Fo my old Friend and the Kings Herbarift 
Theatrum Botanic urn 
B rebus hath fifty times lajh't through the fignes. 
Since thou intend’ft this Iubile of lines. 
And now ‘tie extant ; and fhallfwiftly fcou’re. 
Through darke oblivion to the worlds lafl hour:. 
From fragrant afies of Antiquicie 
Phoenix-like j\rung } this is the loft(halldye. 
And if old Dodon were alive againe, 
Heere Would he wonder, hence more knowledge gaine- 
Cafpar th' Helvetian^«dMathiolus 
The Tulcan, by thy Bookefhallvaile to us. 
Heere s more thengrowes in the Botavizn ground ; 
^Andmore then's in Patavian Garden found: 
Qr vernant Oxfords Plat mere fivers fide . 
By which brave Maudlens Char well (Ml(hall glide 
Montpeliers flow’rymeadoWes yeeld to thee ; 
More in thy leaves, then on their beds we fee. 
Yet thy rich Worke which wepent ft,and ufe, 
Th' unwary vulgar rajbly mayabuje. 
This Was not thy intent '.yet thy good paines 
froflitutesnoble Phvficjuc unto Swaines. 
Yet fhll enjoy thy Ground, andwe thy Booke, 
on Which Pollerity [hall ever looke ; 
Lodge in the higbebed • and at thy beds feete 
Thy Plants in their moiflpallets atifhallmeete. 
From them to T hee,J will tranfplant that name, 
Semper vrjvm.'si^an • forfuch mufl bee thy fame. 
Kyepe thy Hefperides ; may thy her bet With thee 
Still bloome ; by Prefler never blafled bee. 
And feeing by thy hands the day is Wonne, 
No night of Age fh all cloude bright Parke-in-funne. 
Scrip fit 
lot UK IS HtllUtY* 
Oxonienfis, 
