Of the Hiftorie of Plants, 
L IE. 2, 
added, and as much Cerufe as is fufficient for a liniment, wherewith the blemifoed or fpotted 
parts miift be anointed ouer night. r 
T he Lriefe fumme of that hath beenfaid of the Vine. 
A 'TpHc iujrce of the greene leaues, branches, and tendrels of the Vine drunken, is good for thofe 
i- that vomit and fpit bloud, for the bioudy flix, and for women with childe that vomite ouer- 
much. The kernell within the grapes boyled in water and drunke hath the fame effedt. 
B Wine moderately drunke profiteth much, and maketh good digell ion, but it burteth and di- 
flempereth them that drinke it feldome. 
C _ White wine is good to be drunke before meate ; it preferucth the body, and pierceth quickely 
into the bladder : but vpon a full ltomacke it rather maketh oppilations or hoppings becauie it 
doth fwiftly driue downe meate before.Nature hath ofher felfe digefted it. 
D Claret wine doth greatly nourilh and warme the body, and is wholefome with meate, efpecial- 
Jy vnto phlegmatic^ people ; but very vnwholefome for yong children, as Galen faith, becaufe it 
heateth aboue nature, and hurteth the head. 
E lied wine hops the belly, cormpteth the bloud, breedeth the hone, is hurtfull to old people and 
good or profitable to few, iauetoluch as are troubled with the laske, bioudy flix, or any other 
loofenefle of the body. * 1 2 * * * * 7 
F Sacke or Spanifh wine hath beene vied of a long time to be drunke after meate , to caufe the 
meate the better todigeftjbut common experience hath found it to be more beneficiall to the 
ftomacke to be drunke before meate. 
G Likewife Malmfey, Muskadell, Baftard,and fuch like fweet wines haue been vfed before meat 
to comfort tec cok, and weake Aomackc,efpeciaIly being, taken falling : but experience tcacheth 
that Sacke drunke in head thereof is much better, and warmeth more efredhtally. J 
(| Almighty God for thecomfortof mankinde ordained Wine ; but decreed withall, That it 
fhould bb model atly taken, for fo it is wholfomc and comfortable : but when meaflire is turned in* 
roexcefle, it becommeth vnwholefome, and a poyfon moft venomous, relaxing the finewes bring- 
ing with it the palfey and falling ficknefle : to thofe ofa middle age it bringeth hot feuers frenfie 
and Iecherie ; it confumeth the liuerand other of the inward parts": befides, how little credence is 
tobegtuen to drunkards it iseuident ; for though they be mighty men, yet it maketh them mon- 
fters,3f!d worfe than brute hearts. Finally in a word toconclude: this excefliue drinkingofWine 
difhonoreth Noblemen, beggereth the poore, and more haue beene deftroyed by forfeiting there- 
With, than by the fword. b - 
Chap. 324. Of Hops. 
7 he Kin da. 
T Here be two forts of Hops : one the manured or the Garden Hop , the other wilde or of the 
hedge. 
TbcDcfeription. 
•* r T~’ He Hop doth line and flourifo by embracing and taking hold of poles, phSrches, and 
1 other things vponwhiebit climeth. Itbringeth forth very long ftalkes, rough, and 
,. hairie ; alio rugged leaues broad like thofe of the Vine, or rather of Bryonie, bur yet 
Diacker, and with fewer dented dmifions : the floures hang downe by chillers from the tops of the 
Branches, puffed vp, fetas it were with leaks like little canes, or Icaied Pineapples ofa whitifh 
in another” 8 10 yeliomiefre ’ ftron § of fmeil : the roots are flender,and diuerlly folded one with : 
2 1 he w i !de Hop differeth not from the manured Hop in forme or fafhion , but is altogether 
lellet,as well in theclufters of floures, as alfo in the franke (boots, and doth not bring forth focb 
ftoreot floures, wherein efpecially confifteth the difference. 
... The Place. 
_ . , °P * na P atan d fruicfull groundrir profpereth the better by manuring : alfo it 
gr weth among briers and thornes about the borders of fields, I meane the wilde kinde. 
