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Lhe ordering of the Garden of Pleafure. ; 
the fame and fo madetg dowerby are; butthat they are fenctall forts of plants, 
edesin the lees of red Wine, ou fhall haue the figwers of thofe plants to beef 
your feedesin the le ou will haue Lillies or Gilloflowers to be ofa Scarlet red colour, 
trcés, the fruit of :tlicm will fmelhand taftc of the famethat is put ynto them ; and. 
they bee put vntothe toppe of the rootesipenel{e bound vnto the head of the roo 
they will caufethefowers to {mell of that fent the matrer put ynto them is of: as Ifo 
tofteepthe feeds of Rofes,and other plants inthe water of fuch like fweetthings; and 
then to fowe themyand water them morning and euening with fich like liquor, vntill 
they be grownevp’s befides a number of fuch like rulesand directions ferdown 
bookes, fo confidently , :as if the matters were withoutall:doubt or queftion : whi 
as without all doubtand ‘queftion I will affitteyou, that they areall but meerei 
tales & fancies, without all reafon or truth or fhadow of reafon or truth : For fents: 
colours are both fuch qualitits asfollow the eflence of plants, euenas formesarealf 
he candoe 
¢ 
to ee, “ve, Whee intothe bedy.ofman ot beaft; doth néithercha 
orskinhe into th: 
any pier, for the plants are onely nourithed by the moiftirethey draw: naturally’ 
doth foonealterthem, before they arecorinerted intothe haturéand fubftancé of 
plant.Now forthelaft part lvndertéokete confite; that noman cambyartnak 
flowersto {pring at whattiméof the yearehee will ; althoughy.asi hate here bef 
fn eycarcs-yet Ihope thére isnot < 
one, that hathany knowledgein flowers.and g re t caliente aioe 
that appeareand fhew themfcluesin the fenerall monethsiof theyeare, aré not onez 
