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             Of education. To Master Samuel Hartlib.
             Milton, John, 1608-1674.
          
           8 p.
           
             for Thomas Underhill? for Thomas Johnson?,
             [London :
             1644]
          
           
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           Hartlib, Samuel, d. 1662.
           Education -- Philosophy -- Early works to 1800.
           Education -- Early works to 1800.
        
      
    
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           Of
           Education
           .
           To
           Master
           Samuel
           Hartlib
           .
        
         
           
             Master
             Hartlib
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Am
           long
           since
           perswaded
           ,
           that
           to
           say
           ,
           or
           doe
           ought
           worth
           memory
           ,
           and
           imitation
           ,
           no
           purpose
           or
           respect
           should
           sooner
           move
           us
           ,
           then
           simply
           the
           love
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           of
           mankinde
           .
           Neverthelesse
           to
           write
           now
           the
           reforming
           of
           Education
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           and
           noblest
           designes
           ,
           that
           can
           be
           thought
           on
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           want
           whereof
           this
           nation
           perishes
           ,
           I
           had
           not
           yet
           at
           this
           time
           been
           induc't
           ,
           but
           by
           your
           earnest
           entreaties
           ,
           and
           serious
           conjurements
           ;
           as
           having
           my
           minde
           for
           the
           present
           halfe
           diverted
           in
           the
           persuance
           of
           some
           other
           assertions
           ,
           the
           knowledge
           and
           the
           use
           of
           which
           ,
           cannot
           but
           be
           a
           great
           furtherance
           both
           to
           the
           enlargement
           of
           truth
           ,
           and
           honest
           living
           ,
           with
           much
           more
           peace
           .
           Nor
           should
           the
           lawes
           of
           any
           private
           friendship
           have
           prevail'd
           with
           me
           to
           divide
           thus
           ,
           or
           transpose
           my
           former
           thoughts
           ,
           but
           that
           I
           see
           those
           aims
           ,
           those
           actions
           which
           have
           won
           you
           with
           me
           the
           esteem
           of
           a
           person
           sent
           hither
           by
           some
           good
           providence
           from
           a
           farre
           country
           to
           be
           the
           occasion
           and
           the
           incitement
           of
           great
           good
           to
           this
           Iland
           .
           And
           ,
           as
           I
           hear
           ,
           you
           have
           obtain'd
           the
           same
           repute
           with
           men
           of
           most
           approved
           wisdom
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           highest
           authority
           among
           us
           .
           Not
           to
           mention
           the
           learned
           correspondence
           which
           you
           hold
           in
           forreigne
           parts
           ,
           and
           the
           extraordinary
           pains
           and
           diligence
           which
           you
           have
           us'd
           in
           this
           matter
           both
           heer
           ,
           and
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           ;
           either
           by
           the
           definite
           will
           of
           God
           so
           ruling
           ,
           or
           the
           peculiar
           sway
           of
           nature
           ,
           which
           also
           is
           Gods
           working
           .
           Neither
           can
           I
           thinke
           that
           so
           reputed
           ,
           and
           so
           valu'd
           as
           you
           are
           ,
           you
           would
           to
           the
           forfeit
           of
           your
           own
           discerning
           ability
           ,
           impose
           upon
           me
           an
           unfit
           and
           over
           ponderous
           argument
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           satisfaction
           which
           you
           professe
           to
           have
           receiv'd
           from
           those
           incidentall
           discourses
           which
           we
           have
           wander'd
           into
           ,
           hath
           prest
           &
           almost
           constrain'd
           you
           into
           a
           perswasion
           ,
           that
           what
           you
           require
           from
           me
           in
           this
           point
           ,
           I
           neither
           ought
           ,
           nor
           can
           in
           conscience
           deferre
           beyond
           this
           time
           both
           of
           so
           much
           need
           at
           once
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           opportunity
           to
           trie
           what
           God
           hath
           determin'd
           .
           I
           will
           not
           resist
           therefore
           ,
           what
           ever
           it
           is
           either
           of
           divine
           ,
           or
           humane
           obligement
           that
           you
           lay
           upon
           me
           ;
           but
           will
           forthwith
           set
           down
           in
           writing
           ,
           as
           you
           request
           me
           ,
           that
           voluntary
           
             Idea
             ,
          
           which
           hath
           long
           in
           silence
           presented
           it self
           to
           me
           ,
           of
           a
           better
           Education
           ,
           in
           extent
           and
           comprehension
           farre
           more
           large
           ,
           and
           yet
           of
           time
           farre
           shorter
           ,
           and
           of
           attainment
           farre
           more
           certain
           ,
           then
           hath
           been
           yet
           in
           practice
           .
           Briefe
           I
           shall
           endeavour
           to
           be
           ;
           for
           that
           which
           I
           have
           to
           say
           ,
           assuredly
           this
           nation
           hath
           extreame
           need
           should
           be
           done
           sooner
           then
           spok'n
           .
           To
           tell
           you
           therefore
           what
           I
           have
           benefited
           herein
           among
           old
           renowned
           Authors
           ,
           I
           shall
           spare
           ;
           and
           to
           search
           what
           many
           modern
           
             Ianua's
          
           and
           
             Didactics
          
           more
           then
           ever
           I
           shall
           read
           ,
           have
           projected
           ,
           my
           inclination
           leads
           me
           not
           .
           But
           if
           you
           can
           accept
           of
           these
           few
           observations
           which
           have
           flowr'd
           off
           ,
           and
           are
           as
           it
           were
           the
           burnishing
           of
           many
           studious
           and
           contemplative
           yeers
           altogether
           spent
           in
           the
           search
           of
           religious
           and
           civil
           knowledge
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           pleas'd
           you
           so
           well
           in
           the
           relating
           ,
           I
           here
           give
           you
           them
           to
           dispose
           of
           .
        
