To the Reader. 
D'. Pneft, and fet forth by M'. Norton. Now this tranflation became the ground-worke 
whereupon M 1 .Giraivf built vp this Worke: but that itmight not appearc a tranflation 
he changes the generall method of Dodonnus, into that of Label, and therein almoft all 
ouer folloives his leones both in method and names, as you may plainly f ee in the Grafles 
and Orchidcs To this tranflation he alfo added fome plants out of C/a/?*,, andother- 
fome out of the dnerfiri, i, and fome fourteene of his owne not before mentioned Now 
tothishiftorie figures werewanting, which alfo W.Korttm procured from Frankfort be- 
ing the fame wherewith the Works of TtibcrntimonUnns were printed in Dutch : but this 
fell erode for my Author, who (as it feemes) hauingno great iudgement in them fre- 
quently put one for another :and befides, there were many plants in thofe Authors which 
he followed, which were not in T nbernttmom units paA diners in him which they wanted yec 
he put them all together, and one for another ; and oft times by this meanes fo conform 
dedall, that none coifld polfibly hauefet them right, vnlelle they knew this cccafion of 
thefe errors. By this meanes, and after this manner was the Worke ofmy Author made 
vp, which was printed at the charges of W. Norton, An. 
Now it remaines I acquaint you with what I haue performed in this Edition which is 
either by mending what was amiffe, or by adding fuch as formerly were wanting • fome 
places I helped by putting out, as the Kindes in the Chapter ofStonecrop, where' there 
was but one mentioned. I haue alfo putout the Kindes in diners places elfe where thev 
vvere not very nccefrarie,by this meanes to get more roome for things more neceflarie- 
as alfodiuers figures and defcnptions which were put in two or three places 1 haue nut 
them out in all but one, yet fo,as that I alwaies giue you notice where they were and of 
what. Some words or pafiages are alfo putouthere and there, which I thinkenccdlefle 
to mention. Sometimes I mended what was amiife or defe£tiue,by altering or adding 
one or more words as you may frequently obferue if you compare the former edition 
•f rk thlS £> | n ^ ome | ew chapters almoft m any place. But I thinke I fhall beft fatisfie you 
if I briefely fpecifie what is done m each particular, hauing firft acquainted you with 
what my generall intention was : I determined, as wel as the fhortnelTe ofmv time would 
giue me leaue, to retame and fet forth wharfoeuerwas formerly in the bookedeferibed or 
figured without defcnptions (fome varieties that were not necefTarieexcepted ) and to 
thefe I intended to addewhatfoeuer was figured by Lobel, Dodon* U s,o r C/«L , whofe fi 
gures vve madevfe of; as alfo fuch plants as grow either wilde, or vfually in the o- ar dens 
of this kingdome, which were not mentioned by any of the forenamed Authors’, for T 
neither thought it fit norrequifite forme, ambitioufly toaimeat all that Bouhine ’in his 
Pm, tx reckons vp,or the Exotickes of Proper ^ilpnut containe,not mentioned in the for 
mer. This was my generall intention. Now come I to particulars, and firft of.figures' 
X haue, as I laid, madevfe of thofe wherewith the Workes of Dodonem, Lobel, and elm lu, 
were formerly printed which, though fome of them be not fo lightly, ye t are they -eneral- 
Jyas truly expreft, and fometimes more. When figures not agreeable to the defefoptions 
were former] ly in anpiace I giue you notice thereof with a marke of alteration before- 
thetitle,asalfomtheendof the Chapter; and if they were not formerly in the booke 
then fgmeyouthem with a marke of addition. Such as were formerly figured in the 
ooke, though put for other things, and fo hauing no defeription therein, I haue caufed 
to be new cut and put into their fit places, with deferiptions to them, and only a marke of 
alteration. The next are the defcnptions, which I haue in fome places lightly amended 
without giuing any notice thereof ; but when it is much altered, then giue I you this’ 
marke t at the beginning thereof ; but if it were fuch as that I could not helpe it but by 
writing a new one, then fhall you finde it with this marke * at the beginning and end 
thereo^asa^owhatfoeuerisaddedin the whole booke, either in defeription or other- 
vife. The next is the Place, which I haue feldome altered, yet in fome places fupnlied 
n in others I haue put doubts, & do fufpedt otherfome to be falfe, which beeaufel had 
not yet viewed, I left as I found. The Time was a thing of no fuch moment for any mat- 
ter worth mentioning to be performed vpon, wherefore I will not infill vpon it. Names 
are of great importance, and in them I fhould haue been a little more curious if I had hid 
more time as you may feel at the firft haue beene . but finding it a troublefome worke 
I haue one.y afterwards where I judged itmoftneedfull infilled vpon it : Bmhinus his P?- 
^vmay fupply what you in this kinde finde wanting. In many places of this worke you 
fhall finde large difcourfes and fometimes contfouerfies handled by our Authour i/the 
Vw C the r moft P a , rc ?" c of Oodon^s, & fome of them were fo abbreviated 
and by that meanes confounded, that I thought it not worth my paines to mend them fo 
I haue put them out in fome few places, and referred you to the places in Dodo, inns out of 
which 
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