5 i >8 Chap. 6 1. Tbeatrum Botanicum. 
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Cannabis fativa. 
A Hempe. 
f r frgincn- 
jv mijor. 
the Palma Chriffi, Lupin and baftard Hdlcbor, every one fct upon 
a long foote ftalke, of a darke greene colour, and of a ftrong un- 
pleafing favour; the flowers are fmall, and of a whitifti yellow co- 
odr ’ ^n^'ng many together, upon a long branch, which turncin- 
to dull, and are carried away with the wind, not carrying any feede 
afterthem; which being the tenderer and weaker, ancf the ftalke 
hollow and not fo ftrong, maketh the finer ftuffe, to be fpunne and 
woven into linnen cloath, fit for mens bodies,or other the like nfes 
and is called of fome Sommer Hempe : but the other being (lron°er 
and called winter Hempe, becaule it is not gathered untill towlrd 
Winter,or at the leaflnot ofa moneth after the other, beareth feede 
in the lame manner, tha t the other bore flowers on long branches 
which is round and conteined in round heads: the rootes are made 
of many ftrong ftringes which take faft hold in the ground, but dye 
and perilh every yeare.-to fliew you the manner of fteeping, drvine- 
beating,and clenfing hereof,to be made into cloth or Cordage is not’ 
my purpofe, nor pertinent for this worke; befides that, it would 
take up too much roome and tune; it is familiarly known to cverv 
country hufwife ahnoft. * 
We have had from Virgin* a very great kinde of Hempe with 
r . greater ftalkes, and much larger leaves and flowers, which being 
broken down with the wmd.when it was ahnoft at the perfeflion 
hereafter 01 fU ' ly expreflc K as we would > and ast ™e may doe it 
The Place. 
Although Pliny hi. so.c. 23. faith that Hempe was formerly 
found Wilde, yet know we norm thefe dayes, where fuchmaybe 
found; for in all places of the world I thinke, it is onely fownc in 
neldes and places, chofen one for the purpofe. 
The Time. 
It is fo wne in the end of March, or beginning of April/, and is 
gathered ** ” Set “ mb "' as :he tw0 lorcs S row ri P" and fit to be 
The Names. 
Itis called in Grceke rj.vv*gt<, and fo Cannabis in Latine alfo, - 
from the Greeke word ranagoi, faith Lobel, ijHodfonticnlos (barfaf- 
ve fcaturigtnes fign.ficat, tjuo loci lubens jponte, dr /dta hncm-iet : the ** 
Arabians call it Canab. and Schehedenegi ; the Italians Canape : the 
Spaniards ^annumo ; the french Chan are, and Chaneve : the Germane: Zamer Ho«<r u n ter 
in Englifb Hempe. cue saermanes earner Hauffx the Dutch Kempt, and wi 
u ,, , , The Virtues. ' i 
Hempe is cold and dry fay Tragus and Lonicerw hnr Galpn in lih -» /"«,♦,/ j■ 
mibw, faith it ishot and dry,and fo doe Matthwlm,R H ell, m F«fchiwLALTd«‘’ m r' t ' 
in: the feede of Hempe confumeth wind,and by the much u’ft thereof doth diZrf"’ , agrecln S with him there, 
the natural! feede of procreation,therewith:for it is hard ofdftrftin„ 1 dlP P^ r, 5 :lt ,0 much, thatirdryeth ui 
ill blood and juyee in the body,yet being boyled in milke and taker h 1 u*to theheati & ftomack.and breedet] 
Tragus faith: the ZWas onefaithdoemakeanEmnlfinn^ adr X a nd hotcongh, a 
thole that have the hiundife, elpccially in the beginning of the difclfc If there bet g ‘ VC “ W ' th good - :fucce(r<: « 
openeth the obftruflionsof the gall, and caufeth digeliLnofchoSt t’he 
men ,n Germany went a wrong conrfe, to give their children the decofliW H™ the wo 
neffe, which it did rather augment, then helpe to take awav • rhe FmnirvT H ^ m Pc feede for the falling ficke- 
laskes and fluxes that are continualfeafeth the paines of the collicke-a^d ° °l ° f the reede ’ fta y etI 
bowels: divers alfo doe flay bleedings herewith, whether at the month r^r 1 ** troubldome humours in the 
leaves with fome of the biood that hathcome from them that bleed and f f at ° thcr P laces > b y fying th« 
to kill the vvormes in man or bead, as alfo the woles Tn the ,earet ortfJT XT is §°°< 
forth any other living creature that hath crept therein ; and to (hew the ftre™ h if P fr ‘T 1 "’ ° r t0 dravv 
thiolus faith, that tlie decoflion thereof, powred into the holes of e^th,f g h h ?, K ? { for th ‘« purpofe, UMat. 
fiftiermen and anglers have ufed this feare to get wormes to bait! theft hoX/ W Th d T ‘a ”'“c'^ and thal 
fayd to allay inflammations in the head,or any other part.the herbe it felfe or rh ^nuiT 1310 " ° f the roo,e 1! 
performeth the like effeft; the fame decoflion of theXtcs, eafeth Ihe pafte of th Wat u 3 ^ eC 
orknotsof thejoynts.thepainesandihrinkingofthcfinewes.andother^hehlrr he S °f u ^ hard tumours 
MauhA’ f ? ra "yp lacethathat!lb «u= burnt by fire, if the freih/uyee be mixe^, C , h ' ? IpP “ : ,tls g 0 ° d 
Matthio/ur huh that Hempe feede, given to Hennes in the winter when thel nT ? h a lttle or butter ' 
laye more plentifully. rc * wnenth «y * a y feweftegges, will make thea 
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