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George Ealcer, one of/Jer ajej/lie: 6/Jiiveife C/Jirargpibilf it; . _ l0,.d,'Myie,and .oft/ae C/Jirurgiozzs oft/Je Citje ’ V. ' cfL0n_a’.on? to the flygmier.

. R1'§}o;1e,a Prince an-1ong{_’c_the Ph_ilofophers,wr_iting in his 1V.k_m A . . i p A wphyﬁcks of the naturelofmankmd,laith,that man is natural. _. ly inclined and deﬁrous of fci_ence. The which {entcnce doth .. ~ teach ys,'that all creatures p(be1ng‘Yer_tuouﬂy giuen')do‘e‘f’criue

., to attain to perfcéiiongtrld draw IICCFC in what they can to the -1 y ‘_Creator 5 and this llsnqwledgc is one of the principall parts ‘whiclrdoth conecrnc the perfection of vndcrﬁandlng: for of the fame doth fol- low, that all {uch are generally inclined toknow the mcaneslsy the which Ehcy may conferue their life,health,and reputation. And although It be neceﬂary for ‘man to learn and know‘ all {cicnces,yet neuerthelefle the knowledge of naturall

Philofopliic ought to be preferred," as being the moﬂ neceIl"ary ; and moreouer,

. gt doth bring with itya ﬁngular pleafureyiand contentme In, The ﬁrﬂ inuentorof

this _kn9Wl¢dge was Clairon -the Centaure,ofgreat tenowtiefonne to Sarurne and philiyrezand others fay thatnt was muented-of A_1_>olIo;8c others ofﬁﬁulape his (on; :eﬁeeming‘tha[ [0-Fxccllg-¢nt;a‘fCiCI1CC‘gC§Ul§ll:lCUQl‘ proccedbut from the gods gm. jmortall, _and_ that it was ;1g1l59iT§i’l¢ f9;jg11_a}_‘;) ftoﬁnde out the nature of P lants, if Eh; gm; wo'rker,w.hich”1_se»-Qod,haduptlirliyylnfiliuébed and taught him. For, as Pliny faitl1.,ifany. think that their thing-T413116‘/blnlliucnted bymamhe is vngrate- full for theswoIkcs‘ofGo‘dr.Theﬁrﬂ:‘ we can learneof among ‘the Greeks that 'haue_;CliliE’§°1?.‘lY .‘“’.1‘l'2t°¥{°f_l‘e’l"5_5.2 h?“§‘lf¥“ l0rPbvfe5x=M"/Mind H€ﬁ04€.ha.uing },inj;saght th¢'ZEgygti’anSithenfﬂhégatras ofgr’e'_a_t_renown for his wifdotne, “wVhvi_o'h did wti’te.bookes_oft,héi nature,ofPlants,and»did acknowledge to learn:

V the[amdfromi§1poHo»andlEﬁﬁlﬁfé. Democrirralfo did‘compo.{eibookesofrPlants,

hauing ﬁrft trauelled ouerall'Perfia,-"Arabia,Ethiopia, and Egypt, Many other

“exce‘-ll'c,nt-‘ fpirits hgauc taken great*pleafi’_1r§In"tph1sr ‘fclencc, Wl'1ich.to accomplifh

ihauei hai_arClf¢§l.ih£§i_ir .lili¢5ii¥! ipamng many .\I.l1Al_<‘11,<>,‘/V ﬁe t.cgio;_1s,to learne the true

knowltedge ‘OfEcl1ék9rIM..ai1Ii1~0;thér Mcdramezats = of which number were Hippo- crater sC.f£1F4%.M ,Ar1ﬁotle,TI9e0pk!‘4ﬁ sDi061e_S Cdriﬁ‘iIk€sP4mpbylu5,Mtmtius,HieropbiIe, “1)iq{c‘6risfeJ,(3"¢}léﬂ,f:Plin},and=ﬁ1_arly.Qtl1€1‘-5sYVhlCh‘I‘l€§}l€ to narne,.fe'aring to be too y‘.lo‘Iig.‘~‘t‘\.iI‘1’¢7,lg_”’if_pl'méY;{P¢3l<§_Y?l§l¥§1}Fl2.§i‘15i'f§l oftbe A\’1_thor"oftliips?book, hi: gm l53in3°§§.f'l?35 F7?]?’«rl:§{-iliFi;l$”3?’Pe‘}?[‘??-.1‘? E 3-¥¥¢cl«l1‘.‘Ei ‘iii 3«"$i§»§3§?¢:'F¢ for thc attaining 0‘ his ‘skillrhniéailvin ¢.Xtra9.IfdiI1ar_yl.-.l*7,o;t ‘-’°‘.‘€f’_C9!1t¢3!3tewith the knowledge of thofeﬁm.ple$ which"grov«2,1n‘<.thoEe.:t2ati‘$, but vpohr hisproper icoli: a'nd‘charges hath had out oFa~ll"IP?l”§‘ 95316 Wbﬁd “ll;“l“° !;3f€=~’ﬁtiiplesl‘whiCh byrany means he ‘could attain: vnto,nor on’l§_?Yjo:haue‘th§-t§>bgQug1§ggbﬁghafhlpmcurcd by his ex-K2 tellent knowledge to llaui‘ii1§3n‘."gf9§t{iiii)’g h;s,pcgstaén,whic1s as the time of thc years doth ferue may be feenezfot thereihall you fee all manner of firange trees, hepbes,roots,plants,flonres,and other fuch rare things,tha_t it would make a man. tvoiider, l)QW 095 Of l11S C=_l€g1'<-‘C. H0! having the purfe of a number, could euer accomplifh the {amel pto°’tel’_c_ vpon my con{cience,I do not thinkc for the know- .}gd§51;£c.l°lants,th8F he #5 lnfﬁfflour to any : for I did once fee him tried with one oflthie Pcrangers that euer came into England,and was accounted in Paris ihc 6nc1yma:m being recotntnended ynto me by that famous man Maﬁer Amb.

