250 LOBEL 



Edward Lister,^ Richard Palmer,- John Argent,^ and Matthew 

 Gwynn. It was printed by How in 1655 together with an original 

 letter from Dr. Argent, who will always be remembered for having 

 obtained from Bermuda the original bunch of Bananas, which was 

 exhibited in Johnson's shop on Snow Hill. 



Lobel died in 1616 (four years before the birth of his editor, 

 William How). James Cole inherited his manuscripts, and Parkin- 

 son, when collecting all available material for his TJicatrinn botani- 



Signatures to Lobel's Second Testimonial. 



aim, was undoubtedly permitted to see some or all of them. 

 Lobel wrote in Latin : Parkinson would therefore have had to 

 translate, and a strict sense of honesty in the obligation to make 

 acknowledgement may have become blunted in the process: he 

 merely mentioned Lobel's help in general terms, for Lobel was 

 a foreigner, dead, and perhaps no one cared. 



' Edward Lister, M.D., King's College, Cambridge. F.R.C.P. 1593. 

 Physician in ordinary to Ouecn Elizabeth and James I. d. 1620. 



- Richard Palmer, M.D., of Christ's College. Took part in the consultation 

 at the death-bed of Henry, Prince of Wales. 



^ John Argent, M.D., of Pcterhouse. K.R.C.P. 1597; President, 1625-7, 

 29-33. d. May 1643. •^" autograph letter from him to Lobel is among the 

 Goodyer MSS. He is remembered for his enterprise in causing his man to 



