The fourth bookc of 



an care like iBarleV* tlje otljcr I '^e Skillet, anof fier Itfee lpaiitc&, 

 anott)er lifee gurap, antj foc'p bnpiofitable ioeefics t^at grotoc a? 

 mongtt cojnc. ^omt Ijaue roug^ p.ncfelet cares , anu Tcme ara 

 Coft anD gentle, ottjers are rong^ ano mofilie Ithe 6ne Dotone b% 

 totten,fo ttjat t|)ere arc mani? foates anfi ftinus of graCfe : to^erCis 



of tne tmll malte no larger DtfcourCe, but of fuel) kmo^: onel^ a0 



^ue bene tfet of t|)e ^undent ^dfjtiitton^, anti are parttcalarl^ 



nameb Agroftis ano Gramen. 



^Thc tJUfcriftioft. 



Ti^e graffe tobercof tue fliall notoe fpeafee , batfj long rougb 

 leaaes almott lifee ttie Cane o% pole reeoe , but a great Deale 

 leDTer, ^et mucb greater anD bjoDer tljen tbe leaue0 of tl)at graffe 

 iDbu^ grotoetb commonip m meoolues. %^t ^elme o; liemmeis 

 are rmall, a foste n ti»o long, tott^ 6ne o; fire to^ntes, at t^z bp^ 

 permodof tbe Salbes tbere grotoe foft i gentle eare^, almod like 

 tbe bufl^^ eares of tt)e Cane o;^ pole reeoe.but fmaller anb Henbe^ 

 rer» jClje rcte » long t l»bif e,full of io?ntcfl,crapf ng bitber ano 

 tbttber^f platteb o; tompeD one \mt^ anotber, anb putting fojtb 

 lietoe tp^tngs in funb^^ places^anb bi? t^t meaner fjereof it Dotb 

 muUiplte anb tncreafe erceeoingli? in kaues anb ffalltes* 



Cbis C^ralfe grotoetb not in meootoes anb loiDe places like 

 t|>e otber, bnt in tbe co?ne fielos , anb tbe bobbers tbereof, anb is 

 a notigbt? f burtfuU ico^e to co;ne , t^t b^btcb t^t bulbanbmen 

 tDoalbe not totUingl^ bane in tbeir lanb, o; Kelbs : anb tberefo^e 

 t|ie? take mucb paine to tu^sbe* anb plucke bp tbe lame. 



^ The names, 



JCbis grade \& calleb in dDreeke -K-^f* Agroftis , b^canfe tt 

 grotuetb in t[}e co^ne fielDes , Inbieb are calleb in <Dreeke iiv>h 



A groi, tberefb^e men mat ^l^ ^^H^ > tljat ^z common graflfe 



is not Agroftis. 



Wm gralTe \% calleb xxi CDrake *>5Tf : in ilatine Gramen ; 

 vn ifrencb Grame^^i J^ent an chien: \w bafe 0imaigne ilebtgras, 

 anb i{m©pgras : anb of tbe Cotmtrie o; |)u(banbmen Pceen ; xvk 

 Cnglifl^e Coucbe, anb Concise graffe* 



^The nature, 



Com{)e grafle is colbe anb b;ie Of compter torn 



Si-ThevertHcs, %hz 



