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The copie of the said Letter, written as touching the Translation of Plinie.

TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE SIR ROBERT CECIL KNIGHT, PRINCIPALL SECRETARIE TO THE QVEENS MAIESTIE, MASTER OF COVRT OF THE WARDS AND LIVERIES, Chancellor of the Vniuersitie of Cambridge, and one of her Maiesties most Honourable Pr•…ie Counsell.

The Preface to the Reader.

THE FIRST BOOKE OF THE HISTORIE OF NATVRE,

THE INVENTORIE OR INDEX CONTAINING THE CONTENTS OF XXXVII BOOKS, TOVCHING THE HISTORIE OF NA∣TVRE,

¶ IN THE SECOND BOOKE IS CONTAINED the discourse of the World, of coelestiall impressions and meteors, as also of them that appeare in the Aire, and vpon Earth.

¶ IN THE THIRD BOOKE ARE COMPREHEN∣ded the Regions, Nations, Seas, Townes, Hauens, Mountains, Riuers, with their measures, and people, either at this day known, or in times past, as followeth:

¶ IN THE FOVRTH BOOKE ARE COMPRISED Regions, Nations, Seas, Townes, Hills, Hauens, Riuers, with theis dimensions and people, either now or in times past knowne: viz,

IN THE FIFTH BOOKE ARE CONTAINED Regions, Nations, Seas, Townes, Hills, Riuers, with their mea∣sures, and people, either at this day being, or in times past: that is to say,

IN THE SIXTH BOOKE ARE CONTAINED Regions, Nations, Seas, Cities, Hauens, Riuers, with their dimen∣sions, People also that be or haue been, to wit:

¶ IN THE SEVENTH BOOKE ARE CONTAINED the wonderfull shapes of men in diuerse countries.

¶ IN THE EIGHT BOOKE ARE CON∣tained the natures of land beasts that goe on foot.

¶ IN THE NINTH BOOKE ARE CONTAI∣ned the Stories and Natures of Fishes and water-creatures.

¶ IN THE TENTH BOOKE ARE CONTAI∣ned the natures and stories of Foules and flying creatures.

¶ IN THE ELEVENTH BOOKE ARE CONTAI∣ned the stories and natures of small creatures and such as creepe on the ground.

¶ IN THE TWELFTH BOOKE ARE CONTAI∣ned discourses of Trees

¶ IN THE THIRTEENTH BOOKE ARE CON∣tained Treatises of Ointments and of Trees by the sea side.

¶ IN THE FOVRTEENTH BOOKE ARE contained Treatises of Vine-trees and Vine-yards.

¶ THE FIFTEENTH BOOKE TREATETH OF the nature of Trees fruitfull, and planted in Hort-yards.

¶ IN THE SIXTEENTH BOOKE ARE CON∣tained the natures of wild trees.

¶ THE SEVENTEENTH BOOKE CONTAI∣neth the nature of trees planted, set, and well kept in Hort-yards.

¶ THE EIGHTEENTH BOORE IS A TREATISE of Agriculture or Husbandrie.

¶ THE NINETEENTH BOOKE CONTAINETH a discourse of the nature of Flax, and other wonderfull matters.

¶ THE TWENTIETH BOOKE COMPRISETH medicines out of those Simples which are set and sowed in Gardens.

¶ IN THE XXI. BOOKE ARE CONTAINED the natures of Floures and Hearbs to make Guirlands of.

¶ IN THE XXII. BOOKE ARE CONTAINED discourses as touching the estima∣tion of Hearbes.

¶ IN THE XXIII. BOOKE IS CONTAINED a Treatise of Hort-yard trees.

THE XXIIII. BOOKE TREATETH OF Trees growing wilde.

¶ IN THE XXV. BOOKE ARE CONTAINED the natures of hearbes and weeds that come vp of themselues. The reputation that hearbes haue been of. When they began first to be vsed.

¶ IN THE XXVI. BOOKE ARE CONTAI∣ned the medicines for the parts of mans bodie.

¶ THE XXVII. BOOKE COMPREHENDETH all other sorts of herbes.

¶ IN THE XXVIII. BOOKE ARE COMPRE∣hended the medicinable vertues from liuing creature.

