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Introduction: Latine

IN this Hiftorie of Plants it would be tedious, to vfe by way of introduction any curious difcourfe vpon the generall diuifion of Plants, contained in Latine vnder Arbor, Frutex, Suffrutex, Herba: or to fpeake of the differing names of their feuerall parts, more in Latine than our vulgar tongue can well expreffe. Or to go about to teach thee, or rather to beguile thee by the fmell or tafte, to gheffe at the temperature of Plants: when as all and euery of thefe in their place fhall have their true face and note, whereby thou mayft both know and vfe them.

In three bookes therefore, as in three gardens, all our Plants are beftowed; forted as neere as might be in kindred and neighbourhood. The first booke hath Graffes, Rufhes, Corne, Reeds, Flags, Bulbous or Onion-rooted Plants.