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The Powder pf this Mofs, is an excellent Af- 

 tringeht j it is to be dried in an Oven, and beat 

 in a Mortar : The white Fibres will remain, when 

 the foft Part has gone throvigh the Sieve, they are 

 of no Ufe, the other has all the Virtue. It is 

 good againft the Whites, againft Overflowings 

 pf the Menfes, and blt)ody Fluxes, and againft 

 Spitting of Blood, it d^ferves to be much more 

 Regarded, than it is in the prefent Praiflice. The 

 Doie^is half a Dram. 



C u p M o rs. 



MUSCUS PYXIDATUS. 



A Common little Plant on Ditch Banks, by- 



•^ "Wood Sides, and in dry barren Places. It 

 .confifts *f a thin Coat of a leafy Matter, fpread 

 upon the Surface of the Ground, and of a kind 

 of little Cups rifmg from it. The leafy Part is 

 (dry and without Juice, divided into feveral Por- 

 tions, and thefe irregularly notched ; it is grey or 

 greenilh on the upper Side, and whitifh underneath. 

 The Cups are half an Inch high. They have 

 each a thick Stem, and an open Mouth, and ra- 

 ther refemble a clumfy drinking Glafs, than a 

 Cup. They are of a grey Colour, often with 

 fome odd Mixture of green, of a dufty Surface, 

 fometimes they grow one from the Edge of ano- 

 ther, up to the third or fourth Stage : They have 

 alfo many other accidental Varieties ; and fome- 

 times tliey bear littk brown Lumps, which are 

 fuppofed to contain the Seeds. 



The whole Plant is to be ufed, it is to be taken 

 frefh'' from the Ground, ihook clean, and boiled 

 in. Water, till the Decodion be very flrong ; 

 then there is to be added as much Milk as there 

 is of the Liquor, and it is to be fweetened with 



Honev, It is an excellent Medicine for Childrens 



' Coughs: 



