Tlje Life ^ Mr. RAY. 79 
Vivacity in his Style, whether he 
wrote in EngliJIj or Latin, which 
was equally ealy to him ; all which 
(notwithftanding his great Age, and 
the Debility and Infirmities of his 
Body) he retained, even to his dying 
Day ; of which he gave good Proof 
in fome of his Letters, written mani- 
feftly with a dying Hand (22). 
In a Word, in his Dealings, no 
Man more ftridly juft ; in his Con- 
verfation, no Man more humble, 
courteous, and affable : Towards God, 
no Man more devout ; and towards 
the Poor and Diftreffed, no Man 
more compaflionate and charitable, 
according to his Abilities. 
(22) See th« aforefaid Philofophical Letters, 
p. 373. Where we find the laft Letter Mr. Ray 
attempted to write; but in the Pojljcript, his 
Strength failing him, he was forced to break off 
abruptly. 
He 
