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*^ exercife of difcipline, I have had but 
fmall leifure to write Herballes." 
In this part, he profefles to treat on the 
plants not known to Dioscorides and the 
antients. It confifts of near an hundred 
articles, among which we find introduced 
many of the exotic fubjeds, which had be- 
fore been but Httle known ; fuch as cajjia 
ffiula^ cuhebs^ guaiacu??2y nutmegs, myroba^ 
lansy nux indica, mix vomicay anacardium^ 
rhubarb y farfaparillay fennay and tamarinds^ 
For thefe, many new figures were cut, 
which are executed in a ftile fuperior to 
the others. The remainder are principally 
the produdtions of our own country. 
The compleat edition of Turner's** Her 
bal,'* in 1568, was printed at Cohgriy un- 
queftionably to receive the advantage of the 
figures, probably at that time the property 
of Birkmmi the printer* They are the fame 
with v/hich the oftavo edition of Fltchsius 
was firfi; printed in 1545; in all five hun-^ 
dred and twelve. Of thefe. Turner has 
ufed upwards of four hundred \ to which he 
has added about ninety new, making the 
whole number five hundred and two. 
There 
