History & The Arts
How a centuries-old poem hints at Shakespeare’s herbal ‘muse’
...Author’s note: I am most grateful to Chris Bennett for directing my attention to the “The Praise of Hemp-seed” by John Taylor (1620). [The Conversation] Francis Thackeray, Phillip Tobias Chair in Palaeoanthropology, Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....