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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



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which I rccciucdfrom Ldclsowne hands at the impreflion hereof. The caufe of whofe former er. 

 ror,asa!fo the meanes whereby he got the knowledge of the true Gingcr 3 may appeare by his own 

 words fentvnto me in Latine, which I June here thus Englifhed : 



How hard and vnccrtaine it is to defcribe in words the true proportion of Plants (hauing none 

 other guide than skilfull,but yet dcceitfull formes of thcm,fcnt from friends or other means) they 

 be ft do know who hauedceplicft waded in this fea of Simples, About thirty yeares paft or more, 

 an honeftand expert Apothecarie William Z>r/>/ 5 tofatisfiemydefire, Tent me from Antwerpe to 

 London the picture of Ginger,vvhich he held to be truly and liuely drawne. I my felfegauehim 

 credit cafilv 5 becaufe I was not ignorant, that there had beene often Ginger roots brought greene, 

 ncw^nd full of juice,from the Indies to Antwerp: and further,that the fame had budded & grown 

 in thefaid Dries garden. But not many yeares after I perceiued, that the pi&urc which was fenc 

 me by my friend was a counterfeit , and before that time had been drawne and fet forth by an old 

 Dutch Herbarift. Therefore not fuffering this error any further to fpread abroad (which I difco- 

 ucrcd not many yeares paft at Flufhing in Zecland, in thegarden of William of Naflau Prince of 

 Orange ,of famous memoricthrough the means of a worthy perfon(if my memorie faile mec nor) 

 Vander iMill^ at what time he opened and loofed his firft yongbuds and fhoots about the end of 

 Sommer, rcfembling inIeaues 3 afkiftaIksofa foot high, the young and tender (hoots of the com- 

 mon Reed called HartindovtlUtoria) I thought it conuenient to impart thus much vnto M r . lohn 



Cerrard an expert Herbarift 5 ar)d mafter of happy fuccefle in Surgerie, to the end he might let po- 



ftcritic know thus mucb,in the painfull and long laboured trauels which now he hath in hand , to 

 the great good and benefit of his countrey. The plant it felfe brought me to Middleborow and fee 

 in my garden,perifhed through the hardnefie of Winter. 



Thus much haue I fet dovrne> truly tranflated out of his ownc words in Latine j though too fa* 

 uourably by him done to the commendation of my mean skill* 



Zingiber Ujift a icon. 



The feigned figure of Ginger 





Zingiber is verier icon. 



The true figure of Ginger, 









^J The Placel 



Ve?^^^?^*^^** the Canarie Iflands ' and the Azores. Our men who fac- 

 ked Domingo to the Indies.digged it vp there in fundry places wilde. 



