or to draw forth anyotherliving creature that hath crept therein ; and to fhew the ftrength hereof for this purpofe, (Mar. thiolus {aith, that the decoétionthereof, r powrédintot! he holes of carthwormes, will draw them forth, and that fifhermen and anglers have ufed this feate to get wormes tobaite their hookes. The decoétion ofthe roote is fayd toallay inflammations in the head,or any other part,the herbe it felfe,or the performeth the like effe@; the fame decoétion of the rootes, eafeth the paines diftilled water thereof applyed of the gout, the hard tumours, or knots of the joynts,the paines and fhrinking of the finewes, and other the like paines of the hippes: itis good tobeufed, for any place thar hath beene burntby fire, ifthe freth juyce be mixed with little oyle or butter. Matthiolus faith, that Hempefeede, given to Hennesin the winter, when they lay feweft egges,will makethem laye moreplentifiliy, Thethird baftard hempeis in the growing muchlike the former, burthat the leaves at the joynts aré fomé< what long and narrow, alittle fadder and not dented aboutthe edges in the moft ; the flowers hereof are hoo= ded and gaping, but they are of a pale yellowifh colour wholly, with alittle orno fhadow or {pot therein, and ftand chicker about the joyntsy whofe huskes have longer and fharper points then the reft, The Place, All thfe doe grow as well in moyft groundsasin dry, by ditch fides, and by the path wayés, under walls,&c? and fome ofthem willbe found in gardens, to be continually pulled up asa weede, and unprofitable herbe : yer the fecond fort with a white flower was found by the path wayes neare Clapham, and in the ditches by Rede 7 ffejor Rother Hithe, cy 1. Cannabis (phriaprima, ‘Thefirft baftard Hempe, Ss 3- Cannabispuria tertia; The third baftard Hempe. V7 Ghe oee PNK (A) BRS I 7 AyY S ai{ SE |