         
         
           The
           end
           then
           of
           learning
           is
           to
           repair
           the
           ruins
           of
           our
           first
           parents
           by
           regaining
           to
           know
           God
           aright
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           that
           knowledge
           to
           love
           him
           ,
           to
           imitate
           him
           ,
           to
           be
           like
           him
           ,
           as
           we
           may
           the
           neerest
           by
           possessing
           our
           souls
           of
           true
           vertue
           ▪
           which
           being
           united
           to
           the
           heavenly
           grace
           of
           faith
           makes
           up
           the
           highest
           perfection
           .
           But
           because
           our
           understanding
           cannot
           in
           this
           body
           found
           it selfe
           but
           on
           sensible
           things
           ,
           not
           arrive
           so
           cleerly
           to
           the
           knowledge
           of
           God
           and
           things
           invisible
           ,
           as
           by
           orderly
           conning
           over
           the
           visible
           and
           inferior
           creature
           ,
           the
           same
           method
           is
           necessarily
           to
           be
           follow'd
           in
           all
           discreet
           teaching
           .
           And
           seeing
           every
           nation
           affords
           not
           experience
           and
           tradition
           anough
           for
           all
           kinde
           of
           learning
           ,
           therefore
           we
           are
           chiefly
           taught
           the
           languages
           of
           those
           people
           who
           have
           at
           any
           time
           been
           most
           industrious
           after
           wisdom
           ;
           So
           that
           language
           is
           but
           the
           instrument
           convaying
           to
           us
           things
           usefull
           to
           be
           known
           .
           And
           though
           a
           linguist
           should
           pride
           himselfe
           to
           have
           all
           the
           tongues
           that
           
             Babel
          
           cleft
           the
           world
           into
           ,
           yet
           ,
           if
           he
           have
           not
           studied
           the
           solid
           things
           in
           them
           as
           well
           as
           the
           words
           and
           lexicons
           ,
           he
           were
           nothing
           so
           much
           to
           be
           esteem'd
           a
           learned
           man
           ,
           as
           any
           yeoman
           or
           tradesman
           competently
           wise
           in
           his
           mother
           dialect
           only
           .
           Hence
           appear
           the
           many
           mistakes
           which
           have
           made
           learning
           generally
           so
           unpleasing
           and
           so
           unsuccesfull
           ;
           first
           we
           do
           amisse
           to
           spend
           seven
           or
           eight
           yeers
           meerly
           in
           scraping
           together
           so
           much
           miserable
           Latin
           ,
           and
           Greek
           ,
           as
           might
           be
           learnt
           otherwise
           easily
           and
           delightfully
           in
           one
           yeer
           .
           And
           that
           which
           casts
           our
           proficiency
           therein
           so
           much
           behinde
           ,
           is
           our
           time
           lost
           partly
           in
           too
           oft
           idle
           vacancies
           given
           both
           to
           schools
           and
           Universities
           ,
           partly
           in
           a
           preposterous
           exaction
           ,
           forcing
           the
           empty
           wits
           of
           children
           to
           compose
           Theams
           ,
           verses
           ,
           and
           Orations
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           acts
           of
           ripest
           judgement
           and
           the
           finall
           work
           of
           a
           head
           fill'd
           by
           long
           reading
           ,
           and
           observing
           ,
           with
           elegant
           maxims
           ,
           and
           copious
           invention
           .
           These
           are
           not
           matters
           to
           be
           writing
           from
           poor
           striplings
           ,
           like
           blood
           out
           of
           the
           nose
           ,
           or
           the
           plucking
           of
           untimely
           fruit
           :
           besides
           the
           all
           habit
           which
           they
           get
           of
           wretched
           barbarizing
           against
           the
           Latin
           and
           Greek
           
