Lib. t. ' FoJ. i. 
THE FIRST BOOKE OF 
THE HISTORIE OF PLANTS: 
Containing (jrafies, Rujhes, ‘Reeds, Come , Flags , dndBulbous , 
or Onion-rooted Flants. 
N this Hiftorie of Plants it would be tediou. 
to vfe by way of inrroduftion, any curious difcourfe vpon the 
generall diuifion of Plants, contained in Latinevnder _sl/bor t 
F rut ex, S nffrutcx, Herhtt : or to fpeake of the diifering names 
of their feuerall parts, more in Latine than our vulgar ton° ue 
can well exprefle. Ortogoabout to teach thee, or rather to 
beguile thee by the fmell or tafte, toguefle at the temperature 
of Plants : when as all andeueryof thefe in their place (Trail 
hand their true face and note, whereby thou maift both know 
and vfe them. 
In three bookes therefore, as in three gardens, all our Plants 
are bellowed ; forted as neere as might be in kindred & nei h- 
bourhood. ° 
The firft booke hath GrafFes,Rufhes,Corne, Reeds, Flags, Bulbous or Onion-rooted Plants. 
The fecond, mod forts ofherbes vfed for meate, medicine, or fweet fmell in°-. 
The third hath Trees, Shrubs, Bufhes, Fruit-bearing Plants, Rofins,Gummes, Rofes, Heathes 
Molfes, Mufhroms, Corail, and their feuerall kindes. 
_ Each booke hath chapters, as for each herbe a bed rand euery- Plant prefents thee with the La- 
tine and Englifh name in the title, placed oner the pifture of the Plant. 
Then followes the kindes, defeription, place, time, names, natures, and vertues, Agreeing with 
the beft receiued opinions. 
Laft ofal! thou haft a generall Index, as well in Latine as Englifh, with a carefull fupply like- 
ly ifeofan Index telinguisfil barbarous names. 
And thus hauing giuen thee a generall view, of this garden, now with our friendly labours wee 
will accompany thee, and leade thee through a Giraffe- plot, little or nothing of many Herbarifts 
heretofore touched -. and beginwith the moil common or beftknowne Graffe, which is called m 
Latine, Gramenprntcnf: and then by little and little conduct thee through moft plealant gardens 
and other delightfull placep, where any herbe or plant may be found fit for meate or medicine. 
c 
HAP. I. 
Of FTvfcdoVoXjrajfc, 
a loo. 
r~ iV * * ere f ™ dr y and infinite kindes of Graffes not mentioned by the Antients , either as 
vn nece(Tarie to be fet downe,or vnknowne to them : onely they make mention of fome 
||| few, whole wants we meane to fupply, in fuch as haue come to our knowledge, referring 
the reft to the curious fearcher of Simples. 
^ The Defeription. 
Ommon Medovv Grafle hath very fmall tufts or roots, with thicke hairy threds 
depending vpon the higheft turfe, matting and creeping on the ground with a 
moft thicke and apparant fhew of wheaten leaues, lifting vp long thinne ioynted 
r and light ftalks, a foot or a cubit high, growing fmall and fharpe at the top, with 
e eare hanging downward, like the tuft or top of the common Reed. 
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