8o The Life ^ Mr. RAY. 
He died at Blach-Notley (in aft 
Houfe of his own building) January 
the 1 7 th 1 704-5, and was buried (ac- 
cording to his own Defire) in the 
Church of that Parifh, where a fmall 
Monument is eredled for him at the 
Charge of fome of his F'riends, with 
the following Infcription : 
EruditilTimi Viri Johannis Raij, A. M. 
Quicquid mortale fuit, 
Hoc in angufto tumulo reconditum eft. 
At Script a 
Non una continet Reglo : 
Et Fama undequaque celeberrima 
' Vetat Mori, 
Collegli S. S. Trinitatis Cantab, fuit olim Socius, 
Necnon Societatis Regise apud Londinenfes Sodalis^. 
Egregium utriufque Ornamentum. 
In Omni Scientiarum genere 
Tam Divinarum quam Humanarum 
' Verfatiflimus. 
Et ficut alter Solomon (cui forfan Unico Secundus) 
A Cedro ad Hyflbpum, 
Ab AnimaJium maximis, ad minima ufque Infe(fta^ 
Exquifttam na(ftus eft Notitiam. 
Nec de Plantis folum,' qua patet Terras facies 
Accuratiftime diftei uit ; 
Sed & Jhtima ipfius vifcera fagaciftlme rimatus, 
Quicquid notatu dignum in univerfa Natura 
Deicripfit. 
