Of the Hiftorie of PJ 



ifily without breaking. 



6 This in a! 

 therefore better 



g«*es 



iftu^Hift 



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Clufu 



7 



the fea 





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X 



i. 



tbe^of the forme or froth of the fea, which we call fpunges, after the -Latine Sm T° Ught to g e - 

 fitfy be inferted among the fea MoiTes,wherof to write at large would sreatlu ?« r ° b roa y ver y 

 and little profit the Reader,confidering we haften to an end, and alfo that the vfe ' r ° Ut voIume « 

 vnto all: therefore thefe few lines may feme vntill a further confideration or Yf ? knowne 

 t Spunges are not like the Alcyonittm, that is, an accidentall matter wrousht mil r E u dilioD - 

 of the fea,as our Author affirmes 3 but rather of a nobler nature than plants for trS" r • j lloth 

 fence,and to contract themfelues at the approach of ones hand that comes to en t* >t hauc 

 feare of any other harme- threatning ob jed, and therefore by moil Writers thev ai r f V 'S' ° r for 

 **«.: which fome render PhntanimAlia, that is, fuch as are neither abfolute olan« n£ r • t0 thc 

 tures, but participate of both : they grow ofdiuers fliapes and colours vponLRodwS^*" 

 direrranean,as alfo in the Archipelago,or ^Egean ki. V es in thc Me- 



8 Ctufttts ob fcrued one yet adhering to the ftone whereon it grew, which in (U*™> r »r ~u. 

 funnell,but in fubftance was like anothe? Spunge. 8 ' ftape refemble ' 



a 



9 



ind vpon our Englift coaft a fmall kinde of fpun 



colour 





ches buttbat after a different manner 5 and the colour is oft times btownifh, and otherwhiles em 



or white. Lebd makes It Confau* marinagemts, $ > "«'"•> gray 



% 7 be Place. 



The place of their growing is mfficiently fpoken of in their feuerall defections. 



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Mofles 





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alfamyvhitc Corrall. 



lift 



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% The Temp 



ndeth, and meanely cooleth : itclenfeth thc fears and fp 



fuall againft the iffdgj'of bloud,and eafeth the difficulty of making 



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B 



ftay 



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D 



Corrall drunke in wine or water, prcferueth from the fpleene-and fome hang it about the neckes 

 of fuch as haue the falling fickenefTe,and it is giuen in drinke for the fame purpofe. 



It is a foueraignc remedy to drie, to flop, and ~ 

 man,and the Dylentery. 



Burned Corral I drieth more than when it is vnburned^and being giuen to drinke in water, it hel- 

 peth the gripings of thebelly 5 and the griefes of the ftone in the bladder, 



Corrall drunke in wine prouoketh fleepe : but if the patient haue an ague, then it is with better 



r.,-.-.~/TL • :/i i • ^_- r__ H. s~% _ ft « i t .i_ _ _. «n t .« r ^ J- U.. .^/V.r» 



fired in water, f< 



hinder fleepe 





C h a p . 1 6 7 . Of zfAfujhrumes, or 'Toadfiooles 



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Muflhrumes grow forth of thc earth ; other vpon the bodies of old trees, which differal- 

 - ~:herinkindes. Many wantons that dwell neere the fea,and haue fifli at will, are very defi- 

 rous for changeof diet to feed vpon the birds of themountaines ; and fuch as dwell vpon the hills 

 or champion grounds,do long after fea fifhjtnany that haue plenty of both,do hunger after the ear- 

 thy excrefcences, called Mufhromes : whereof fome are very venomous and full of poyfon, others 

 not fo noifome 5 and neither of them very wholefome meate ; wherefore for the auoiding of the ve- 



nomous 



Iclfe 



I haue thought good tofet forth their figures with their names and places 



th 



Author 



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mentioned, with fome few others, but not trouble you wkhany more biftory 



fh betweene fuch as be eatable,and thofe that be poifonous, or at leaft not to be eaten j ror w 

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C/*/?^ (all whbfe figures I could haue here giuen yog) bath --•— - n ^' ,,,at tud: ° f 



figured among the poifonous ones, is that we call 



poyfon 



of.* 



plants, or exciefcences, where fuch as defire it may finde them ftifficiently di € " 



