38 T^he Life <?/ Mr. RAY. 
a faithful Truftee, betook himfelf to 
the Inftrudtion of them; and Mrs. 
Ray herfelf alfo (after their Marriage) 
was an Afiiftant in this Matter, fhe 
being the Perfon that taught Lord 
Middleton his Letters, and to read 
EnglijJj. 
For the Sake and Service of thefe 
two young Gentlemen, Mr. Ray com- 
pofed his Nomenclator Clajftcus.^ which 
was firft publifhed in this very Year 
1672. And the Reafon why he 
compoled this Book, when many 
others were extant, was becaule there 
were Multitudes of Errors in all No- 
menclatures then in Ufe, elpecially 
in the Names of Animals and Plants. 
And as he was the beft able of any 
Man living to affign the true Mean- 
ing of both the Latin and Greek 
Names, fo it was a very ufeful and 
valuable Talk he undertook j fervice- 
able,^ 
