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thoughts to wander about other objects, but that we may serve Thee 
with purpose of heart, with intention of mind, and with true zeal and 
devotion ; that so we may offer unto Thee spiritual sacrifice, pleasing 
and aceptablc, by Jesus Christ our blessed Saviour and Redeemer. Amen. 
The service ended, the Memorial (see Plate xv.) was in¬ 
spected and was generally approved. The wording on it reads :— 
IN MEMORY OF SAMUEL DALE. 
Born (?at Whitechapel) about 1659 1 F0R many years 
a Physician and Apothecary in Braintree ; a pro¬ 
minent MEMBER OF “ THE COMPANY OF FOUR-AND- 
TwENTY ” ; ONE OF THE LEADING ENGLISH BOTANISTS * * 
of his day ; author of Pharmacographia (three 
editions : 1693, 1710, and 1737), of a History of 
Harwich and Dover court (two editions : 1730 and 
1731), AND OF MANY LEARNED SCIENTIFIC PAPERS ; 
A NEIGHBOUR, CLOSE FRIEND, AND FINALLY THE 
EXECUTOR OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS JOHN RAY, OF 
Black Notley, “ the Father of Modern Natural 
Science.” 
He died i8th March 1738-9, aged about 80, and 
IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN BURIED, WITH HIS TWO 
wives, Judah and Sarah, in the adjoining Parish : 
of Bocking. 
* 
This Tablet was erected on the Initiative of the 
Essex Field Club in 1912. 
Later, the company adjourned to the Braintree High School, 
in the Great Hall of which was held, by the permission of the 
Head Master, Mr. F. J. Weever, M.A., a largely-attended joint¬ 
meeting of the Club and of the Braintree Educational Society, 
to hear a Eulogy on Ray, Dale, and Allen and their life’s work, 
by Prof. G. S. Boulger, F.L.S., a past-President of the Club. 
Mr. William Whitaker, F.R.S., presided over a gathering of 
members and friends, which completely filled the hall. 
After the Address, 8 various books, manuscripts, etc., of interest 
in connection with the three Braintree naturalists, were exhibited. 
The Rev. J. W. Kenworthy and Mr. John Avery showed the two 
8 Printed hereafter. 
