j6 C H A P T E ^4 
prefer the edition with a tranflation by Sa-=* 
rACenus, printed at Lyons in 1598* 
TH£oPHRASTtrs was firft printed in 
Greek at Venice ^ without date, and by Al- 
dusy in T495 and 1498. He was tranflated 
into Latin by Gaza in 1483, and this ver- 
lion has been preferred by fuceeeding wri- 
ters. 
The reftoratiofi of thefe fages of anti- 
quity, immediately raifed up a numerous 
fet of commentators. Every plant was 
fought for, and every plant was difcovered, 
in the works of antiquity. No drug ufed 
in medicine was efleemed true^ unlefs found 
in DioscoRiDEs. Scaliger wrote animad-* 
veriions on Theophrastus in 1566; in 
which he has correded the verfion of Gaza 
in many places. Vs,dbtrtCo?7flanti7ie produ- 
ced the parallel places in Pliny ; and Bo 
DMUS a Stapel, in 1644, aftonifhed the 
world, by a difplay of erudition on this au--' 
thor, in which he exhaufted all farther dif^ 
quifition, by the profufion of his remarks^ 
and collations, from ail preceding vvTiters. 
The commentaries on Dios cor ides 
have been more numerous. The CoroUarm 
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