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A sheet from a historical calendar with the image of Žatec, Jan Willenberg, 1569
from Hájku, in his famous translation of Matthioli’s "Book Frankfurt in 1585, he made a laudable mention of Žatec
of Herbs" (Commentarrii in sex libros Pedacii Dioscoridis), beer called "Samec" (Male), that was allegedly supposed
issued in Prague in 1562, he described Czech hops and to strengthen masculinity.
methods for their cultivation in the supplements. In his
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other work, "On beer and methods of its preparation, In the first half of the 16 century, hop merchants from
its substance, strengths and effects," which came out in Žatec and hop growers created a special order for
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Title page and page about hops from the work "O pivu…" (About Beer...), Tadeáš Hájek z Hájku, 1585
