" cenfco, qiiam ft fummam ejus Perfe^ionem atque Sapientiam, in om.- 

 " )iibus rebus, quantumvis ?nido oculo exiguis, modo vitam ac incre' 

 " mentum nadtis, elucerites., admiremur femper atque celebremus." 



Continuatio Leeuwenhoekii Epiftolarum. Ep. 99. 



We will hope then, that the enquirers into Nature's works, by 

 diving deeper aud deeper into her hidden myfteries, will more and 

 more place the difcoveries of thofe truths before the eyes of all, fo 

 as to produce an averfion to the errors of former times, which all 

 thofe who love the truth ought diligently to aim at. For zve cannot 

 in any better tnamier glorify the Lord and Creator of the Univerfe, 

 than that, in all things, hoxv fmall foever they appear to our naked eyes, 

 which yet have received the gift of life and pozver of increafe, zve content' 

 plate tbe difplay of his Omnijcience and PerfeSiions zvith tie utmofl ad- 

 miration. 



N. U. The Dutch words printed in Italics, arc written under the author's portrait prefixed to 



this Work. 



The Dutch motto in the title "page, is taken from the works of 

 Jacob Cats, who has been ftiled by way of eminence, the Horace of 

 Holland ; the learned reader will find it under the head of " Ge- 

 dachten; Op 'tgefichte van fchoone Schepfels." As the Tranflator is 

 not polTefi'ed of any poetical talents, his readers muft be content with 

 plain Englilh profe. 



" When thou beholdefi: the curious works of nature, do not be content with merely gazing 

 at their beauties, (and canft thou poffibly dwell on them without looking higher?) but 

 raife thy thoughts to the contemplation of Him by whom every thing that is fair and 

 beautiful was created." 



Cats's Refledlions on viewing the Beauties of the Creation. 



The Latin quotation from Virgil, is thus rendered by Mr. Dryden. 



" Hence men and beafts the breath of life obtain, 

 " And birds of air, and monfters of the main." 



Dryden's Virgil, /En. B. vi. I. 986. 



