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Show To the Reader. To the courteous and well-willing ‘Readers. {pent (courteous Lthoughmy paines havet ot beén =r tra ing it 5 difcouerie of golden mynes, nor inthe furnifhed withal ,wherio liken haue I counterfeited a sand Princes hat ceficemed ' them as Iewels; fith wife men Fi 1 attaineto the knowledge of cem. —" off all, andopenea bic mouthes of many, in comm . Iconfeffe blinde Plutois no Pbk: andyet this duftie mettall,or excrementof the hart of ohbyforcible beanciefore to greeue thecor rather fnatchedat of manto f And yet behold in the compafiing of 't wncertain 4 varietie ? what fi F fe are myf ticall pr oofes, and chymicall trials rarywife, in : enfe ? what fecuri : i ineart be not able to counteruaile natureinhir linely portraitures;syet , fhapesandthadowes for fubftance, be ingreadiewith the badpain- ;penfill with my PD choofing rather to {corevpon my priate f ter, toexplane the imperfectio meaning, than to letthe behol der to gefle atrandon andmiffe, I fuch rade marks, as maydef t ue the names of fund tie plants, but alfoth eir nea prow haue heers theref effects, th Hs inet cafeand.d ecr portions and properties, their affects ities, ase lof thofewh their diftin@ varie n a y perufing diuers stale ies i otherJanrd teh 1 fi others which I hau paines, fince that excellent any ota Ww hath to guages, wherein noneof o Gentleman , tra ful y ime } frer wi workeof Mafter Door Tx L ondon ¢C ‘olledg he donaus out of French into Eng Iheard) tranflated the laft ¢ by death, his tranflati to fet foorth vntothe viev . teft eltats: of his innoc } as manin the fure I may ¢ as it hath beene other- my labour, I truit’ hath ious eby oe vaines filuet uch marcha wi he beinrich o| my native countrie 8i| moft in requeftand admiration : yet ISi| wife profitably imployed, in defcry trees and plants asthe carth fran HarmeleffeI call | moft necef R the olde prouerbe, Que fipranos, nibilad nos; 1 fappofe this new faying cannot be falfe, One infranos, ea maxime adnos. E ie therefore is this treafure to be gained, andyet pretious. Thefcienceisnoblyfup>por= ted by wife and kingly fanorites: the fubie@ thereof fo neceffarie and deleGable, that nothing can be confeéted, eirbcrdclicaté for thetafte, daintie for {mell,pleafantfor fight, wholefomefor bodie, conferuaealth, bu tit borroweth the relifhof an herbe,thefanonr ofa flower,the colour of tiue or reftora © the decoétion of a roote : and {uchisthe treafurethat this my treatileis aleafe, the iuice of a lant, or worke,I confetfe, ‘ot as notwi aAKe ake, with this my c« novel of Herbes, wl aaave hatannape aepas the Pr nter. to that molt ¢ carefull nourfing Mother of tetanic, fo hauing bent mjMSlaGabe s tothe benefiting of fuch hands (loui ng countri¢an) asatokenof my goodwill, trufting fly praGifed in the confernationthereof, I thoughtit aoe point of mydutie, rafhly condemne me, although fome thing ha uepafied woorthie. ftore, to offer yp thefe my far fetched experiments, togither with mine ow bal treafure, combined in this compendio (not vnprofitable, 4 g nfiderations, Tkhedrift whereofisa feadi conftruGions andcourte Art of Simpling, whichis ne ible, as (pethaps)t intimate ; but fuch is it,as altogith at hnbeenaaft flodieforthe wileft, ane for the beft. From whencethere fpr 10t onely to adornethe the bofo of the beautifull, to paint the g: dens ofthe curious landerer or enuious, Ipafte not for them, but returne vpon = theyfhall without caufe either murmurein cor- jor iangl ein fecret. Farewell. From my houfein Holburne within the fuburbs of London, this firft of December Eee Kings; but alfofuchfruitas learned Diofcorid precious in his owne priuate clofer : CWithridates than by his fometim effpeaking two and twentie lang Ens note, the Arabians deliver in a difcourfe written of the vertue Vatothe Emperour Nero, greene Herbarift can make mention ofthe vertues were found out byI machus, and his vertues no leffe ete rained i nt the name of J queit : (whether you ple F b t clo, Asf ther the title thereof fjpre g from ep lilclofed the vfetherot votopolteritic, What thould we fj aking their denor vfincere and unfained friend, Fobn Gerard. a hirfelfe, or from the it furuiueth as amonumentto re Gentiana, bearing {till the cognifanc tors? What fhoul é,CLumenus, itof fuch a royall com €: hey al ( htheLillies of rt 1 comr nendation, in tthat his ke the common colours of onument than Paradife,and > } th en of Eden? ure that Re of perf tha 1 place where Adam was fet,to beethe He sbibut into the gardens of Aleinos ,0f2 hither, where i phi bach mot t nof the yeere morelongedfor,t ae fweetes, and makes them yeeld their fragrat Vp at Planets,thhat might fafely loke downe at Plants? And iftue be the |