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P.mu».r ,- and he being here was delirous to goe abroad with fome ofour Herbs-» riﬂsfor the which 1 was the rneane to bring them together, and one Whole V day We (pent herein, {catching the rarePc Simples : but when it came to the trial l,my French ‘man did not know one to his foure, What doth this man defcrue that hath éaken {o rnuch paines for his counttey,in fctting ouca Booke, that to this day, neuer any in What language foeuer did the like .9 Firll:, for corrcciing their faults in {o many hundred places, being falfly named; miliaken the one for the other 5 and then the pictures ofa great number of plants now newly cut.If this man had taken this paines in Italy and Germany where Mattlaiol//«sf did write, he fhould haue fpcd as well as he did : For( faith hc)I had fo great a deﬁre euer to ﬁr-"ll mfh my Book, that I neuer regarded any thing in re{pe8c of the publique good, not fo much as to think how I fhould ﬁnifh {o great a charges which I had neuer carried out,but that by Gods ﬂirting vp of the renowned Emperour Ferdimmda Offarnous tnemorie, and the excellent Princes had not helped me: with great ﬁrms ofmoney,fo that the common wealth may fay, That this bleﬂing doth ra- ther proceed of them than from me. There liaue beene alfo other Princes of Al-“-6 ‘mlﬂswhich haue been liberal in the preferring of this Book,and the moﬁ excel; lent Elector of the Empire the Duke of 3axony,which lent me by his PoI’c much mm? toward my charges : the liberalitic of the which, 8: their magniﬁcence to - ‘Yard me I cannot commend fuiliciently. They which followed in their liberali- "3 Were the excellent Frederick: Count Palatine of the Rhine, and the excellent 1‘_’4€’«‘im Marques ofBrandeburg, which much {upplicd my wants : and the like 1d the reuerend Cardinall and Prince of Trent, ‘ and the Excellent Archbifhop of Sal tzperg,the Excellent Dukes of'Bauar_e and Cleucs,the duke ofMegapolcna_ 915, Prince of Vandalis, the State Republiquc of Noretnberg,‘ the liberalitie of Wl10m ought to be celebrated for euer: and it doth much reioyce me that I had thehell’ 3“d_f¢Ward ofEmpcrors,Kings,Ele&ors of the Roman Empire, Arch--‘ dukes, Card1nalls,Bilhops, Duke sand Princes, for it giveth more credit to our Labors that any thing that can be laid. Thus far Mattbiolus his own: writing of the lrberalitie ofP rinccs towards him. What age-do we line in here that wil {af- ter 3“ ‘_’€ftguc_!0 go vnrcwarded?Mafl:cr Qerrard hath taken more ‘pains than cuef Mattbzolua did in his Commentaries, and hath corrcfted a number of faults that h‘ Paﬂed 0561' ; and I dare aﬁirme ( in reuerence be it fpoken to that Excellent mm) 51135 Maﬂet Qermrd doth know‘ a great number of Simples that were not ~l‘?_n0Wne in his time : and yet I doubt whether he {hall ta{’ce of the liberalitie of Pub” P“_1“C¢a Duke, Earle, Bifhop, orpublique-Eﬂate Let a man cxcell neuer ° much In any excellent knowledge, neuerthelesman ' times he is not To much‘ '°?s‘“‘l°d 35 3 Ieﬂicrsa BOai’ter,a Quackfaluer or Mounte anke: for {uch kind: of "dc" ‘an Ham’: dlllem blea make oftriﬂes great matters, in praiﬁng of this i ' rare fecret,or that excellent fpirit,or this Elixcr or Qllimeﬂencc 3 E which when it [hall come to the triall , nothing. (hall be found but boa{’cing',w‘ords. I<4LE+ E " ‘E " E