Lib. 2. Of the Hiftory of Plants. io 5 j 
TheVcrtues. 
It is therefore a very rafh part to lay the leaues of Hemlocke to the ftones of yong boyes or vir- A 
trin brcfts, and by that meanes to keepe thofe parts from growing great ; for it doth not only ea li- 
ly caufe thofe members to pine away, but alfo hurteth the heart and liner, being outwardly appli- 
ed : then muft it ofneceffitie hurt more being inwardly taken ; for it is one of the deadly poyfons 
which killeth by his cold qualitie, as D'ufcondes writeth, faying, Hemlocke is a very euill, dange- _ 
rous hurtfull, and poyfonous herbe, infomuch that whofoeuer takcth of it into his body dieth re- 
med’ilelTe, except the party drinke fome wine that is naturally hot, before the venome haue taken 
the heart, as Pliny frith : but being drunke with wine the poy fon is with greater fpeed caried to the 
heart, by’reafon whereof it killeth prefently ; there fore not to jae applied outwardly, much lelfe ta- 
ken inwardly into the body. 
The great Hemlocke doubtlelfe is not pofTefTcd with any one good facpltie,as appeareth by his B 
lothfome fmell, and other apparant fignes,and therefore not to be vfed in phy ftcke. 
C h a p. 4.30. Of wide and water Hemlocks. 
The Dcfcriptitn. 
f 1 THiswildekinde of Hemlocke hath a (mall tough white root, from which arifevp 
1 diners ftiffe ftalkes, hollow, fomewhat reddilh toward the Sun, ioynted or kneed 
at certaine diftances : from which ioynts fpring forth long leaues very greene, and finely minced 
or iao^ed like the common Cheruill or Parfley : the floures Hand at the rops of the (talks in fmall 
fpokte vmbels, with little longi ih greene leaues about them : the feed followeth, like thofe of 
Hemlocke, or as they grow together on the tops oftheftalks they rdemble Coriander feeds, but 
lcfler : the whole plant isofa naughty fmell. 
•f 1 ficutdrid tenuifolid. 
Thin leafed wilde Hemlocke. 
1 Water Hemlock, which Lohcl cMcth 
rifeth vp with a tlncke fat and empty hollow 
2 Cicutdriapalujtris . 
Wilde water Hemlocke, 
Ciaiuridpdlu(lrh .• Clufms and DoJomms, PhcKandrium , 
ftalke fallofh neesor i 0 y nts > cre ^ c ^> chamfered, or 
-w furrowed, 
