TRANSLATION OF DIOSCORIDES 



85 



Vol. 



Every page bears evidence to his neat and methodical 

 habits. At the beginning and end of every volume he 

 wrote the dates of the beginning and end of his labours, 

 and also of the time that was spent on reading over and 

 revision. The entries are of interest because they show 

 the speed with which the work was accomplished. 



Pages. English. 



27 Apr. 1652 h. 10 a. 



28 Marcii 1653 

 18 Aug. 1653 

 18 Aug. 1653 



3 Martii 1653 



3 Marcii 1653 

 20 Junii 1654 

 20 Junii 1654 

 31 Aug. 1654 



2 Nov. 1654 

 29 Aug. 1655 



Other entries show that he paid an assistant, probably 

 as a reader : 



Vol. II. ' Receaved of Mr. John Goodyeere, upon 



this 28 of March 1653 

 And 18 of Januarie 1655 

 IV. ' 3 March 1653 . 

 20 Junij 1654 

 V. ' 20 Junij 1654 

 4 Sept. 1654 

 VI. ' 10 Martii 1654 paid 

 29 Aug. 1655 paid 



£2 o 



£0 ID 



£1 O 



£0 10 



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20S 

 20S 



In Vol. V there is an entry for ' 3^ binedinge' on 

 14 September 1654, and in the last volume is written : 



' 22 Sept. 1655 cariage upp and doone 

 the bindinge ' 



A few notes on a duplicate page (p. 2071, MS. f. 17) of 

 the fourth volume, written on 3 March 1653, show that 

 he was acquainted with at least eighteen editions of 

 Dioscorides dated ' 1499 gr., 1500 gr., 1506 gr., 15 12 padua- 

 nensis, 1518 gr., 1529 gr., 1529 Herm. Barb., 1549 Gualt. 

 Riffe, 1549 gr.-lat., 1552 Ruellius, 1552 Lacuna, 1554 lat. 

 Mat, 1557 Jan Cornarius, 1558 Amatus Lusitanus, 1566 

 french, 1581 Alphabeticum Empyricum, 1591 Antonini 

 Pasini, 1598 gr.-lat. Saracen.' There is also a note that 



