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Show Tris ae Se tea Phe Vertues. ‘ Sponges are put to manyufes,buth civill'and Phyficall, as for fomentations or bathings, which moiftenedand applyedcontaine the warmthof the decottion, much longer and ftronger then either linnen or Woollen cloth : peeces ofSponges very well dryed and put into hollow ulcers, that are ready toclofe, before they be throughly clenfed and healed, doth openthe fores againe,being to be pulled forth by t thred is faftened thereto, beforeit be put insthe afhes thereof mixed witha little wine orvinegar,is ufed to cleare the cyes when eg are bloodfhote ten,or Watering ; the {tones in the Sponge are ufed by fometo be given to them that are troubled with the ftone, to helpe to breake it, and caufe it to pafic away with the urine. The Venetian Spongie plantis {aid to clenfe the fece, being wafhed with a decottion made thereof in honyed water, and isa remedy for them that have eaten Trroe 14, The Theater ofPlapts. 3 Mufcus terre/tviscopartus, Beefome Moffe, Cwar.59. 4 Mufews davatus five Lycopodium, Club Moffe,or Walfes claw Moffc, ee ADO: ne ar > By Vy oe 277En 5 Wee. Yin 7306 Cuar58. ‘TLheatrum Botanicum. —__ HA a a danyerousMufhromesto be boyled in Vinegar and taken-the pouther thereoftaken im Wine purgeth like Cremor Tartarigand cutteth and thinneth groffe and vifcous humours, ; ly Cuar. LVIIL Britanice Conche Anatifere, Barnackles or Brant Gecfe. Britawice Conthe anatifere.Brig Bint Gee = O finifh this Treatife of Sea plants, let me bring thisad: ro mirable tale ofuntruth to your confideration, that what- Rs foever hath formerly beene related concerning the breeLicked, ding of thefe Barnackles, to be from fhels growing on whew 74 ek . : 2 : trees, &c. isutterly erronious, their breeding and hatching, being found out bythe Dyechand others, in their Navigationsto the Northward, as that thirdof the Dstch in Ammo 1536. aoth declare, RaatFe AE \" y IMi 4. DMufcus clavate five Lycopodium: : fi oeMoffe. Club Mofle,or, Wolfesclaw RIASFAving fhewed youthe Moffes and excreffencesof theSea, let mé exhibite alfo to your knowledge P| Bet i in this place,and not putthem to any other, the Moffes and Mufhromes of the Land: Thevaricties hereof are many,andtherfofeto be divided into thofe that grow on thé grorind,and tothofe that grow on trees and other things,of each of thefe in their order. 1, Mufcu terrefiris vilgatiffimus. Our common ground Moffe. This common Moffe that ufually gtoweth in our moif woods,and the bottomésof hils in bogey grounds,and fhadowyditches and places,growethi very thicke together with many {mall fingle ftalkes about a foote high fometimes, and often not above halfe the height,with a number of {oft leaves like haires, growing thicke and clofe rogether, the toppe whereofin the hotteft time of Summer will be fomewhat roundand iwhitifh,the whole tuffocke is often found differing’ in colour,being cither greene or reddifh, or ofa whitifh yellow. ithath yery (hort rootes faltened in the earth, 2. Mulcu terrefirts valcarw#alter. Another ordinary ground Moffe. This other Moffe' thatis more common in Germany, cc. then withus,groweth up with many branched tal ker of long winged but fhort greene leaves almoft like Heath, {mooth, and fofr, and not hard like heath, it fpreadeth on the gronnd andrifeth not above halfea foote high, WeWE 5. Mufeus denticulatus major & minor, ‘The greater andthe lefler dented Moffe. Boththefe forts of Mofles grow one like unto another, but one bigger then another,and each of them fomewhatlike unto the laft, rooting in divers places, as it runneth on the ground: the ftalkes are as {mail ashaires almoft, upon which grow. the {atallleaves thicke fet, together, as. if they were {cales, laide clofe one unto an other, the ends of them {ticking out like teeth, wehave not feene what flower or fiede it beareth ifit have any. IS WSie KE cS RAN Ws branches are thicke fer with fine yellow- A oN oe fi nefle,and multitude of branches,one from the otter;creeping on the ground and rooting as they runne,whofe {talkes and fhorr A(A G or bloomings‘ofthe Hazell tree, which as in all the other Moffes come to nothing. Beth rhefe Moffesalfo neede but one de{cription, not differing but in the large- rNFCGW epae! f verall places two or three {mall round and long yellowith {caly heads, like the catkins 6, (Mufew pensatus major Ge minor, Winged Moffe {mall and great. <SC WS \ WN aS TAR WSWee Ke lowith heads which fall quickely away without any feede following them, WW)WOUYyveQ x WeLS about foote high, which fpread middle,atthe top whereof bréaketh forth fometimes fmall yel- Ly SD of winged green thredlike leaves themfelves out broadeft in the rt aN WAL {mall head below, fending np divers fhining blackith purple ftalks NOS growing thereof, whichis, froma RY SW\ Beefome Moffe, The Beefome Moffe taketh the name from the mannet of the Jin 3+ Mufcus terrefirm [coparius. 2 9 ue i} a‘La stNie K 1 WSs Xr, Mufeus terreftris vulgatiffimus, Ovr commen ground Moffe. The club Moffe ranneth upon the ground toa great length,breaking into other long round branches, {hooting forth fibres into’ the ground as it creepeth, being made of manyfhort yellowifh green hairy leaves = at the joynts of the bratiches grow in fe- eishees byas aSSoe Cuay: LIX: Mufews terreftris, Land Moffé. 5. Sfafeus denticulatus major gc minor. ; Thegreater and lifer dented Mofile. ith greene leaves like wings on both fides, andthereof rooke the name: thefe grow in woods asalfo upon Rockes and ftones. 4, Mafeus ficates repens. Creeping Moffe with {piked heads, This Mofle groweth hard by, and under erées,creeping farre with thicke, and long branches, which fend forth Teeee 2 ; many |