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the wainingos the Mood, that being cut in season, they tnay last long without rot-tcnneffe. And that which is more, as her age varies, so her effects vary accordingto her age; for in her first quarter, she maketh hot and moist, but especially moist ;from thence all moist things grow and receive their humidity in that time: from thattime to the full of the Moon, she gives heat and moistu c equally, as may be seen inTrees and Minerals: from that time to the half Moon decaying, she is hot and moist,but especially hor, because she is fuller of light; thence the fishes at that time com-monly are wont to iwim in the top of the water; and that the Moon is in this agewarm , appears by this, that it doth extend and enlarge moist bodies ; and therebythe moisture encreasingdc cauleth rottenncsle, and maketh them wither and waste a-way. But in her ! ast quarter, when she loseth all her light, then she is meerly hot.and the wises of fflalde* hold chat this state of heaven is best of all other. So theyreport that there is a Moon-herb, having round twirled leaves of a blewish colour,which is well acquainted with the age of the Moon ; for when the Moon waxech,this herb every day of her age brings forth a leaf; and when (he waine.h, the sameherb loseth for every day a lea^. These variable effects of the Moon, we may feemore at large, and more usually in tame creatures and in plants, where we have dai-ly sight and experience thereof. The Pismire, that little creature, hath a sense of thechange of the Planets: for (he worketh by night about the full of the Moon, butshe resteth all the space betwixt the old and the new Moon. The inwards of miceanfwerthc Moons proportion ; for they encreasewith her, and with her they alsoshrink away. If we cot our hair, or pair our nailes before the new Moon, theywill grow again but slowly ; if at or about the new Moon, they will grow againquickly. The eyes of Cats are also acquainted with the alterations of the Moon, sothat they are sometimes broader as the light i> lefl'e, and yarrower when the lightof the Moon is greater. The Beetle marketh the ages aud seasons of the Planets tfor he gathering dung out of the mixen,» rounds it up together, and coverethit with earth for eight and twenty daies, hiding it so long as the Moon goeth aboutthe Zodiak; and when the new Mo-m Cometh, heopeneth that round ball of dirr,and thence yields a young Beetle. Onions alone, of all other herbs, (w hich is mostwonderful) feels the changeable state of the Planets, but quite contrary to theirchange frameth it self; for when the Moon waineth, the Onions encrease; andwhen she waxech, they decay; for which cause the Priests of Egypt would not catOnions, as Plutar^vitnts in his fourth Commentary upon Heft ode. Thatkinde ofspurge which is called Heiioscopium^ becauso it follows the Sun, disposeth of herleaves as the Sun rules them - for when the Sun rifeth, she openeth them, as beingdesirous that the morning should see them rise; and shucteth them when the Sunsctttth, as desiring to have her flower covered and concealed from the night. Somany other herbs follow the Sun, as the herb Turn sole: for when the Sun rifeth,she holds down her head all day long, that the Sun may nev:r lo much as writhe anyof her (there is such love as it were betwixt them) and she stoops still the fame waywhich the Sun goeth: so do the flowers of Succory and of Mallows. Likewise thepulse called Lupines, still looks after the Sun, that it may not writhe his stalk; andthis watheth the Suns motion so duly, that like a Dial it shews the Husband-manthe time of the day , though it be never so cloudy ; and they know thereby thejust time when the Sun serteth : and Theophrastus faith, that the flower of the herbLotum, is not onely open and shut, but also sometimes hides, and sometimes shewsher stalk from Sun-setro midnight; and this, faith he, is done about the River £#-phrates. So the Olive-tree, the Sallow, the Linden-tree, the Elm, the white Po-ple-crce, they declare the times of the Suns standing, when it turns back again fromthe Poles; for then they hide their leaves, and (hew only their hoar-whiie backs.In like manner winter-Cresses or Irium, and Penyrial, chough they begin to witherbeing gathered, yet if yon hang them upon a stick about the time of the Solstice,they will for that time flourish. The stone Selenites,(as much as to fay, the Moon-beam) called by others Aphroselinon, contains in it the Image of the Moon, andshews the waxing and wainingof it every day in the fame Image. Another stone

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