¶ IN THE XXIX BOOKE ARE CONTAINED medicines from other liuing creatures.

¶ IN THE XXX. BOOKE ARE CONTAINED. medicines for liuing creatures, such as were not obserued in the former Booke.

¶ THE XXXI. BOOKE SHEWETH MEDICINES gathered from fishes and water creatures: also it deliuereth vnto vs strange and wonderfull things as touching the Waters.

¶ IN THE XXXII. BOOKE ARE CONTAINED other medicines behind, from fishes and water creatures.

¶ THE XXXIII. BOOKE DECLARETH the natures of Mettals.

¶ THE XXXIIII. BOOKE TREATETH of other Mettals.

¶ IN THE XXXV. BOOKE IS SHEWED IN what account Painting was in old time.

¶ THE XXXVI. BOOKE TREATETH of Stones.

¶ IN THE XXXVII. BOOKE IS DECLARED the originall of pretious stones.

THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE HISTORIE OF NATVRE,

THE THIRD BOOKE OF THE HISTORIE OF NATVRE,

THE FOVRTH BOOKE OF THE HISTORIE OF NATVRE,

THE FIFTH BOOKE OF THE HISTORIE OF NATVRE,

THE SIXTH BOOKE OF THE HISTORIE OF NATVRE,

THE SEVENTH BOOKE OF THE HISTORIE OF NATVRE,

THE EIGHTH BOOKE OF THE HISTORIE OF NATVRE,

THE NINTH BOOKE OF THE HISTORIE OF NATVRE,

THE TENTH BOOKE OF THE HISTORIE OF NATVRE,

THE ELEVENTH BOOKE OF THE HISTORIE OF NATVRE,

THE TVVELFTH BOOKE OF THE HISTORIE OF NATVRE,

THE THIRTEENTH BOOK OF THE HISTORIE OF NATVRE,

THE FOVRTEENTH BOOK OF THE HISTORIE OF NATVRE,

THE FIFTEENTH BOOK OF THE HISTORIE OF NATVRE,

THE SIXTEENTH BOOKE OF THE HISTORIE OF NATVRE,

THE SEVENTEENTH BOOKE OF THE HISTORIE OF NATVRE,

THE EIGHTHTEENTH BOOKE OF THE HISTORIE OF NATVRE,

An Index pointing to the principall matters contained in the first Tome of Plinies Natural Historie,

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TO THE READER.

A briefe Catalogue of the words of Art, with the Explanation thereof.

THE NINETEENTH BOOKE OF THE HISTORIE OF NATVRE,

THE TVVENTIETH BOOKE OF THE HISTORIE OF NATVRE,

THE TVVENTY FIRST BOOKE OF THE HISTORIE OF NATVRE,

THE TVVENTY SECOND BOOK OF THE HISTORIE OF NATVRE,

THE TVVENTY THIRD BOOKE OF THE HISTORIE OF NATVRE,

THE TVVENTY FOVRTH BOOK OF THE HISTORIE OF NATVRE,

THE TVVENTY FIFTH BOOKE OF THE HISTORIE OF NATVRE,

THE TVVENTY SIXTH BOOKE OF THE HISTORIE OF NATVRE,

THE TVVENTY SEVENTH BOOK OF THE HISTORIE OF NATVRE,

THE TVVENTY EIGHTH BOOK OF THE HISTORIE OF NATVRE,

THE TVVENTY NINTH BOOK OF THE HISTORIE OF NATVRE,

THE THIRTIETH BOOKE OF THE HISTORIE OF NATVRE,

THE XXXI. BOOKE OF THE HISTORIE OF NATVRE,

THE XXXII. BOOKE OF THE HISTORIE OF NATVRE,

THE XXXIII. BOOKE OF THE HISTORIE OF NATVRE,

THE XXXIV. BOOKE OF THE HISTORIE OF NATVRE,

THE XXXV. BOOKE OF THE HISTORIE OF NATVRE,

THE XXXVI. BOOKE OF THE HISTORIE OF NATVRE,

THE XXXVII. BOOKE OF THE HISTORIE OF NATVRE,

An Index pointing to the principall matters contained in the second Tome of Plinies naturall Historie.

An Aduertisement.