Lyte. 89 
and was buried at Charlto?2-Mackerely in the 
fame county. He left a fon, who drew up 
a genealogy of James I. for which the king 
rewarded him with his pifture in gold, fet 
with diamonds ; and the prince, afterwards 
Charles I. gave him alfo his pidure in. 
gold. 
Although Mr. Lyte does not rank a- 
mong original writers in Botany, his work 
neverthelefs feems to have been well re- 
ceived. Even the arrangement alone would 
inftantly give it a great advantage over 
Turner s book. It is profelTedly a tranfla- 
tion from the French verfion of the Dutch 
Herbal of Dodoens, written by the au- 
thor in 1553? and tranflated by Clujius ia 
1 557 'y being the firft of his publications. Of 
Dodoens, it will be necelTary to give fome 
account; but I fhall defer it till I fpeak of 
Gerard, as the improved editions of Do- 
dge ns's book were the bafis of that au- 
thor's v/ork. 
The firft edition of Lyte's Herbal was 
publifhed at Antwerp. It is printed in the 
j^lack letter, and bears the following title : 
- A NIEWE Her BALL J or His TOR IE OF 
Plantes, 
