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iilucr colour, with ftripes or lines on euery fide, and falhioned finall and hollow, like 

 a cuppe or boxe : the feede I could neuer obferue, becaufe it flowreth fo late, that the 

 Winter hindereth it from bearing feede with vs : the roote is fmall and round, white, 

 and in a manner tranf parent, at lealt fo fhining, as if it were fo, and encreafeth nothing 

 fo much, as many of the other forts : this hath no ill lent at all, but rather a pretty 

 fmell, not to bee mifliked. 



1 1 . Moly ferotinum Coniferum. The late Pineapple Moly. 



This late Moly that was fent me with the laft defcribed, and others alfo from Spain, 

 rifeth vp with one long greene leafe, hollow and round vnto the end, towards this end 

 on the one fide, breaketh out a head of flowers, enclofed in a thinne skinne, which after 

 it hath fo rtood a good while, (the leafe in the meane time rifing higher, and growing 

 harder, becommeth the ftalke) breaketh, and flieweth a great bufh or head of buds for 

 flowers, thicke thruft together, fafhioned very like vnto the forme of a Pineapple (from 

 whence I gaue it the name) of the bignefs of a Walnut : after this head hath flood in this 

 manner a moneth or thereabouts, the flowers fhew themfelues to bee of a fine delayed 

 or whitifh purple colour, with diuers ftripes in euery of them, of the fame cup-fafhion 

 with the former, but not opening fo plainly, fo that they cannot bee difcerned to bee 

 open, without good heede and obferuation. It flowreth fo late in Autume, that the 

 early frofts doe quickly fpoile the beauty of it, and foone caufe it to rotte : the roote is 

 fmall and round, and mining like the laft, very tender alfo, as not able to abide our 

 (harpe Winters, which hath caufed it vtterly to perifh with me. 



12. Moly Diojcorideum. Diofcorides his Moly. 



The roote of this fmall Moly is tranfparent within, but coucred with a thicke yel- 

 lowifh skinne, of the bignefle of an Hafell Nut, or fomewhat bigger, which fendeth 

 forth three or foure narrow graflle leaues, long and hollow, and a little bending down- 

 wards, of a whitifh greene colour, among which rifeth vp a flender weake ftalke, a foot 

 and a halfe high, bearing at the toppe, out of a thinne skinne, a tuft of milke white 

 flowers, very like vnto thofe of Ramfons, which ftand a pretty while in their beauty, 

 and then pafTe away for the moft part without giuing any feede : this hath little or no 

 fent of Garlicke. 



We haue anothor of this fort that is lefier, and the flowers rounder pointed. 



1 3. Moly Diofcorideum Hifpamcum. The Spanifh Moly of Diofcorides. 



This Moly came vnto me among other Molyes from Spaine, and is in all things 

 like vnto the laft defcribed, but fairer, larger, and of much more beauty, as hauing his 

 white flowers twice as great as the former ; but (as it feemeth) very impatient of our 

 Winters, which it could not at any hand endure, but quickly perifhed, as fome others 

 that came with it alfo. 



1 4. Moly Mofchatinum vel Zibettinum Monfpelicnft. 

 The fweete fmelling Moly of Mompelier. 



This fweete Moly, which I haue kept for the laft, to clofe vp your fenfes, is 

 the fmalleft, and the fineft of all the reft, hauing foure or fiue fmall greene leaues, 

 almoft as fine as haires, or like the leaues of the Feather-graffe : the ftalke is a- 

 bout a foote high, bearing fiue or fix or more fmall white flowers, laid open 

 like Starres, made of fix leaues a peece, of an excellent fweete fent, refem- 

 bling Muske or Ciuet ; for diuers haue diuerfly cenfured of it. It flowreth late 

 in the yeare, fo that if the precedent Summer bee either ouer moift, or the Au- 

 tumne ouer early cold, this will not haue that fweete fent, that it will haue in a 

 hot drie time, and belides muft be carefully refpected : for it will hardly abide the 

 extremity of our f harpe Winters. 



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