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Show ~TheEpifile Dedicatorie. ters of {tate ; Mishridares the great was famousforhis knowledge herein, as Plu- Plut.deDifer. pane noreth, Euax alfo King of Arabia,the happygarden of the world for princiadul & atic. Plin.lib.zse Cap.2» pall Simples, wrot ofthis argument, as Pliny (heweth. Diocletian ikewile might his perfehaue had his praife,had he notdrownedall his honour in the bloudof and cution, To conclude this point, the examp|léofSolomon is before the reft, out fet ableto was hee that , wasfuch ge greater, whofe wifedume and knowled very my But Mofle. lowelt the to Cedar higheft the from plants the nature ofall good Lord ,that which fometime was the ftudy ofgreat Philofophers and migh- tie Princes, is now neglected, exceptit be of fome few,whofe {pirit and wifdome hath carried them amongotherparts of wifedome and counfell, toa care and ftu- LANCELOTVS BRVNIVS MEDICVS REGINEVS Touanni Gerarvo Chirurgoperitifumo, dg rei Herbarie callentiffimo S.P, D. die of {peciall herbes,both for the furnifhing oftheir gardens, and furtherance of theis knowledge: among whom mayiuftly affirme and publifh your Honor to “VM fingularum medicine partium cognitio atque intelli- andalmoft all mytime, nowby the {pace oftwenty yeares. Tothe large andfin~ gular furniture ofthis noble|flandI haue addedfrom forreine places all the va. Antiquiffimam eameffe ex co liquet, quod quumceterz medicine partes (ficut relique etiamates) ab ipfis homi- gentia libero homine digna confenda eft ; tum catum nulla velantiquitate, vel dignitare, vel vtilicate, vel deniqueiuf cunditate,cumftirpium cognitione iure comparari debet. be one,being my felfe one ofyour feruants,and a long time witnefle thereof: for vnder your Lordthip I haue ferued, and that way employed my principall ftudy nibus (prout eos durapreflit neceffitas) primum excogitate & inuente fuerunt:fola herbarum arborumque cognitio ante hominemformatum condita,cidemque mox creato ab § ipfo mundi archetecto donata videri poteft. Cuius tanta rietie of hetbes and floures that I might any way obtaine, haue laboured with the foile to makeit fit forpJants , and.with theplants, that they might delight in the foile, that fo they might liue and profper vnderour clymat, as in their natine andpropercountrey: what my fuccefle hath beene,and what my furniture is, 1 leaue to the report of themthat haue teene your Lordfhips gardens, and the lit tle plot of myne owne efpeciall care and husbandry. Bur becaufe gardensare priuat, a nd many times finding an ignorant ora negligent fucceflor,come foone acyEbrcoon,snoreehem Ronhegerwhecung See af reethem rom the danger whereunto agar= in when was ouercome, and had brought this Hiftory or report of the nature of Plants to aiuft Volume, and had made it (asthe Reoder GieySeueyaEst GeiotaFleiealst foundit no queftion vnto me cesar ott good Lordfhi , found = none ofwhofe fauor and goodne t prefume,(ceing I haue found gi ree E . you euer myvery good Lord and Mafter. Again, confidering my duty and your vt if apudantiquafecula exiftimatio ac dignitas erat, vt 8 ipfius inuentionemfapientiffimo Deorum Apollini veteres fuunt rribuerint,& reges celeberrimi in ftirpium viribus indagandis ftudium laboremque Iam verd confumere, fmm fibi apud pofteros laudi honorique futurumeentfuerint. em nullius-vel plantarumvttlitas, atq; etiam neceffitas,aded laté patet,vt eius immenfitat queat.Stirpiam enim Acutifimi hominis animus capere,nedum meus calamus exprimere motbos remedia complarimz nobis in cibos,alimentumque cedunt’: innumete aduerfits ; fiippeditant + ex alijs domos, naues, inftrumenta tam bellica quam tuftica fabricamus recenfingulis quibus In nt. fubminiftra corporibus noftris aliquot etiantearum veftes & literis. Quanfendis diutits perfiftere, hominis effer intemperantér abutentis & otio capiamus, fiue tas autem, & quamvarias voluptates ex ftirpiumfive amoenitate aculis inficiari non impietate conditorem inearum fumma fine hauriamus, natibus fragtantia aberi quidemh vitalis ne nobis vita fubfidio & ope ftirpiam poffimus. Aded vt'abfque Honors merits, to whommay 1 I better recommend my Labors, than to himvnto debeat. orme? ! re ot me e i your Honorable and y; Sailge ; accuftomedfauorI oe: ‘aut ingratug, tus eff, adeo, aut infenfatus vt non exploratum habeat, quantafque voluptates tus mi Gerarde in ftirnofcat, quanta vniuerfis Anglis commoda, inexhauftum, immenfique fumppium inueftigatione &cultu labor indefeffus, fudium Boom one myfelfe, and all that { am ablein anyferuice or devotion to per mara terball to your Lordthips proteéti ecpantg é on;5:andnotasanan exquifite ex i Worke Ce Laas my meannefle) but as the greatelt gift and chiefeft simpeainn ofdut cate es 20 Rea feruice can aloord: whereofifthere be no otherfrujt yet this t oFtome ye, idoemen t "eet that I haue 2 miniftred Matter \\ for Men10f of f riper :wi and : deeper riper wits addi; s where } thing i F any hi palifh, and to addeto my laroe eaddition Asim De feat st ee APES aay, thing is of behing rd ay be pertect, “Thust humbly take my jeaue fectiue, thar in time the Worke ma § 40d fo grant youyet manyday j i i any dayesto liue to hisglory, to ns the fupport of this ot ate . v id C st he erM al © {tie Our d read Sou er al 5 ne, 3 anc A that WwW ) ith S grea¢ t enc rea fe f 1ONOr in th ap™ y 10 the W orld Oo Com e world, andall fulnefse ofglor Your Lordphips moft humble and obedient Sernant, loun Gerarp: partibus antiquitate antecedar; Quum igiturres plantaria reliquis omnibus medicine cateras longé fuperet, quis fut neque oblectatio infuper ate cedat;vtilit nulli ignitate, ut non ingeaue age ftatua virtute,iftoque deretus hoc de ftitpibus editolibroallaturifunt. Made itaquei ingreffus es virtutis gloriaaude ibené merendi ftudio, & quodinfigni tua cum plantaria promouenda prius que curriculum, eidem infifte animosé & gnauiter, neq; are plene abloluas atque peripfe productam mé iamfer m defifte quam eam Ate advmbilicu icias. Sicenim tan& tibiadhic fuperftiti gloriam paries immortalem, 8 poftobitum nulla ynquam ritatem relinques,vt tuarum Jaudum pofteros noftros 1597. Bene vale,” Ex Aula Reginea Weftm. ipfis Cal, Decemb. |