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Show nbanaleaaate ares 100 THE FIRST BOOKE OF HIS TORE) THE teeade = et eeriee an ; , are purple coloured, Likewife there is anothercalled Oyientalis albus, differing alfo from the othersin colour of the fowers.forthat thefe are very white,andthe others blew. There is another called “Hyacinthys Brumalis, or winter Tacint, it is like the othersin fhape, but The other two arenorfo common, yet do theygrowin the woodsby Colchefter in Effes, int Sa = lsPABST Loy vs,ofwhich there is one like vito thefirft of thefe orientall lacints, fauing that the flowers thereof nation cobour, which maketha difference from the other, %& The place. The blewHarebels dogrowe wilde in woods, copfes, and in the borders of fields euery wher through England, fieldes and woods bySouthfleete neere vnto Graues-endin Kent, as alfoin a peece of groundeby Canturburie called the Clapper, in the fields by Bathe, about the woods by VV arringtonin Lan. x Thetime. cafhireand otherplaces, Theyflowerfromthe beginning of Maie vntothe end of Iune. % The names. The firft ofour EnglifhIacints is called Hiacinthus Anglicus,forthatitis thought to grow mon plentifullyin England thanelfe where : of Dodonews Hyacinthusnon feriptus,or thevawrittenIacia, The other Hyacinthus Belzicus candidusor the Lowe countteyIacint with whiteflowers. 8 Hyacinshus orientalis Polyanthos, Double Orientall Iacint. differeth in the time of flowring. "ge Theplace. Thefe kinds ofIacints haue been brought from beyond the feas, fome'outof éne countrey and fome outofothers, efpecially from the Eat countries; whereofthey tooke their names Orsentalis 3 The time. j They flowerfromthe end ofIanuary vnto the end ofApril, ; The names Thereisa Lilly which Ovid inthe tenth booke of his Metamorphofisicalled Hyacinthus, of the boy Hyacinth, ofwhofe bleod he faineth thatthis flower{prang,, when he perithed as he wasplaying with pollfor whofe fake he faith that dpedid print certaine letters and notesof his mour; hing writting thus, Ecce cryor qui[ulus pumafignauerat Herbts, Definit effe cruor, Tyrtoque nitentior ostro Flos oritur,formamque Capit quam Lilia,fiwon Purpurcns color bis argenteus effet inillts. Non fatis hoc Phabo est,(1s.cninfuit auctor honorts) Ipfefos gemitusfolits inforibit ep a a Flos habet inferiptum,funeftaquelitera dufta est Tharis, : Behold the blood ofhim =z csaeite PLANTS: 16 i great, thicke andfullofflimie iuice, There is comevntovs from beyond the feas diners other forts; whofe figures are not extant with There issfound wilde in manyplaces of England, another fort, which hath flowers of a faitecs 7 Hyacinthus orientalis ceruleus, ; oO The blew.Orientall Iacint, OF ny blew orskid coloured flowers, growing'forthe moftpart vpononefide of theftalke.The roote is 6 Thewhite EnglithIacintis altogitherlike vato the precedent, fauingthat the leaues hereof fomwhait broader,the flowers more open,andvery white of colour. Which dide the graffe,ceaft blood tobe,andvpthere fprang a trim Zeca Ns asna aga lla Andgoodlyflower, more orient then. the purpleclothin graine: In fhape alillie;were it nat thaclillies doxemaine Offiluer colour,where as thofe ofpurple:heiwe are feene’s,, Altidugh tharPddbus hadthe caufe ofthis:great honor beene; Yer thought he not that fame inoughjandtherefore did he wright His fighs yponthe Jéaues thereof:and fo incoldur bright The flower hath « writ chereon,which letters are of griefe. Theocritws alfo hath made mentionofthis Hyacinthin Bjons Epitaphinthe 19.Bidyll, NowHyacinth,thofe letters thinetell then and do not paffe, Andtake vpon thyleaties «4, hei(mourningfiotes ) alafle. Likewife Virgillhath written heerec yf in the third Ec log ofhis Bucolicks, Et me Phoebus amat,Pheebofaa: Jemper apud me Munerafant, lauri c fiauerubens Hyacinthus. And me'Phabus loues Phebus hati his giftsalwaies with 'niee Trees Laurell ‘Aowets Hyacinthfo fweete arid ted to-fee. Inlike maner allo 7¥eme/anusiKid fecond Eclog ofhis Bucélicks? Te fine mie,mifero wil tiliawiera vidertir Pallente(que Rofe, neciulce rubens Hyatinthia: eo Atita venias, G candida lilia fient % Thedefcriptionpet Theorientall Iacint hath great} pik 38 mn See le i the osJ dle like a trough : fro eke middle £ essthicke,fat,and full ofiuice, deepely hollowed in leanes,very finooth, foft and full fi thofe leaues vifeth vp a ftalketwo hands high , bare wit j Purpiireaque Rofe, & ddlee rubens Hyacinthus. Mewithout thee, whiteLillies feemeall blacke poore man to me AndRofes pale,vnfweete the riddieHyacinth will be: Bat iffo be chou com’ft,O then the Lillies thall be white 7 lowlike ab ell, greater than the En ih loden toward the top with many faire blew Howe red with many{calie reddith §| ngiith Iacine, Therooteis great; Bulbus or Onion fafhion, 8. Thedoublelacing ak Names or pillings {ich as thofe that eoicn Onions b very manylarge and broad lea, —s many-flowers (for fodoththe word Polyanthos impor) a whereofrife vp {trong ielegotian very thicke, fat or fall of flimie iuice: from them of e ft: 2 { tho BtOUe talks, bareand naked, fet fromthe middle to.the top wit f s red, and fweete the ruddy Hyacinth in fight. are faid tobe red, which Ouidcalleth purple; fome would hauethenrcalled by ¢ Iron; for that wheir the beft iron is tnade hot and'wrought til ic be cold, there remainetha certaine blewnes,which theycall ironcolour; grounding themlelues'vpon Virg7/ls aucto~ "g 3 Title, |