             idiom
             ,
          
           with
           their
           untutor'd
           
             Anglicisms
             ,
          
           odious
           to
           be
           read
           ,
           yet
           not
           to
           be
           avoided
           without
           a
           well
           continu'd
           and
           judicious
           conversing
           among
           pure
           Authors
           digested
           ,
           which
           they
           scarce
           taste
           ,
           wheras
           if
           after
           some
           preparatory
           grounds
           of
           speech
           by
           their
           certain
           forms
           got
           into
           memory
           ,
           they
           were
           led
           to
           the
           praxis
           thereof
           in
           some
           chosen
           short
           book
           lesson'd
           throughly
           to
           them
           ,
           they
           might
           then
           forthwith
           proceed
           to
           l●arn
           the
           substance
           of
           good
           things
           ,
           and
           Arts
           in
           due
           order
           ,
           which
           would
           bring
           the
           whole
           language
           quickly
           into
           their
           power
           .
           This
           I
           take
           to
           be
           the
           most
           rationall
           and
           most
           profitable
           way
           of
           learning
           languages
           ,
           and
           whereby
           we
           may
           best
           hope
           to
           give
           account
           to
           God
           of
           our
           youth
           spent
           herein
           :
           And
           for
           the
           usuall
           method
           of
           teaching
           Arts
           ,
           I
           deem
           it
           to
           be
           an
           old
           errour
           of
           universities
           not
           yet
           well
           recover'd
           from
           the
           Scholastick
           grosnesse
           of
           barbarous
           ages
           ,
           that
           in
           stead
           of
           beginning
           with
           Arts
           most
           easie
           ,
           and
           those
           be
           such
           as
           are
           most
           obvious
           to
           the
           sence
           ,
           they
           present
           their
           young
           unmatriculated
           novices
           at
           first
           comming
           with
           the
           most
           intellective
           abstractions
           of
           Logick
           &
           metaphysicks
           :
           So
           that
           they
           having
           but
           newly
           left
           those
           Grammatick
           flats
           &
           shallows
           where
           they
           stuck
           unreasonably
           to
           learn
           a
           few
           words
           with
           lamentable
           construction
           ,
           and
           new
           on
           the
           sudden
           transported
           under
           another
           climat
           to
           be
           tost
           and
           turmoild
           with
           their
           unb●llasted
           wits
           in
           fadomles
           and
           unquiet
           deeps
           of
           controversie
           ,
           do
           for
           the
           most
           part
           grow
           into
           hatred
           and
           contempt
           of
           learning
           ,
           mockt
           and
           deluded
           all
           this
           while
           with
           ragged
           notions
           and
           babblements
           ,
           while
           they
           expected
           worthy
           and
           delightfull
           knowledge
           ;
           till
           poverty
           or
           youthfull
           yeers
           call
           them
           importunately
           their
           severall
           wayes
           ,
           and
           hasten
           them
           with
           the
           sway
           
           of
           friends
           either
           to
           an
           ambitious
           and
           mercenary
           ,
           or
           ignorantly
           zealous
           Divinity
           ;
           Some
           assur'd
           to
           the
           trade
           of
           Law
           ,
           grounding
           their
           purposes
           not
           on
           the
           prudent
           ,
           and
           heavenly
           contemplation
           of
           justice
           and
           equity
           which
           was
           never
           taught
           them
           ,
           but
           on
           the
           promising
           and
           pleasing
           thoughts
           of
           litigious
           terms
           ,
           fat
           contentions
           ,
           and
           flowing
           sees
           ;
           others
           betake
           them
           to
           State
           affairs
           ,
           with
           souls
           so
           unprincipl'd
           in
           vertue
           ,
           and
           true
           generous
           breeding
           ,
           that
           flattery
           ,
           and
           court
           shifts
           and
           tyrannous
           aphorismes
           appear
           to
           them
           the
           highest
           points
           of
           wisdom
           ;
           instilling
           their
           barren
           hearts
           with
           a
           conscientious
           slavery
           ,
           if
           ,
           as
           ,
           I
           rather
           think
           ,
           it
           be
           not
           fain'd
           .
           Others
           lastly
           of
           a
           more
           delicious
           and
           airie
           spirit
           ,
           retire
           themselves
           knowing
           no
           better
           ,
           to
           the
           enjoyments
           of
           ease
           and
           luxury
           ,
           living
           out
           their
           daies
           in
           feast
           and
           jollity
           ,
           which
           indeed
           is
           the
           wisest
           and
           the
           safest
           course
           of
           all
           these
           ,
           unlesse
           they
           were
           with
           more
           integrity
           undertak'n
           .
           And
           these
           are
           the
           errours
           ,
           and
           these
           are
           the
           fruits
           of
           mispending
           our
           prime
           youth
           at
           the
           Schools
           and
           Universities
           as
           we
           do
           ,
           either
           in
           learning
           meere
           words
           or
           such
           things
           chiefly
           ,
           as
           were
           better
           unlearnt
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           detain
           you
           now
           no
           longer
           in
           the
           demonstration
           of
           what
           we
           should
           not
           doe
           ,
           but
           strait
           conduct
           ye
           to
           a
           hill
           side
           ,
           where
           I
           will
           point
           ye
           out
           the
           right
           path
           of
           a
           vertuous
           and
           noble
           Education
           ;
           laborious
           indeed
           at
           the
           first
           ascent
           ,
           but
           else
           so
           smooth
           ,
           so
           green
           ,
           so
           full
           of
           goodly
           prospect
           ,
           and
           melodious
           sounds
           on
           every
           side
           ,
           that
           the
           harp
           of
           
             Orpheus
          
           was
           not
           more
           charming
           .
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           ye
           shall
           have
           more
           adoe
           to
           drive
           our
           dullest
           and
           laziest
           youth
           ,
           our
           stocks
           and
           stubbs
           from
           the
           infinite
           desire
           of
           such
           a
           happy
           nurture
           ,
           then
           we
           have
           now
           to
           hale
           and
           drag
           our
           choisest
           and
           hopefullest
           wits
           to
           that
           asinine
           feast
           of
           sowthistles
           and
           brambles
           which
           is
           commonly
           set
           before
           them
           ,
           as
           all
           the
           food
           and
           entertainment
           of
           their
           tenderest
           and
           most
           docible
           age
           .
           I
           call
           therefore
           a
           compleate
           and
           generous
           Education
           that
           which
           fits
           a
           man
           to
           perform
           justly
           ,
           skilfully
           and
           magnanimously
           all
           the
           offices
           both
           private
           and
           publike
           of
           peace
           and
           war
           .
           And
           how
           all
           this
           may
           be
           done
           between
           twelve
           ,
           and
           one
           and
           twenty
           ,
           lesse
           time
           then
           is
           now
           bestow'd
           in
           pure
           trifling
           at
           Grammar
           and
           
             Sophistry
             ,
          
           is
           to
           be
           thus
           order'd
           .
        
