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The truth, however, is, that Botany returned into 
England long before this sera. It was brought back 
here by the Saxons ; fince whole time, 1 (hall en- 
deavour to fhew, that it hath always flourifhed, more 
or lefs, in this kingdom. 
I found my opinion upon the authority of the four 
following Saxon manufcripts. 
Two in the Bodleian Library, viz. 
(a) N°4i25. Herbarium Saxonicum. 
( b ) N° 5169. Liber Medicinalis MS. continens Vir- 
tutes Herbarum Saxonice. 
And two others in the Harleian Library, viz. 
N° 5066. entitled, Herbarium Saxonice. 
N° 585. T radlatus qui ab Anglo-Saxonibus dice- 
batur LIB6R CT 6 DIEINAL 1 S : fcil. 
L. Apuleii Madaurencis Libri de Vir- 
tutibus Herbarum, Verfio Anglo-Sa- 
xonica. 
Th is Lucius Apuleius of Medaura was a famous 
Platonic philofopher, who flourifhed about A. D. 
200. 
From this time I have met with no MS. concern- 
ing Botany, till the thirteenth century, when (c) Bi- 
fhop Tanner mentions three MSS. on this fubjedi, 
written by Gilebertus Legleus, live Anglicus, a phy- 
(a) Caf. MSS. An2,H£E> p. 18?. 
( 4 ) Ibid. p. 562. 
(c) Bibliotheca, p. 474. 
fician. 
