The thirteenth Booke of 



dria by abtidgeornarrowcaufeybctweene^twas a day and nights failingjwith a goodforewind G 

 at the poupe unto the maine land^as Homer hath reported.Biit afterwards.as Varro hath written, 

 by occafion of a certaine envious ftrife and emulation that aiofe betweene one of the Ftclcmees 

 king of-^gyptj&: EimemsVmg of Pergamusjabout the ereding of their great Libraries \ when 

 Ftdomam luppreffed and kept in all the paper made in -^Egypt, there was parchment devifed by 

 the faid Euntenes to be wrought at Pergamus^of skins. And finally^the ufe was commonly taken 

 up of bothjCo witjPapcr and Parchment^ which continueth the pcrpetuitie and everlafting re- 

 membrance of menjand their affaires. B ut to returnc unto our plant Papyrus, it groweth in the 

 tnarillies of ^gypt,oi els in the dead ftanding waters of Nilus, namely, in certaine plafhes and 

 pits whereas the water did overflow^and rcmaineditill after the river was fallen and down again : 

 and namely /uch holes and ditches which arc not above two cubites deepe. The root is wrythcn |^ 

 and crooked, of the thicknefle of a mans arme: and thefcape or ftalke that arifeth from it, hath 

 tijreefides with three corners triangle- wife^not above ten cubites in heigthjgrowing taper-wife, 

 iiiiall and lharpe in the top, where it beareth an head enclofcd and round, in manner of a cab- 

 bage.Howbeitjno (eed it carieth within : neither ferveth the flower for any purpofe but onely for 

 . chaplets to adorne the images of the gods.The inhabitants of ^Egypt doe ufe the root in ftead of 

 vyoodjnot for fewell onely ^but alfo to make thereof fundric vefleis and utenfils in an houfc.The 

 very bodieand pole of thePapyr itfelfe,rcrveth very well to twift and weave therwith little boats: 

 and the rinds tberctf be good to make faiIe-clothes,curtains,mats,andcoverlets,clothes alfo for 

 hangings^and ropes. Nayjthey ufe to chew and eat it both raw and fodden : but they fwallow the 

 juice onely downe the throat,and (pit out the grofle fubftancc.Moreover,thcre is Papyrus found 

 in Syria^ about that very lake and mcere whereas the fweet Calamus abovenanied doth grow. I 

 Neither ufed king Antigonm^nyothti ropes about the tackling of his ftips, but fuchaswere 

 made hereof.For 3syet,che ufeof Spartum wasnotcommon.Moreover,itis not iongfince,thac 

 there was found growing in Euphrates aboutBabylon,ihis plant Papyrus, and knowne to l^rvc 

 for Paper, as well as the other in iEgypt. And yet for all that, the Parthians will not leave theic 

 old cultomc to weave and purfie letters in their cloths,after the manner of embrodcrie.Now as 

 touching the writing Paper made of Papyrus. After that they have cut it into certaine trunkes, 

 aslongoras (hortasthefizeof theirPaper,theydoedevidcandflivcitwiththcpointofaneedlc 

 or bodkin for the purpofe^into very thin plates or leaves^but they drive them as broad and large 

 as poflibly they can. 



Chap. %iu 



^ Ofdwers hinds of Paper : and how writing Paper is made : alfo the triall 

 cfgQod or bad Fitter i And the glue orfafl belonging thereto, 



THe beA (beets or leaves of Paper bee thofe which are fet out of the very midd.eii and heart 

 of the Item or ftaike of Papyrus .-and ib eonfequemly better or wprfc, according as they 

 be nearer or farther from ir. In auncient time the principall Paper and the largeft;,was cal- 

 led Hieratica,p.facr€d or holy] becaufe it was cmploied onely about religious & divine bookes. 

 But afterwards the flatterers of the Emperour i^ugtifui^mytd. thofe of the beft fort Auguftse : 

 like as the fecond Livi3e,aftcr the name of his wife. And hereupon it came,that thcPaper Hiera- 

 tica wasfctin a third lanke. Next to them in goodneffe was reputed the Paper Amphitheatrike, 

 which name was given unto it of iheplace where i t was ttiadc. The ppllifliing and trimming of 

 this Pap% F&nnm xQoVc in hand, who (et up a fbop at Roriie for the felling oi it : Eind To skilfuU 

 was he and curious in thchandling and dreffing. thereof, that by the time hee had done withal! 

 andbroughtittoaperfe^i finenefle, he made the faiiie pfacourfe aiid common Paper t bee 

 loiall and fit for the peribtss that ftiould ufe it : in itioh fort, as there was none in any requell 

 to fpeakeof,butit:5icalIedaftcr his namcit.wasjFahni'ana.Asfor that which palled not through 

 his hauds,nor had his workmanfnip, it retained flill the old bare rijjme Amphitheatrica, After 

 ' this kind of Paper^ fQlIowed that which they called Sa'iticajof a town^ or citic in ^gyptj where 

 great abundance was madcthereof with the courfer peeccs and ref iafe of the faid Papy rus. And 

 yet there was another Papcr,to wit,Taniptica jfo called of a place neare adjoining 5 and made of 

 the grofler part rteareM- ?he barke &; th.e outfide ; and ihcy fold for the weight jand no other 

 goodw#? that i; had befides, AsXpiC; theiijerchaiii |Pp|),c]5 pr fhop-paperj called Emporeiica, it 



