SAMUEL HARTLIB'S PUBLICATIONS. 71 



At page 118 commences, *^^Dr. Arnold Beati^s An- 

 notations upon the Legacy of Husbandry. Paris, tlie 

 first of July, 1651 j^' whicli ends at page 302. And on 

 tiie last two pages is ^^ An Advertisement to the City and 

 County,^' relating to a new fire and garden engine. 



Samuel Hartlib, in his ^^ Legacy/^ laments greatly that 

 no public director of husbandry was established in 

 England by authority : and that we had not adopted 

 the Flemish custom of letting farms on improvement. 

 See ^''Essays on Husbandry," Walter Harte, 8vo. 1764. 



XYIII. 



Comu Copia. A Miscellanium of lucriferous and most 

 fructiferous Experiments, Observations, and Dis- 

 coveries, immethodically distributed ; to be really 

 demonstrated and communicated in all sincerity^ 

 — [London, 1652?] 

 This tract of 16 pages commences with the above 

 title at the top of the first page, and proceeds : — 



''^ Imprimis. To discover a certainty to raise £2000. 

 per annum de claro, &c. 



'' Item, A certainty another way, with £500. stock, 

 &c. 



" Item, A certainty, with less than £500. stock, &c." 

 At page 2, the subject changes to : — ^' These follow- 

 ing relate to the exceeding great advantage of Hus- 

 bandry.'^ 



