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_ bunches, coming. fromi the bottom of the Leaves, which being pr eparedvand 
make fic to bethrefhed;: it cometh forth being almoft round, witha fomewhat 
hard. thell;, under which liech a kernell of a whice’ fubftance; The Roots are 
__ amade of many. ftrong ftrings, which-cake fa(t hold im the gronnd, fo that they 
arevery Pebieead topullup, unleffe che ground be mellow, or pretently ai- 
terrain, yecrhey dieand perifhevery year. 
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., The firis fowne:in moft Counties of this Land, but not fo frequently in 
fome as in others, yet whei¢ oever it tic, it delights in a well dunged and 
wacery foyle, which muft be either plowed ordigged deep, or elf it thriveth 
not. It isfownein March or April, and-rifeth out of the ground, within few 
dayes atter. it is committed thereunto,’ making its way through Cloth, Shooe 
Soales, orang fuch thing’that lies over its; The Female Hemp is ripein July, 
and thereiore-called Summer Hemp, the Male in September, when the Wentet | 
approachech, and therefore jt is called Wis@er Metipss. 2 bas Saco ong 
«bee ast s+ ae eee ; E ; The Temperaiure. i ce a. 
- There be fome that {peak Hemp to be coldauddry, but the major parrof 
Wricersareofopinion that icishotanddry. ee 
_ The Seed of Hemp ufed frequently, is good forthofe which are troubled 
wich a thorn in the flefh, forbefidesthat, it confumeth Windineffe, ic doth fo 
much difperfe it, that it dryeth up the natural! Seed of procreation therewith yam 
Being boyled in Milk and taken, it helpech fuch as havea dry, and hot Cough, 
as Treg iaith; Ae Emalfion made of the Seed, is given with geod fucceffeto 
thofe that have the Fawndije, efpecially in che beginning of the difeafe, ifthere 
be no Ague accompanying it, for it openeth che Obitruction of che Gall, and 
caufeth digeftion of Choller therein 3 A decottion of the faid Seed, ftayeth 
LaskesandFluxes, that are continuall, eafeth the pains of the Choilick,and 
layeth the troublefome humours in the Bowels ; An Hempfecd Poffer, with 
fome Nutmeg, procureth Sleep being taken bedward; The Leaves fryed with = 
fome of the blood ofthofe whobleed exceedingly,and eaten, ftayeth the iff 1ing 
Out thereof, whether ickeactheMouth, Nofe, or any other place 5 The juyce 
of the Leaves are heldto bevery effetaall tokill worms either in Man or Beatt 
and being dropped intotheeares, it killech che worms that areinthem, and 
drawech torch Eare-wigs, or other living Creatures gotten into them ;- The des 
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coftion of the Root allayeth Inflanmations in the Head, or any other party 
and fo doth the Herb it {elf, or the diftilled Water thereof; The faid decoétion 
_ eafeth the pains of che Gour, the hard tumors or knots in the joynts, the pains 
and fhrinking of cheSinewes, and chepains ofthe Hip; the freth juycemixed 
wich 2 little Oy] and Butter, is good for any place that hach been burnt with 
fire, being theretoapplyed ; Notwithftanding thefe Vertues, it is faid to be 
hard of digeftion, huretull to the, Head and Stomack, and breedeth illblood 
and wuyce, and in the body, if it be taken without diferetion. Concerning the 
gathering, fhocking, threfhing, watering, peeling or ftripping, braking, drefe 
ing and {pinning of Hemp I dare not be too particular, left I fhould be contra- 
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