To my good Friend M r . lohn Parkinfon. 
B fr Y Age ofVerfe is out,what then / fhall I 
| Be f'.lent,and not open in this cry 
And generall applaufe i that have more caufe 
Then (ome that crowded in ; nor fhall the lawes 
Offriendihipdraw me from the rigideway 
Of bare and naked truth, and force me fay, 
In Court civility,more then what I thinke. 
Such compliment is on the very brinke 
Offlattery,and deflroyes the very foule 
And effence of true friendfhip, makes’t a foule 
Commerce ofnnituall (ordid ends, which is 
The Panacea of humane miferies. 
But whether now,my Mufe Ctwasnotmy end 
Totreate offriendfliip,but to praife a friend. 
This weary worke of thy unwearyed braine 
Shall doet for me,and have my further paine. 
But foft,that’s onely for the Authour, fhall 
I give nought to the Worke, which gives thee all 
Whatfoere th’half herefrom us,becaule’tis fuch ; 
As like good wine,it doth require no bufh . ? 
It were indeed not needfull,tf that all 
Would enter in and carte,without a call. 
And gentle invitation; as in trade 
Chapmen paffe by,nor enter,if not made 
And ply’d,yea rudely,with a violent hand. 
To fuch thy Cuftomers,whichcome and Hand, 
As 'twere at gaze ; I promife here good ware, 
Andcheape: all trees,all fhrubs,all herbes, that are 
In the voluminous Diofcorides, 
Theopbrajhcs, Galen y ot Hipocrates ■, 
(jdtenjds or th’acute Arabians , who 
Retriv’d this Art firft,and all th’other too, 
Afterrhe generall Deluge of the Goths, 
And fwarme ofother barbarous Nations, moths. 
And cankers of good Letters: nor here wants 
Whatfoere the diligent Modernes have of Plants, 
Omitted by the ancients,out of which 
Gleanings thou here haft made a pretty, rich, 
Ar.d fruirfull harveft ; neither doff thou Ipare 
1 infert whatfoere the other world doth beare. 
Nor temperaments, or vertues doft thou mifle, 
Names, faculties, or properties $ and this 
With 
