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call, in reproach, Mufbromes. It muft needs be therefore, that 

 they be made of much Moifture - And that Moifture Fat, Grofs, 

 and yet fomewhat Concocted, And (indeed^ we Mod, that 

 Mufbromes caufe the Accident, which we call \ncubm^ ox the 

 Mare 9 in the Sfiomacb* And therefore the Sur/efqfthcmm^y 

 Suffocate, and Empoyfon, And this fheweth, that they are 

 Windy ; And that Windinefs is Grofs, aud Swelling - Not 

 Sharp, or Griping. And upon the fame reafon Mafhtomej ace 

 a venereousMeat. 



It is reported, that the Bark of White, or Red Poplar, (which are of the 

 Moifteft of Trees,) cut fmall and call into Furroxves well dunged, will caufe 

 the Ground to put forth Mufbromes, at all Seafons of the Tear, fit to be eaten. 

 Someadde to the Mixture Leaven o{ 'Bread, refolved in Water. 



It is reported,that if a Hilly- Field, where the Stubble is Handing, be fet on 

 Fire,in the Showy Seafon? it will put forth great Store ok Mufbromes. 



It is reported, that Harts- Home, Shaven, otm Small Peeces, mixed with 

 Dung,md «^frW,putteth up Mufbromes. And we know that Harts-Home is 

 of a Fat and Clammie Subftance .• And it may be Oxe-Horne would do 

 the like. 



It hath been reported, though it be fc.°,i;ce credible, that Ivy hath grown 

 out of a Stags-Home which they fuppofe did J rather come from a Confr na- 

 tion of the Home upon the Ivy, than from the Home it felf. There is not 

 known any Subftance, but Earth, and the Procedures of Earth, (as Tile, 

 Stone, &c.) that yeelfleth any Mcfi, or Herby Subftance. There may be 

 Triall made of fome Seeds, as that Fennell-Seed, Muft ard.- Seed, and Rape- 

 Seed, put into fome little Holes, made in the Homes of Stags, or Oxen, to 

 fee if they will grow. 



There is alfo another Unperfect Plant, that (in (hew) is like a great Mufh- 

 rome : And it is fometimesas broad as ones Hat Which they call a T oads- 

 Stool : But it is not Efculent • And it groweth (commonly) by a dead 

 Stub of a T ree - 7 And likewife about the Roots of Rotten-T rees : And there- 

 fore feemeth to take his Juyce from WoodPutrifed. Which fheweth,by the 

 way, that Wood Putnfed yeeldeth a frank Moifture. 



There is a Cake that groweth upon the Side of a Be ad Tree, that hath got- 

 ten no Name,but it is large, and of a Chefnut Colour, and hard and pithy b 

 Whereby it mould feem, that even Dead T rees forget not their Putting 

 forth No more than the Carcafjes of Mens Bodies that put forth Hair, and 

 Naile-, for a Time. 



There is a Cod, or Bag, that groweth commonly in the Fields That at the 

 firft is hard like a T ennis-Ball, and white And after groweth of a Mufbrcme 

 Colour, and full of light Duft upon the Breaking : And is thought to be dan- 

 gerous for the Eyes, if the Powder get inro them And to be good for Kibes. 

 Belike it hath a Corrofive, and Fretting Nature. 



There is an Herb called ^peives-Ear, that groweth upon the Ropts ! ,s.nd Low- 

 er Parts of the Bodies of Trees ; Efpecially of Elder s, and fometimes Jfhes. 

 It hath aftrongePropertie-, For in Warm Water, it fwelleth, and openeth 

 extremely. It is not green, butofadufkie brown Colour. Andit isufed 

 for Squinanciesy and Inflammations in the Throat ; Whereby it feemeth to 

 have a Mollifying, and Lenifying Virtue. 



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