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taincicis,thatin oldtinve, there wasno marker place atRomeyeelded greater itipofthinto the 
State,than the Hearberie; in fuch requeft and {fo much called for were woorts and pothea tbes.In 
regard of which exadtions and paiments evermore going out of their purfes,the C ommonsin 
theend complained, laid open their greefes, and made their mone tothe Senat, of thisburden 
and heavie load;and never gave they overcrying tothem ftill with open mouth, for redrefle,un- 
till they obtaineda full releafe of rent and cultome,taifed before from thetallageand portageof 
this kind of ware andcommoditie.VWWhereby it was well knowne and found,by long experience, 
that there was no one thing of greaterrevenue, and more affured gaines none that ftood fo fafe 
and certaine; none lefle fubje& to the will and pleafure of Fortune and Cafualtie, than Gardi- 
nage:asbeing taken forno leffe than ayearelyfee, that poore men might make account of as 
fure as if it were in their purfe. Againe,for the rentthereof paied to the landlord, there was ever 
good fecuritie: the ground or foile was a {ufficient furetie; the profits thereof were alwaies {eene 
and expofed openly tothecie; and lightly no weather whatfoever hindered the crop and gathe- 
ring thereof.Cato highly comimendeth the garden Coules or Cabbages,whexby we may know, 
thacin his daies Gardenswere infome refpect.Alfo,in times paft,as Husbandmen in the country 
were knowne efpecially, and their wealth valued by their gardens, fo when there wasa garden- 
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plot feen lying out of orderand notwellkept,men judged {treightwaies,that the miftris or dame 
there dwelling (for commonly thischarge lay upon women) wasbutan ill houfewife and thrift- 
leflc in hir houfe:for in default of Gardinage what remedie was therethen,butto drawthepurfe — 
{trings,and goe for every thing eithertothe Butcherie or the Hearb-market, and {fo tolive upon 
the pennie. Neither were in thofe daies Covles or Cabbages, fo well efteemed asnow they bee : 
for why? they could notaway withdouble meats one upon another, but condemned all difhes 
that required {ome addition,as helpe of fauce, broth, or {uch like to drawthem downe. This was 
tofpare coft, and by this meanes they faved oile. For astouching the pickle fauce * Garum, all 
at hand and readie at all times; no great cooquerie was required todrefle fuch difhes ;no need 
of fire, no expence of wood and fewell. And hereupon itcame, that Salads of hearbs were cal- 
Jed * Acedaria, fo littlecare and trouble wentto the provifion and making of them, Befides, 
light they areand eafie of digeftion, they breed no heavinefle in the head, they offendnot the 
braine nor any of thefenfes 5 and leaft of any ching make quarrel to the loafe and {pend little 
bread. That quarter of the garden which ferveth.an houfe with poignant hearbs inftead of 
fawce to give a commendable taft & feafoning to our meat, {heweth plainly that the mafter and 
thofe were reproched for gourmandifeand gluttonie, who could noteat flefh or fifh withourit. 
‘And therfore men tooke greateft contentmentin their gardens and garden hearbs : thofe were 
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miftrefle thereof were not woontto run in the merchants bookes for{picerie, but chaungedthe — 
Grocer or Apothecaries fhop,for the garden ; for the fame contentment they had out of it as 
from thence: alfo that they fought not either for pepper outof India, or for any kitchin {pices 
tran{ported from beyond thefeas out of far countries. And as for the other quarters fet out with 
beds of floures and {weet{melling hearbs, what reckoning was made of them in old time may 
appeare bythis, Thataman could not heretofore come by a commoners houfe within the cit- - 
tic, but he fhould fee the windowes beautified with greene quifhins, wrought and tapifled with 
floures of all colours ;refembling daily to their view the gardens indeed which were in out-villa- 
ges: infomuch,as being in the very heart of the citie,they might thinke themfelves in the coun- 
trey ;untill fuch time asthefe flie theeves and night -hookers, the wicked rable (I fay) and off- 
fcouring of the bafe multitude(not to be reckoned)committed fuch fellonious outrages,as for- 
ced men to naile up covers and cafes before thefe faire lights and beautifull profpects.Letus give 
therfore to Gardens their due honor let us not (I fay) deprive things of their credit and autho- 
ritie,becaufe they arecommon and nothing coltly : forl may tell you,fome of our nobilitie,yea 
and the bett of the citie, have not difdainedto take their fimnames from thence, nay they fup- 
pofed themfelves highly credited and honoured therby. Thus we fee;that in the noble houfeand 
linage of the Valery , {ome were not abafhednoraihamed to be called Ladfucini,in regard of the 
beft kind of Leétuce that they either had in their gardens, or afleGed moft, And here I cannot 
chufe but mention by the way, the grace that hath growne to ourname,by occafion of fome di- 
ligence employed and paines taken this way; whereby certain Cherries beare ourname and are 
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called Plizzana,in teftinionie of our affection and love to that fruit : which rememberthera- — 
ther, for that V#rgil confefleth how hardathing itis, thatfo {mall matters as thefe bec, fhould 
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