:’j Century. VI. J 
For fo the belt Translations hauc it. And it is rrue that Moff<z-> 
n is but the Rudiment of a Plant \ And (as it were) the Mould of 
Earth, of Barke. 
I M» s (J'c groWeth chiefly vpon Ridges of Houfes, tiled or thatched • And 
vpon the Crcji's of Wails. And that Mojje is of a lightfome, and pleafent 
Greene, The Growing vpon slopes is caufed, for that Moffe, as on the 
one lide it commeth of Moilture and Water, fo on the other fide the 
Water mull; but Slide, and not Stand or Poole. And the Growing vpon 
Tiles , or walls, &c. is caufed, for that thofe dried Earths, hailing not 
Moilfcure lufficient to put forth a Plant , doe pra&ife Germination by 
I Putting forth Mofe\ Though when by Age, or otherwife, they grow 
to relent and refolue, they fometimes put forth Flams * As trail-Flowers. 
Audalmoltall Mojje hath here and there little Stalkes, belides the low 
Thrumme. 
vlf^graweth vpon ^//^ej,efp'ecially fuch as lye Cold, and vpon the 
North- As in diners Tarratfes: Andagaine, if they be much trodden < 
Or if they were, atthefirft, grauelled- for whereloeuer Plants are kept 
do wee, the hartti putteth forth Moffe, 
Old Ground, that hath beene long vnbroken vp, gathereth Moffe: And 
therefore Husbandmen vfeto cure their Pa (lure Grounds ,when they grow 
to Moffe j by Tilling them for aveare, or two: Which alfodependeth 
vpon die fame Caffe * For that, the more Sparing, and Startling Iuvce of 
the Earth, infuificient for Plants , doth breed Mojje. 
Old Tms , are more Mope , (farre) than Toung ■ For that the Sap is not 
Tofranckeasto rife all to the BougheS, but tirethby the way, and put¬ 
teth out Mojfe. 
Fountains haue Moffe growing vpon the Ground about them 5 
Mttfcoji Fontes $ —-- 
The Caufe is, for that the Fountains draine the water from the Ground 
Adiacent , and lcaue but fufficienr Moifture to breed Mojfe t And befides, 
the Coldncjfe of the water,conductth. to the fame. 
The Moffe of Trees, is a kinde df tiaire - For it is the Iuyce of the Tree, 
that is Excerned, and doth not Ailimilatc. And vpon great Trees the 
Moffe gathereth a Figure, like a Leafe. 
The Moffer Sort of Trees yeeld little Mojje - As wee fee in Apes, Po¬ 
plars , Willows, Beeches, &c. Which is partly caufed, for the reafon that 
hath beche giberi, bf the francke Putting vp of the Sap into the Boughes, 
And partly, for that the Barkes of thofe Trees* are more Clofe and 
Smooth, than thofe of Oakes , and Apes- Whereby the Mojje can 
the hardiier iffue out. 
In cUy-Groundii all Prnit-Trees grow full of Moffe, both vpon Body and 
Boughes, Which is caufed, partly bv the Coldnefjc of the Ground, where¬ 
by the Plants nourifh leffe • And'partly by the Toughnejje of the Earth, 
whereby the Sap is (hut in, and cannot get up, to fpreadfofranck ty, as 
itfhoulddoc. 
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