Tribe,. 5, The Theater of Thants* Chap. 61. 597 
railed: it Cannabina aquaticajive Eupatorium mas. Gefner eupatorium aquaticum, dr Trifolium cervinum aqua- 
icum. 'Baptift*Sardits<xlktbkTernola,Angui/Ur*,Gefiieri»hortii CjcrmimU, Lacuna, Loniccr w , and Camera. 
callit Eupatorium Avicenna. This is called in high DntcbS. Kunigunds Kraut, that \s Herbx Santtx kunjo. 
Us & Wafferdofl, of lbe\o\v‘Dutch Toelkencruiit : the fife is called by Consttus Eupatorium foliis Ernie, and I 
iccording to the tide, to put a difference betweene it, have let U tifolwm, and the other of that fortwhichl 
s rail annfiifilium, and hath onely fprung with me, and hath not becne mentioned by any before : the laft which 
i) is I fa yd is of two forts, the one with divided leavf s, the other with whole, are diverfly named by divers; for 
:lnt with divided leaves is called by Tragus VerbenafupiUa, by Cordut upon Diofcondei Vcrbtnaca reola, by Cjef- 
.1 ter in bortu,Forbefina Bonomenfmm, and by ionic as lie there faith, C<my*oapaluflr'is,& Verbefma in his Appendix- 
C ay Dodonaus Hepatorium aquatile, Rttclhus tookeic to be Hydropiper , and lb did Lngdunenfts, but yet doth con- 
I fute his opinion, and fheweth the differences, as t Matthio/m before hath done; by Cxfatpinw EUcns folio tripar. 
s tito divifa, and by Bauhinus Cswnabina aquatic* folio tripartite divifoi the other with whole leaves is called by 
1 Lobel, Eupatorium Canmbirmmfamina Septentrionalium-, by T’abermontanus, Eupatorium Cannabimm Cbryfan- 
I ihcmom-, by Lugdunenfis Hydropiper aliud Dalecbampii ;by Ccfaipinios, Hidcns folio non diffeblo, and by Bauhinw 
i in his Prodomus, Cannabim aquatic* fimilis capitults nutxntibus, and inilis Pinax Cannabina aquatica folio non di— 
I vifo: that of Virginia miy well goe under the fame title. 
'The Venues. 
I The fweete Agrimony is held by divers tobe the more excellent in all the properties of Agrimony- but be- 
I caufe we cannot have it in that quantity, that may ferve all mens continuall ufes, our ordinary iort will ferve fut- 
ficiently well and effectually. Serapio faith, it is hot and dry in the firft degree,and as Galen faith, it is of thinne 
parts, and hath a clenfing and cutting faculty, without any manifeft heate; it is alio moderately drying and bin- 
] ding; it op'eneth the obttruftions of the Liver, andclenfethit; ithelpcththe/aundifc, and ftrengthneth the in. 
I ward parts, and is very beneficiall to the bowels, and healeth their inward wonndings and bruife's or hurts, and 
qualified) all inward diflemperatures, that grow therein: the decoftion of the herbe. u ade with wineand 
drunke, is good againft the (ting, and bitings of Serpents, andhelpeth them that have foulc, or troubled and 
bloody waters; it is good for the (trangury, and helpeth them to make water currantly, and help:th alfo the 
collickejic clenfeth thebrelf,and helpeth the cough: it is accounted alfoagood helpetoridde a quartaine as well 
as a tertian ague, by taking a draught ofthc decoftion warme before the fit, which by altering them, will in time 
tridde them: the leaves and feede faith Diofcorides, the feedefaith Pliny, ftaycth the bloody flixe, being taken in 
wine: outwardly applyed it helpeth old fores, cancers, and ulcers that are of hard curation, being (lamped 
with old Swines gveale and applyed, for it clenleth and afterwards healeth them-" ia the fame manner alfo ap¬ 
plyed, it doth draw forth the thornes or fplinters of wood,nayles, or any other fuch thing, that is gotten into 
the flelh, and helpeth to If rengthen members that be out of joynr: it helpeth alfo foule impoftumed cares, be- 
1 ingbruifed and applyed, or the juyee dropped into them: the difkilled water of the herbe, is good to all the 
. ptirpofes aforefaide; either inward or outward. The Hempe like Agrimony, or Eupatorium Camabimtm, is of the 
lame temperature of heate and drycth, forit alfoopeneth, elenfeth, cuttethand maketh thinne thole humors 
that are thicke and tough, and therefore is very effeftuall for the dropfie, yellow Iaundife, obftruftions of the 
Liver, and hardneffe of the Spleene, fulnefleof humors, and theevilldifpofition or habit of the body : the juyee 
hereof drunke, is commended much againft the impoftumes that come of a cold caufe within the body, and for 
thofe that are without, the herbe bruifed and applyed outwardly : the decoftion thereof taken before the fits 
of long and lingring agues, doth lielpe much to free any from them: the fame alfo provoketh urine, and wo¬ 
mens natural! courles; and boyled with Fumitcrry in whey and drunke, helpeth fcabbes, and the itch, which 
procecde of fait and fharpe humours; but the juyee mixed with vinegar, and annointed cureth it outwardly; and 
curcth the Leprofiealfo.lf it be taken in the beginning, but the juyee being drunke, is held tobe more effeftuall: 
the j'uyce being clarified and dryed, and the weight of a fcrunle taken in pills, killech the wormesof the belly, 
and the leaves fteeped indrinke, and given to children doth the fame. The leaves are often given by the Coun¬ 
try people, to their cattle, and other beads, troubled with coughes, and when they arc broken winded, or have 
griping paines within them, all which it helpeth •• the flowers chiefely are nfedto heale both greene andold 
fores, but the herbe it felfc will doe folikewilc; it is fayd that hunters have obferved, thatDeare being woun¬ 
ded,by the eating of this herbe have beene healed of their hurts: the dryed herbe being burned, driveth away 
by the ftr.oakc and fmell thereof, all flics, wafpes, and the like, and all other hurtful! and venemous crea¬ 
tures. 
C H A f. LX I. 
Cannabis. Hempe. 
Herearetwo kindesof Hempe, the tame or manured, and the wildc or baflard; of the manured kind 
there are two forts, male, and female, of which I intend to entreate in this Chapter; and of the w.ide 
or baflard forts in the next. 
Cannabis fativa. Manured Hempe. 
The Manured Hempe,(which is of fo great ufe, both for linnen cloach and cordage) is as I fayd of two forts, 
male and female as they ate called, yet both rife from one and the fame feede; and herein is fomewhat like the 
French Mercury, but how this change in nature Ihould be, no man can give a reafon t the male hath the ftronger 
ftalke, and more bulhie, and the leaves greater, and of a darker greene colour, and bearing feede without any 
fhewof flowers, and endureth longer, before it be ripe tocut downe : conttariwife, the female hath afingle 
ftalke, for the molt part, with few or no branches, and beareth flowers, but no leede followeth, and is rip 4 , and 
mnft be cut downe, or pulled up before the other: they both rifeupto agreat height, even fixe or feven foots 
high or more, with many leaves fet thereon at diftances, every one divided into 5. or 6 . or 7, feverall leaves, joy- 
ned together at the bottome of them, and dented about the edges, fomewhat like unto the forme of the leaves of 
