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To the leader. 



C*p. Bttbine. Q a (h 



Profcflbr of BafiXbefides his Anatomicall Work 



forth diucrs of Plants. Anno 15^^ he fet forth his F^/^ 

 he followes the beft method that any yet found : for according to Lebels method (which 

 our Author followed) he begins with GraiTes,Rufhes>&c. but thenhebriefely giuesthe 

 Etymologic of the name in Greeke and " 



for) 



hat part of their Work 



Writenand quote th the pases. Now 



ferent in each Author ; fome of them not knowing that the plant th< 

 merly written ofyiamc it as a new thing • others knowing it writ of, y< 

 the name. In this Workehewcntbut through fomehalfeof thehift 



f- 



ter this, Anno i 

 them ^aoFigu 



vpouD >i (fcoride 



fuch as were defcribed in the Worke 



defcribed 



1^13 fet fprth Tabernamont anus in Dutch.withfbme add 



Anno 1 



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_. - - r . „ .„ ... . — . ., „„.., w .w»v-,m»i»«.» of his Thutrum Botanicum , wherein 



he giues a hundred and forty new figures,and defcribes fome fix hundred plants the moft 

 6l pot defcribed by others. After this,o*/w* 1^23, he fets forth his ?^^T^4/r) /?<./4»/V/ 

 wbofe method is the fame with his Hjtopin^ but the quotations of the riages in the f&! 

 uerali Authors are omitted. Thisjs indeed the Index and fummeof his gTeatand gene, 

 rail Worke, which fhpuld containe about fix thoufand plants,and was a Worke of forty 

 yeares : but he is dead fome nine yeares agone,and yet this his great Worke is not in the" 

 Prefle,thatIcanheareof. . . .- 



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Bi/liBejhr. BaftlBejler an Apothecarypf ftorem^bejg,^*, 1 <5 1 3 fet forth the garden 



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the figures being very large.and all curioufly cut in brafie,and 

 pu^vputuc largcn paper: be onelykiues thety»<wW/ and defections, and diui- 

 deth the worke firrt into foure parts 3 according to the foure feafons of the ycare.and then 

 againe hefubdimdes them^h jnto >three,fo that they agreewith the rooneths, putting 

 m each Claflis the Plants that flourifn at that time. -V ™ 



Thefe are the chiefc and greate.fi part ojlhofe that either in Greekeor Latine (w fcofe 

 Workshauecome to purhands) haue deli.uered to vs the hiftory of Plants.yet therearc 

 fome who haue v ted great diligence to heipe forward this knowlcdge,vvbofe names I wil 

 not pafle ouer in filcnce. The firft and antientefi of thefe was ^leyftus AnguiUta a Phy- 

 fition of Padua,and Prefidentpf the publique garden thcre:his opinions of fome plants 

 wereretforthinItalianatVenice.15^1. . v 



MdchtgrGmltandinuswho fucceeded Ang«ilhr A in the garden at Padua, writ an Ap 



gieagainft ^/^/«,,fome Epiftles of Plants,anda Commentary vpdnthiee chap 



twenty 



Fm ty TU o, '^**g^J^ I s 3?^^ °{ , N #? a,r ° r « ^rth a Naturall Hiftory diuided 



his there is fomething of 

 *» ^ , :Vr.:^"\frjV ,utyctlccnc 5 neo P mionsot ^^«^^northis Naturall Hiftory : 



of both thefe in moft of the forementioned Authors 



wherefore I could not omit th 



iiw. t fn^f TifTaVw {T 1 ? hom \ and r r «e who we haue had that haue taken pains in this 



1 it ? n findc WOTtb y of menn °n is D' William Turner, the firft of whofe 



l?i? S ^ ^/ eene if f aI i"- le b ?° ke T of the nam « of herbes, in Greeke,Latine,En- 



S^M^SS? Fr ^ n 5> &c Vn, inted a L L ° D T d0n ^ w J 548- Intbeyeare , S5 , hefet 

 orth his Herbal or Hiftory of Plants,whcre he giues the figures of ft^ f (bVche moft 



>art : hegiues the Names 10 Latine,Greeke,Dutch,and Frencbhedid not treat of many 

 ?nx <M ^ T a " ord ! n S to 5 he Latine alphabet. He was a man of good ludg- 



IttrJLytt 



tranflated 



tooke 



And fome yeares after, our Author fet forth this Worke, whereof I Will prefent Iy 



firft made mention of a Woike fet forth 

 prefi 



M 1^ *£**?*$•* ™ Apothecary of this City (yet lining and labouring for the com- 



S^ra m c th6yea ^}f 2 i Ce!t fora Workeby thenameof^^r.r^wherein 

 he giues the figures ofaU fuch plants as are preferued in gardens, for the beiutie of their 

 Bpiires for vfcm meats or fauces-and alfo an orchard of all trees bearing fruit, and fuch 

 flirubs as for their rantie or beauty are kept in Orchards and gaidcos.with the ordering, 



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