T^he\^\^%of Mr. RAY. 75 
Thefe Contefts with Rvvinus and 
"Tour 7 iefortf occaiioned Mr. Ray to 
review and amend his . own Method. 
And accordingly he drew it up in a 
more complete Form than he had 
done in his old Methodus Plantaruniy 
which was publifhed in 1682, or 
than he had made ufe of in his Hif- 
toria Plantarum. 
This new reformed Method he 
finifhed in the Year 1698, notwith- 
ftanding, at the fame time, he was 
grievoufly vexed with a continual 
Diarrhasa, and very painful Ulcers in 
his Legs, which eat deep into the 
Flefh, and kept him waking whole 
Nights. By which means he was fo 
difabled from going to London., or 
any where among the Phylic-Gardens 
(which was abfolutely neceflary to 
the perfeding his Methodus nova ) that 
Jie tel|s Dr. Tancred Robmfo?t, in a 
Letter 
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