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Sefmon. 



TO THE READER. 



fiHrteous Reader^ 



tfereare many things which I thinke needYuIl to impart vnto thee both 

 concerning the knowledge of Plants in general l,as alfo for the better ex- 

 plaimng of fome things pertinent to thi J. prcfent Hiftorie,which I hauc 



here let forth murh amende anr? inlai-fiori c^-.i 1 !•«*« 



here let forth much amended and inlarged m*^™ uurcrenc* 



affeaions.&c. of Plants s I hold it not now fo fitting nor neceflary form 



to lnfiuVDOn them- neither dn T inrenA in in,, u.~ n a:c /v~_ l . « 



diifcrence 



forth 



you 



f Plants, beftowedalmoft all food 

 off-fpring we alfo owe (for the moft part) 



~"~ L r '~ r 'hem tmtm-Vike haue run 



from feed, became Fiaxe . 

 and mangled to ferue the 



fome of 



»ke the 

 to the 



fes. I will not fpeakeof the many and vaWuTobie&s of 



f~ u ■ i. r* j i J j . -« «"mcj /el vuiuiuag io to tori 



for which God had created it, again it comes (as I may terme it ) 



r ,.-. u- i- 1*1 i* i - -— -j *~* / vr* W vi thingswhicb icuuia 



iully in this kindedelmer j but rather acquaint you from what Fountaines this 



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afily vnderftood by the Iefle 



many 



blelli 



rbeofbrAfius 



whofe name we tuft find vpon record (though doubtleffc fome had treated thereof 



)that largely writ of Plants.was the wifeft of raen.euen King J, W who TceS 

 rid not haue medled with this fubiea,if he in hi s wifcdomeWS "ot 

 mfelfe^nd exceeding fitt.ng • Firfl, fot the honour of his Creator, whofe gifts ado 

 this XtSTf ^T^i tbe S^of h« Sub;ea,,whereof without do&heln 



WJY. * m 3 loft ' 1 "«'' not ""fill vpon rt, but come to fuch as are vet extant of 

 N^ I i°T g ; he r COUtf a°^ nt T i , t 5' ) **°'^«A> ntft takes pkee' 



bom the?;?Oi± S d£d f *"* iD tbc BT nn ™ of •»* Scho ^ « Athens, a- 

 rhTn 2 s writ 1 2fe n f m W " f ° me 2 '" 7 ear " before Chrift - He <""°°g «»ny °*er 



tnings writ a Hrftorie of Plants in ten boolces.and of the caufes of them,ei e ht bookes-of 



so/tS, f S- " UfeS ° f ? Ia r nCS V So ? ,e ,ookin S v P° n th<; Catalogue of the 



the 



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J. ^ lt r Co ™™ hit ftrangcand fo much the m< 

 oy Darnel Hemjtm fatoe his edition * otTheopbr*(l M 



Workes. Con fid 



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Excufib 

 Hear. Sttph, 



wifhes you to reade ****** ;».£» Thus being certaine of tbc Authour, let mee 



Worke, which though by the iniury of time it bath fuffered much. 



of the chiefepieces of Antiquitie , from whence th 



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