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Ecaue the Lilly is the more tately flower among manie: and amongt the wonderfull varietie of Lillies, knowne to vs in thee daies, much more then in former times, whereof ome are white, others bluh, ome purple, others red or yellow, ome potted, others without pots, ome tanding vpright, others hanging or turning downewards, The Crowne Imperiall for his tately beautifulnes, deerueth the firt place in this our Garden of delight, to be here entreated of before all other Lillies; but becaue it is o well knowne to mot perons, being in a manner euery where common, I hall neede onely to giue you a relation of the chiefe parts thereof (as I intend in uch other things) which are thee: The roote is yellowih on the outide, compoed of fewer, but much thicker cales, then any other Lilly but the Perian, and doth grow ometimes to be as great as a pretty bigge childes head, but omewhat flat withall, from the ides whereof, and not from the bottome, it hooteth forth thicke long fibres, which perih euery yeare, hauing a hole in the midt thereof, at the end of the yeare, when the old talke is dry and withered, and out of the which a new talke doth pring againe (from a bud or head to be een within the hollownee on the one ide) the yeare following: the talke then filling vp the hollownee, rieth vp three or foure foote high, being great, round, and of a purplih colour at the bottome, but greene aboue, beet from thence to the middle thereof with many long and broad greene leaues, very like to the leaues of our ordinary white Lilly, but omewhat horter and narrower, confuedly without order, and from the middle is bare or naked without leaues, for a certaine pace vpwards, and then beareth foure, ixe, or tenne flowers, more or lee, according to the age of the plant, and the fertility of the oyle where it groweth: The buddes at the firt appearing are whitih, tanding vpright among a buh or tuft of greene leaues, maller then thoe below, and tanding aboue the flowers, after a while they turne themselues, and hang downewards euerie one vpon his owne footetalke, round about the great temme or talke, ometimes of an euen depth, and other while one lower or higher than another, which flowers are neare the forme of an ordinary Lilly, yet omewhat leer and cloer, coniting of ixe leaues of an Orange colour, triped with purplih lines and veines, which adde a great grace to the flowers; At the bottome of the flower next vnto the talke, euery Rh