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A divine herbal together with a forrest of thorns In five sermons. ... By…A divine herball together with a forrest of thornes In five sermons. ... By…
A divine herbal together with a forrest of thorns In five sermons. ... By Tho. Adams.A divine herball together with a forrest of thornes In five sermons. ... By Tho. Adams.
London: printed by George Purslowe for John Budge, 1616London: printed by George Purslowe for Iohn Budge, 1616
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
To the divine Author of the divine Herbal, his true friend dedicateth this small Encomium of that which his pen despairs to praise.
To the diuine Author of the diuine Herball, his true friend dedicateth this small Encomium of that which his pen dispaires to prayse.
Had ADAM lived till this decayed age, And seen an HERBAL so Divine, and Sage, He would have said, that no succeeding man Might do for Adam that which Adams can. For while he tilled his Garden, his dark mind In all that compass no Herb-Grace could find. This man hath found it; and herein is blest: Adam was good, my Adam's still is best.
HAd ADAM liu'd till this decayed age, And seene an HERBALL so Diuine, and Sage, He would haue sayd, that no succeeding man Might doe for Adam that which Adams can. For while he till'd his Garden, his darke mind In all that compasse no Herbe-Grace could find. This man hath found it; and herein is blest: Adam was good, my Adam's still is best.
W. R. D. of Physic.
W. R. D. of Physicke.