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to have "perused divers Herbals set foorth in other languages," 

 but does not own to having copied so largely as he did. In 

 the second edition of Gerard's Herbal, corrected and enlarged 

 by Johnson in 1633, in the Preface to the Reader, this fact 

 is pointed out, and, moreover, Johnson maintains that the 



L OBEL. FROM AN ENGRAVING IN THE TYSSEN LIBRARY, HACKNEY. 



translation made by Dr. Priest, which Gerard states to have 

 perished, really came into Gerard's hands, and was largely 

 used by him, Gerard himself not being sufficiently proficient 

 in his knowledge of Latin. " I cannot," wrote Johnson, 

 " commend my author for endeavouring to hide this thing 

 from us." L'Obel and Garret both helped to amend some 



