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We hauefaid heretofore, that if Trees be Hide-bound, they wax Idle J 
Fruitfully and gather Moffe: And that they are holpcn by hacking &c. f 
And therefore by the reafon of Contraries, if Trees bee bound in with 
Cords, or fome Outward Bands, they will put forth more Moffe: Which 
(I thinke) happeneth to Trees that Hand Bleake, and vpon the Cold 
Winds. It would alfobe tried, whether if youcouera Tree, fomewhat 
thicke vpon the top, after his Powling, it will not gather more Moffe. I 
thinke alfo, the watring of Trees with Cold Fount aine- water, will make 
them grow full of Moffe. 
There is a Moffe the Perfumers haue, which commeth out of Apple- 
Trees , that hath an Excellent Sent. Qu*re particularly for the Manner 
the Growth , and the Nature of it. And for this Experiments fake, being 
a Thing of Price, I haue fetdowne the lalf Experiments,how to multiply, 
and call on Mojfes. 
Next vnto Mojfe> I will fpeake of Mujbromes ; Which are 
like wife an Vnperfett Plant. Thefe Mujbromes haue two ftrange 
Properties j The One, that they yeeldlo Delicious a Meat ; The 
other, that they come nap fo baflily ,• As in a Night ; And yet they 
are Vnfowne. And therefore, fuch as arc Vp-Harts in State, they 
call, in reproach, Mujbromes. Ic muft needs be therefore, that 
they bee made of much Moijlure ; And that Moijlure Fat, 
Grotfe, and yet fomewhat Conco&ed. And fmdeedj we dnde 
that Mujbromes caufethe Accident , which we call Incubus, or 
the Mare, in the Stomacke. And therefore the Surfet of them 
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may Suffocate, and Empoyfbn. And this fheweth, that they 
are Windy*, And that WindinefTe is GrofTe, and Swelling,- 
Not Sharpe, or Griping. And vpon the fame reafon Mufh- 
romes are a venereous Meat, 
It is reported, that the Parke of White , or Red Poplar , (tvhich are of 
theMoifteftof Trees,} cut fmail, and caft into Furrowes well dunged, 
will caufethe Ground to put forth Mufhromes , at ail Seafons of the Teare, 
fit to be eaten. Someadde to the Mixture Leauen of Bread, refoluedin 
water. 
It is reported, that if a Hilly-Field, where the Stubble is Handing, 
bee fet on Fire, in a showrie Seafon, it will put forth great Store of 
Mufhromes. 
It is reported that Harts-Horne, shmm, or in Small Peec.es, mixed with 
Tung, and watred, putteth vp Mujbromes. and we know Harts-Horne 
is of a Fat and Clammie Subftance: And it may be Oxe-Horne would 
doe the like. 
It hath beene reported, though it be fcarce credible, that lay hath 
growne out of a stags-Horne $ Which they fuppole, did rather come 
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