REMEMBRANCES FOR A FACTOR a.d. 



1582. 



Pilgrim purposing to do good to his countrey, stole an 

 head of Saffron, and hid the same in his Palmers staife, 

 which he had made hollow before of purpose, and so he 

 brought this root into this realme, with venture of his 

 life : for if he had bene taken, by the law of the countrey 

 from whence it came, he had died for the fact. If the 

 like love in this our age were in our people that now 

 become great travellers, many knowledges, and many 

 trades, and many herbes and plants might be brought 

 into this realme that might doe the realme good. And 

 the Romans having that care, brought from all coasts of 

 the world into Italie all arts and sciences, and all kinds of 

 beasts and fowles, and all herbs, trees, busks and plants 

 that might yeeld profit or pleasure to their countrey of 

 Italie. And if this care had not bene heretofore in our 

 ancesters, then had our life bene savage now, for then we 

 had not had Wheat nor Rie, Peaze nor Beanes, Barley 

 nor Oats, Peare nor Apple, Vine nor many other profit- 

 able and pleasant plants. Bull nor Cow, Sheepe nor Swine, 

 Horse nor Mare, Cocke nor Hen, nor a number of other 

 things that we injoy, without which our life were to be 

 sayd barbarous : for these things and a thousand that we 

 use more the first inhabitors of this Hand found not here. 

 And in time of memory things have bene brought in that 

 were not here before, as the Damaske rose by Doctour 

 Linaker king Henry the seventh and king Henrie the 

 eights Physician, the Turky cocks and hennes about fifty 

 yeres past, the Artichowe in time of king Henry the 

 eight, and of later time was procured out of Italy the 

 Muske rose plant, the plumme called the Perdigwena, 

 and two kindes more by the Lord Cromwell after his 

 travell, and the Abricot by a French Priest one Wolfe 

 Gardiner to king Henry the eight : and now within these 

 foure yeeres there have bene brought into England from 

 Vienna in Austria divers kinds of flowers called Tulipas, 

 and those and other procured thither a little before from 

 Constantinople by an excellent man called M. Carolus 

 Clusius. And it is sayd that since we traded to Zante 



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