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Show 1078 THE THIRD BOOKE OF THE Sa ten ee E S 2 Roltru 1 Rofaitlba. CA WUhice Butthere aremanykindes of Rofes differingeither in the bignefle of the flowers, or theplantit felfe,roughnes orfmoorhnes, or in the multitude ofthe flowers, or in the fewnefle, or elfe incolour and fmell: for divers of them are high andtall others {hort and lowe; fome haue fiuc leaues others very many. Theophrajiustelleth of acertaine Rofe growing about Philippi,with an hundred leaues which the inhabitants brought foortlrof Pangeum, andplanted it in Campania, as Plinie ith, which we hold tobe the Holland Rofe,that diuers call the Prouince Rofe, but not properly, : Moreouer;fome be red others white, and moftof them or all,fw eetelyfinelling,efpecially tho ofthe gardenswherefore Strabe Gus in his little garden doth not only fpeake of Rofes themfelues burof the fhootes andfprigs,which he doth call 7éburnawt iting thus: ; Lamnifime feffiem via longior indupediret, bra a me % Ka TheRed Rog, & z MW, fs Scrupeus atque moni tcreretur carminis ordo, cd Debueram Viburna Rofe pretiofametallo Pattolt, c minetss Arabwmcircundare Semis. Thatisin Englith: Nowwere it not,that wearie anda longer waydoth let, Andof my new deuifed verfe were worne theftonie fers Ifhould with /aéo/metall and fnowe white Arabian gems, Befet about of Rofe andtree the pretious fhootes and ftems, Notwithftanding Vir grl:ws and C4urelins XNemefianus affirme that Viburnum is a cettainekinde of fhrubbie tree, little, lowe, tough and bending, who in his firft Eclog commending theciticof Romefaith, Perumbactantin alias inter capat extulit urbes, Quantum lenta folent rater viburna Cuprefa. Which is thus englifhed: But* this, among other cities and townes, Hath{omuch more ftately borne vp hir head; By howmuch the Cyprefies carrie their crownes, Aboue the lowe viorns bending (like lead.) And 2cmefianusin his fecond Eclogin thefe verfes: Dos quoque te propter Donace donabimur urbi, * Rome ypon DB Bbett $4 modoconifer as inter viburnaCupreélfos, We Aut inter Pinos Corjlumfronde/cere faseft. Vhich are thus tranflared: And we,O Dvzae,to the towne will giuenbe for thee, Ifyet among the lithie fhrubs a lawfull thing it be For Cypreffe trees with pointed tops theirleaues to fhoote, Or Hafell trees agiong the Pines to take their roote. % The defeription. soisec x ‘woes rats; fie Darnifoens. mea Totlnce,or Damaske Rafe. f ‘finouilh I §$Ss% F the curiouscould fo becontent, one generall defcription might ferue to di ting the whole ftocke or kiared ofthe Rofes , being things fo welknowen snorwithftan (he , [thinke itnot amifle,tofay fomerhing of themfeverally,in hope to fatisfie al, The rn Rofe hath verylong ftalkes of a woodie fubftance, fet orarmed withdiuersfharp ti, kles : the branches whereofare likewife full ofprickles, whereon do growe leaues coniiftin : i leaues for the moftparr, fer v pon amiddle rib by couples; the od leafe ftanding atthef . fame,and eneryone of thofe {mall leaues fomewhat fnipt about the edges, fomewhat rov an oueiworne greene colour: from the bofome whereof fheote foorthlongfoote ftalkes, ‘ do growe very faire dauble fowers,of a white colour andvery fweete fell, hauing in = a greene fewyellow threads or chiues; which being paft,there fucceedeth a long fruit whenitis ripe, andftuffed with a downie choking matter, wherein is containee feede as ftones.The roote is long,tough, andofa woodie fubftance. rs otherand 2 TheredRofe groweth very lowe in refpeG of the former: the ftalkes are fhorter,{moo browner of colour: the leaues arelike, yet ofa worfé duftie colour: the flowers oN ti w* ofthe branches,confilting ofmanyleaues,ofa perfect red colour the fiuitis likewife rea ripe ; the roote alfo woodie. 3 ys : : Thelefle be Reteetiieiae dee te ee eee eee feuenhils, |