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plants ; and had an unconquerable delire to 
know the names and properties of thofe 
ufed in phylic. He ftudied at Montpeliery 
under the famous Rondeletius* Dur- 
ing his refidence there, he travelled over 
the fouth of France in fearch of limples. 
At Narbone he formed a connexion with 
P^'/^rPENA, who was jointly concerned with 
him in his firft work the Adv erf aria. On 
leaving France^ he extended his refearches 
by travelling over Switzerland^ the county 
of Tyroly fome parts of Germany ^ and Italy ; 
and on his return fettled as a phyfician at 
Antwerp^ and afterwards at Delft, He 
was then made phyfician to William Prince 
of Orange^ and to the States of Holland 
On what occafion he removed into Fng^ 
la?2dy or at what period of his life, I cannot 
afcertain. From the circumftance how- 
ever of the Adverfaria bearing date at Lon-- 
don in 1570, it fhould feem to have been 
before that time, which opinion is fome- 
what corroborated, by his informing us, 
that Dr. Turner had given him, " long 
before,'* the feeds of the fea kale, 
< In England, he obtained the patronage of 
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