forts of Grain , and Harromngr at once \ By which a great 
quantity of Seed-corn is fav d, and arich increafe yearly gai- 
ned together with a Defcription of the Contrivance and Ufes 
of this Erigin^ Englijh t out of Spanifh^ and lately prefented 
to the R. Society. 
My LORD, 
IGfennotdevife better how to exprefs my great refpe(5lsto 
your Lordfliip , than by my utmoft endeavors to promote 
the Intereftof that Society , over which you h wefo lon^^, 
with fo much ability and affecflion, and, fo faithfully Prefided. 
7'his therefore will plead my excufe with your Lordfliip, if in 
fome confidence of gratifying the generous defignes of that 
Noble AflTembly ,1 cornmunicate to them , through your 
hands , not ovi\y '^t fnfthment;^\v^ I herewith prcfenc 
them ) biit the 'Dercription of i\\tU[e -and Bemfit of it from 
fuch a Deferent y as I am fure they will very highly ^^alue. My 
Lord y it is nowalmoft two years fince , that by fome what an 
odd dtcident ) lighting upon a paper lately printed in Spanifh , 
I f(|und a (hprt paffage; in it , giving notice ot a certain Plough 
iiewly brotght ourof G^m^^7 into both which pla- 
ces/it had (upon TVj'^/) fo generally obtaitfd, as (befides the 
Royal Priviledg , which was granted to the Inventor ) to pro- 
cure the Universal Approbation.Upon this hint,I took the bold- 
nefs to writ e to My ILoTd - AnibafFador , intreating his Excel- 
Ajj th^t^ashililiorfeweighty affi give hirfi leave ^ he 
wouldnot difdaint6 inform himfelf more' pirticularly concer- 
ning ic. T^^ his Lordfliip was not only pleas'd to do^but fo 
highly obliging , as to tranfmitto me the Engin it felf ^ toge- 
ther With a fell Defcription of it , and its ufe All of it writ- 
ten with his own noble Hand , which ! do here confecrate to 
the R. Society, to be infer ted among their precious Cime- 
li^^ 
My Lord , being hot fo happy , as to wait on you my fclf 
with it at your publick Aflembly this day , I defire/ your Lord- 
fliip wilicaufe thrfe Papers to be read there , and expofe the 
Inftiument tO their' Exartiiaatiofl and Tryal. There are many 
Gentle- 
