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where because, as it is said, the great Turk, as 
we call him, saw it abroad, liked it, and wore 
it himself, all his vassals had it in great regard, 
and it hath been obtained from them by some 
that have sent it into these parts.?? And he 
adds, “the Turks themselves do call it the 
sultan’s flower, and I have done so likewise, 
that it may be distinguished from all the other 
kindes.” It is also very commonly called 
Blackamoor’s Beauty. We are told that, in 
the east, it is made the emblem of supreme 
happiness. 
FINESSE. 
SWEET WILLIAM. 
Sweet William small has form and aspect bright, 
Like that sweet flower that yields great Jove delight. 
COWLEY. 
Tur brilliant colours of the large compact 
umbels of this flower, has led Phillips to con- 
sider it as “ Flora’s colour palette, on which 
she has frolicked, varying her favourite dyes to 
display all her gayest tints of reds and purples, 
mingled with pure white and jetty black, dis- 
posed in stars, as thickly set, and as bright as 
the eyes of Argus; so that one stem supports 
a large and brilliant bouquet.’’ 



