Of the Kiftorie of Plants. 
forvvhofe fake, he faith, that Apollo did print certaine letters and notes of his mourning.Thefe are 
his words : 
Fccecrnor,qiiififns htimo fignauerat herb as , 
Dcfmit ejfe cruor,Tqribquemtentior ofiro 
Flos oritur, forrnamque capit,quam Lilia, fi non 
Purpureas color his argentcus ejfct iniltis . 
qgon fatis hoc Phcebo eft, ( is enimfuit anchor honoris ) 
jpfe fuosgemitus folijs inferibit, & ai ai, 
Flos habet i»fcriptur»,funejlaque Utemdutfaejl. 
Which lately were elegantly thus rendred in Englifh by M. Sands .• 
Behold ! the bloud which late the grafle had dy’de 
Was now no bloud : from thence a fioure fullblovvne. 
Far brighter than the Tyrian fcarletlhone: 
Which feem'd the fame, or did referable right 
A Lilly, changing but the red to white. 
Nor fo contented, (for the Youth receiu’d 
That grace from Pheeburt) in the leaucs he wean d 
The fad imprellionof his fighs, Ai, Ai, 
They now in funerallchara<Rersdifplay,&c. 
£ 5 Lilium omentum fecundum caulm 
bulbulis donatum. 
Red Lilly with bulbes growingalongft 
the ftalke. 
Lib. i. 
£ 6 Liliumpurpureum minus. 
The fmall red Lilly. 
Theocritus alfo hath made mention of this Hyacinth, inBions Epitaph, in the 1 ?, EidqL which 
Fidilby fondie is attributed to Mofchus, and made his third. The words are there . 
Ntfroax/v^t X«A« w K fl W ia ' Id ^ *^"*1 4 
In Englifh thus: 
Now Iacinth fpeake thy letters, and once more 
Imprint thy leaues with Ai, Ar, as before. Rikewife 
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