Chap. 500. JLnglifb Herbs . j ? i 
XI. The Times. They grow and flourifh all the 
year, and are in a kind, of Vigor, even in Winter 
time, in the middle of Froft and Snow. 
XII. The Qualities. They are temperate in re- 
ipefl to heat or cold , of a Drying and Digeftive 
quality withall, as Galen lays, elpecially that 
which grows upon the great Cedar. 
XIII. T be Specification. The Virtues which the 
Ancients attributed unto Mofs flit wholly to be under* 
flood concerning thole which grow upon Trees: and 
each Alofs does much partake of the Nature of the 
Tree on .which it grew , or from whence it was 
taken. As that of the Oak is more binding, and 
better againft Fluxes of the Bowels, Catarrhs , 0 V. 
than thofe of the Cedar , Larch , Beech , Poplar , Fir, 
or Pine Trees •, and is more powerful than any of 
thole againft Vomitings , and Fluxes of Blood in 
any part. 
XIV. The Preparations. You may have there- 
from, 1. An Infujion or DecoUion in Wine. 2. A 
Ponder made of the fubjlance of the Mofs. The 
Oil or Ointment. 
upon old Ulcers and running Sores in any part of the 
Body as alfo Ulcers in the leveral parts 'of Man 
or Woman, the fame being wafh’d therewith two 
or three times a day. 
CHAP. D. 
Of MOSS Sea, 
T 
The Virtues. 
XV. The Infujion or Decotfion in Wine. Being 
drank it is good againft Reachings and Vomiting, 
fettles a troubled Stomach, and allays the Hiccough, 
comforts the Heart, as Avicen fays, and caules deep 
Sleep as Serapio affirms. It flops all Fluxes of the 
Bowels, and all internal Fluxes of Blood, whether 
of the Lungs , Reins or Guts : and flops the over- 
flowing of Womens CourfeS being taken inwardly, 
and outwardly ufed as art Injection up the Womb 
with a proper Womb Syringe. 
XVI. The Pouder. It has all the Virtues of the 
Infujion or Decottion afore declared , and may be 
f iven from a Scruple to a Dram, made up into a 
olus with a little A/lithridate or Venice Treacle , 
or given in any’ other proper Vehicle. It Hops 
all inward Bleedings being given as aforelaid, or in 
any Stiptick red Wine : And it Hops any outward 
Bleeding of Wounds, &c. being outwardly apply- 
ed dry, either alone, or mixed with fine Bale , in 
fine Pouder. And is laid to be available againft the 
Dropfie being taken in ftrong Drink or Wine for 
fome time together. 
XVII. The Decayed Oil or Ointment. The firft 
is made by by Boiling in Oil Olive , See. The fe- 
cond by Boiling in Hogs Lard. Being apply cd to 
the Temples or Forehead, it wonderfully eafes 
the pain thereof which comes from a hot Caule : 
and Hops the defluxion of hoc fliarp Rheums and 
Humors flowing thence to the Eyes and other Parts. 
The Ancients much ufed thefe Tree Mofs' s in their 
Ointments, againft Lailitudes, to llrengthen the 
Nerves, and comfort Joints and Parts which have 
been weakned by hurts, blows, and affluxes of 
Humors. 
XVIII. The Qualities, Specification, Preparati- 
ons, and Virtues of the feventh Species, viz. of 
the Mofs or Tree Lung wort , called bv fome Oak- 
Lungs, you may fee at large in the afore cited 
Chap. 458. from Sell.-, ad 12. inclufive. Phylicians 
ufe it againft the moft inveterate Confumptions, and 
that with good fuccefs , and indeed againft moft 
Difeafes of the Lungs, as Colds, Coughs, Stuffings, 
Wheezmgs, Hoarfnels, Ihortnels ol Breath, difficulty 
or Breathing, asalfoagainftall forts of Fluxes of the 
Bowels. And Shepherds give it to their Catrel 
H hl ' S . Ca " ed in Arab 'ck, The. 
ha/eb L Thaleb : in Greek , B f Q^damov . 
scaMf: M “ Jc “ s Mmms: 3Dd in En ^\ 
c 11 ,, V Je Kincls - There arc leveral Species of 
frS&V M " fC “u vlrens ^Tteniculd- 
Herbacetts moll, or Ofaipini 
ffiort Fennel-ltke Sea-Mofs. 2. Mufcus Mannas 
Ferulacem, Fucus Ferulacem Lobelij, long FenneL 
S n 5 ^° fs 'v> ' Marinas Abrotonoides 
iucm Mannm fohK Abrotani Maris Lobelij, Mujt 
r r0 ‘ am Lu A^nfis, Southerrt- 
wood-ltke Sea-Mofs. 4. Mufcus Marinas Neapo- 
lit anus, Abfcus Marinus Clufij h Palmula Manna. 
Imperati, Neapolitan Sea-Mofs. 5. Mufcus Marl- 
ms I enetus, Cofti Indtci radicis efigie Ponce Tile 
Venetaan Coftus-like Mofs. 6. Mufcus Marinus 
fSl ‘T a v'^'/'r' £ afeus Marinus Didfcoridis 
r" f 0, ‘° Tbeophrafti (as LiJdmcnf 
Tiiafrils^lt J 1 ' ?* UjcUS Mantmus 
Ah, T h A& Lu Aiunenfis, Fucus five 
Alga Tintlona , red Sea-Mofs, or red Dying Sea- 
rwi' Argenteus Plumiformis 
Donats, Silver Feather-like Sea-Mois. 9. Mufcus 
l e ” m Aurea Doiti 
Golden Fearher-like Sea-Mofs. 1 
The Descriptions. 
for the fame nurpofes, mixt with a little Salt, and 
that vvrth good Succefs. It is profitable alfo, to be 
put into Lotions,, to ftog a deiiuxios of Humsjs 
III. The firft , or (hort Fennel-like Sea-Mofs 
It grows up from bjackijh , round, and Fibrous 
Roots, with many fine Jhort Leaves like Fennel 
°L ZrlZVJV” "Vi 7 °” S which ^ forth, 
an he, by Stalk w „h fuel, l,ke Leaves on it and 
l ,ir ?t”g feveralfwoln Eminences thereon. 
IV. the fecond or long Fennel-like Sea-MoIS 
The Leaves of tins Sea-Mofs are long and fine 
like unto thofe of the Ferula , or Fennel Giant’ 
growing from Stalks of almoji a Foot long, and is divi- 
iiftrz " /prin * ! 
T/J' f he lh ‘ ri ' s outhernWood-like Sea Mofs. 
This f pangs up alfo from Rocks with thick Stalks 
and Blanches, having thereon fine cut Leaves, fome- 
ihing like umo Southernwood, but much bigger , and 
of a browmjh red color. 5 ’ 
, y i J he f ourt f ‘"' Neapolitan Sea Mofs. This 
hkewife grows from f ome Stone or Rock , and nfes 
up with a Stalk of about 4 Inches or more high, with 
fevcral Branches on them on both fides, and they 
again divided into leffer , all of them plentifully 
Zlf or .^er <han they, if any of the two be 
ZZ ; V >n handling at firft, eafy ,0 be bended, 
g ecn below at the lower part, and furplifh above, 
ihfZhZ ' ^/parent, if they be interpofed to 
the light. This is no, fo brittle as Coniine when it 
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