firft found and learned its ufe j and from 

 which place he gave it the denomination it 

 ftill bears. 



Sir Walter Raleigh firft introduced the ufe 

 of it into England, in the reign of Queen 

 Elizabeth, about the year 1585- The 

 plant was probably known in this kingdom 

 before that time, by means of the Spaniards 

 or Portuguefe ; it is however certain, that 

 he firft taught the English to fmoke it. 



The French, on its firft introduction 

 among them, gave it various names, as Ni- 

 cotiana, or the Embaflador's Herb, from 

 John Nicot, who came foon after it was dif- 

 covered, as embafiador to that court, from 

 ^Francis the Second of Portugal, and brought 

 fome of it with him ; which he prefente cf to 

 a grand Prior of the houfe of Lorrain, and 

 to Queen Catherine de Medicis : on this ac- 

 count it was fometimes called the Grand 

 Prior's Herb, and fometimes the Queen's 

 Herb. 



When, 



