D E D I CA T I 0 N. 
and Native Soil, to feelc Juftice and Security- 
in your natural Rights from the Hands of 
our moft Gracious Sovereign; amid ft the 
Vexation of the greateft Abufes, and the 
Hurries of the moft hidden Departure, you 
were not unmindful of the Royal Society ; for 
foon after your being chofen a Fellow , you 
increas’d the Riches of their Repojitory with 
above Six hundred curious Specimens, chiefly 
in the Mineral Kingdom, accompanied with a 
Lift containing an accurate Account of each 
Particular; thereby {hewing your great Skill 
in natural Philofophy, and at the fame time 
intimating to England the vaft Riches which 
lie hidden in the Lap of her principal Daugh- 
ter. Since Mr. Colwall , the Founder of the 
Mufeum of the Royal Society , you have been; 
the Benefa&or who has given the moft 
numerous Collection ; and it is to be hoped 
your generous Example will be followed 
by feme of the prefent Members, by 
which means our Repojitory may foon be- 
come one of the moft confpicuous in Eu- 
rope. 
T h e extraordinary Knowledge, you have 
in the deep Myfteries of the moft fecret Her- 
• metic 
