The goad mother Nature, when she g'ave many 

 artes unto men, she made a difference also between 

 their wittes and dispositions, tliat every one shoulde 

 followe that whereunto he was most enclyned." 



^Petrarch. 



" If delight may provoke men's labour, what 

 greater delight is there than to behold the earth as 

 apparelled with plants, as with a robe of imbroid- 

 ered worke, set with orient pearles. and garnished 

 with great diversitie of rare and costly jewels ? . . 

 The delight is great but the use greater, and ioyned 

 often with necessitie." 



—John Gerarde. 



