x PREFACE. 
her of Articles , where different IndF 
cations require it not ; for fo , we could 
never be certahi what one or two In- 
gredients of the whole fumble anfwerd 
the Defign ; befides the N aufeoufnefs 
of fuch Farrago s, and Bulk of Medi- 
cines, thrufi upon the Sick. 7. To 
confult Botanical W riters on the Vir- 
tues of Plants, is a Task beyond the 
Reach of moft private Perfons, on 
many Accounts very obvious to the 
Reader, 'hthly, and lajlly , I have not 
o?ily endeavoured to give a fair, im- 
partial View, of the Simples here 
treated of ; but, as every Age, 
and every Author, on this large Sub- 
je£l, have made fome further D if cove- 
ries and Additions ; fo I have thrown 
in feveral from my own Obfervations, 
the Communications of Friends, and 
from many praElical Authors of the 
bef Repute : And, had I made no 
other Apology , it had been enough to 
fay, that I have given, the Englifli 
Reader a good Part ■ of the Obferva- 
tions a?id Receipts communicated by 
feveral 
