▁who ▁says ▁that ▁Henry ▁Ly te ▁" had ▁a ▁pretty ▁good ▁collection ▁of ▁plants ▁for ▁that ▁age ," ▁though ▁an ▁ext ant ▁list ▁in ▁the ▁hand writing ▁of ▁Ly te ' e ▁second ▁son ▁and ▁successor , ▁Thomas , ▁enumer ates ▁only ▁various ▁fruit ▁trees . ▁ ▁Work ▁▁ ▁Ly te ' s ▁first ▁and ▁most ▁important ▁work ▁was ▁his ▁translation ▁of ▁the ▁Cru y de bo e ck ▁of ▁R ember t ▁D odo ens ▁( Ant werp , ▁ 1 5 5 4 ) ▁by ▁way ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 5 5 7 ▁French ▁translation ▁of ▁Charles ▁de ▁L ' E cl use ▁( H istoire ▁des ▁Pl antes ). ▁ ▁His ▁copy ▁of ▁the ▁French ▁edition ▁end ors ed ▁on ▁the ▁title ▁page ▁" Hen ry ▁Ly te ▁taught ▁me ▁to ▁spe ake ▁English " ▁is ▁now ▁in ▁the ▁British ▁Museum . ▁ ▁It ▁be ars ▁numerous ▁annotations ▁in ▁Latin ▁and ▁English ▁in ▁his ▁neat ▁hand writing , ▁including ▁references ▁to ▁the ▁works ▁of ▁Matth ias ▁de ▁Lob el ▁and ▁William ▁Turner . ▁The ▁first ▁edition ▁of ▁the ▁translation ▁was ▁printed ▁in ▁fol io ▁at ▁Ant werp , ▁to ▁secure ▁the ▁wood cut s ▁of ▁the ▁original ; ▁the ▁blocks ▁being ▁too ▁heavy ▁and ▁valuable ▁to ▁transport . ▁It ▁has ▁ 7 7 9 ▁pages ▁and ▁ 8 7 0 ▁cut s , ▁about ▁thirty ▁of ▁which ▁are ▁original , ▁and ▁is ▁mostly ▁in ▁black letter . ▁It ▁be ars ▁the ▁title , ▁A ▁n iew e ▁Her ball ▁or