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THE GARDEN 
OF 
PLEASANT FLOWERS. 
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Chat. I. 
Corona Imperialis. The Crowfle Imperiali. 
Ecaufe the I, illy is the more (lately flower among ma- 
nic and am.imgft, the wolderfall varidtie of Lillies, 
knowne to vs inthde daies,much more then informer 
times, whereof fome are white, others bluffi, fome pur- 
ple, other* red of yellow, fome fpotted , others with- 
out £pots,-fqtne (landing vpright, Others hanging or 
turning downo&ards, The'jtfowhelmperiall for his 
(lately beautift)thefs,defcru«h thefirft place in this our 
Garden of delight, to be here entreated pfbeforeall o- 
ther Lillies : bant becatife it is fo well kriowrie tomofl 
perfonSjbeitig in a manner euery where common, I fhall 
neede onely to giue you a relation, of thc.chicfe parts, 
thereof (asIintendmfuchotherrKwgs) which arethefei The root e is yejiowifh on 
the outfide, cortipqfed of fi^er^ithuoh thicket feiles, theri any other Lilly but the 
Perfian, and doth grow fomctiitieS to bcasgreat as a pretty biggechildcs head, but, 
fomewhat flat withall, from thefi'iTs Whereof, 'and not from the bottotj)e,it fhooteth 
forth thicke long fibres, which perifh cuery y&Yel' bailing ahole in the midft thereof, 
atthe end bfthe yeare,when the old ftalke is dry and withered , and out of the which 
A new ftalke doth fpring againe'(from a bud or head fo be feeft within the hollownefTe 
on the one fide) the yearefollowing : fhcftalketheri filling vp the hollownefTe, rifeth 
vp three or fourefoote high, being gteat, round, andof a purplifh colour atthe hot- 
tome, but greene aboue, befet from thence to the middle thereof with many long and 
broad greene leaues, very like to theieaucs of our ordinary white Lilly, bat foraewhac 
Inorter and narrower, tonfufedly without brdef , and from the middle is bare or na- 
ked without leaues, for a ccrtaine fpace vpwards, and theo'bcarech foure, fixe,ortenne 
flowers, more or lefTe, according to the age Of the plant , arid the fertility of the Toy le 
where it groweth : Thebuddesatthefirfi appearing arcwhitifli , (landing vpright & 
mong a bufli or tuft of greene leauey, Tmaller Shop tnofe below, andftanding aboue 
the flowers , after a while they turne themfelfl'es , aad' hang downewards euerio 
one vpon his owne footeftalke, round about the great ftem.me or ftalke, fometimes of 
an cuen depth, and Other whileoneiower or highdrthan Another , which flowers are 
neare the forme of an ordinary Lilly , yet fomewhat lefter and clofct s confiding of 
fixe leaues of an Oiangdcdlour ftriped with purplifh. lines and vein.es , which adde 
a great grace to the flowers : At the bottome ofthe flower nej# vnto tfie ft jjke , euery 
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