Gerard, 1 1 ^ 
London, who had refidea long at Seville^ 
from whence he returned in 1576^ tranf- 
lated MoNARDES into Engllfh the next 
year, under the title of Joyful News out 
of the New Founde World, from the Spa- 
nifh of MonarduSy' in 4°. Clusius put 
Garcias Hor to into Latin, in 1567; 
and James Garet had alfo tranflated from 
the Spanifli the work of a Costa. Thefe 
books were incentives to curiolity ; and the 
thoufand novelties which were brought into 
England by our circumnavigators, Ra- 
leigh and Cavendish, in 1580 and 
1588, excited a degree of attention, w^hich 
at this day cannot, without the aid of con-^ 
liderable recoUedlion, be eafily conceived. 
Raleigh himfelf appears to have pof- 
fefled a larger fhare of tafte for the curious 
produdlions of nature, than was commoa 
to the feafaring adventurers of that period. 
Andpofterity will rank thefe voyagers among 
the greateft benefadlors to this kingdom, ia 
having been the means, if tradition may be 
credited, of introducing the moft ufeful root 
that Providence has held forth for the fer- 
vige of man. A voyage round the globe, how- 
I 2 foever 
