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‘{on-e 6utward Bands, they will put forth more Mofs: Which (I think) { 
fore the Surfeit of them may fuffocate andempoyfon. And this fhew: 
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Natural Hiftory ; 
| Old Ground, that hath been long unbroken up; gathereth Mots; 2 i 
therefore Husbandmenufe to cure their PafturesGrounds, when they grow. 
to Mofs, by Tilling them fora year, ortwo: Which alfo dependeth upo n 
the fame caufe ; for thar the more {paring and ftarving Juyce of the Earth, 
in{ufficient for Plants, doth breed Mofs, i) eae 
Old Trees are more Moffie, (far) than young ; for that che Sap isnot|_ 
(o frank as to rife all to the Boughs, but tireth by the way, and pucteth out 
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Thecaufe is, for that the Founrains drain the Water from the Ground adja. | 
cent, and leave but fufficient moifture to breed of and befides, the cold. | 
The Aafof Trees, is a kinde of Hair ; for itis the Juyce of the Tree,that | 
is excerned, and doth not affimilate, andupon great Trees the Mofs gather. | : 
etha figure, like a Leaf, te 7 ff 
The moiftare fort of Trees yield little Mofs, as we {ecin ~Aps, Poplars, | 
Willows, Beeches, orc. Which is partly caufed for the reafon that hath been | 
given of the frank putting up of the Sap into the Boughs ; and partly, for} 
that the Barks of thofe Trees are more clofe and {mooth, than thofe of | 
Oaks, and Afhes, whereby the Mofs can the hardlier iffue our. _ 
In Clay Grounds, all Fruit Trees grow full of Mofs, both upon Bady } 
and Boughs; which iscaufed, partly by the coldnefs of the Ground, whereby | 
the Plants nourifh Iefs 3 and partly by thetoughnefs of the Earth, whereby | 
the Sap is fhutin, and cannot get up, to fpred fo frankly as it fhould | 
do. | 
We have faid heretofore, that if Trees be hide—bound, they wax lefs | 
fruitful and gather Mofs; and that they are holpen by hacking, &c. And | 
therefore by the reafon of contraries, if Trees be bound in wish Cords or | 
hapneth to Trees that ftand bleak, and upon the cold Winds. It would] 
alfo be tried, whether, if you cover a Tree, fomewhat thick upon the} 
top, after his powling, it will not gather more Mof&. I think alio, che} 
Watring of Trees with cold Fountain Water will make them grow full of} 
Mofs.: : Brees i 
There isa Mofs the Perfumers have, which cometh out of Apple-Trees, | 
that hath an excellent fent.| Quere, particularly for the manner of the] 
growth, andthe nature of ic, And for this Experiments fake, being athing | 
of price, [have fet down the laft Experiments, how to multiply and call on | 
Moffes. (4h | 
Next unto Mof, ! will {peak of c%ushromes, which are likewile an} . 
unperfea& Plant. The Mufhromes have two ftrange propertics; the one, | 
that they yield fo delicious aMeat; the other, that they come up fo haftily, 
asina night, and yet they are unfown. Andtherefore fuch as are Upttares } 
in State, they call in reproach, A4ushromes. It multneeds be therefore, that 
they be made of much moifture; and that moifture fat, grofs, and yer 
fomewhat concoéted. And (indeed) we finde, that Mushromes caufe 
accident, which we call Incubus, or the CWare in theStomach. Afidtl 
that they are windy s and thar windinefs is grofs, and {welling . 
fharp or griping. And upon the fame reafon Adushremes are a ve 
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