To the Reader, © 
Courteous Reader, 
O make thee truly fenfible of chat happineffe whicti 
Mankind loft by the Fall of Adam, isto render thee an 
exact Botanick, by the knowledge of fo incomparable 
a Science as the Art of Simpling, to re-inftate thee in- 
to another Eden, or, A Garden of Paratife: For if Werightly 
confider the Addreffes of this Divine Contemplation of Herbs 
and Plants, with what alluring Steps and Paces the Study of 
them direés Us to an admiration of the Supream Witdome; 
We cannot but even from thefe inferiour things arrive fome- 
_ whatnear untoa heavenly Contentment 3 a contentment in- 
deed riext tothat Bleffednefle of Fruition,which 4s: onely inthe 
orhier World; 5 for: allour Pleafures here hi ing burthe-fading — 
, amongft all thefe tranfitory Entertainments 
our Lives, there isnone more fuitable to’the’ mind of ‘man’ 
chen this ; for dare boldly aflert, that “if there'be any one 
thar is become fo much aa derbarift, as to be delighted wich 
ae patie tap, Afpe&s of Naturé, fo as:to have walked a few: 
ansiivher folitary Places, traced het Allies, viewed her feve- 
fall imbroidered’ Beds, recreated and feafted himfelf with het 
Fragrances, the harmleffe delights of her Fields and Gat 
| that t hath embraced ne of the g ae ~~ of our t 
