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Show Tothe Reader. commoncolours of antiquitic, when notwith{tanding the world can brag ofno more antient Monn ment than Paradife and the garden ofEden : andthe fruits ofthe carth may contendfor feignior¢. tie, (ecing their mother was thefirft Creature that conceited, and they themfelwes rhefire frust fhe brouchi forth, Talke ofperfect happinelfe orpleafure, and whatplace wasfofitfor that as thegardenplace where Adamwasfet to be the Herbarift ? Whither did the Poets huntfor their fincere de- his, but into thegardens ofAlcinous,of Adonis, and the orchards of Hefperides > Where didthey dreame that Hcauenfhouldbe, but inthepleafantgarden of Ely fium 2 Whither do all men « walkefor their honeft recreation, but thither where the earth hath moft beneficially paintedherface with flodrifbing colours ¢ And what feafon of the yeare more longedfor than the Springwhofegen- To the courteous and well willing ‘Readers, Lthough my paines have not been (pent (curteous Rekiler) inthe eracious diftouerié ofgolden Mines, nor inthe tracingafterfiluer veines, whereby wiy natine country might beenriched with{uch merchandife as it hath moft in reque/t and adwnivate. on; yet hath my labour (Itruft) beenother wife profitably employed , in decrying of Such 4 harmleffe treafure of herbes,trees, andplants, as the earth frankely witkout Pa kes: nage offereth unto ourmoft neceffarie vfes. Harwel effe I call then, becaufe they werefach delights as manin the perfecte(tfate of hisinno cencie did erft iMioy: and treafure may well terme them,feeing both Kings and Princes haue eftecm ed them as Tewels » fith wife ss haus made their whole lifeas apilgrimage to attaine tothe knowledge of them: by the which th Aaue gained the hearts of all,and cpenedthe mouthes ofmany, in commendation of thafé sain which are cont atned inthefe terreftriall creatures, I conf fe blind Dlutos now ada wereha “per‘i han quicke Sighted Phoebus : anayet this dufty mettall,or excrement ofthe at whee firft-decpely buried SangoaE , leaft it fhould be an eye-fore to eriewe the corrupt heart ofwan ) by forcibl maaide into the bowels ofthe earth, is rather‘watch edat of wanto bi owne defiruttion than int. ofGod, :tothe comfort ofthis life. divecth Sent i And yet beholdin the comp afing of this worldly droffe wh Care, eepesmbes Mere what myfti callproofes, andchymicall trials. are{et ae a hotwithfranding the chiefeft end ie nd osis 4 butbus vacertaine aine we wealth, A Contrariwi ‘wife fe,intheexepert sai k : ofher tis bes, eee Still int renewed with varietie 2 what [all ex h, fecuri oe i Frew adge ‘P ee2 £ what ty ? audyee ordinary‘ym meanes to condu ual é mant, man tothat molt} defired be pets health ? denout ly wifhuntom eee. y Mutine countrey, andto the ¢ cipal “ff a arefull n nurfing mother n a of the fame ; 0n bauing 20mg thought it 4 a chi Fe fe }point pointof a t ththus-outwei Of mmyduty, fadieufy pret Of my **y fee D b ate poore Aeefietdion ore [tare to offer Pr Rereaf t vp Fn mats issea thefe teecnhe with mine owne tegether 4 bed ¢ " rey cou aetries #1 y ne: i ajHre, > Combined fe ate in 1s a (7 by oe though vapolifhed) ae this compendinns COmDERGTIO, seats E unto your wife confirugtions andcourteous se Ad m rift w me ts aready introduction 1 hae ce to Simpline. WPLCH yy otimpi wh je 3 Reithe, os pnbeanpii ee s perhaps the Englifh thai excellent art of i h neyye j name may (cere to intimate : RG RO: atlAtt) 1 fach ie boa ioe by b€eH a a findy been findy.f ee then shel for evercsi, for iftft, anan exercife ipajtime the je voblef., 1,4 Ai a paltime tere pring flowrcs not onely to.adorne for the € bef} be io Y thee arlands oft be Mufes ikl full, to paint the gardens of the curious 4+ “ Ye Mufes, to decke the Lofomes ee ef ! « , ‘ ee , i Ana 4LCCHS ¢ Zt Ae, i of the beaut: a learned Diofcorides Wleatued Dioloorides long of trauclled PME crtous,to the clorious crownes ofKines but for garnilh alo och ; and princely Fyie Mithrid is i a alfofuch frais Owne, * " afer . Mithridates S . caus « 4 2 £ me of ries the } two did o is Arabians and: tw the Ey , > Cp 4 aridates re, erHes >, better kvowne rect i 1s byaaeeybis foneraiene eg rid i Disses a - cr12.4 di, yy 20 what of thisfamous by ee P Prince f{courfeBut traditz Liberal written Weds inadees luax theaihous vertues ofi h aid Euaxking f- , f E Vertues rt mperor wer Nero. y Cit greene Herbars/t br ° can make mention ;of th aeh hades l ontos Euer by King i Lyfimachus, and his verty ; °s x0 Leff aE oe ey ename jax or Hyacinth of oes.) Phydias, queintly} beaten into the Seate fi ld ofof Pal ¢ fhield Pal en igSwe, :Mifia fe? PIPE you pleafe) reeiftred in that beloned ‘ fir temifia, Wt, thi} 4 oy ashe f y om be Bier ee ted it unio | fim : hia, whofe ihe felfe fame j tle breath enticethforth the kindely fweets, and makes them yeeld their fragrant(mells ? who wonkd therefore looke dangeroufly vp at Planets, that mia ht fafely looke downe at Plants ? And iftrue be the oldpronerbe, Que {upra nos, nihilad nos 5 1 fuppofé this new(aying cannotbefalfe, Que infra nos, ca maximéad nos. Eafe therefore is thistreafure to be gained, andyetpretious, The Sciencets nobly fupported by wife and Kingly Fanorites : thefubiect thereof (o nece([ary and deleta. ble, that nothing can be confected cither delicatefor the take, daintie for full, pleafant for fight, whulefome for body, conférwatine or reftoratiuefor health, but it borroweth the relifh ofan herbe, the Sieur ofafloure, the colour ofaleafe; the inice ofaplant, or the decoction ofaroot. Andfuch is the tredfure.that this my Treatifesfurnifhed withall, whereinthough myne Artbe not able to countergatle Natutein her lively partraitures ; yet haue t counterfeited likenesfor life,hapes andfhadomes forfibftaace, being ready withthe bad Painter to explaine the imperfections of my peafill with my pen, chufingvather to{core vpon my pictures fuchrude marks as may deforibe my meaning, than to let tbe beholdertb guelfe.at nandome and miffe. Lhauehere thereforefet downe not onely the nanses offendryPlants; but alfa thein natures, their proportions and properties, their affetts and effects; theinintreafe.and decreafe,theerflonrifhing andfading, their diftindt varieties andfenerall qualities,.aa wellofrhofe which ourowae Countrey yeeldeth;as ofothers which t haue ferchedfurther, or ‘drawne out by perufing diners Herbals fetforth in other languages wherein none of my country-maEn bath tomy kaomledgetaken anypaines, fince that excellent Worke of Maffer Doctor Turner, After which time Mafter Lyte aWorhipfull Gentleman trapplated Dodoneus ent ofFrench into EngLh : aedfincethat, Dottor Prick,oncofour London Colledgehath (as 1 heard) tranflaredthe laft Edition ofDodonzus, and meant topublifh thefame ; but beingpreuented by death, his tranflatéon likewife perifhed. bis myfelfe, one ofthe leaft among many, haueprefumed tofet farth unto the view ofthe world, the firft fruits ofchefé myne owne Labours, which ifthey be (uch as may cot igat the Reader, Ifhallthinke my felfewell rewarded, otherwife there is no man to be blamed bat my {efe, being amorke I confeffe forgreater Clerkes to undertake : yet may my bluat attempt [erue as a whetftone to fet an edge vponaa[harper wits, by whom I wifh this my. courfe Dfash might be bothfined andrefined, Faults I confelfe hance efcaped,fone by the Printers ouerficht,fame through defects in myfelfe to performe fogreat aWorke, and [ome by meanes ofthegreatneffe ofthe Labour, andthat Iwas conftrained tofecke after my lining being voidoffriends to bearefome part ofthe burs then, Therathertherefore accept this at my hands. (lowing Countrey-men) as token of my good will; and Liruft that the beft andwell mindedwil not rafbly condense me,althoughforme thing hane palfedworthy reprebenfion.. But as fortheflanderer or Enuiows Ipaffe notfor themssbut returne Upon sleek any thingthey fhall without canfe either. murmure in corners , or rangle infecres. Farewek. From my Houfein Holbornwithin the Suburbs of London, this firft ofDecember, 1597 ers of A- called ties whether * ether thetitle Apoli thetitlerhore for Ar. 7 eae . tN renowned e poe Onerne pis Poa area of prang ; dhecne of fr “Arya, eee Caria, which Diana her self, > Or frome difilofed the vfe therfrom: TROR MN? nt of tay un 1 eutuethe Bes memories .— S ries of@ : /? = € > st TCNUUS them both jor fi cuer. What Nidd; fhould ve fpe ff ke of Get 3entiana, se : “ wees : 2 or Of diners other herbes 4tak; rio 6eg. their denominats ato ia W bat fhould I fay of thofe ; BP bes Pre tee aa een oftheir rus 2 Vila ru mi foue,alyniffa, of $7 » as Semyramis, . 2So : = a acage: Dioclefian i l 5 2 bu onel/ ace us A alUS 0 b rye a int ke their princea ty : ( ch neh I 14, 20r yong relcent hetbz, crefcetis Lin 1 E dee 7 L, amores : cre acultie wanted the authoy ifement of fucha . dome, ofereate + royaltie than ay) might yeeld herent oft dome thou gut fi Lee her bz., crefcetis Thyjincere andunfeigned Friend, foun GeRaRrD. |