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and bends eafily without_breal«:ing,wh1ch Corall will not d0.Loé:.l calls this Cora/lzm 4154, it gr0W‘35 in the Mediteranian fea,and vpon the Coafis of Spaine. l’ . .

6 This in all refpeéts is like the la{’r defcribed , the colour excepted,'which is a darke red, and . r rm-:.{;3‘:=vs4{gaiy>1W~ therefore better refembles the red Corall. Clufiw refers both thefe to the Qertm marina mentro- . V a ned by Theop/mz/lm,Hpl4nt.7.cap.4. -1?

There is found growing vpon the rockes neere vnto the fea,a certaine matter wrought foge‘

ther,of the forme or froth of the fea,which we call fpunges, after the .:Latine name, which may V5’?

fitly be inferred among the {ca MolI'es,wherof to write at large would greatly increafe our volume: I M x V ‘ V x //4,1, // and little profit the Reader,confidering we hafien to an end, and alfo that the vfe is fowell l<n_0fVfl¢ Iii; .9 ' h \ r l I I, , ,//—r/”>// vn to all :therefore thefe few lines may ferue vntill a further confideration, or a fecond Ed1t1O"- ' r 5: ‘ ~ ‘\ y T i/ i y T T 1 Spunges are not like the Alcytminm, that is, an accidentall matter wrought together of the fro! _ ‘ if -T T r I / x ‘ ‘/ ;//// of the fea,as our Author alfirrnes,but rather of a nobler nature than plants, for theyfiare faid to him“ ‘ T ' . . 33" ‘ e ” 14", // fence,and to contraét thernfelues at the approach of ones hand that comes to cut them vp, OT f°r T t " Q L _ T ‘ feare of any other harme-threatning ob jet}, and therefore by molt Writers they are referred to the v" ' . ‘ — Emm: which form: render Pbmtzmimalia, that is, fuch as are neither abfolute plants, not lining CIC3‘ tures,but participate of both: they grow ofdiuers {herpes and colours vpon the Rockes in the MC‘ diterranean,as alfo in the Archipelagopr ./Egean feet.

8 Clufim ‘ob ferued one yet adhering to the [lone whereon it grew, which in {hape relemblcd‘ funnell,but in fubltance was like another Spunge.

9 There is alfo to be found vpon our Englilh coal’: a {mall kinde of fpunge cafi vp by the {C35 and this is alfo of different lhapes and colour, for the (hape it is alwaies diuided into fundry bran’ ches,but that after a different manner 5 and the colour is oft times brownilh, and otherwhiles gm’ or white. Loéefmakes it Confirm marimegenm. :1:

q}' The Place; A The place of their growing is fufliciently fpoken of in their {euerall defcriptions; v {I The Time. T

‘The time anfwereth the other kindes offea Molfes.

V q)‘ The Names. r _ cm//mm mémm is called in Englifh, red Corrall. Comllirm: m'gmm,blacl<e Corrall. Coraflifl” aléum,white Corrall.'

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qr TIM Temperature. Corrall bindeth, and meanely cooleth : it clenfeth the fears and F pots of the eies, and is V61’ fuall againlt the iffues ofbloud,and eafeth the difficulty of making water. 1] The Vemm. Corrall drunke in wine or watenpreferueth from the fpleenegand fome hang it about the 115‘ offuch as haue the falling fickenelTe,and it is giuen in drinke for the fame purpofe. ~ It is a foueraigne remedy to drie, to (top, and flay all iffues T of bloud whatfoeuer in man or W0’ man,and the Dyfentery. i C Burned C orrall drieth more than when it is vnburnedjand being giuen to drinke in waters peth the gripings of the belly,and the griefes of the flaone in the bladder. re: 2‘ : t r .. D Corrall drunke in wine prouoketh fleepe :but if the patient haue an ague, then it is with beibn 4 ' " e - j fuccefle miniflrcd in water, for the Corrall cooleth, and the water moifineth the bod)’: b)’ ‘ca ' M’ ‘ T ” whereof it re Ptraineth the burning heate in agues,and reprelfeth the vapours that hinder IICCPC‘ : " { as y \“

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some Mufhrumes grow forth of the earth ;other vpon the bodies of old trees, which diff“ 31: together in kiflde-‘R M311)’ Wantons that dwell neere the fea,and haue fifh at will, are Vefl’ 9“, ‘ rous for change of diet to feed vpon the birds of the mountaines - and fuch as dwellvpofl the hi ,, or champion grouncls,clo long after (‘ea fifhsmany that haue plenty,ofboth,do hunger after the egg .. _ ' "thy excrefcences, called Mufhromes :whereof {ome are very venomous and fullof poyfofl; 0' ve_ ‘ [ -‘ " <\ not {'0 noifomeg and neither of them very wholefome meate wherefore for the auoiding Ofthe -t i ,/ .' ' ll) nomous quality ofthc one,‘and that the other which is lelle venomous may be difcerned from If; , .' ~, V i .» K “ l I haue thought good to fer forth their figures with their names and places of growth. 1 ecafilo, V ' 1 I H“ " the booke is already growne too voluminous,I will only giue you the figures of fuch as my Au,‘ .n_ hath hcfe mentioned, with fome few others, but not trouble you with any more hifiory, Ye‘ ‘hfltihe guiih betweene fuchas be eatable,and thofe that be poifonous, or at leap; not to be eaten ; f0‘ up firfi figured among the poifonous ones, is thatwe call Iewes-eare which hath no poyf0D0“’ {ac of .t1"eit1rit£ C/ufim (311 whofe figures I could haue here giuen you’) hath written a peculiar ' Itllffe baflard plants, or excrefcences,whe.re fuch as defire it may finde them fuflicicntl .- _. .,...-.,t.....__.,_ . _... ..i ._ ‘. .

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