         
           First
           to
           finde
           out
           a
           sp●tious
           house
           and
           ground
           about
           it
           fit
           for
           an
           
             Academy
             ,
          
           and
           big
           enough
           to
           lodge
           a
           hundred
           and
           fifty
           persons
           ,
           whereof
           twenty
           or
           thereabout
           may
           be
           attendants
           ,
           all
           under
           the
           government
           of
           one
           ,
           who
           shall
           be
           thought
           of
           desert
           sufficient
           ,
           and
           ability
           either
           to
           doe
           all
           ,
           or
           wisely
           to
           direct
           ,
           and
           oversee
           it
           done
           .
           This
           place
           should
           be
           at
           once
           both
           School
           and
           University
           ,
           not
           needing
           a
           remove
           to
           any
           other
           house
           of
           Schollership
           ,
           except
           it
           be
           some
           peculiar
           Colledge
           of
           Law
           ,
           or
           Physick
           where
           they
           mean
           to
           be
           practitioners
           ;
           but
           as
           for
           those
           generall
           studies
           which
           take
           up
           all
           our
           time
           from
           Lilly
           to
           the
           commencing
           ,
           as
           they
           term
           it
           ,
           Master
           of
           Art
           ,
           it
           should
           be
           absolute
           .
           After
           this
           pattern
           ,
           as
           many
           edifices
           may
           be
           converted
           to
           this
           use
           ,
           as
           shall
           be
           needfull
           in
           every
           City
           throughout
           this
           land
           ,
           which
           would
           tend
           much
           to
           the
           encrease
           of
           learning
           and
           civility
           every where
           .
           This
           number
           ,
           lesse
           or
           more
           thus
           collected
           ,
           to
           the
           convenience
           of
           a
           foot
           company
           ,
           or
           interchangeably
           two
           troops
           of
           cavalry
           ,
           should
           divide
           their
           daies
           work
           into
           three
           parts
           ,
           as
           it
           lies
           orderly
           .
           Their
           studies
           ,
           their
           exercise
           ,
           and
           their
           diet
           .
        
         
           For
           their
           studies
           ,
           First
           they
           should
           begin
           with
           the
           chief
           and
           necessary
           rules
           of
           some
           good
           Grammar
           ,
           either
           that
           now
           us'd
           ,
           or
           any
           better
           :
           and
           while
           this
           is
           doing
           ,
           their
           speech
           is
           to
           be
           fashion'd
           to
           a
           distinct
           and
           cleer
           pronuntiation
           ,
           as
           neer
           as
           may
           be
           to
           the
           
             Italian
             ,
          
           especially
           in
           the
           vowels
           .
           For
           we
           Englishmen
           being
           farre
           northerly
           ,
           doe
           not
           open
           our
           mouthe●
           in
           the
           cold
           air
           ,
           wide
           enough
           to
           grace
           a
           Southern
           
           tongue
           ;
           but
           are
           observ'd
           by
           all
           other
           nations
           to
           speak
           exceeding
           close
           and
           inward
           :
           So
           that
           to
           smatter
           Latin
           with
           an
           english
           mouth
           ,
           is
           as
           ill
           a
           hearing
           as
           law
           French
           .
           Next
           to
           make
           them
           expert
           in
           the
           usefullest
           points
           of
           grammar
           ,
           and
           withall
           to
           season
           them
           ,
           and
           win
           them
           early
           to
           the
           love
           of
           vertue
           and
           true
           labour
           ,
           ere
           any
           flattering
           seducement
           ,
           or
           ●●m
           principle
           selfe
           them
           wandering
           ,
           some
           easie
           and
           delightfull
           book
           of
           Education
           would
           be
           read
           to
           them
           ;
           whereof
           the
           Greeks
           have
           store
           as
           
             〈◊〉
             ,
             Plutarch
             ,
          
           and
           other
           Socratic
           discourses
           .
           But
           in
           Latin
           we
           have
           none
           of
           classic
           authoritie
           extant
           ,
           except
           the
           two
           or
           three
           first
           books
           of
           
