go e H A P T E R 
PLANT^s^wherein is contayned thewhole 
difcourfe and perfeca defcription of all forts 
of herbs and plantes ; their divers and fun- 
dry kindes ; their ftraunge figures, fafliions, 
and fhapes ; their names, natures, and ope* 
rations and vertues : and that not only of 
thofe which are here growyng in this our 
countrie of Englande, but of all others alfo 
of foray ne realmes, commonly ufed in phy- 
ficke. Firft fet forth in the Doutche or 
Almaigne tongue, by that learned D. Rem^ 
iert DoDOENs, phyfition to the emperor 5 
and now firft tranflated by 
Henry L y T E, Efquyer. 
^* At London, by me, Gerard Dewes. 1578/* 
-^The Colophon, imprinted at Ant'wej-pe^ 
by me, Henry Loe^ book-printer." pp. 
779- 
Mr. Lyte dedicates his work to queen 
Elizabeth^ and has prefixed the preface and 
appendix in Latin, from Dodoens, or 
DoDONiiiUs. The latter of thefe is a col- 
leftion from DioscoRiDES andCATO, but 
chiefly from Pliny, relating to the rife 
and progrefs of botanical and agricultural 
knowledge 
