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ken as the former doth°, WerS upri S ht “ d hi g h ^, this doth givemrlkeif a lea feor ftalke bebroc 
T U . . . „ ,. , 4 * Vilofella minima. The fmalleft Moufeare. 
bl "to ■«< ” b,« 
. , , *• Another upright Moufeare. 
air^ccr ■ “•" - *• »“—^swssasa 
T . J\ 7 ’J£ U ?rT”* farV ° %° re ' , Mountaine Moufeare with many (mall flowers upon a ftalke 
t° ote ofthisMouleare groweth not downewards,but lyeth under the upper cruft of the ground A, ■ 
forth divers long white hbres therein, whereby it is faftned ; it hath thofeleaves that lve nexcfo rh^' ^‘"S ! 
ter then thofe that come up after greene on the upperfidc.but with very long white ha res therein ^° r " " 
feeme rough and underneath white, but leffe hairy, from among which rflethup a long ound hoTw g tte,n ‘ 
ftalke three foote high, lmooth at thebottomeand hairy at thetoppe, having two or threcTchlea P ; 
fer thereon : at the toppes whereof (land many fmall flowers, as it were in an umhdl bur ever,? but lef ‘ ' 
long footeflalke being yellow, and like in forme unto the former Moufeare " a”he feede isl fo wWch^ 3 
cd a way with the downe : this gweth milke likewife in the fame manner that the others doe h h Cam ' 
. 7 * Ptlofetta maxima Sjriaca. Aflyrian Moufeare. 
I have 10 little acquaintance with this Moufeare, that I can tell you no more of it then Lobel hath fet- An 
whom I muft follow line by line. And he faich it hath Greater leaves rhen rL,. f C ’ 1 L i hath * et “° wnc > 
roote,being thicke and hoary white, feeling like Velvet • it fendeth forth three™ 1 m ? ny ^ ct . t0 3 cther at the 
about a foote high, the flowers were not Icene ; the roote is Iwd^nd woodl^ ^ a ^ es » 
T • S ' S r cor f‘ mdcs Blew Moufeare with a turning toppe 
i,n m u ’° yne T'm f befe Mouf( : ares three other fmall wilde plants,becaufe they are generally called 
although as you Ihall heareby andby .divers authors have diverflv entitled them y ■ Moufeares, 
uliially.and feldome with any moreChich is round hairy andalxmt'haflb a^yardliighl 1 or betre^'at^he^botr 110 ^ 
whereof grow fomewhat long and broad hairy leaves very like both for m a , bottorac 
Ieff't ' 6 ^d | f ff * 1 f aVeS 1 ^e flaflte is fomecimes^alfoliranchecl and ^medmes not^with^ers^ch^keTeaves b'r 
lelfer and lefler thereon up to the toppes of flowers, which turneth or winderh it r P ir P . a n * C eaves ^ uc 
pions taile, or the herbe Hclimofium the Sun turner: the flowers which confift offive fmalT roundel 1 ™*° 3 Scor " 
areof a pale blew colour, very much refembling the flowers of Buolofl'e nr wilHe r • , eav ^ sa P eec c 
or eye in the middle, and (landall on one fide of the ftalke and branches ■ afrer fhevare raft * yC ° W fP° C 
places fmall rough flat heads,wherein the feede is conteined .• the roore is ?mall and thredd P y C °‘ ne ‘ n thUC 
tc- u ■ ,.?• ^° f ° tKSc ° r ^ 0lclesr ^ c ” s - Small creeping blew Moufeare 
Ihis other is very like the laft Moufeare, butthat it is fmaller,moft ufually having lefler leaves and fl 
the branches, which doe not (land fo upright, but trayle or creepe on the grouncf: the flowers alfo ft^nd °" 
onefide,butonboth and open by degrees: the turning top f which is like the ntfieri j„,c W rs a ,0 ‘‘ anc * n oton 
felfe,and are of a blew celour.and fome more purple.with a yellow eye in the middle Sr ° W Up in< * dli!ltc ic 
tJ ?^T ,K ScorfioiM minorPfcKli, luuU, Small Scorpion Moufeare with yellow flowers ■ 
The (hikes of tms Moufeare are very fmall and hairy, not above an hand breadth high^ witLirrlTT ! - 
thereon upon long footeftalkes: the toppes with flowers doe twine thcmfelvcs like the wo laft each 
The Place, 
an J he ,'/ nd tllird 1 S ro u w fomifeuoufly on ditch bankes and fometimes nearc or in the ditches if thev be d • 
ana in landy grounds : the lecond in America : the fourth upon drv harren hearhee • n 5 1 ® r Y> 
heath in that plenty that one can hardly fet a foot but upon the heads of it: the fife is’more'rare aTd*buf 
t l ien t °^. ee lTlct: } v,t ^ ln our Land, but more eafily in Germany : the fixt Fabiw Columna fnnr,^ ^ n °Wancj 
Etjaicoli in the kingdome: of N«p/tj: the feventh was brought out of SjrU unto Label Jbce hll u 
andmnthgrow in dry and barren grounds m many places of this kingasmetthe former ofthe rwnif f* 
the backe clofe of S r . lobn TunJlaHhh houfe a little bevond Croydon The lad- « c , Wo ^ oun< ^ 1 n 
CMompclitr on the moift Va Hies of Harm Dei. V J ’ ™ Uft BauhtnW faith S r °wcth by 
The Time. 
They doe all flower about Iune and Iulj, and abide greene all the Winter. 
K . n, . The Names. 
mvoeciu mGeeke is Auriculamrtri, in Latine,from whence thefeherhec are r „ 
two of the laft,which arc thought to be fomewhat anfwerable to Dic/L*, U ^ becISfborh^b " y 
have blew flowers : Acfo/calleth them Alfvte Miofoti, .Auricula muri and A f,„c,rr “v ^th of them 
to the kinds of Chickweeds. Dodon etH calleth the former ofthe ScoZ’loid^ f* S .° r V l0 ' d 'j ’ re *«™g 'hem 
his third kind. Bauburn confoundeth the two forts of Afnfoti. ScJ* w Sccrpteidu and makethic 
thofe ofthe water, la n d kinds to bee 
but he is therein deceived,he calleth this .rLfc and r r, ’ PfZ f 1 ™. ®' ci ' s is 0ne > 
alteram^ becaufe the head twinina wirh flnyire • c ri u ^ ^ doth call it Heliotromumminut 
calleth i’t EchZ ^t r Ca, am „a 
them rather unto that kindred thenZ^nvA her wlmTk 7 ^°^" tbc ™ T : chmm *"?**'. referring 
writ, Pilofeiu fjlv. alfo, and Expbrafta auarta Le rlnrL ^^/ or ^ cr tlle three laft his third Auricula 
fome in his rime would perfwade^him they did belong to that f '* 3 '\°‘ £ “l hri, l ! *'" u/ea > becaule as hee fgith, 
forts FiiaJdU from the hairineffe ofthe leavres and ftilkE Jd ^ /' Th ' I ? oderre writers call the former 
nefl’e of them; fome doe call the firft & third the^* 
