The fourteenth Booke of 



hjp-eatpopfsions and Urge [eigmries . And therefore as leamingwas much honoured andrenwded G 

 it) thofe daiesjo arts & fctences tendtngto the common good ofthts life daily emreapd. But afterwards 

 when the way was once made to enlarge their territories fart her in the mrld^ when princes and flates 

 began to make conquers and grow rich and mtghtie^the pofieritie fdt thefmart andlofe thereby. Then 

 began men to chufe a S enatourfor his wealth ; to make a ytdgefor his riches ; in the ele&ion of a civile 

 f^agiflrate and martiall captaine^to have an eie and regard onely to goods andftthflmce^tdUndandli- 

 *uing : when rents and revenues were the cheefe and onely ornaments that made men feemt wifc^ ju 

 foliiike^ and valiant. Since time that childlejjfeejlatewas a point looked into^ andadvauncedmcn into 

 highplact of mihoritte andpower.procming them many favourites in hope of fuccefaon 5 fwce time I 

 Jay that every man aimed and reached at the readiejl meanes ofgreate jl lucre and gaine^ jetting their 

 tpholemind^andrepofingtheirfall content and joy in laying Und 



ens 5 dowm went the moB precioy^ things of ihis life^ andlofl their reputation : allth^fe likrallarts 

 ivhuh tooke their name ofLibertie andfreedome^ ( the foveraigne good in this world which were meet 

 for princes J nobles ^gentlemen ^ andperfons ofgrea ftate)forwent that prercgative^ and fell a contrarie 

 my^jea^md ran quite to wracke and ruine -. fo as in flead thereof^ bafi fUverieand fervitude be the on- 

 ly Wales to arife and thrive by : Mies fime praftife it one wayjome another j b"^ flittering^ admiring^ 

 tom'ting^crouching^and adoring - and all^to gather good and get money. This is the only market ky 

 fhoot at his is the end and accomplijhment ofalltkir vowes^praiers^md defiresjnfomuch as we m^y 

 perceive every where jhow men of high fpirit and great conceit are given ratkr to honour the vices 

 and imperfedions of other s^than to wake thebefl of their owne veriuesand.coi- '-'c part j. And 



therfore we may fiilltrulyfy^that Life indeed is dead; Voltiptuoufm(fe and Ficay: t AiUieis.a/ive^yea.^ I 

 find begtmieth to beareallthefway, Ne-verthekjsefor all thefe enormities and hinderances^give over 

 will not I to fearch into thofe things that bee peri/i)ed and utterly forgotten ^ how fmdlandbafe foever 

 fome of them be^jno more than I was affrighted in that regard^rom the treatife anddifccur[e of living 

 creatures, Notwithsianding that I fee Virgil(?* 'mofl excellent Poet)for thatcaufe onely for bare to write 

 of gardens and hort-yirds^ becaufe he wotdd not enter into fuch pet tie matters rand of thofe fo import, 

 iant things that he handled yhe gathered only t he principall flower SiO' p^tt them down in writing. Who 

 albeit that he have made mention of no more thjp 1 5 forts ofgr apes jihree kinds of Olives ^and as many 

 of Feafes^ndfettingafidetheCitrom and Ltmons^ hath not faidawordof any apples lyst in this one 

 thin? happie irfortunat he was ^Par that h^ workeis highly efcemed^andno imputation of negligence 

 charged upon him. But where now full we begin ihistreatifc of oim} what defirveth the cheefe ^prin- K 

 cipdll place ^hut the Fine} In which refpecH Italte hath the name for the very fiveraigntic of Vineyards : 

 infomuch^hat therein alone 4f there were nothing elsjt may wellfteme tofarpajfe all other lands ^e<7>£ri 

 thofe that bring forth odmfirom fpices and aromaticall drugs ^ And yei: to (ay a truth /here is nofmcU 

 fopleafmtivhatfoever^thatontgosth Vines when they bee in their ficfj) and flouring ttme^ 



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p§» OfVines/heir nature^tnd- m^t^if'^h^bcarm^, 0^ 



Incs in old time were by good rcafon for ilietr/bigneffc I'eckoned anlong trees. 

 Fdr in Populonia, a citie of Tufcane, wee fee a ftatuc of Jupiter made ot the ^ 

 wood of one entire Vine, and yet continued it hath a world of yeares uncor- 

 rupt and without worme. Like wife atMaifil^s there is a great (landing, ciipoc 

 boll to be leene of Vine wood. At Mctapontum there itood a temple of /ww, 

 bearing uponpillars of Vine wood. And even at this day there is a ladder or 

 pairc of ftaires up to the temple oi Diana in Ephefus, framed of one Vinetree, brought<by re- 

 port)outof the liland Cypres/or there indcedVinc^giowto an exceeding bigneflc. And to 

 Ipeake a truth^therc is no wood'.more dujable and Ming than is the Vine, Hbwbeitafor ipy part 

 1 would thinke thatthcle fingular peeccs of woikebcforenamfediWeremadeof wild and fayage 

 Vines ; for that thefe our tame and gentle Vit^ cs hcre pJanted among us, are by cutting andpt^t 

 ning every yeare kept downe : fo as alLtheii- whole ftrength is either drawne withoutrteJijVitfcj M 

 branches,or els downward into the root for to put out ncwfboots ever frefti out of the grpuhd^ 

 and regard is onely had of thefruit and juice that ihey doc yeetd diverle waies^according.ioilie 

 temperature of the aire 8/ climatCjOr the nature of the fofle wherein they bc.pbnted.Iri the,^0UR^ 

 creyof Gampainc about Gapus, they beeieutthe rootsofPopkrs5,and(asiiw^J:^)',\®?s!iifd 



