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ee in plain and eafie manner sby foevident andundoubted demonfirations alfo,as may 
= ! rightly weigh and confider rhething we fall find and under (land. That onr coup 
PSS SE! trie farmes and villages fland us in as good fleed to know the inclination of the hea 
vens and flarsses the skill of Aftvonowsie (erveth our turnes for good Husbandvie, Thef? points now be- 
ing well and throughly learned many have beer of opinion, That the knowleage of gardens cx the care 
thereto belonging, fhould by good right follow mext Howbest I for ny part am of thisemind,tharthere 
be other matters concerning Agricultuvedefervetabe bandeled, before we leape thus foone to gardce 
ning, Aud here Icannot chufebut marvell much at fome menswho making [ech prefefsion of learning , 
and namely,in the skill and ference of Agriculture,as they have done;yea,and {ecking thereby so win alt 
their creat: and name of erudition and litterature; have notwithjland:ng omitted many things requi- 
pt rberennto, without any mention made or one word fpoken of fomeny bear bes and fimples whith ci- 
D ther come up of themfelves, or grow by meancsvf manshand.: confidering that the moft part of them 
are in greater price and reputation,yea and in moreufe andrequefl far for themaintenance of this our 
life,than cither torne or pilfe,er any fruits of the earth whatfoever.: ilo + 
And to becin firft at thoferhat are knowne commodities and fo notorious asthas the uferhercofnat 
onely veacheth all over the maine and continent but extendesh alate the very {eas and overfpreadeth 
thera :W bat {ay we to Line or Flax,fo commenly [owed as it is ?yet may it not be raunged either among 
the fruits of the field or hearbes of the garden. Butwhat region(Ipray you)or part ef theearthis with- 
out it2and whatis there fo neceffarie sor this life of ours a all refpects? Againe gs thire any thing inthe 
whole world more wonderfull and miraculous,than that there fhould bean hearbe found of this vertue 
and propertit,as tobring Fizypt and Italie together ? infomuch, as Galerius, Lord Deputiein Zagypt 
E wader the Romanes was knowneto fez faile from the firth of Mefina ia the ftretchts of Sicilie, and in 
feven dsies to arrive at Alexandria : Babilius alfo Governour therelikewife, in fix 5 and that by the 
wscares of the faid hear be? Moreover, what fay you to this, which was feene walongecr fince than the 
Szmmer past; when Valerius Matianus, a Senatour of Rome, and late Lora Pretour, embarked and 
tooke {hip at Puteoliandin nine dates fa:led to the {aid Alexandviasand yethebad but.avery mild and 
Hill wind to belpe him in that voiage 2 Is not this a ftrangeand foveraigne hearbe thivke you, thatin 
afeven-night [pace can fetch Gades from as far as the treights of Gilbretar or Hereules pillars jntothe — 
harbour of Ofttain Italie 2 can fhew(ifay)the kingdome of Catalognein Spain before the faid:port-town 
ta foure daies,Provance in three, and Barbarieistwarne? For C.Placcus, liewtenant under Vibius 
Crifpus the Pro.confull,did as much as lfpeake of, and that with no great forewind, but amoft gentle 
E aad mild gale.oh the audacious boldneffe of this world, foralh,fo full of fin and wickednelfe that mas 
Shoala fow and cherifh amy fuch thing ys might receive and frallow the winds formes and tempelissas 
if the float and tide alone were not fufficient to caric fo prowd acreatures But now are we gromue more- 
over to this pafse, that fusles bigger than the fhipsthernfelves will not ferve our tarnes . For albeit oue 
waft be fi ficient tocariethe biegeft cropse-yard that can be deviféd,yet are not wee content with a fingle 
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