9 8 Sir Philip Skippon to Mr. Ray. 



a Sight of your Letter $ wherein you give an Ac- 

 count of your Opinion concerning vegetable Excres- 

 cences : But truly all my Letters which I had here r 

 I bound up in Bundles and fent away into EJfex this 

 Spring, and cannot, without fome Trouble, recover 

 that Particular. I defire, therefore, that you your 

 felf would give him Satisfaction, and write your 

 Thoughts upon that Subject again. Your Cimex 

 feeding upon Henbane I have obferved, but not his 

 Eggs as yet : I cannot but wonder at your Cunnkig 

 and Luckinefs in obferving and finding thefe Things. 

 I intend (God willing) on Monday next, to begin a 

 Simpling Voyage into the North, taking Thomas 

 Willife] along with me, and to go over and view par- 

 ticularly my felf, thofe Plants which he hath difco- 

 vered there, by me not obferved, wild with us. In 

 ray Return, if York lie not too much out of our 

 Road, I may chance wait upon you y till when, I fhall 

 defire what farther I have to enquire of you, or com- 

 municate to you. 



Sir Philip Skippon to Mr. Ray. 



S I Ry Sept. 1 8. i6ju 



"¥ Have enclos'd the beft Account I can yet make. 

 I of Herring- Fijhing^ and fhall hint fome Proverbs 

 that I think are omitted in your Book, viz. 



One Renegado is worfe than two tfurks : 



A Scot, a Rat, and a Yarmouth Herrings go all 



the PVorld over.** 

 He is a Hot -8 hot in a Muftard-pot, when both 



his Heels ft and right up. 

 ihe Brother had rather fee the Sifter? rich^ than 



make her fo^* 



tfhey 



