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1 il cwifc rtrplhMh mitten hereof in the third Eclog of his Bucolicks 



Et me phxbus amat, Phcebo fuafempcr apudme 

 % Muneraptnt) Lauri crfuave rubens Hyacintbus. 



rhjebts Ioues mc,his gifts I alwayes haue, 

 The c're green Laurel and the Iacinth braue. 



In like maner alfo NemcttMus in the 2 Eclog of his Bucolicks : 



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>fim me mi ft 

 Pallcntefque Rofa nee dulce 

 Atfi tu vtHiasjfr Candida Liliafent 

 Purpuretque Rof* & dulce rubens Hjasinthus. 



Without theeJLoue, the LilJies blackedo feem, 

 The Rofes pale, and Hyacinths I deeme 

 Not Jouely red. But if thou com'ft to me s 

 LiJIics are whitened Rofeand Iacinths be. 



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Th Hyacinths are 



the 



it is thought that Hyacinthus is called Berrugineu*,ioi that it is red ofa ruftie 



•4to£«, fo the corruption of iron is called 



«.w„v^.^w. , lul « U a rk u..v l w-v. ^«»"- — "».««.« ^u/^v, !^ liictuHupcion or iron is called 

 Ftrrufr« t which from the reddifh colour is ftiled alfo Rubigo. And certainly they are nota few that 



would hiue Color ferrwrtfteta to be fb called from the ruftw/hirh rhw thinl-* r.'.., _ v„-i-: ? 



Colorft 



ight 



'o/<?r^ 



... w.. «» ^v„ l4 ^, « ™v« ,uu „ unguijnr m. u « « i:> cum againe It IS Ot a COlOUr THICK VntO 



blcw.which from F trrum(px ironjis called Ferrugineus. Thefe later ground themfelues vpon Fir 

 /.authoritie^hointheilxtof hh^Bneids defcribeth CW« ferrugineous bareeorboat and 

 prefently calleth the fame blew. His words are thefe : 5 ' - 



//>/? r^a* contefubigit velifque mintfl 

 Etferru" incafubut & 



n 



He thrufting 



Bodies tranfports in ferrugineous bam 

 And then a little after he addes, 



Iarg 



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Ldrmeam advertitpupptm^ rtptquepropinqtat 



then turnes in his blew barge.and the fhorc 



troches nidi to. 



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colour. 



broke of the carrying away of Proferpina, doth not a little con 



fplendore rof* 

 & dulci viola/ fe 



painted/* 



He trimmes, the Rofe with bloudy bfight 

 And Prime-tree berries blacke he makes/ 





And decks the Violet wi th a fweec 

 Uarke iron colour which it takes. 



call 



3Ck! 



the Poets Iacinth.P^ 



digreiled 



U1WW i^wuu uuuiic OI V^C 



Comofandalos, fe tting down 

 goddefle Cbthoni*. The 



thece- 



Wta, ,fe r;the bo ye ?role m r £*SS ^^^."ir ? f "» P° m P .tbMron*, & men 



:srri^".^^s 



sitants cal Comofanch 



of mourning as *& 



an 



The fioure 



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f 7 -,„ c , n » rnft , ,. w, aitn,isotamixt temperature. 

 f ««ac away. * ne root atld Ic aues doe dry and clenfe,and mode 



K The Vertucs. 







&„».;. . PetedmthV ' neSerareg00d ^ inftb «™4.»dheaIegree„ wonnds * 



»5 &££fe ember V n '' PO»ed with oik of Rofes.cureth bu 



gs,and foftneth the C 



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