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CHAP. 8. 
Lobe! — Anecdotes O/Flemifh extraElion^ ltd 
lived chief y in England— Travelled with Lord 
Zouch — Entitled Botaniji to King James— 
'The Adverfaria, written jointly by him and 
Pena— -Lobel a learned man^ and well verjed 
in the Materia Mcdica — Englifh Botany 
greatly augmented by him — Promoters of Bota^ 
ny and gardening mentioned by him. 
Newton- — His Herbal to the Bible — only a tranf ac- 
tion from Lemnius. 
L Q S E L, 
J^ATTHIAS de Lobel, though not 
a native of Britain^ contributed fo 
largely to the emolument of Englifh Bo- 
tany, that he juftly claims attention in the 
objed: of this work. Lob el was of Fie- 
mifh extraftion;, and was born in, 1538 at 
Lijle, where his father v%'as in the profef- 
fion of the law. 
He informs us, that, at the age of lix- 
teen, he was enamoured with the love of 
plants I 
