a The P R E F A C, E. 



* 



6is P(nver to fpeak knbi^mgly of thelf* 



Virtues 07" the Compafs of his lVo7^k 



ly not give Room for ity or his R 



may 710 1 expeB or defre it\ ft 



is the Cafe with many who have 

 ly an empty Cu7^iofty^ He therefore 



ay J with Reafo77^ 0777it the' V\ 



where he dcfcribes the For 777s \ hut let 

 m make it a Matter of Confcience^ 



if his Knonjoledge extend fo f 



blmfelf^ ^^ if ^^^h t^ reco7n7ne?id it to be 

 do7te by fame other. 



JVe fee^ that the moji curious Bota-^ 



s have not concerned the77tf elves a^ 

 hout the Virtties of Pla7its at all\ that 



many of the others who have written well 



yJ 



€71 Pla?its^ have thought it no Part 

 their SuhjeSi \ let us examine the others , 

 hofe who ar'e of lefs Repute. If we 



look into the Enelifh Herbals i7i 



ticular^ we fitid the7n large upon that 

 SuhjeEi\ indeed they are too large 

 much. They' fay fo many Tlnngs^ that 

 we hiow ?2ot which of them to credit ; 

 'dthe7'efore in the TJjicertaiftty we ere- 

 '•■ none of thetn. There is 77ot the 77tofl 



trifling 



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