Mityli. Chamae.
Mussels were never in credit, but amongst the poorer sort; till lately the lilly white Mussel was found out a∣bout Romers-wall, as we sail betwixt Flushing and Ber∣gen-••p-Zon, where indeed in the heat of Sommer, they are commonly and much eaten without any offence to the head, liver or stomach; yea my self (whom once twen∣ty Mussels had almost poisoned at Cambridg, and who have seen sharp, filthy, and cruel diseases follow the eat∣ing of English Mussels) did fill my self with those Mussels of the Low Country, being never a whit distempered with my bold adventure. Dr Wotton saith that the least * 1.1Mussels be ever best, because they are whitest softest, and soonest digested, but the great ones give a stronger and larger nourishment; the red ones are very dange∣rous, yellow ones are suspected, but the white ones are wholesome and much commended, save unto hot and distempered stomacks: they are best sodden in the water out of which they were taken, which being not obtained, seeth them in water and salt, and a little strong Ale and Vinegar: broild Mussels encrease heat and draught; fryed Mussels do easily corrupt in