4^ C H A P t E R 4* 
thoufand aiid lixty-fixj of which> one half 
treat on the vegetable kingdom. The au- 
thor profeffes to have drawn his refources 
from Hippocrates^ Galen, Pliny, 
AviCENNAj SERAPIOhJ> MeSUES> DiOS- 
coRiDEs> Platearius, Vincentius^ 
the Pa?ideBsy Palladius, ConstAntin^ 
AlmanseRj and others. At the head of 
each chapter llands a cut, than w^hich, 
fcarcely any thing can be conceived more 
rude 5 and, in fome cafes, nothing is more 
puerile or ridiculous. The pages, if printed 
with numbers, would amount to more than 
feven hundred. Many copies of this per- 
formance are remaining, although the Her-^ 
bariits is become very Icarce. 
CRETE herbal. 
^hefe books were undoubtedly the foun- 
dation of the firft printed botanical work 
bf any confeqlience, or popularity in Eng^ 
iand ^ and which appeared under the title 
of The Grete Herbal, with cuts 
l^rinted for Fetcr ^reveris^ as Ames tells lis^ 
in 15164 Before the impreflion of this book 
in England^ fome editions of the Herba- 
rius. 
