Classis Prima. The first Tribe.
FROM a Paradise of pleasant Flowers, I am fallen (Adam like) to a world of profitable Herbes and Plants, (Vt Omne tulit punctum qui miscuit utile dulci) namely those Plants that are frequently used to helpe the diseases of our bodies: In which world or sea of Simples, I have propounded to my selfe this methode; to distribute them into sundry Classes or Tribes, that so as neere as may be, and is most convenient, shall be sorted out those severall Herbes and Plants that are fit for each Tribe, that so they may be found in one place together: and first of the Hisopes.
