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A Propofd to Nobkmeni Gentlemen and othivs^ who are mUing to > 
J' ' fubfcribe towards Dr. MorifonV AW Univerfa! Herbal, order- 
ing Plants according to a new and true Method^ never publijhed 
heretofore. 
WHereas Robert Morifon Dr. of Phyfick, Botanick to his Ma- 
;efty,and ProfefTor of that Science in the llniverfity of Ox- 
ford^ hath, by hisaffiduousand long obfervation, difcover'd a more 
eafie and Scientifical Method ofi^nowingP/^;?// out of the Book of 
Nature^ according to the different forms of their Florvers,Seeds,^nd 
Seed-pods^ than hath ever yet been publiflied 3 whereof he hath late- 
ly (co the great fatisfadion of theLearned,both at home and abroad ) 
given an Efay in one of the moft difficult Clafies : And being now 
defirous,for the advancing and facilitating that part Natural Hi- 
^or;', which hath hitherto been fo tedious anddifcouraging to Stu- 
dents of that Science, for the honor of this our famous Ifland, and 
for the Increafe of Learning, chiefly in the Univerfities of Oxford 
and with all poffible fpeed to finifli and put cut the 
M^hole Work ; which, by reafon of the exceflive charge of Defign- 
ing. Graving, and Printing, he is not able to perform without the 
affiftanceof (iich Noblemen and Gentlemen, as are defirous to fur- 
ther and encourage this great Work; He therefore doth hereby en- 
gage to Noblemen and Gentlemen, or others, who fliall be pleafed 
to favour him with one Plate of five pounds,that an Honourable me- 
morial fliall be made of them, by engraving their Coat of Arms on 
their refpeftive Plates(as is already done to others in theforemer= 
tion'd EfTay, as like wife in an hundred Plates and upward, of the 
five Seftions now in hand ;) and that a Book fliall be deliver'd to 
each of t hem confi fling of the faid five compleatSeftions, making 
1 1 6 Plates cut inT'4/i/^^f?^^^,containing 1450 Plants,together with 
their Doftrine, according to his new and truly modelled Method : 
And at the paying down their five pounds, each one fliall receive 
one of his Specimens Umbellarum,%cc, together with a Receipt un- 
der the Propofer's hand, obliging him to furnifli to each Subfcriber 
or his Afligns the aforefaid five Seft ions complete, with their Do-^ 
arine,they furnifliing him with their Goat of Arms blazoned, to be 
engraven under their refpeftive Coats, And we, whofe Names are 
hereto fubfcribed, do hereby engage our felves to the faid Robert 
Morifin^ to pay, upon demand, towards this Work, each of us,the 
fimi of five pounds for one PlatCa . 
