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Introduction: Plant

The fecond, moft forts of Herbs vfed for meat, medicine, or fweet fmell. The third hath Trees, Shrubs, Bufhes, Fruit-bearing Plants, Rofins, Gummes, Rofes, Heaths, Moffes, Mufhroms, Corall, and ther feuerall kindes. Each booke hath Chapters, as for each Herb a bed: and euery Plant prefents thee with the Latine and English name in the title, placed over the picture of the Plant.

Then followeth the Kinds, Defcription, Place, Time, Names, Natures, and Vertues, agreeing with the best receiued Opinions.

Laft of all thou haft a generall Index, as well in Latine as English, with a carefull fupply like-wife of an Index Bilinguis, of Barbarous Names. And thus having given thee a general view of this Garden, now with our friendly Labors wee will accompanie thee and leade thee through a Graffe-plot, little or nothing of many Herbarifts heretofore touched; and begin with the moft common or best knowne Graffe, which is called in Latine Gramen Pratenfe; and then by little and little conduct thee through moft pleafant gardens and other delightfull places, where any Herbe or Plant may be found fit for Meat or Medicine.