             Quintilian
             ,
          
           and
           some
           select
           peeces
           else
           where
           .
           But
           here
           the
           main
           skill
           and
           groundwork
           will
           be
           ,
           to
           temper
           them
           such
           lectures
           and
           explanations
           upon
           every
           opportunity
           ,
           as
           may
           lead
           and
           draw
           them
           in
           willing
           obedience
           ,
           enflam'd
           with
           the
           study
           of
           learning
           ,
           and
           the
           admiration
           of
           vertue
           ;
           stirr'd
           up
           with
           high
           hopes
           of
           living
           to
           be
           brave
           men
           ,
           and
           worthy
           patriots
           ,
           dear
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           famous
           to
           all
           ages
           .
           That
           they
           may
           despise
           and
           scorn
           all
           their
           childish
           ,
           and
           ill
           taught
           qualities
           ,
           to
           delight
           in
           manly
           ,
           and
           liberall
           exercises
           :
           which
           he
           who
           hath
           the
           Art
           ,
           and
           proper
           eloquence
           to
           catch
           them
           with
           ,
           what
           with
           mild
           and
           effectuall
           perswasions
           ,
           and
           what
           with
           the
           intimation
           of
           some
           fear
           ,
           if
           need
           be
           ,
           but
           chiefly
           by
           his
           own
           example
           ,
           might
           in
           a
           short
           space
           gain
           them
           to
           an
           incredible
           diligence
           and
           courage
           :
           infusing
           into
           their
           young
           brests
           such
           an
           ingenuous
           and
           noble
           ardor
           ,
           as
           would
           not
           fail
           to
           make
           many
           of
           them
           renowned
           and
           matchlesse
           men
           .
           At
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           some
           other
           hour
           of
           the
           day
           ,
           might
           be
           taught
           them
           the
           rules
           of
           Arithmetick
           ,
           and
           soon
           after
           the
           elements
           of
           Geometry
           even
           playing
           ,
           as
           the
           old
           manner
           was
           .
           After
           evening
           repast
           ,
           till
           bed
           time
           their
           thoughts
           will
           be
           best
           taken
           up
           in
           the
           easie
           grounds
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           story
           of
           Scripture
           .
           The
           next
           step
           would
           be
           to
           the
           Authors
           of
           
             Agriculture
             ,
             Cato
             ,
             Varro
             ,
          
           and
           
             Columella
             ,
          
           for
           the
           matter
           is
           most
           easie
           ,
           and
           if
           the
           language
           be
           difficult
           ,
           so
           much
           the
           better
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           a
           difficultie
           above
           their
           yeers
           .
           And
           here
           will
           be
           an
           occasion
           of
           inciting
           and
           inabling
           them
           hereafter
           to
           improve
           the
           tillage
           of
           their
           country
           ,
           to
           recover
           the
           bad
           soil
           ,
           and
           to
           remedy
           the
           wast
           that
           is
           made
           of
           good
           :
           for
           this
           was
           one
           of
           Hercules
           praises
           .
           Ere
           halfe
           these
           Authors
           be
           read
           ,
           which
           will
           soon
           be
           with
           plying
           hard
           ,
           and
           dayly
           ,
           they
           cannot
           choose
           but
           be
           masters
           of
           any
           ordinary
           prose
           .
           So
           that
           it
           will
           be
           then
           seasonable
           for
           them
           to
           learn
           in
           any
           modern
           Author
           ,
           the
           use
           of
           the
           Globes
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           maps
           first
           with
           the
           old
           names
           ;
           and
           then
           with
           the
           new
           :
           or
           they
           might
           be
           then
           capable
           to
           read
           any
           compendious
           method
           of
           naturall
           Philosophy
           .
           And
           at
           the
           same
           time
           might
           be
           entring
           into
           the
           Greek
           tongue
           ,
           after
           the
           same
           manner
           as
           was
           before
           prescrib'd
           in
           the
           Latin
           ;
           whereby
           the
           difficulties
           of
           Grammar
           being
           soon
           overcome
           ,
           all
           the
           Historicall
           Physiology
           of
           
             Aristotle
          
           and
           
             Theophrastus
          
           are
           open
           before
           them
           ,
           and
           as
           I
           may
           say
           ,
           under
           contribution
           .
           The
           like
           accesse
           will
           be
           to
           Vitruvius
           ,
           to
           
             Senecas
          
           naturall
           questions
           ,
           to
           
             Mela
             ,
             Celsus
             ,
             Pliny
             ,
          
           or
           
             Solinus
             .
          
           And
           having
           thus
           past
           the
           principles
           of
           
             Arithmetic
             ,
             Geometry
             ,
             Astronomy
             ,
          
           and
           
             Geography
          
           with
           a
           generall
           compact
           of
           Physicks
           ,
           they
           may
           descend
           in
           
             Mathematicks
          
           to
           the
           instrumentall
           science
           of
           
             Trigonometry
             ,
          
           and
           from
           thence
           to
           Fortification
           ,
           
             Architecture
             ,
          
           Enginry
           ,
           or
           navigation
           .
           And
           in
           naturall
           Philosophy
           they
           may
           proceed
           leisurly
           from
           the
           History
           of
           
             Meteors
             ,
          
           minerals
           ,
           plants
           and
           living
           creatures
           as
           farre
           as
           Anatomy
           .
           Then
           also
           in
           course
           might
           be
           read
           to
           them
           out
           of
           some
           not
           tedious
           writer
           the
           institution
           of
           Physick
           ;
           that
           they
           may
           know
           the
           tempers
           ,
           the
           humors
           ,
           the
           seasons
           ,
           and
           how
           to
           manage
           a
           crudity
           :
           which
           he
           who
           can
           wisely
           and
           timely
           doe
           ,
           is
           not
           onely
           a
           great
           Physician
           to
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           to
           his
           friends
           ,
           but
           also
           may
           at
           some
           
           time
           or
           other
           ,
           save
           an
           Army
           by
           this
           frugall
           ,
           and
           expencelesse
           meanes
           only
           ;
           and
           not
           let
           the
           healthy
           and
           stout
           bodies
           of
           young
           men
           rot
           away
           under
           him
           for
           want
           of
           this
           discipline
           ;
           which
           is
           a
           great
           pitty
           ,
           and
           no
           lesse
           a
           shame
           to
           the
           commander
           .
           To
           set
           forward
           all
           these
           proceedings
           in
           nature
           &
           mathematicks
           ,
           what
           hinders
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           may
           procure
           ,
           as
           oft
           as
           shall
           be
           needfull
           ,
           the
           helpfull
           experiences
           of
           Hunters
           ,
           fowlers
           ,
           Fishermen
           ,
           Shepherds
           ,
           Gardeners
           ,
           
