op 6 Chap. 58. 
‘Theatrum c Botani cum , 
1 k ib e 14, 
SDon „ c < arc put to many ufes.buth civill .rfPhJfeZ « for fomentations or bathings, which moificned and 
annlvXntainc he warmth of the decoflion, much longer and ftronger then either lumen or woollen cloth : 
ten o wftcrinu the (tones in the Sponge arc uied by feme to be given to them that are troubled wtth the feme, 
totelpc tobreake i and caufe it to paffe away with the urine. The Vcn.Uan Spongieplanus lard toclenfe the 
face beinawafhed with a decoflion made thereof in honyed water, mdisa remedy forthem thathave eaten 
dangemis^fcom^ to be boyled in Vinegar and taken.-the pouthet thereof taken » wine purgerh like CW«r 
Tartari, and cutteth and thtnneth groffe and vifeous humours. 
C h a e. LVIII. 
Britamce Couchs Anatifcrx, Barnackles or Brant Geefe. 
E ~7? O finidi this Treatife of Sea plants, let me bringthisad- 
toi'i mirable tale of untruth toyourconfidetation.that what- 
' C (oever hath formerly beene related concerning the bree- 
ding ol thefe Barnackles, to be from fhcls growing on 
trees, &c. is utterly erronious, their breeding and hat¬ 
ching, being found out by the ‘Dutch and others, in theii Navigati¬ 
ons to the Northward, as that third of the Dutch in Anno 1536. 
doth declare. 
Br ironies cmha amtifera. 
Birnacklcs or Brant Gecte. 
C H A »i L I X. 
Mufcw terreftris. Band Moffe. 
»3Sj Aving (lie wed you the Moffes and excrelfences of the Sea, let me exhibite alfo to your knowledge 
inthis place,and not putthem to any other, the Moffes and Mufhromes of the Land : The varie¬ 
ties wiiereot are many,and therfore to be divided into thofe that grow on the ground,and to thole 
that grow on trees and other things,of each of thefe in their order. 
I, Mufcw terreftris vtelgatijjimw. Our common ground Moffe. 
- - This common Mode that uluallygtoweth in our moift woods,and the bottomes of hils in bog- 
rv grounds and fhadowy ditches and places,groweth very thicke together with many (mall (ingle (hikes about 
a "foote lii"h fometimes, and often not above halfc the height,with a number of loft leaves like haires, growing 
thicke and dofc together, the toppe whereofin the hottefttime of Summer will be fomewhat round and wht- 
tifh,the whole tuffocke is often found differing in colour.being either grecneor reddifh,or of a whitifh yellow, 
it ha’th very ffiort rootes faftened in the earth. 
2. Muftw terreftris vulgaris alter. Another ordinary ground Molle. 
This other Moffe that is more common in Germany, &c. then withus,groweth up with many branched [hikes 
of long winged but fhortgtecne 
leaves a’molf like Heath, fmooth, 
and loft, and not hard like heath, 
it fpreadethon the gronnd andri- 
feth not above halfc a foote high, 
3 . Mufcw terreftris fcopariw. 
Bee feme MolTc. 
The Bcefome Moffe taketh the 
name from the manner of the 
growing thereof,which is, from a 
(mall head below, fending tip di¬ 
vers Alining blackifh purple ftalks 
of winged green rhredlike leaves 
about a foote high, which fpread 
themfelves cut broadeft in the 
middle,at the top whereof brea- 
kerh forth fometimes fmall yel- 
lowifh heads which fall quickely 
away without any feede follow¬ 
ing them. 
1. Hu feus tcrrcfru vulgatijftmus. Our common ground Mofle. 
4- Mufcw 
