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pPanC T^ore, "l^ec^er^f, and "bi^ric/. 



his Paradisiis Terrestris (1629), gives a good figure of the Virginian 

 species of the plant, as well as an engraving of " The Jesuites 

 Figure of the Maracoc — Granadilhis Frutex Indicus Christi Passionis 

 Imago.'' But, as a good Protestant, he feels bound to enter his 

 protest against the superstitious regard paid to the flower by the 

 Roman Catholics, and so he writes : " Some superstitious Jesuites 

 would fain make men believe that in the flower of this plant are to 



Crtt lPaBBion=floto£r of tijt 3tBuit«. From Farkinson's Paradisiis. 



be seen all the markes of our Saviour's Passion : and therefore call 

 it Flos Passionis : and to that end have caused figures to be drawn 

 and printed, with all the parts proportioned out, as thornes, nailes, 

 spear, whip, pillar, &c., in it, and as true as the sea burns, which 

 you may well perceive by the true figure taken to the life of the 

 plant, compared with the figure set forth by the Jesuites, which I 

 have placed here likewise for everyone to see : but these be their 

 advantageous lies (which with them are tolerable, or rather pious 



