Alphita : a medico-botanical glossary from the Bodleian manuscript, Selden B.35 / edited by J.L.G. Mowat.

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1887
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    .-r et istud meliphilon^ multi dicunt, morsus caminos mitigat Musca maior' facit acus et redolet. Muscus est nomen equiuocum ad oro- 6 maticum * et ad illam lanuginem ^ que tegit arborem, et similiter uestit lapides torpentes aque. Item muscus est quedam humiditas que in apostematibus quorundam ani- lo malium reperitur in Yndia. g®. et a». muge*. Muscum caUdum est in ii. gradu, siccum in iii. Mittitur in colliriis et in pilis seu pulueribus oculorum, [unde] uersus 15 i. musche i. muge Pungit musca'^, sapit muscum, uiret i. mos. arbore muscus. [Respice in dens equinus.] Musceleon' est oleum muscel[l]inum 20 non de musco sed de fructu mus- celli arboris, Napeum uel napei', i. semen sinapis. Naper, i. semen napi. [Nartan^, respice in centaurea maior. 25 Nardum agreste respice in fu.] Nasale^^ iniectorium nasi instrumen- tum. idem. Nata^^, i. petroleum uel petrosillum rubei coloris. 3° Narstucium'* triplex est s. aquaticum, siluestre et ortolanum. [Respice in Alrafed.] Narstucium aquaticum et siluestre similes sunt in foliis. [Respice in 35 senaciones.] Narstucium ortolanum folia habet 2. camnoios. 3. Muscata minor. ^(fi Muscata maior facit acns sed non redolet. 4. aromaticum. 7. torrentis. 16. mouche. 29. petrosilium. 1 Diosc. iii. 107, oQtv koX tovto fuXtacrScpvWov licaKtaav. Ib. iroitLTTphs Kvv6dr]KTa. Read camnos. ^ See Acus Muscata, and App. Muscata maior. Gerarde, p. 941, Musked Crane's-bill 'is called . . . Acus Moschata in shops and Aciis pastoris . . . and of the vulgar sort Muschata and also Pick-needle.' * Musk. Bart. p. 30, ' Muscus nomen est equivocum ad idem aromaticum et ad illam lanuginem quse vestit arbores et similiter vestit lapides torrentes.' = Moss. « Cotgrave does not give Muge : but it occurs in E. P. N. p. 46, ' Hastula regia, ■ muge de bois (i.e. wood-mush), wuderove.' Hence Muguet applied both to Woodruff and Lily of the valley : also Muguetie, the Nutmeg {nux muscata), where the -meg represents the word muge.^ Cath. Angl. (ed. Herrtage), ' a Nnt muge, nux muscata.' ' Cotgrave, ' Mousche, a Fly.' » Bart. p. 31, ' Musleleon est quoddam oleum de musco et aliis speciebus aromaticis factum. ^ ib. p. 30, ' Musteleon, i. olivum miistelinum a musto dictum.' Perhaps nvpmvkXaiov, Diosc. i. 48. » Diosc. ii. 18^, oivnm v6.irv. Cf. App. Napeum. ol Sl v&pKr,v KaKovai, Diosc. 111. 6. » Diosc. i. 10,* cpov... dypiav vApSov KaXovcru Bart. p. 31, ' ^'^^^ instrumentum injectorium dicitur.' MS. Ashm. 1470, ' Nasale est instrumentum injectonum.' See post, Nascale. v&<pea, Diosc. i. loi. Bart. p. 3'. petroleum rubei colons. Diosp. ij. 184, K&p5aiMV . . . 'Pcu/iafoi vacrT0i5/)«(0v/t,