(716) 
oris of Humane life • and to raife the Capable m& Ingenue us from a </////and 
drowfte acquiefcence in the JDifcoveries of former times, by reprefeming the 
great" Encouragements, we have to proceed from mcdcm Helpes and Ad- 
vancements. Of thefe the learned and ingenious Anther hath given confd j- 
rable inftances in many Particulars, carting chiefly an Eye upon the W.Sccic- 
ty, and the noble parpofes of that Illufirious Body, looking upon the f.me as 
the great Ferment of Generous and Vfeful knowledge,defigned to turn Learn- 
ed men to that excellent fludy, from which men have been fo long and fo 
unhappily diverted, vii. of Gods Great Booh^ UNIVERSAL NA1 LIRE. 
And becaufe fome Good men feem to be afraid of an Inflitutkn f they 
have heard but imperfectly of, and are jealous of what they have not h;d 
opportunities to underftand, he hath therefore given a fuccinU as well as a 
genuine and polite account of the Reafin, nature and defigns of that Efta blifti- 
ment, for the information of .fuch, as have not yet met with their Excellent 
Hifiory. Whence it will appear to unprejudiced men, That the Bullnefsof 
that Society is not to Fifpute, but Works, and their Aim, not to purfue 
Phancyful Defigns, but to free Phi lofophy from the vain Images and Con- 
trivances of Fancy, by making it palpable > and bringing it down to the plain 
Obje&s of the Senfes. 
Taking to task that infulting Queftion, what ha^e they done f* He gives 
an Anfwer to it, which doubtlefs will fatisfie difcreet and fober men. n nd 
as for thofe that would have them give the Great Elixir, the Perpetual Mo- 
tion ^ the way to make Glafs Malleable, and Man Immortal, &c. or they will 
objed, they have done nothing-, for fuch, he faith, their impertinent 
Taunts are no rnoje to be regarded, than the Chat of ideots and Children. 
11 ABRAHAMI COVLEI ANGLI, Sex LIBRl PLANTA- 
RVM, Poemate Latino conferipi. Londini in 8° Impenfis Joh. Marty n. 
This Author (whofe un-common Genius and Parts may be read with 
great fdtisfaftion in the account of his life, given, and prefixt to this excellent 
Piece, by M. Thorn. Sprat) Treats in the two tirft Books, of Herbes ; in a 
flyle refembling the Elegies ofOvid&nd Tibullus : In the third and fourth, 
of Flowers •, in the variety of Catullus and Horaces Numbers : In the two 
la ft, of Trees, in the way of Virgil's Georgickj. Of thefe, the ftxth Book 
fee mes wholly dedicated to the Honour of his Country^asisobferv'd in 
the newly-mention'd Account. 
ERR A T A. 
Pag. 700. i. i6, r. And Man* p. 701. I 1. t.petrifr'd. 
In the S A K 0 r, 
Printed by T.N. for John Martyn, Printer to the Royal Society, and are 
to be fold at the Bell a little without Temple-Bar > 1668. 
