TESTIMONIALS 249 



Richard Forster,^ William Baronsdale,^ Thomas Frear," William 

 Dun,* D. Sellin,^ Francis Hering,'^ Matthew GwinneJ all in Munk's 

 Roll of the College. Gilbert Primrose, though not on the Roll, 

 was the father of James Primrose who was ; J. Nasmyth,^ surgeon 

 to James VI of Scotland, had only recently arrived in London 

 in attendance on his royal patron. Gwinne's Vertummis was acted 

 at Magdalen College in 1607. Nasmyth had already presented 

 Lobel with some plants which the latter had already acknowledged 

 in print. This testimonial was accompanied by a eulogistic Sonnet 

 written by Jan Maes. Neither testimonial nor sonnet appear to have 

 been published. 



The later testimonial is signed by Thomas Moundeford,^ Presi- 

 dent, Henry Atkins, Richard Forster, Thomas Friar, Mark Ridley,^'^ 



^ Richard Forster, M.D., of All Souls College. F.R.C.P. about 1575 ; 

 President, 1601-3, and 1615. Author oi Ephemerides Meteorologicae, ad atmum 

 1575, seciaidinn positum Fmitoris Londoni. 8vo Lond. 1575. When out 

 walking with Dr. Herring and Lobel he found a new grass, ' Gramen supinum 

 Monspeliense inter Islington et altam portam, vernacule Highgate '. (Lobel.) 



^ William Baronsdale, M.D., of St. John's College, Cambridge. President 

 of the College of Physicians, 1589-1600. He died before 7 June 1608. 



^ Thomas Fryer, M.D. of Padua, of Trinity College, Cambridge. F.R.C.P. 

 1572. He incorp. Doctor of Physic at Oxford, 28 Feb. 1623, 



* William Dunne, of Exeter College. F.R.C.P. 1593. Died before 

 16 May 1607. 



^ Daniel Selin, M.D., of Magdalene and Christ's Colleges, Cambridge. 

 F.R.C.P. 1599. d. 161 5. 



® Francis Herring, M.D., of Christ's College, Cambridge. F.R.C.P. 1599. 



He was present at the finding of ' Gramen supinum Monspeliense ' between 

 Islington and Highgate, and wrote a Latin poem Epigraiwtia in Opera novissiuia 

 UObelii as a mark of his 'love and friendship', which was printed at the 

 end of Lobel's Animadversio7ies in G. Rondelletii Phai-iiiace^iticain Officinam. 

 Lond. 1605. 



' Matthew Gwinne, M.D., Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford. F.R.C.P. 

 1605; First Gresham Professor of Physic, 1598-1607 ; author of the Latin 

 comedy Veritunnus, acted before James I at Magdalen College, d. 1627. 



* James Nasmyth. Surgeon and Botanist to James I. 



Provided Lobel with new drawings of ' Hyacinthus stellatus Peruanus ' and 

 'Narcissus Indicus rubro flore ', one of Robin's new plants. Lobel, Adv. alt. 

 p. 482. He evidently had a garden in which he grew and flowered 

 Frittillaria nigra Pyrenaea. 1605. Lobel, Adv. alt. p. 496. 

 Crocus Byzantinus serotinus candidus. p. 498. 

 Colchicum minimum tenuifolium Gallaecium. p. 500. 



Plantago Umbilicata. Staghorn fern. {Platycerium aethiopicus). p. 506. 

 1604-5. 



® Thomas Moundeford, M.D., of Cambridge. Pres. R. C. P. 161 2-1 4, 

 1621-3. 

 10 Mark Ridley, M.A., of Clare Hall. F.R.C.P. 1594. Died before 1624. 



