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T O T H E 
Royal Society. 
mil not become nWy to adde any 
Jttrihutes to a Title^which has a 
Fulnefs ofLujlre from his Ma- 
jefties Denomination. 
In thefe %ude CoHeBions^which 
are onply the gleanings of my private diver f on s 
in broken hours ^ it may appear ^ that many 
Minds and Hands are in many places induftri-- 
oujly employed ^ under Your Countenance and by 
Your Example ^ in the purfuit of thofe Excellent 
Ends ^ i»hich belong to Your Heroic al Vnder- 
ta^ngs. 
Some of thefe are but the Intimations of large 
Compilements. Jndjome Eminent Members of 
Your Society ^ have obliged the Learned JVorld 
Mth Incomparable Volunies ^ which are not 
herein mention d ^ becaufe they were fntfot ^ and 
in great ^B^putation abroad ^ before I entred upon 
this Tash^e. And no fmall Js(umber are at 
prefent engaged for thofe weighty TroduBions^ 
which 
