heads d ownward as it were bels : in colour 
it is yellowifh ; or to giue you the true co- 
lour, which bywords othervvilc cannot be 
exprefled,if you lay fap berries in fteepe in 
faire water for the fpace of two houres,and 
mix a little Saffron with that infufion,and 
layitvpon paper, it fhevveth the perfedt 
colour to limne or illumine the floure 
vvithall. The backfideofthefa'id floure is 
freaked with purplifh lines , which doth 
ready fet forth the beauty thereof. In the 
ottome ofeach ofthefe bells there is pla- 
ced fix drops of moll cleere fhining fvveet 
water,in tail like fugar,refembling in fhevv 
faire Orient pearles ^ the which drops if 
you take away, there do immediately ap- 
pearc the like : notwithftanding if they 
may be fuffered to Hand Hill in the floure 
according to his otvne nature, they wil ne- 
uer fall away, no not if you ftrike the plant 
vntill it be broken. Amongft thefe drops 
there ftandeth out a certaine peftell,as alfo 
fundry fmal chiues tipped with fmall pen- 
dants like thofe of the Lilly :aboue the 
whole floures there growes a tuft of green 
leaucs like thofe vpon the ftalke,but frnal- 
ler. After the floures be faded, there fol- 
low cods or fced-velfels fix fquare,whcrein 
