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f TO THE MOST HIGH, NOBLE, 



and Renowmed PrincefTe^our moft dread redoub- 

 ted Soueraigne Ladic Elizabeth, by the grace of God, 



Queene ofEfjgland^Fr4KcetandIrelafjd,defendor of the faith, ^c, .. 

 To fir Graces moft humble , loiaU^yidfaithftilfiibteB H e n- 

 vitlXtQymJheth long life,perfe^ health f,orip3mg 



raigneyandprojperom fkccejfe to Gods 

 goodpleajHreJnalljofirmofi 



Roiall affaires. 



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W O things haue mooued me (moft 

 noble Prince{re)hamng newly tranfla- 

 ted into Englilh this Herbal orHifto* 

 tie of Plants ( not long iithence fet 

 forth in the Almaigne orDouch tong, 

 by that painful and learned Phyfitfon 



D.%emheriI)odo€ns,^nd fithence that, 



againe by the trauel of fundrie skilful! 



Herbarians into diners other langua- 

 ges tranflated)to offer the fame vnto your Maiefties protecti- 

 on .The one was that mofl cleere.amiable and cheerfull coun- 

 tenance towards all learning and vcrtue : which on euery fide 

 mdft brightly from your roial perfon appeering,harh fo infla- 

 med and incouraged,not onely me, to the loue and admirati- 

 on thereof; butallfuch others alfo,your Graces loial fubiefts, 

 which are not to too dull of vnderftanding : that we thinke 

 notrauelltoogreat, whereby we are in hope both to profitc 



ourcountrie, andtopleafe io noble andlouing aPrinceife: 

 whofe whole power and endeuorwe fee thereto bent, that 

 vertue and knowIedge(the two moft beautifull ornaments of 

 a well gouerned kingdome ) may florifti and beare fway : vice. 

 and ignorance ( the foes of all goodnes } may vani(h and giuc 

 place. The other was, thatearneftzeale, and fcruent dcfire 

 that I haue, and a long time haue had, to fliew my felfe ( by 



yeelding fomc fruit of painfull diligence ) a thanfull fubied 



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