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The Theater of Tlantes. 
3 . Vrt ca media fyfae/fru. 
The middle wild Nettle. 
Chap.icj, 441 
4 - Vi tit a minor. 
The lefler wild Nettle, 
are two leaves let together, very rough, and although it hath no fharpe prickles,yet it hath a hairy downe there¬ 
on, that will fting the skinne mod cruelly if it be touched therewith, and raife it full of bidders,as if it were burnt 
with fire,and dented at the edges fomewhat deepely ; at divers places of the branches come forth Imall ftalkes of 
reddifh and yellowifh flowers, made of threds, which fall away without bearing any thing elfe; but at the 
joynts with the leaves in other places, from the middle of the branches upwards, come forth fmall, round, rough, 
greene, prickly pellets or buttons, wherein is contained divers flat browne fhining feede, fomewhat like unto 
Line, or Flax feede, but lmaller and rounder: the roote is yellowifh and fpreadeth divers long ftrings,and fmall 
fibres, whereby it taketh faftholdin the ground, yet perilheth every yeare, requiring a new fowing every 
Spring. 
2. Vrtica major fylveflris, The greater wild Nettle. 
This other which is the greater of the wild lorts, hatha pale yellow roote, fpreading very deepe into the 
ground, with long ftrings, and fmall fibres, and the branches alfo lying on the ground take roote againe, and 
ipread a great deale of ground, the leaves are of a darker colour, and fometimes brownifh or red, as large,rough 
and flinging as the former, but not fo deepely dented at the edges; at the toppes of the branches, and likewife 
from the joynts with the leaves underneath, come forth fmall long branches of flowers and feedes after them, in 
fafhion very like the branches of the female Mercury, wherein is contained fmall flat whitifh feede, the roote 
perilheth not like the former,but abideth the winter with lome greene leaves Upon it,ifit be not too extreame, ^ 
3, Vrtica media fylveftrpi. The middle wild Nettle. 
The middle fort of Nettle, is thought by divers to be but one and the fame with the former, and differing onely 
by the place of growing, and not growing fully fo great: for it hath the like ftalkes and branches, with the like 
leaves, but lower and fmaller, and thinner let upon the branches, otherwife in feede or creeping rootes, it diffe- 
reth not from the laft. 
4. Vrtica w'mor fylveflris, The lefler wild Nettle. 
The lefler or leaft Nettle, is in mod things like the laft, but rifeth feldome above halfe a yard high, and little 
or nothing branched, the leaves alfo are much lmaller, and of a frelher greene colour, but little lefle flinging 
then the former ; the feed is white like unto it, but the rootes are fmaller and perilh every yeare, yea twife or 
thriceevery yeare, forihaveobfervedittolheditfelfetwifein a hot yeare, and fpring up againe the third 
time of the fhedde feede, which being neere winter, perilheth with the firlt frofts, but rifeth againe the next 
yeare. 
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The firft is mod ufually fowen in Cardens where it is delired, as it is alfo both in the upper and lower Germany , 
and mod places of France alfo, but it hath bcene found naturally growing time out of minde, both at the towns 
of Lidde by Romney and in theftreetes of the towne'of Romney in Kent , where it is recorded Inliui Ctfar landed 
with his fouldiers, and there abode for a certaine time, which it is likely was by them called Romania and cor¬ 
ruptly there-irom Romcney or Romny, and for the growing of it in that place, it is reported that the ^ u ^ ie j^ s 
