Lib. I. 
Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
Fritilhria Hijpamca ynbtffifera. The Spanifh Fritillarie with the floures Handing as it were in 
an vmbell, t 
. , Th c Names. 
The Ginny hen floure is called o fDodmxus, Flos MeleagrU : of Lobelias ,LiUo-naniffu.s variegata, 
for that it hath the floure of a Lilly, and the root of Narcijfus.it hath beene called Friti/laria,ofthe 
cable or boordvpon which men play at Cheffe, which fquare checkers the floure doth verymuch 
referable; fome thinking that it was named Fritilltu : whereof there is no certaintie; for 'JWarti- 
alls feemeth to call Frit Ulus, Abacus , or the Tables whereat men play at Dice, in the fifth Booke of 
his Epigrams, writing to Gaila. ■ 
I am triflis , nucibus puer relUlis , 
Clamofo reuocatur a magi fro : 
Ft blando male proditus Fritillo 
Arcanamodo raft use popitta J 
t.F.dilcm rogai vdiss ale.it or . (Jc. - . 
The lad Boy now his nuts call by, 
Call’d vnto Scholeby Mailers cry': 
And the drunke Dicer now betray’d 
By flattring Tables as he play’d, 
Is from his fecret tiplinghoufedrawneout, 
Although the Officer he much befought. &c. 
InEnglifhwemaycallitTurky-henor Ginny-hen Floure, and alfo ChecqueredDaffodill, and 
Fritillarie, according to the Latine. 
, «; The Temperature and Venues. 
Of the facultie of thefe pleafant floures there is nothing fet downe in the ancient or later Wri- 
ter, but are greatly efteemed for the beautifying of our gardens, and the bofoms of the bcautifull. 
Chap, po. Of true Saffron, and the Wilde or Spring Saffrons 