             Apothecaries
             ;
          
           and
           in
           the
           other
           sciences
           ,
           
             Architects
          
           Engineers
           ,
           Mariners
           ,
           
             Anatomists
             ;
          
           who
           doubtlesse
           would
           be
           ready
           some
           for
           reward
           ,
           and
           some
           to
           favour
           such
           a
           hopefull
           Seminary
           .
           And
           this
           will
           give
           them
           such
           a
           reall
           tincture
           of
           naturall
           knowledge
           ,
           as
           they
           shall
           never
           forget
           ,
           but
           dayly
           augment
           with
           delight
           .
           Then
           also
           those
           Poets
           which
           are
           now
           counted
           most
           hard
           ,
           will
           be
           both
           facil
           and
           pleasant
           ,
           
             Orpheus
             ,
             Hesiod
             ,
             Theocritus
             ,
             Aratus
             ,
             Nicander
             ,
             Oppian
             ,
             Dionysius
          
           and
           in
           Latin
           
             Lucretius
             ,
             Manilius
             ,
          
           and
           the
           rurall
           part
           of
           Virgil
           .
        
         
           By
           this
           time
           ,
           yeers
           and
           good
           generall
           precepts
           will
           have
           furnisht
           them
           more
           distinctly
           with
           that
           act
           of
           reason
           which
           in
           
             Ethics
          
           is
           call'd
           
             Proa●resis
             :
          
           that
           they
           may
           with
           some
           judgement
           contemplat
           upon
           morall
           good
           and
           evill
           .
           Then
           will
           be
           requir'd
           a
           speciall
           reinforcement
           of
           constant
           and
           sound
           endoctrinating
           to
           set
           them
           right
           and
           firm
           ,
           instructing
           them
           more
           amply
           in
           the
           knowledge
           of
           vertue
           and
           the
           hatred
           of
           vice
           :
           while
           their
           young
           and
           pliant
           affections
           are
           led
           through
           all
           the
           morall
           works
           of
           
             Plato
             ,
             Xenophon
             ,
             Cicero
             ,
             Plutarch
             ,
             Laertius
             ,
          
           and
           those
           
             Locrian
          
           remnants
           ;
           but
           still
           to
           be
           reduc't
           in
           their
           nightward
           studies
           wherewith
           they
           close
           the
           dayes
           work
           ,
           under
           the
           determinat
           sentence
           of
           
             David
             ,
          
           or
           
             Salomon
             ,
          
           or
           the
           Evangels
           and
           
             Apostolic
          
           scriptures
           .
           Being
           perfit
           in
           the
           knowledge
           of
           personall
           duty
           ,
           they
           may
           then
           begin
           the
           study
           of
           Economies
           .
           And
           either
           now
           ,
           or
           before
           this
           ,
           they
           may
           have
           easily
           learnt
           at
           any
           odde
           hour
           the
           
             Italian
          
           tongue
           .
           And
           soon
           after
           ,
           but
           with
           warinesse
           ,
           and
           good
           antidote
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           wholsome
           anough
           to
           let
           them
           tast
           some
           choise
           comedies
           Greek
           ,
           Latin
           ,
           or
           
             Italian
             :
          
           Those
           tragedies
           also
           that
           treate
           of
           houshold
           matters
           ,
           as
           
             Trachiniae
             ,
             Alcestis
          
           and
           the
           like
           .
           The
           next
           remove
           must
           be
           to
           the
           study
           of
           
             Politics
             ;
          
           to
           know
           the
           beginning
           ,
           end
           ,
           and
           reasons
           of
           politicall
           societies
           ;
           that
           they
           may
           not
           in
           a
           dangerous
           fit
           of
           the
           common-wealth
           be
           such
           poor
           ,
           shaken
           ,
           uncertain
           reeds
           ,
           of
           such
           a
           tottering
           conscience
           ,
           as
           many
           of
           our
           great
           counsellers
           have
           lately
           shewn
           themselves
           ,
           but
           stedfast
           pillars
           of
           the
           State
           .
           After
           this
           they
           are
           to
           dive
           into
           the
           grounds
           of
           law
           ,
           and
           legall
           justice
           ;
           deliver'd
           first
           ,
           and
           with
           best
           warrant
           by
           
             Moses
             ;
          
           and
           as
           farre
           as
           humane
           prudence
           can
           be
           trusted
           ,
           in
           those
           extoll'd
           remains
           of
           Grecian
           Law-givers
           ,
           
             Lycurgus
             ,
             Solon
             ,
             Zaleucus
             ,
             Charondas
             ,
          
           and
           thence
           to
           all
           the
           Romane
           
             Edicts
          
           and
           tables
           with
           their
           
             ●ustinian
             ;
          
           and
           so
           down
           to
           the
           
             Saxon
          
           and
           common
           laws
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           the
           Statutes
           .
           Sundayes
           also
           and
           every
           evening
           may
           be
           now
           understandingly
           spent
           in
           the
           highest
           matters
           of
           
