Bacon, Francis, Sylva sylvarum : or, a natural history in ten centuries

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            <s xml:id="echoid-s4948" xml:space="preserve">It is reported, that the Bark of white or Red Poplar, (which are of the
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            moiſteſt of Trees) cut ſmall, and caſt into Furrows well dunged, will cauſe
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            the ground to put forth Mushromes, at all ſeaſons of the year fit to beeaten,
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            ſome add to the mixture Leaven of Bread, reſolved in Water.</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4949" xml:space="preserve"/>
          </p>
          <p>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4950" xml:space="preserve">It is reported, that if a Hilly-field, where the ſtubble is ſtanding, be ſet on
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            fire, in the ſhowry ſeaton, it will put forth great ſtore of Mushromes.</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4951" xml:space="preserve"/>
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          <p>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4952" xml:space="preserve">It is reported, that Harts-Horn ſhaken, or in ſmall pieces, mixed with
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            Dung, and watred, putteth up Mushromes. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4953" xml:space="preserve">And we know that Harts-Horn is
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            of a fat and clammy ſubſtance: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4954" xml:space="preserve">And it may be Ox-Horn would do the
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            like.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s4956" xml:space="preserve">It hath been reported, though it be ſcarce credible, that Ivy hath grown
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            out of a Stags-Horn; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4957" xml:space="preserve">which they ſuppoſe did rather come from a confrica-
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            tion of the Horn upon the Ivy, than from the Horn it ſelf. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4958" xml:space="preserve">There is not
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            known any ſubſtance, but Earth, and the Procedeurs of Earth, (as Tile-
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            Stone, &</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4959" xml:space="preserve">c.) </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4960" xml:space="preserve">that yieldeth any Moſs, or Herby ſubſtance. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4961" xml:space="preserve">There may betryal
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            made of ſome Seeds, as that Fennel-Seed, Muſtard-Seed, and Rape-Seed,
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            put into ſome little holes made in the Horns of Stags, or Oxen, to ſee if they
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            will grow.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s4963" xml:space="preserve">There is alſo another unperſect Plant, that (in ſhew) is like a great Muſh
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            rome: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4964" xml:space="preserve">And it is ſometimes as broad as ones Hat, which they call a Toads-
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            ſtool; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4965" xml:space="preserve">but it is not Eſculent, and it groweth (commonly) by a dead Stub of
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            a Tree, and like wiſe about the Roots of rotten Trees; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4966" xml:space="preserve">and therefore ſeemeth
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            to take his Juyce from Wood putrified. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4967" xml:space="preserve">Which ſheweth by the way, that
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            Wood putrified yieldeth a frank moiſture.</s>
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          <p>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4969" xml:space="preserve">There is a Cake that groweth upon the ſide of a dead Tree, that hath
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            gotten no name, but it is large and of a Cheſnut colour. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4970" xml:space="preserve">and hard and pithy;
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            </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4971" xml:space="preserve">whereby it ſhould ſeem, that even dead Trees forget not their putting forth,
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            no more than the Carcaſſes of Mens Bodies that put forth Hair and Nails for
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            a time.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s4973" xml:space="preserve">There is a Cod or Bag that groweth commonly in the Fields; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4974" xml:space="preserve">that at
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            firſt is hard like a Tennis-Ball, and white; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4975" xml:space="preserve">and after growth of a Muſhrome
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            colour, and full of light duſt upon the breaking; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4976" xml:space="preserve">and is thought to be dan-
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            gerous for the eyes, if the Powder get into them, and to be good for Kibes.
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            </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4977" xml:space="preserve">Belike it hath a Corroſive, and ſretting Nature.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s4979" xml:space="preserve">There is an Herb called Fews-Ear, that groweth upon the Roots, and
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              <note position="right" xlink:label="note-0149-08" xlink:href="note-0149-08a" xml:space="preserve">554.</note>
            lower parts of the Bodies of Trees, eſpecially of Elders, and ſometimes Aſhes.
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            </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4980" xml:space="preserve">It hath a ſtrange propriety; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4981" xml:space="preserve">for in warm Water, it ſwelleth, and openeth ex-
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            treamly. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4982" xml:space="preserve">It is not green, but of a dusky brown colour. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4983" xml:space="preserve">And it is uſed for
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            ſquinancies, and inflamations in the Throat, whereby it ſeemeth to have a
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            mollifving, and lenifying vertue.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s4985" xml:space="preserve">There is a kinde of Spongy excreſcence, which groweth chiefly upon
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            the Roots of the Laſer-Tree, and ſometimes upon Cedar, and other Trees.
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            </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4986" xml:space="preserve">It is very white, and light, and fryable; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4987" xml:space="preserve">which we call Agarick. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4988" xml:space="preserve">It is famous in
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            Phyſick for the purging of tough Flegm. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4989" xml:space="preserve">And it is alſo an excellent open o
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            r
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            for the Liver, but offenſive to the Stomach; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4990" xml:space="preserve">and in taſte it is, at the firſt
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            ſweet and after bitter.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s4992" xml:space="preserve">We finde no Super-Plant, that is a formed Plant, but Miſſeltoe. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4993" xml:space="preserve">They
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            have an idle Tradition, that there is a Bird called a Miſſel-Bird, that feedeth
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            upon a Seed, which many times ſhe cannot diſgeſt, and ſo expelleth it
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            whole with her Excrement; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4994" xml:space="preserve">which falling upon a Bough of a Tree, that
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            hath ſome rift, putteth forth Miſſeltoe. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4995" xml:space="preserve">But this is a Fable; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4996" xml:space="preserve">for it is not
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            probable, that Birds ſhould ſeed upon that they cannot diſgeſt. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4997" xml:space="preserve">But </s>
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