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Of the Hiftory of Plants. L 1 b , 3 . 
The Place. 
Their feuerali defcriptions fet forth their naturall places of growing. 
^ The Time. * 
They floiirifliefpecially in the Sommer moneths. 
The Names, 
Goldiiocke is called in high-Dutch, aeftDmofct, golDen t©eDcttoiit, Jung Btautoen hat : 
in low-Dutch, ©Ult)C!l H3sDe£ti00t : Fuchfius narneth i t Polytnckon Jpideij, ot^ipulam his Mai- 
den-haire i rieuerthe!elTe/ 7 />«/fi.'«< Maiden-haireis nothing elfe but Diofcorideshis Trichomaaes, cal- 
led Englifh Maiden-haire ; and for that caufe wee had rather it fhonld be termed Mufcm capillaris 
or hairy Moife. This is called in Englifh, Goldilockes : it might alio be termed Golden Moife or 
Hairy Moife. 1 2 3 * * * * * 9 
Wolfes claw is called ofdiuers Hcrbarifts in our age, CMufcrn terrefiris : in high-Dutch, 28eet= 
Is?, ^umriitaut, ^Cilhrauttin low-Dutch, t©olfjS ehuihoen , whereupon wee firft named it 
Lycopodium^ and PesLupi ■ in Engliih, Wolfes foot, or Wolfes daw, and iikewife CIub-Moffe. 
Molt (hops of Germanie in former times did falily terme it Spica ccltica . but they did vvorfe, and 
were very much too blame, that vfed it in compound medicines in head of Spica celtica, or French 
Spikenard : as touching the reft, they are fufficiently fpoken ofin their defcriptions. 
The Moffes of the earth are dry and aftringent, of a binding qualitie , without any heateor 
i In ^ 
Goldilocks and the Wolfes clawes are temperate in heate and cold. 
f[ The Vertues. 
A The Arabian Phy iitians do put Moife amongft their cordial! medicines , as fortifying the fto- 
macke, to ftay vomit, and to ftop the laske. ° 
B MoiTe boiled in Wine and drunke ftoppeth thefpittingofbloud,pilfingof bloud theterrnes 
and blond yflix. 3 3 
C Mofle made into pouder is good to ftanch the bleeding of greene and frefli wounds and is a 
great helpe vnto the cure of the fame. 3 
E Being damped and boy led in wine and applied, it mitigateth the paine of the gout. 
F Floting wine, which is now become ilimie, is reftored to his former soodneffe, if it be handed 
mtheveifell, as the fame Author teftifieth. ° 
1 T Iuerwortisalfo akindeofMoifewhichfpreadethitfelfe abroad vpon the ground, ha- 
I j uing many vneuen or crumpled leaues lying one ouer another, as the fcaiesof Fifties 
do, greene aboue, and browne vnderneath : amongft thefe grow vp fmall ihort ftalkes, 
fpred at the top like a blafing ftarre, and certaine fine little threds are fent downe,by which it clea- 
uethand fticketh faftvpon ftones, and vpon the ground, by which it liuerhand flouriftieth. 
2 The fecond kinde ofLiuerwort differeth notbut inftature,beingaltogetherldfe,andmore 
fmooth or euen : the floures on the tops of the ilender ftems are not fo much laid open like a ftar ; 
but the efpeciall difference confifteth in one chiefe point, that is to fay, this kinde being planted 
in a pot, and fet in a garden aboue the ground, notwithftanding it fpitteth or cafteth round about 
the place great ftore of the fame fruit, where neuer any did grow before. 
d Of this fortvnhich is fmall, and oftentimes found growing in moift gardens among Beares- 
cares, and fuch plants, when they are kept in pots, there are two varieties, one hauing little ftalkes 
fome inch long, with a ftarre-faftiionedhead at the top : theotherhath the like tender ftalke,and a 
round head at the top thereof, 
9 This is found vpon rockes and ftony places, as well neere vnto the fea, as further into the 
land : it grovveth flat vpon the ftones, and creepeth not far abroad as the ground Liuerwort doth, it 
only refteth it felfe in fpots and tufts fet here and there, of a dufty ruifet colour aboue, and black ifti 
vnderneath : among the crumpled leaues rife vp diners fmall ftems, whereupon do grow little ftar- 
uke floures of the colour of the leaues : it is often found at the bottom of high trees growins vpon 
TheTemperature. 
E> _ Wolfes claw prouoketh vrine, and as Hieronymus Tragus reporteth,wafteth the ftone,and driueth 
it forth. 
The Description, 
high 
