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Show ~ The Epiftle to the Reader, and manner of fowing, fetting, planting, replanting, and thelike (although alk thefe thingsand many more thenaretrue, are fet downvery largely in theenerall bookes thatothers haue writtenof this fubiec) as al/otofhew fome of the Kit- chen vfes (becaufe they are Kitchen herbes ec.)although I confeffe but verypa. ringly, not intending a treatife of cookery, but briefly togine a touch thereof . and alfo the Phyficall properties, to fhew fomewhat that others haue not fet forth; Jet not to play the Empericke, andgiueyou receipts of medicines forall difeafes, but only to fhewin fomefort the qualities of Herbes, to quicken the minds oftheftudios, And laftly an Orchardof allforts of domefticke orforraine, rare and good Fruits, fitfor this our Land and Countrey, which is at this time better-ftored and furnifbed thenener in any age before. Ibaue herein endeanoured, as in theotber Gardens, to fet forth the varieties of eueryfortin as briefe a inanner aspofsibly could bewithoutSuperfluons repetitions of defcriptions, and onely with efpectall aS \ Q CHGS LS) MeL ; TLD.M. S.ReDs c* atSNE'( cote SSG ' SU3t ot + Ar Ocmapanzeyricum Opus tuum.indefell laboris, veilitatis eximiz poftulas;ode' merith ture & Me, Extorquercts (mi Parkinfone) fi fayantibusMulis;, & Jecundo Apol- keeping thefeuerall dntked» oat : nae rin batesbehirGardens sneer, With Whatfoener Ithought was conuea mployed and may thefooner haften thefourth Part,A Garden of §imples which te LENSE 3 3 Lindijenf folertyfPhanizeopie Joanni Parkinfons o% 4 sM SHOHI RSM TRIBE ANG \ ‘ j fimo ‘katanico.conjummatifsimo = — of difference in leanes,flowersandfruits, Some few properties alfo arefet eonsPaco rythe moft, theworkedid req uire. And moreouer si a— Ifhewed 0% both the occafion and fcope of this Worke; and herein ~ p ’ mytime, paines and charge, which if well accepted, I fhall thinke well oS oo line in bicip iti fomniare Parnaflo,& repente Poet mihi 7” i Grodirelicerer. kn f@tus tui bonis auibus in lucemeciti, Al dc prolixiérem nepotum feriempromittentislaudes, alt Deopleni Enthufiafte carmine {uos pangant elenchos; quosfub figmentis ampullata hyperbolicarum vocummulecdine, vates feré auribus mentibufue infinaant, Veritas nudisatis amans; faco'natiuum candorem obumbranti non illuftranti perpetuumindixit bellum : In fim- wt® plicitate,quam aflertionunneriofa breuitasexprimic, exultat: Andi quid dete fentiam, Tu mihifisifpoltercien GrateuasBrittannus } inter omnes Thinein what he may; quel mihi hic innotiétimne; peritifsimus, exercitatifsimuis, ocnlarif imus, & emunctifsime natis- Boranicus : Cuius! operain fortunata hac Infula rem herbariam traCtari, emendatiyaugeri; 8: popularibustuis-ver, naculo fermone ad amufsimtradi, non decentiz modo, fed etiam necefsi- tatis eft. Madte tua fedulitate (Vir optime) nequerte laborum tam, ardais lucubrationibus datorum haétenuspeeniteat, ‘vel deinceps impendendo- TouN Parxinson, tke rum pigeat.Difficilia que pulchra.Leniet debitxlaudis dulcedo vigiliaruty acerbiratem, & Olympicum ftadium cito pede; aicarceribus ad metas aja- cricer decurrentem nobile manet @atéoeSed- memento Artem longam; Vitameffe brenem. Mos draeanesie-. Vide quid ad antiquumillum cuins finon animam,faltem genium induiftiy |\Crateuam {cribat Hippocrates; Teens ales danicgion dvaberd rgucks JRivy 0 Tule dua ireoes, Nobilifsinam Medicine partem Botanicam efle repura. Flor@ nunlitafti dc Pomone} Apollini yt audio propediéem Horto Mepico- ‘facturus, Amako integra Veltzfacra conficito, eiufque variegatam multis {implicium morbifuge: rummyriadibus finum abfoluté pandito, quem fine velo nobis exhibeas. Nulla dies abeat finelinea. Sic'tandem»fraQus gloria referesivberrimos, quosiufte fudoribus partos, vt in cruda.&& viridi fenectute decerpas diu, ifque longum fruaris opto, Vale. falutis 1629. Datum: Londini (alendas O&fobris anno Theodorus de Mayerne:Eques aurat.in Aula Regim Magne Britannia lacobiex (arolé P. cor Fi Archiatrorum Comes |