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'Of the Hiaorie of PI 



Mufc 



The Moffe of 



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r 



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(lender and chinne,^^^^^ 

 fhorter, another longer , all of th , kc '? n °^cr 

 being of a irhitifh colour, cfofc^ *£ moft 

 a certaineonealfowhich h blackch^? !? ercij 

 thinner , the raoft commendable .V u Icffcran <" 

 5% faith,be thofe that are th^ t f*"? a,, » ■ 

 di(h,and laftly fuch as be bllcke.^ n ^ rcd " 



f Tie place. 



This MofTe is found on the Oke tree rh. u • 



and blacke Poplar tree,the Oliue tr ee ^J '^ 



ree,^ Apple tree^he Peare tree beP ^ 



the wilde Pine tree,the Pitch tree the F ^ 



the Cedar tree,the Larch tree.and on a ere* J?' 

 of other tre« t^k-a „ L , ona 8 rca tfort 



of other trees.' 



2>/<; 



S 5 <*** ^Cedar tree., the nexTSe P !| 

 which kmde the White and the foeet fn 



ar,in 



MofTe 



CMa 



of no 



the Pitch tree the Fir tree, and the Larch tlee' 



and the fnrPfiteft *U«+~c .u.t - . . " 4rcc ) 



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the fweeteft, 



MofTe 



f 7fo 7*«w. 



long. 



4r 



f 





It is called of the Grecians/?K«ofthe Latines 



lit &**+ t'Vw* A VaUia^iQ _ — J C A • . * 



Mufeus. the Arabians 



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rfi 



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4g)Gf? tin low Dutch, glpofcfcthe I 



Z* 4f **/<:£ : the Italian^ 'Mufgo: 



Mnj o dt l§s arhres:itk Englifl^Moffe 

 or Moffe of trees. 



Moffe 



Jf The Temper a" tire. • 



cbnorA '}£ tapping is more or lefle according vnto 



fr £f< » r i ? efprcfa!1y of his barkc : for it taketh 



ymu ii ; icirc ana auu rramcra a cerrame property of that barkc, as of his breeder of which hee h 



lngendred : therefore the Moffe which comtppch bftheOkedoih coole and very much binde, be- 



al fo the extreme binding aualitv of the Oke barke it 



the nature and faculty of that tree on which 



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felfc. 



. 



The Moffi 



:he Pine free 



A 



B 



C 



» *«. tT.^nw ,r w«.w vw-uiuci ii yj luc v^caar cree,i:ne i^inc tree.cnc riccn rree,cne rir tr« 



tree,and generally all the Rofine trees are binding,and do moreouer digeft and tofren. 



if The Vert ties. 



Serapio faith, that the wine in which Moflehatb been fteeped certain daies,bringeth ft 

 ftrengthneth the ftoraacke,ftaieth vomiting,and fioppcth the belly. 



Vtofcorides writeth, That the decodion of Moffe is good for women to fit in, that a: 

 with the whites ; it is mixed with the oile of Ben, and with oiJes to thicken them withal 



It is fit to be vfed in compofitions which ferue for fweet pt rfuroes,and that take away 





troubled 



To 



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things that is beft of all which is moft Tweet of fmell 



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c 



HAP. 



i6jl. 



Of ground <^AfojJe 



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^ The Kindes. t \\ \ . A .- 



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T gr °Ta h aIfo on the f«P«ficiaU or vppermoft part of the earth diuers MofTeV* alfo vpon 

 cks and ftony places,and marifli grounds,differing in forme not a little. 



„', JT 11 The Defection. J3i , " . ' ' - 



THe common MofTe groweth vpon the earth, and the bottome of old and anticnt -.a* ., 

 k* but fpccially vponfuchasgrowin(hadowiewocds,andajfoatthebottorooifta^ 



