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Show NeksenNT a Of the Hiftorie of Plants. Lip, 3. 1558 Mufiws quernus. The Moffe of the Oke & of othertree s, Of the Hiftorie of Plants. flender and thin, another mor e {horter, another longer ; allot thicke, anothe, them forthe mof being ofa whitith colour,y oftentim es there is a certaine onealfo whichis et blacke,butleffer and thinner: themoft commendab le ofthemal], as Pliny fait 1 Mufcusterrestris vulgaris. Common ground Moffe. h,be thofe that are whitifh, difh,andlaftly fach asbe blacke, then thered. @ The Place. This Moffe is found on the Oke tree; the white and blacke Poplartree, ‘the Oliue tree, the sirch tree,the Aipple tree, the Reare tree,t he Pine tree the wilde Pinetree,the Pitch tree, the Firre tree, the Cedar tree,the Larch tree, & ona great fort ofot her trees, The bett, as Diofcoride faith, is that of the Cedartree,the next ofthe sPoplar ,in whichkin de the white'and the fiveer fmell Moffé is the chiefeft ; the blacki(k forti ing s of no account. Matthiolwswriteth, that in Ttaly that Moffe is fweet which groweth on the Pinetr ee, the Pitchtreejthe Fir tree;& the Larch tree,and the fweeteft'that ofthé Larch tree: The Time, 3. 4 2 Mufcus terrefiris (coparins. Beefome ground Mofle. Moffevponthe trees continueth all the yeare long. Mifius capillaris, ila is,fine Adianthum aureum mains & inns. . 2 Goldilockes or golden Maiden-haire the bigger andleffe, G The Names, Tc iscalled ofthe Grecians aden: Ofthe Latin s, Mufeus : the Arabians and fome Apothecaries in other countries call it freq: in high Dutch, DM ofs : in low Dutch; 9p ofth the French men, Lu Moufch : the Italians, Mu/go : in Spanith, Mufco de los arbores:in Englith, Moffe,tréeMofle, or Moffe oftrees, q The Temperature. ingendred : therefore the Moflewhich commeth of the Oke doth coole and very muchbinde,befides his‘ owne and proper facultie, it receiueth alfo the extreme binding quality ofthe Okebarke it felfe. é, The Moffe which commeth of the Cedar tree, the Pine tree,the Pitchtree,the Fir tree,the Larch tree,and genetallyall the Rofinetrees are bindi ng,and do moreouer digeftand foften. @ The Vertues. Serapio faith that the wine in which Moffe hath been fteepedcertaindaies,bringeth found fleep} ftrengtheneththe ftomacke,ftaieth vomiting ,and ftoppeththe be lly. Dto(corides writeth,that the decoétion of Moffis god for wome ntofit in, rhat are troubled withthe whites ; itis mixed with the oileof Ben,andwithoi les to thicken them ll. : Iris fit tobe vied in compofitions whichferuefor fweet perfumes,and thar take witha away wearifomneffe;for which things that is beft of all whic his moft {weet offmell. e n eeee ength there.. foftneffe afd leng e Sa : te Jirches, and fuch like places itit isi very well c i easel tialt des andditches, ft common, and therefore needeth not any Cuap., 162. Of ground Moffe. ~ | The Kindes. Here groweth alfo on the fuperficial! or vppermoft part of the earth diuers Moftes,as alfo vpom rocks and ftonyplaces,and marifh grounds,diffe ring in forme nota little: ‘ 3 | The Defcription. a are common Moffe groweth vpon the earth, and the bottomeof old and antient tees, butfpecially vpon fuch as growin fhadowie wood sand alfoat the bottom i: , Gann rie, which 1¢iaor ‘ ; ee ws Sack: Be SenetMolle, toll is w { ich feldomeditches, or neuerwhere is found thotibees his face : itGamal groweth neuer ie se Sunee the but dowiedry Beefome 2 typ euery ticular leafe confifting of an innumerable the high, cures Re sabick he Capillare Moffe A. vp halfea cubit Vag like that of Maiden-haire,or colour D1aCK r ceiedis g ae vpon a middle rib,ofa fhinin : kinde. a itis um whereof but sponte ae a Api llaris, is feldome found aC of : Moffe, called a ; y 3. Thiskinde found it h not come. dry ditche dryyeast a ali a viesar wie i fhaa in ome efhado alfo infom nd alfo and . Places, tted laces ee an that leadeth from Hampheath, aboundancein a fhadowie ditch vpontheleft hand a=Se Seeoer Moffe is fomewhat cold and bindingwhich notwith {tanding is more andleffe according vnto the nature and facultie of that treeon whic h it groweth, and efpecially of his barke: forir taketh vatoit felfe and alfo retainetha certaine prope rtie ofthat barke, as of his breeder of which heeis |