7°S Of the Hiftorie of Plants. Lib. 2. 
D Itconcoftethanddraweth out ofthecheft raw humors. 
E It is good for them that cannot breathe vnleffe they hold their necks vpright and for thofe that 
haue the pleurrfie, and for fuch as be fick of the inflammation of the lungs, if u be taken in a looch 
or licking medicine, and alfo againft the troublefome cough that children haue called the Chin 
P cough. 
N,c<wdn affirmcth that it is a remedie againft the venomous qualitie of Hemlocke,Mu(hroms 
and Quick-nluer. 3 
And AfoUadoris faith that it is a counterpoyfon for Henbane, Serpents, and Scorpions 
As Pliny witnefleth, the fame Author wnteth, that the oyle ofit takes away the flinging which 
the Nettle it felfe maketh. & b 
The fame groftcly povvned, and drunke in white wine, is amoft lingular medicine againft the 
ftone either m the b ladder or in the mines, as hath beene cfften proued, to the great eafe°and com 
fort of thofe that haue been gricuoufly tormented with that maladie. 
^ It expelleth gtauell, and caufeth to make ware?. 
The leaues ofanv kinde of Nettle, or the leeds,do worke the like effeift but not with thatgood 
lpeed and loafluredly as the Romane Nettle & 
Chap. 238. Of Hempe. 
I C Min ubi-s mas. 
Male or Steele Hempe. 
t 2 Cannabis fosmina. 
Femeline, or Female Hempe. 
The Description. 
r T_T Empe bringeth forth round ftalkes, ftraight, hollow, Sue or fix foot high, full of bran- 
d ches when it grovveth wilde ofit felfe ■ but when it is fovvne in fields it hath very few 
or nobranches atall. The leaues thereof be hard, tough, fomewhat blacke, and if 
they bebtuiled they be of a ranke fmell,made vp of diners little leaues ioyned together,euery par- 
ticular leafe whereof is narrow, long,(harpe pointed, and nicked in the edges : the feeds come forth 
from the bottomes of die wings and leaues, being round, fomewhat hard, full of white fubftance. 
The roots haue many firings. 
2 There is another, being the female Hempe, yet barren and without feed, contrarie vnto the 
nature 
