The history of the world, commonly called the Naturall historie of C. Plinius Secundus (1634)
Pliny, the Elder, Holland, Philemon, 1552-1637, tr · London, A. Islip · leaf 82
, that un-poffible it is to decipher and exprefle them accordingly.Whcrby we may fee, thatmorecafieitwasfor dame Naturetodepaint and adornc the earth withA fundrie pidures, to beautific the fields(I fay)with all manner of colors, by herhandiework (cfpecially where fhehath met with a ground to… … go ^ The one and twentieth BoOke* in thiSjThat whereas ftic hath given unto thofe fruitS-of the earth which fcrve fer ncccifnks and Qthefuftentation of man,loiig hfe and a kind of po-petuitie, even to laii ycarcs, and hiJndiieds ofyeares ;the(c flowers ofpjeafure and i^ciigbtigood only to content…
Natural history
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