
^To the right Honourable^and my 
'Very good lor dcySiY ^hon ’T^aulct k^itgbt^ 
pjofpersus coit* 
tmuail cncreafe cfijcno)» 
1 GHT honor able :,emog 
!; all Sciences that mate he lightly 
. ; obtained emeng manygood- 
! ii^ exercifesfor menne , there is 
I none ( emong the resie ) more 
mete recjuiJitejOr that more 
doeth rejrejijc thevitalljpirites 
of men , nor more engender ad- 
miration in the ejfectes vf Nature) or that is caufe of grea- 
ter recreation to the wearie and traueiled fpirit of many or 
more profitable for mannes life jthen is the skill of planting 
and Graffyng , thewhiche not onely rree mate fee mth om* 
eyesjbut alfofeele with our handes in the fecrete woorkes of 
Nature : yeajncthyng more difeouereth vnto vs thegreate 
and incomprehenfble woorkp oj GOJD)that of ate little Pe- 
pin feede,Nut)Cr fmall plant ymaie come the felffame herhe 
ortreej^ to bryngforthe infinite of thefame fruitcjwhiche 
al/o doeth gjine and fhewe forthe it felf ynto vsyejpccially in 
theSpryng tyme,by their diuerfitie of fhootesjblofjomsjand 
huddes , in diuers kindes of Nature y by the goodncjje and 
mightie power of thegreate Lorde and Creatour towardes 
his people , in fuche thynges as commeth forthe of the natu- 
raUyearthyto nouriftey to fuhflaine y and maintains our li- 
ail 
ues. 
