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Theflourcs of hops are gathered in Auguft and 

 September^and referued to be vfed in beere: in the 

 Spring time come forth new fhoots or buds in the 



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% 7 be Names. 



It is called in fhops and in all other places, Z«- 



fulus : of fome, Lup us fnli£larju^,ot Ltipulm falicta- 



rius [ : in high Dutch, l^opflTetl : in low Dutch, 

 I^Oppe t in Spanifh, HornbreT^llos : in French, Hou- 

 blon : in Englifh, Hops. 



Pliny Jib. 2 ucap.i^. maketh mention of Hops 

 among the prickly plants. 



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The floures of the hop are hot and dry in the fc- 

 conddegree; they filland ftuffc the head,and hurt r 

 the fame with their ftrong fmcII.Of the fame rem- 



likewife open and clenfe. 



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The buds or firft fprouts which come forth in A 

 the Spring are vfed to be eaten in fallads ; yet are 

 they, as Pliny faith, more toothfome than nouri- 

 fhing, for they yeeld but very fmall nourishment: 

 notwithftandmg they be good for the intrals, both 

 in opening and procuring of vrine,and lil^fwife in 

 keeping the body foluble. *>+ 



The leauesand little tender ftalkes, andalfo the B 

 floures rhemfclucs remouc (toppings out #iffne li- 

 uerand fpleene, purge by vrine, helpe the fpleene ' 

 clenfe the bloud 5 and be profitable againft longlingring Agues, fcabs,andfuch like filth of the 



in, if they be boy led in whay. 



The juyce is of more force, and doth not onely remoue obftru&ions out of the intrals, but it is 

 alfo thought toauoidcholerand flegmeby the ftoole.lt is written, that the fame dropped into the 

 earcs, takcth away the ftench and corruption thereof. 



The floures are vfed to feafon Beere or Ale with, and too many do caufe bitternefle thereof, and 

 are i!! lor the head. 



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The floures make bread light, and the lumpe to be fooner and eafilier leauened, if the racalc be n 

 tempered with liquor wherein they haue been boiled. 



Tbedecoftionof Hopsdrunkeopeneth the flopping of the Hucr, the fpleenc,and kidnies, and p 

 r^reeth thebloud from all corrupt humors, caufing the fame tocome forth with the vrine. 



The juvce of Hops openeth the belly.and driueth forth yellow and cholericke humors,and pur- 

 g e ththe blond from all filthineffe. 



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°P* rather make it a phy ficall drinke to keepe the body in health, than an ordinary drinke for the 

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T He plant which £*&/ fetteth forth vnder the title of V.iorna i 'Dodon4tmx^skt%VitUalbi\ 

 but not properly 5 whofe long wooddy and viny branches extend themfelues very far, 

 g , . a nd into infinite numbers, decking with his clafping tendrels and white ftarre-Iike 

 manv K? e '" g y ery fvveec) a11 the bu(Ilcs > hedges, and (hrubs that are neere vnto it. It fends forth 



' " ' "~ tendrels, wherewith it foldcth* 



fling that ftandeth neere vnto*. 



^y branched 



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