             Theology
             ,
          
           and
           Church
           History
           ancient
           and
           modern
           :
           and
           ere
           this
           time
           the
           Hebrew
           tongue
           at
           a
           set
           hour
           might
           have
           been
           gain'd
           ,
           that
           the
           Scriptures
           may
           be
           now
           read
           in
           their
           own
           originall
           ;
           whereto
           it
           would
           be
           no
           impossibility
           to
           adde
           the
           
             Chaldey
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Syrian
          
           dialect
           .
           When
           all
           these
           employments
           are
           well
           conquer'd
           ,
           then
           will
           the
           choise
           Histories
           ,
           
             heroic
             poems
             ,
          
           and
           
             Attic
          
           tragedies
           of
           statliest
           ,
           and
           most
           regal
           argument
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           famous
           Politicall
           orations
           offer
           themselves
           ;
           which
           if
           they
           were
           not
           only
           read
           ;
           but
           some
           of
           them
           got
           by
           memory
           ,
           and
           solemnly
           pronounc't
           with
           right
           accent
           ,
           and
           grace
           ,
           as
           might
           be
           taught
           ,
           would
           endue
           them
           even
           with
           the
           spirit
           ,
           and
           vigor
           of
           
             Demosthenes
          
           or
           
             Cicere
             ,
             Euripides
             ,
          
           or
           
             Sophocles
             .
          
           And
           now
           lastly
           will
           be
           the
           time
           to
           read
           with
           them
           those
           organic
           arts
           which
           in
           able
           men
           to
           discourse
           and
           write
           perspicuously
           ,
           elegantly
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           the
           fitted
           stile
           of
           lofty
           ,
           
           mean
           ,
           or
           lowly
           .
           Logic
           therefore
           so
           much
           as
           is
           usefull
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           referr'd
           to
           this
           due
           place
           withall
           her
           well
           coucht
           heads
           and
           Topics
           ,
           unt●ll
           it
           be
           time
           to
           open
           her
           contracted
           palm
           into
           a
           gracefull
           and
           ornate
           Rhetorick
           taught
           out
           of
           the
           rule
           of
           
             Plato
             ,
             Aristotle
             ,
             Phalereus
             ,
             Cicero
             ,
             Hermogenes
             ,
             Longinus
             .
          
           To
           which
           Poetry
           would
           be
           made
           subsequent
           ,
           or
           indeed
           rather
           precedent
           ,
           as
           being
           lesse
           suttle
           and
           fine
           ,
           but
           more
           simple
           ,
           sensuous
           and
           passionate
           .
           I
           mean
           not
           here
           the
           prosody
           of
           a
           verse
           ,
           which
           they
           could
           not
           but
           have
           hit
           ▪
           on
           before
           among
           the
           rudiments
           of
           grammer
           ;
           but
           that
           sublime
           art
           which
           in
           
             Aristotles
             poetics
             ,
          
           in
           
             Horace
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Italian
          
           commentaries
           of
           
             Castelvetro
             ,
             Tasso
             ,
             Mazzoni
             ,
          
           and
           others
           ,
           teaches
           what
           the
           laws
           are
           of
           a
           true
           
             Epic
          
           poem
           ,
           what
           of
           a
           
             Dramatic
             ,
          
           what
           of
           a
           
             Lyric
             ,
          
           what
           decorum
           is
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           grand
           master
           peece
           to
           observe
           .
           This
           would
           make
           them
           soon
           perceive
           what
           despicable
           creatures
           our
           common
           timers
           and
           play
           writes
           be
           ,
           and
           shew
           them
           ,
           what
           Religious
           ,
           what
           glorious
           and
           magnificent
           use
           might
           be
           made
           of
           Poetry
           both
           in
           divine
           and
           humane
           things
           .
           From
           hence
           and
           not
           till
           now
           will
           be
           the
           right
           season
           of
           forming
           them
           to
           be
           able
           writers
           and
           composers
           in
           every
           excellent
           matter
           ,
           when
           they
           shall
           be
           thus
           fraught
           with
           an
           universall
           insight
           into
           things
           .
           Or
           whether
           they
           be
           to
           speak
           in
           Parliament
           or
           counsell
           ,
           honour
           and
           attention
           would
           be
           waiting
           on
           their
           lips
           .
           There
           would
           then
           also
           appear
           in
           Pulpits
           other
           visages
           ,
           other
           gestures
           ,
           and
           stuffe
           otherwise
           wrought
           then
           what
           we
           now
           sit
           under
           ,
           oft
           times
           to
           as
           great
           a
           triall
           of
           our
           patience
           as
           any
           other
           that
           they
           preach
           to
           us
           .
           These
           are
           the
           studies
           wherein
           our
           noble
           and
           our
           gentle
           youth
           ought
           to
           bestow
           their
           time
           in
           a
           disciplinary
           way
           from
           twelve
           to
           one
           and
           twenty
           ;
           unlesse
           they
           rely
           more
           upon
           their
           ancestors
           dead
           ,
           then
           upon
           themselves
           living
           .
           In
           which
           methodicall
           course
           it
           is
           so
           suppos'd
           they
           must
           proceed
           by
           the
           steddy
           pace
           of
           learning
           onward
           ,
           as
           at
           convenient
           times
           for
           memories
           sake
           to
           retire
           back
           into
           the
           middle
           ward
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           into
           the
           rear
           of
           what
           they
           have
           been
           taught
           ,
           untill
           they
           have
           confirm'd
           ,
           and
           solidly
           united
           the
           whole
           body
           of
           their
           perfited
           knowledge
           ,
           like
           the
           last
           embattelling
           of
           a
           Romane
           legion
           .
           Now
           will
           be
           worth
           the
           seeing
           what
           exercises
           ,
           and
           what
           recreations
           may
           best
           agree
           ,
           and
           become
           these
           studies
           .
        
