134 CHAPTERS ON BRITISH BOTANY. 



The Nature of Waters. 



The Nature of Wines. 



The Nature and Yirtue of Triacle. 



The rare Treasure of English Baths. 



Unio Dissidentium, containing the Agreement of the Doctors with Scrip- 

 ture, and also of the Doctors with Themselves. Dedicated to Domino 

 Wentworth. 



Another work or tract is entitled, — 



The Comparison of the Old Learning and the New. 



Tanner writes that William Turner was ordained a priest by 

 Ridley, also that about the same time the University of Oxford 

 conferred on him the degree of M.D., on his appointment to the 

 office of Physician to the Duke of Somerset. 



In his Grace's house at Syon he wrote his Epistola prefixed to 

 his little book ' De Nominibus Herbarura.'^ 



Previous to his receiving these honours and preferments, or 

 soon after his return from exile, on the accession of Edward 

 VI., he had been promoted to a prebendship (Botevant) in York- 

 Minster, also to a canonry in Windsor, and to the Deanery of 

 Wilts in 1550. 



Soon after this period, viz. in 1551, Dr. Turner published his 

 most important work, viz. his ' Herbal,' which was dedicated to 

 his patron, Edward, Duke of Somerset, and was printed by 

 " Stuen Myerdman, and soolde in Panic's Churchyard, at the 

 sygne of the Sprede Egle, by John Gybkin." 



This, which is the first edition of the first part, contains title, 

 prologue (two leaves or folios), ninety folios, and table of con- 

 tents. The obverse side or page of the last leaf is blank. 



His zealous advocacy of the principles of the Reformation, or 

 of the new doctrines, as they were then called, rendered England 

 an unsafe abode during Mary's reign, and he again went into 

 voluntary exile. The second part of his * Herbal ' was printed 

 at Cologne ; hence it is probable that during his sojourn on the 

 Continent he resided near this city. This part is dedicated to 

 Sir Thomas Wentworth, Lord Wentworth, and was printed by 

 Arnold Birckman, 1562. 



* In 1548 Dr. Turner published a small volume, entitled, ' Names of Herbes in 

 Greke, Latyn, Englyshe, Duche, and Frenshe,' 12mo, London. 



This work is not mentioned by the Hterary historians above quoted. It is de- 

 scribed by Pulteney, vol. i. p. 64. 



