Ri^y^ 271 
Remains and of which I infert a copy 
below 
As Mr. Ray did not inherit any pater- 
nal eftate, and had often refufed preferment^ 
his circumftances could never have been 
affluent ^ and the legacy of Mr. Willugh- 
BY is faid to have been the greateft part of 
what he enjoyed. His own eftate, what- 
ever that might be^ he fettled on his wife, 
* The Infcriptlon on Mr. Ray's Monument. 
Eruditiflimi Viri Johannis Raii, M. A. 
Quicquid mortale fuit 
Hoc in anguflo Tumulo reconditum eft. 
At fcripta 
Non unica contlnet Regio : 
Et Fama undiquaque celeberrlma 
Vetat Mori. 
Collegii SS. Trinitatis Cantab, fuit olim Socius, 
Nec non Societatis Regias apud Londinenfes Sodalis^ 
Egregium utriufque Ornamentum. 
In omni Scientiarum Genere, 
Tarn divinarum quam humanarum 
Verfatiffimus : 
Et ficut alter Solomon (cui forfan unico fecundus) 
A Cedro ad Hyflbpum, 
Ab Animalium maximis ad minima ufque Infedla 
Exquitom m&M% eft Notitiam. 
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