becoming prominent, and went through a series of vicissitudes which 

 are duly chronicled by Mr. Jackson. He was a prolific writer, many 

 of his works being directed against the Catholic Church, and ex- 

 hibiting the heated controversial tone characteristic of the period in 

 which he lived. Like many other controversialists, he was not 

 always very particular as to the accuracy of his accusations — an 

 example of this will be found in the note upon "Palm" in the 

 " Dictionary of English Plant-Xames." He died in 1568. 



I may perhaps be allowed to draw attention to the fact that the 

 " house of Syon," where the " Ifames of Herbes " was prepared, is 

 within a mUe of the place where this Preface is written ; and that 

 the Protestant author of 1548 is introduced to the reading public by 

 a Catholic editor in 1882. "Thus the whirligig of Time brings 

 in his revenges." 



James Britten. 

 Isleiporth, January, 1882. 



