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A13830	The Spanish Mandeuile of miracles. Or The garden of curious flowers VVherin are handled sundry points of humanity, philosophy, diuinitie, and geography, beautified with many strange and pleasant histories. First written in Spanish, by Anthonio De Torquemeda, and out of that tongue translated into English. It was dedicated by the author, to the right honourable and reuerent prelate, Don Diego Sarmento de soto Maior, Bishop of Astorga. &c. It is deuided into sixe treatises, composed in manner of a dialogue, as in the next page shall appeare.; Jardin de flores curiosas. English	Torquemada, Antonio de, fl. 1553-1570.; Lewkenor, Lewis, Sir, d. 1626.; Walker, Ferdinand.	1600 (1600)	STC 24135; ESTC S118471	275,568	332

THE SPANISH MANDEuile of Miracles OR The Garden of curious Flowers VVherin are handled sundry points of Humanity Philosophy Diuinitie and Geography beautified with many strange and pleasant Histories First written in Spanish by Anthonio De Torquemeda and out of that tongue translated into English It was dedicated by the Author to the Right honourable and reuerent Prelate Don Diego Sarmento de soto Maior Bishop of Astorga c. It is deuided into sixe Treatises composed in manner of a Dialogue as in the next page shall appeare AT LONDON Printed by I. R. for Edmund Matts and are to be solde at his shop at the signe of the hand and Plow in Fleet-streete 1600. A Table of the Contents of the sixe Treatises contayned in this Booke IN the first are contained many thinges woorthy of admiration which Nature hath wrought and daily worketh in men contrarie to her common and ordinary course of operation with other curiosities strange and delightfull The second containeth certaine properties vertues of Springs Riuers and Lakes with some opinions touching terrestriall Paradise and the foure Riuers that issue out from thence Withall in what parts of the world our Christian beleefe is professed The third entreateth of Uisions Fancies Spirits Ghosts Hags Enchaunters Witches and Familiars With diuers strange matters which haue happened delightfull and not lesse necessarie to be knowne The fourth discourseth what Fortune Chaunce is wherin they differ what lucke felicitie happines and destenie is and what the influence of the heauenly Bodyes import whether they are the causes or no of diuers mischances that happen in the world touching besides many other learned and curious poynts The fifth is a description of the Septentrionall Countries which are neere and vnder the North-pole and of the lengthning and shortning of the dayes and nights till they come to be sixe monthes long apeece and of the different rising and setting of the Sunne frō that it is heere with vs with other things pleasant and woorthy to be knowne The sixth containeth sundry wonderfull things that are in the Septentrionall Regions worthy of admiration To the Right Honorable Sir Thomas Sackuile Knight Baron of Buckhurst Lorde high Treasurer of Englande Lieuetenaunt of her Highnes within the County of Suffex most worthy Chauncelor of the Uniuersitie of Oxenford Knight of the noble order of the Garter and one of her Maiesties most honourable priuie Counsell LIfting mine eyes vp from out the low humble valley of my obscure fortunes vp to that bright shining eminent hill of Honour on which the fauour of her Maiesty the noblenes of your birth your many excellent vertues haue seated you I cannot Right honorable and my most singuler good Lord but lay a sharpe and rigorous censure vpon my own presumption that being though bounde to this flourishing Kingdome for my education yet a stranger borne and to your Lordship meerely vnknowne haue thus boldly aduentured to presse into your presence and to craue your honourable patronage to a worke whereof howe soeuer it deserue I cannot to my selfe challenge any prayse It was the first labour of a worthie Gentleman of your Lordships Countrey of Sussex one that doth much loue and honour you who did it for his exercise in the Spanish tongue and keeping it by him many yeeres as iudging it vtterly vnwoorthy of his owne name did lately bestowe the same vpon me with expresse charge howsoeuer I should dispose thereof to conceale all mention of him wherin I should haue doone both him and my selfe too much wrong in obeying him him in depriuing him of his deserued prayse for so worthy a worke my selfe in arrogating vnto me the glory of this discourse to the well handling of which in such exquisite manner as he hath done it I know my owne forces altogether weake and insufficient VVith all humblenes therefore I beseech your Lordshippe to vouchsafe your noble name for a protection of this my bold endeuour and with your accustomed gentlenes to pardon this rash attempt proceeding whollie from an infinite and vehement desire I haue to doe you all possible honour and seruice that the poorenes of my capacity or fortune can stretch vnto I beseech the Almightie to blesse your Lordship and my honorable good Lady with all your noble familie with all happinesse honor and length of life that you may long remaine a strong and happy piller of this glorious Common-wealth vnder the blessed gouernment of her most sacred Maiesty whom God long preserue London this 23. of Aprill 1600. Your Lordships most humble and deuoted Ferdinando Valker To the right VVorshipfull my vvorthy and esteemed Friende Lewes Lewkenor Esquire one of the honorable band of her Maiesties Gentlemen Pensioners in ordinarie THE famous Architect of Greece weary of his constrained abode in the Court of the Crotish tyrant finding all other endeuours vaine for his escape composed at length with singuler excellence of Arte two payre of artificiall winges made with borrowed feathers of sundry sorts which when he had cunning lie ioyned together vvith waxe hee fastened one payre of them to his owne body and another to his sonnes and so bequeating both himselfe and his sonne to the ayre began to take his flight but the audacious courage of the youth presuming to approach neere vnto the glorious rayes of the Sunne the waxe melted his feathers dissolued and he by his memorable fall and folly gaue name to the Seas wherin he perrished The case is mine and I cannot worthy Maister Lewkenor but with a great fordooming of my selfe attende the like or a greater downefall For hauing long striued beyond my forces to creepe out of the lothsome Caue of ingratitude wherein I haue so long lyen obscured and knowing all my owne abilities too weake to carry me thence I haue at length with these feathers which I haue borrowed frō you endeuoured to make my flight But I feare me much that my ill composition of them and my too much aduenturous presuming to flie with them being not myne owne shall no sooner appeare before the brightnesse of such a iudgement as yours but that all my tackling wil faile and my selfe be vnrelieuably throwne downe into the incurable gulfe of confusion ignorance and disgrace Onely my chiefest hope and comfort is that your gentle and alwayes best construing disposition to which onely I appeale will not entertaine the hardest conceite of thys my bolde and strange attempt Receaue therefore gentle Maister Lewkenor this poore Treatise hauing so many long yeeres lien obscured among your wast papers and lately by your cruell sentence condemned to the fire now with a milder conceit vnder your protection For though you thinke it vnworthy of the worlds view as beeing the fruite and exercise of your youngest yeeres yet I assure you it hath passed the censure of graue and learned iudgements and receiued excellent allowance thorough whose encouragements I haue presumed to giue it life and no longer to depriue the