The Preface. 
lords of tit any fruitful V i H aV, will but fit their 
°fff n hands to the Spade , and encourage their 
tenants therein ,which now delight snore in tfje 
Plow-, in a little time, the plenty and excellen- 
c y °f our own, may extirpate the name of fir- 
reign Drinks. This being one of the mojt prin- 
oipal andiinivcrfalpoints ofHusbandryfisicad 
and Drink being the chief fnpports of mans life : 
dnd this being of all parts 0/ Agriculture the 
fiofl pleafant^the Plow carrying with it, many 
times, more c.ure , coji, and hazard, and not af¬ 
fording the tenth of that plea fare, as this Art of 
Planting doth it giving you one of the nobleji 
Obleff ations the world affords ^ and hath by its 
infinity of delight, fubjetled unto it the Spirits 
of Empcrours, Princes and Senators. 
While Fortune waited on the Persian State, Tunfltt 
Cyrus who from Aftyages the Great Rap.nus. 
Himfell deriv’d, himfelfhis Gardens till’d. 
How oft aftonifn’d Tmolus has beheld 
Th induftriouj- Prince in planting Trees and 
Flow’rs, 
Aud wat’ring them imploy his Vacant 
hours, & c . 
Many more Examf^s -might be here eniime- 
r ated :> bitf J p 0 p c t f je K20re Ingenious part of 
teighfl) mn w jU (j eea (Hy convinc’d of theplea - 
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