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28 leafe thereof hath on the outide a certaine bunch or eminence, of a darke purplih colour, and on the inide there lyeth in thoe hollow bunched places, certaine cleare drops of water like vnto pearles, of a very weete tate almot like ugar: in the midt of each flower is a long white tile or pointell, forked or diuided at the end, and ixe white chiues tipt with yellowih pendents, tanding cloe about it: after the flowers are pat, appeare ixe quare eede veels tanding vpright, winged as it were or welted on the edges, yet eeming but three quare, becaue each couple of thoe welted edges are ioyned cloer together, wherein are contained broad, flat, and thinne eedes, of a pale brownih colour, like vnto other Lillies, but much greater and thicker alo. The talke of this plant doth oftentimes grow flat, two, three, or foure fingers broad, and then beareth many more flowers, but for the mot part maller then when it beareth round talkes. And ometimes it happeneth the talke to be diuided at the top, carrying two or three tufts of greene leaues, without any flowers on them. And ometimes likewie, to beare two or three rowes or crownes of flowers one aboue another vpon one talke, which is eldome and carce eene, and beides, is but meere accidentall: the whole plant and euery part thereof, as well rootes, as leaues and flowers, doe mell omewhat trong as it were the auour of a Foxe, o that if any doe but come neare it, he cannot but mell it, which yet is not vnwholome. I haue not oberued any variety in the colour of this flower, more then that it will be fairer in a cleare open ayre, and paler, or as it were blated in a muddy or moakie ayre. And although ome haue boated of one with white flowers, yet I could neuer heare that any uch hath endured in one vniforme colour.

This plant was firt brought from Contantinople into thee Chritian Countries, and by the relation of ome that ent it, groweth naturally in Peria.

It flowereth mot commonly in the end of March, if the weather be milde, and pringeth not out of the ground vntill the end of February, or beginning of March, o quicke it is in the pringing: the heads with eed are ripe in the end of May.

It is of ome called Lilium Perficum, the Perian Lilly: but becaue wee haue another, which is more vually called by that name, as hall be hewed in the next Chapter, I had rather with Alphonus Pancius the Duke of Florence his Phyitian, (who firt ent the figure thereof vnto M r . Iohn de Brancion) call it Corona Imperialis, the Crowne Imperiall, then by any other name, as alo for that this name is now more generally receiued. It hath been ent alo by the name Tuai, and Tuchai, and Turfani, or Turfanda, being, as it is like, the Turkih names.

For any Phyicall Vertues that are in it, I know of none, nor haue heard that any hath been found out: notwithtanding the trong ent would perwade it might be applyed to good purpoe.

He roote of the Perian Lilly is very like vnto the root of the Crowne Imperiall, and loing his fibres in like maner euery yeare, hauing a hole therin likewie where the old talke grew, but whiter, rounder, and a little longer, maller, and not tinking at all like it, from whence pringeth vp a round whitih greene talke, not Rh