The jfirfl Booke of 



and brought intohart rorHth-ftoncs^hooks, 

 fickles^and fithes : the time of fowing corne, 

 and what fixed ftarrcs arc of power about 

 that time. 



a^.Ofthc feafonsand times to be marked as 

 wcllinfuramer as winter: what temedie for 

 barrainc and leane ground. 



3b.Ofthe harvcft :of wheat^ ofchaflfc :howto 

 kcepecornc. 



3 1 . Of vintage jsnd umimm.und the conOitu- 

 tion thereof! 



32. What regard is to bee had in the mocnc 

 and her agejihhusbandrie. (curci 



3 3, The confide ration of the winds for agricul- 



34. The boundsjlimiiSjbawkSjand waies^tobe 

 obferved in corne fields. 



35. Signes whereby a man mayprognofticat 

 the diipofition of the weather. 



In fummc, there be contained in this bookc of notable matters^ftories.and obfervatiofts two 

 thoufand and fix hundred. ^ 



Latins Authors alledged in jhis boofcc. 



af Afirommte^ andC^Jkr DiSiatour who Ukewife mote of the pime argument^ Sergim Tmlm^ Sabi^ 

 nus FabimtiSy M .C taro^ Calphurnm Bajf^^ Attem Capita ^Manlm Sura^ and Aclm who cempi- 

 kd A hooke called Praxidica, ^ - 



ForrcincAuthoufs. 



f^eHif^-Xheopyallu^.Ariflotk^^^ 

 K^rchpaSyK emphon^Amphtlochm of Athens^Anaxipolis of Thajus^ Jripphanes the Mikfian^ A. 

 pllodorua the Lemman ^Antigonm the CymaAti^Agathocles of Chios ^Apollonm of Pergdmm^Ari- 

 flander the 0/ thenUn^BACshim the Mileftm-^ Bion of SoU, Chorea of Athens, Chmflm Itkcwfe the 

 AthenUn^DiodoYUsof ?mne^ Bion of Colophon ^ Epigems of Rhodes, I.vagor as the Th^an^Eu^ 

 fhr onim the Athenian y Andracion^Mfchrio^mdLyfimachm^whorvrotealithreeofHmbandrie.Di^ 

 onjfms that tranptedthe works of Mago^and Diophanes who drew the fame into an Epitome^haks^ 

 tMdoxHSyPhilippm^CAllippf^^ J^ofithem^PArmemfcm^Melitofifritonpenopidts, leno^Euciemony 

 Harpalm^Hecat£tf<^ Anaximander^Sofigenes^Hipparchpts^Arattts^Zoroafres^and ArMim. 



THE NINETEENTH BOOKE CONTAINETH 

 a difcourfe of the nature of Flax,and other wonderful! matters* 



ChAp^ 



x.Thc lowing ofLinefeed.-divcrs kinds of Flax: 

 how it is dreflcd : of napeiie and napkins; of 

 linnen that will not burn nor confumewith 

 fire ;& when curtans were devifcd.atRome 

 about the theatres* 



4,Thc nature of a kind of broom called Spart, 

 when it came to be ufed firft, how it is to be 

 ordered & drciledj what plants both fpring 

 and alfo live without roots* 



j.OfMyfyj and ofMufhromSjofTadftolesor 

 Mulhromes that bee broad and without a 

 tailc called Pezici, of Laferpitium^ and Ma- 

 gydarisjofMaddir, and the Fullers root Ra- 

 dicular /?.Sopeweed. 



4. The manner of dteffing and trimming gar- 

 dens :alfothe ordering and due placing of 

 other plants good for to be eaten ^ over and 



chap, 



bcfides eorn3& the fruit of trees aiid ftrubs, 



5. The nature, the lundric fortSjand the ftories 

 ofmany plants that grow in gardens^ 



6. Of the rootSj leaves^ floures, and colours of 

 garden hear bs. 



7. How many daycs it will be after the feeds of 

 heaibs bee lownCjOr their flips fet, ere they 

 con)e up : the nature of ieeds; how hearbs 

 are to be Town or fet, and in whatcourfc and 

 ranke: which heaibs arc but one of a kind, 

 and which they be that have many kinds, 



8. The nature of liich garden hearbs as arc 

 good for the poij 01 to make fallads, and to 

 Icafon meat wiihall3their kinds to the num» 

 berof4d5 with their ftories& defcriptions, 



p. Of Feunellj and Hempe. 



I p. The dileafes and maladies that annoy gar- 



