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IB. 2. 
Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
S'Si 
I Lupus fdi ft arias. 
The Tims. 
The floures of hops are gathered in Augufland 
September, and referued to be vfed in beere : in the 
Spring time come forth new fiioots or budsfin the 
Winter onejy the roots remaine aliue. 
•[ The Names. 
It is called in (hops and in all other places £«- 
pul as : offome, Lupus fdifi arias, or Lnpulus falitta- 
rnss . in high-Duteh, I^Opflen : in lotv-Dutch, 
l)oppC : in S pani fh , A/ ombre\illos : in French, Hon 
hlon -. in Engliih, Hops. 
Pliny, hb. 2 < . cup. 15. maketh mention of Hops 
among the prickly plants. 
T he T emperature. 
The floures of the hop are hot and dry in the fe- 
cond degree: they 'fill and lluffe the head,and hurt 
the fame with their flrong fmell. Of the fame tem- 
perature alfo are the leaues themfelucs, which doe 
likewife open and clenfie. 
•ff The Vertucs. 
Thebuds or firlt fprouts which come forth in A.A 
the Spring are vfed to be eaten in fallads ■, yetare 
they, as Phny faith, more toorhfome than nouri- 
shing, for they yeeld but very finall nourifhment : 
notvvithftanding they be good for the intrals,both 
in opening and procuring ofvrine, and likewife in 
keeping the body foluble. 
Theleaues and little tender ftalkes,and alfo the B S 
floures tbemfelties remoue (loppings out of the li- 
ner and fpleene, purge by vrine, helpethe fpleene, 
clenfe the bloud, and be profitable againlt long lingering Agues, fcabs, and fuch like filth of the 
skin, if they be boyled in whay. 
The iuyee is of more force, and doth not onely remoue obflrudtions out of the intrals, but it is C C 
alfo thought toauoid cholcr and flegme by the ftoole. It is written, that the fame dropped into 
the eares taketh away the flench and corruption thereof. 
The floures are vfed to feafon Beere or Ale with, and toomany do caufcbitterneffe thereof, and D E 
are ill for the head. 
The floures make bread light, and the lumpe to be fooner and eafilier leauc-ned,if the meale be E 
tempered with liquor wherein they hauc been boyled. 
The decodtion of hops drunke openeth the (loppings of the I iwer, the fpleene, and kidneyes,and p 
purgeth the bloud from all corrupt humors, caufing the fame to come forth with the vrine. 
The iuyee of Hops openeth the belly, and driueth forth yellow and cholericke humours , and G 
purgeth the bloud from all filthinefle. 
The manifold vertues of Hops do manifeflly argue the wholfomenefle of beere aboue ale j for h 
the hops rather make it a phyficalldrinke tokcepe the body in health, than an ordinary drinkefor 
the quenching of our third. 
Chap. 3Z5. Of ’Traucllenfoy* 
^ The Dcfcription, 
i '"T* He plant which Aofc/fetteth forth vnder the title of Viorna, "Doimsus makes VitisaWa , 
but not properly ; whole longwooddy and viny branches extend them felues very far, 
and into infinite numbers, decking with his clafping tendrels and white flarre-like 
floures (being very fiveet) all the bullies, hedges, and fhrubs that areneere yntoit. It fends forth 
many branched flalkcs, thicke, tough, full of (hoots and clafping tendrels, whereRuth it foldeth it. 
felfevpon the hedges, and taketh hold and climcth vpon euery thing-riltt: (landeth neers vnto 
Eeee 5 it.- 
