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nes . WMt greater pledfuvc can there hee, then tofmell the 
Jwsete odour of Merhes,T reesjand fruites» and to bjholde 
thegoodlie colour of the fame , whiche in certaine tjmes of 
theyere commeth forthe of the Womhe of their mother and 
nourfe 3 andfo to ynderflande thefecrete operation oj the 
fame.^nd to bee Jhortyof th/s labour(in our hues) wee doe 
take part thereofwith great gainer and renenues that come 
thereby , whereas through, idlenejfe there commeth nonce 
therefore to augment thefame 3 it jhallbeegood to appea/e 
and mitigate allfondc delightesy and vaine pleajlires 3 with 
fuche like vanities , and cleane put out and abclijhe the de- 
light cs of all vices. ffdjerej ore the Poet faiethlet vs praife 
the true labouryng hower of the true labourer. Therevpen 
many greate Lordes and noble perfinages , haue lefte their 
Theaters yplea/aunt ftagesygoodly pailymes : for/aking and 
defpifyng their pleafures , not muche regardyno riche Dia- 
demes , and coftly parfumes 3 but haue giuen themfelues to 
Plantyng and Graffyngyand/iichchk^ .In fuihe forte 3 that 
if wee Jhould diligently fearche , and recite all the difeourfe 
of auncient Hiiloriesy as of late daieswee fhouldfndeythat 
the modle noble perfinages through their vertue > hath fie^- 
wed many goodlie examples , as in one Theatre a fupreme 
degree Honorable:nor haue had nothyng more dearcymere 
recjuiftCynor more greatly in commendatienythen plantyng 
and Grajfyng offruite, Cyrus agreate Kyng of the Perf- 
ans(aswitne/fe Xcncphon,)didfi muche delite in the ,A rt 
of plantyng and Gra^yng3(whiche didfiewe agreat praife 
andglorie vnto hisper^onage)that he had no greater defre 
orpleafire , then when he might occupie hymfelf in Plan- 
tyng and Grajfyngitogarnifhe the yearthy to place and or^ 
