’The a trim ‘ Botanicam. 
cur Fuffe. 
tonouc Kirtz. brunfl, in Enrlijh fome call them Spmijb Fuflebals, becaufe they are fomewhat like 
b a u which arc nor edible, but concaine a fmoaky dull or pouther in them : hue 1 would rather call them V nder ■ 
eround Mufhromes, or Spmijb Trubbcs to diftinguifh them. Mtttbiolw iaith there a. c three (ores of them, 
(7rnentioneth two forts, one whereof is gritty betweene the teeth, and are tome bigger then 
a Quince and l'ome of a pound in weight, and faith, that lice knew in his time Mortim Ltcmm a 
Pr 2 tor and ludae at Carthage in Spuin', that bowed a penny betweene Ills teeth, that was in that bit of 
the Tuber that lie did eate, whereby is mamfeft that the earth did gather it within it of it ownc nature, beinga 
rhing not to be planted lone whofe inner pulpe or fubftance is white,another more browne,yet the batkeor outer 
rindeof both is blacke and full of rifts or chaps, a third fort that groweth in the coalt of Ammo ai d Trent is lefle, 
the bai ke fmooth and more browns, and lefle plealant in tafte or infipide.They grow as I laid under the fuperti- 
cics of the earth yet not cleaving thereto,cauling it fometitres tolwcll.nd lomctimes to rift and cleave, where¬ 
by it is difeerned whei e they grow (yet Plmy faith the contrary,and ihat they have no leede, which will prefect • 
ly be gainefaid)beina of a blacke or browne colour on the out fide, and of a loft white fubllancc within, having 
as Ichn B*ptilf* Fort* faith,under the outer skinne,certaine fmall blacke leede,likeunto the feede oftheCyprede 
tree w hereby it not ouelv p opagateth it felfe,where it is naturalistic as it hath becneofccn obferved, there have 
fomeol them growne where the parings of them bavebeene calf. For the qualitie or property of them, they 
hive none evident in them faith g*Un : but eAtncen faith, that they have a more earthy then watery fubftance, 
hveedin" erode and melancholicke humours, more then any other foode.and that they that eate much of them are 
liibieS to the Appoplexy.and Pallie.and befidcs are hard of dieeftion,and trouble theftomacke, whether they be 
rolled under embers or other wife boiled in broth, and eaten with pepper, oyle,and vinegar : Vnto P*mpbyl M 0C 
Diphyht ,in Athnum, therefore w e inuft not give credic herein, who faith that theie Tuber* s yeeld a good juice 
to the body eale the belly by expelling the excremcnts.and by breeding winde,engender luff. And againe he faith 
that acci taine herbe groweth above,upon that ground where che T “ber* bicedes,which he calleth t/'JVijtMo^buC 
what that lierbe is he hath not declared. . . , . ... 
LuodunenC, r faith that tJnjconia lent two forts of plants one of Sp*mt, which the Sp*ni*rds in C/i/Mrcall Tervi 
tirmtra ( and is the Cifhe ar.rmM, as 1 (hewed you before,) that is Tuberurt*, which peradventure may be it, for 
they fiippole where they dee grow the Tuber* doe breede. . . . 
' Tuiemcerviit*. The Deal es underground balles or Mufhromes are another lot tot theie THbcraetj where¬ 
of Af/ttthiolui firft maketh mention in his third booke of Epiftles, and the laft thereof, and alter him LabeVm his 
T>mch Herbal!, growing underground, in the woods ofBebemi*, &c. where Dcaredoe much haunt, efpeciaily 
where they couple as the" 1 former do(and thought to grow of their Iperme that fallcth on ihe ground,and is but the 
opinion of hunters and Country people, whole lodgement in lo fccret a pecce ofnaiurall Philofophy, is not (o 
readily to be admitted)which are like them,being alwayes round, but uneven or rugged, whole cuter skinne rs 
blackifh, and the inner pulpe or fubftance whitilh : thefc be not eaten in the fame manner asthe former, thatis 
for meace or food,but as a med icamcnt being rut into peeces, and dryed upon firings put through them, to beu- 
fed upon occafion:while they ate frefluhey have a llrong and evill fent,which they loleinthediying, and areu- 
fed cither alone one dramme andahalle in pouther,taken with fweete wine.or with luch other things as provoke 
venery, as alloto increafe milkc in Nourles breads, takeninlome ptilanedrinke, and a little long pepper added 
thereto': the Imoake thereof when it is burned taken underneath, hclperh women troubled with the mother, and 
openeththe pa(Ta°es when the-,- are clofetthey arc thought alfo toexpellpoylon, and the venomeofcreatitrcs,to 
be taken in pure wine,and alio applyed outwardly, I much mervaile that ClnfiM having leene andfet downe fo 
many forts cf Mufhromes,remembred none ol theie,butl ptcl'ume chat if he had not hope of overground good,he 
fouahtnotforundergroundtrealuic. , 
Vnto theie Mufhromes may allobc adjoyned thofe which are madeby art,whereof Mutthiolm maketh menti¬ 
on, that grow naturally among certaine Hones in Naples, and that the flones being dinged upandcarryedto Rome, 
and other place-, where they let them in their wine cellars,covering them with a little earth,and Sprinkling a little 
warme water thereon,would within fouredayes produce Mulhiomes fic to be eaten at what time one will. As 
alfo that Mufliromesmay.be made to grow ac the fooce of the white Poplar tree, within fouredayes after warme 
water wherein fome leaves havebeene diflolvcd^allbepowred into the roote,which mull be flic,and theflocke 
locaufe that the edible Mufhromes may beleffe effenfive, in that many doe too greedily delire them it is held 
that if they be boyled with wilde pcares,they may be eaten without danger, or for want of wilde ones to take a 
harder or hardier fort of other pcares-, the leaves alfo and barke are conducing to that pur pole, and lots raw Gar- 
licke taken with Vinegar. 
-a. And lalfly there is the Ieweseare, called Fttngni Sambuciuui, (which I place among the edible torts,and 
among the venemous, asjCl»Ji<« and others doe, becaufe although it be not eaten in the lubflance as others 
(and yet BaptijlaPcrta namtth one 'Sa.mbucinw optimum omnium,') yet the broth is tiled alter the boy ling, as I 
fliill lb' w you by and by) which groweth on the Elder trees that are planted on Cony-buroughes,for their fha- 
dow and (belter, and not fo frequently on them in other places, being as all know fob and limber, while they 
are frefh,not very thickebut traniparent, and of a blackifh colour, of differing formes and r fes, for fome will 
bee iwo'ne or puffed up, in one place more then in another, having fome refembiance to a mans care, feme 
thinneon the edge,and thickein the middle,and fome ttvoor three growing together, ail of them being dryed 
become of a blackifh gray colour.and then may be kept a whole yeatt or mote, fate without lpoyling to be.ufcd as 
you ncede, for lotions for fore mouchesand throates,or when they are fwolne, to be boyled in milke, or deeped 
<n' inegarind!ogargled,whichistheorely life they are put unto that I know. 
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