         
           
             Their
             Exercise
             .
          
           
             The
             course
             of
             study
             hitherto
             briefly
             describ'd
             ,
             is
             ,
             what
             I
             can
             guesse
             by
             reading
             ,
             likest
             to
             those
             ancient
             and
             famous
             schools
             of
             
               Pythagoras
               ,
               Plato
               ,
               Isocrates
               ,
               Aristotle
            
             and
             such
             others
             ,
             out
             of
             which
             were
             bred
             up
             such
             a
             number
             of
             renowned
             Philosophers
             ,
             orators
             ,
             Historians
             ,
             Poets
             and
             Princes
             all
             over
             
               Greece
               ,
               Italy
               ,
            
             and
             
               Asia
               ,
            
             besides
             the
             flourishing
             studies
             of
             
               Cyrene
            
             and
             
               Alexandria
               .
            
             But
             herein
             it
             shall
             exceed
             them
             ,
             and
             supply
             a
             defect
             as
             great
             as
             that
             which
             
               Plato
            
             noted
             in
             the
             common-wealth
             of
             
               Sparta
               ;
            
             whereas
             that
             City
             train'd
             up
             their
             youth
             most
             for
             warre
             ,
             and
             these
             in
             their
             Academies
             and
             
               Lycaeum
               ,
            
             all
             for
             the
             gown
             ,
             this
             institution
             of
             breeding
             which
             I
             here
             delineate
             ,
             shall
             be
             equally
             good
             both
             for
             Peace
             and
             warre
             .
             Therefore
             about
             an
             hour
             and
             a
             halfe
             ere
             they
             eat
             at
             noon
             should
             be
             allow'd
             them
             for
             exercise
             and
             due
             rest
             afterwards
             :
             But
             the
             time
             for
             this
             may
             be
             enlarg'd
             at
             pleasure
             ,
             according
             as
             their
             rising
             in
             the
             morning
             shall
             be
             early
             .
             The
             exercise
             which
             I
             commend
             first
             ,
             is
             the
             exact
             use
             of
             their
             weapon
             ;
             to
             guard
             and
             to
             strike
             safely
             with
             edge
             ,
             or
             point
             ;
             this
             will
             keep
             them
             healthy
             nimble
             ,
             strong
             ,
             and
             well
             in
             breath
             ,
             is
             also
             the
             likeliest
             meanes
             to
             make
             them
             grow
             large
             ,
             and
             tall
             ,
             and
             to
             inspire
             them
             with
             a
             gallant
             and
             fearlesse
             courage
             ,
             which
             being
             temper'd
             with
             seasonable
             lectures
             and
             precepts
             
             to
             them
             of
             true
             fortitude
             ,
             and
             patience
             ,
             will
             turn
             into
             a
             native
             and
             heroick
             valour
             ,
             and
             make
             them
             hate
             the
             cowardise
             of
             doing
             wrong
             .
             They
             must
             be
             also
             practiz'd
             in
             all
             the
             locks
             and
             gripes
             of
             wrastling
             ,
             wherein
             English
             men
             were
             wont
             to
             excell
             ,
             as
             need
             may
             often
             be
             in
             fight
             to
             tugge
             ,
             to
             grapple
             ,
             and
             to
             close
             .
             And
             this
             perhaps
             will
             be
             anough
             ,
             wherein
             to
             prove
             and
             heat
             their
             single
             strength
             .
             The
             interim
             of
             ●●swearing
             themselves
             regularly
             ,
             and
             convenient
             rest
             before
             meat
             may
             both
             with
             profit
             and
             delight
             be
             taken
             up
             in
             recreating
             and
             composing
             their
             travail'd
             spirits
             with
             the
             solemn
             and
             divine
             harmonies
             of
             musick
             heard
             ,
             or
             learnt
             ;
             other
             while
             the
             skilfull
             
               Organist
            
             plies
             his
             grave
             and
             fancied
             descant
             ,
             in
             lofty
             fugues
             ,
             or
             the
             whole
             Symphony
             with
             artfull
             and
             unimaginable
             touches
             adorn
             and
             grace
             the
             well
             studied
             cords
             of
             some
             choise
             composer
             ;
             some
             times
             the
             Lute
             ,
             or
             soft
             organ
             stop
             w●●ting
             on
             elegant
             voices
             either
             to
             Religious
             ,
             martiall
             ,
             or
             civill
             ditties
             ;
             which
             if
             wise
             men
             &
             prophets
             be
             not
             extreamly
             out
             ,
             have
             a
             great
             power
             over
             dispositions
             and
             manners
             ,
             to
             smooth
             and
             make
             them
             gentle
             from
             rustick
             harshnesse
             and
             distemper'd
             passions
             .
             The
             like
             also
             would
             not
             be
             unexpedient
             after
             meat
             to
             assist
             and
             cherish
             nature
             in
             her
             first
             concoction
             ,
             and
             send
             their
             mindes
             backe
             to
             study
             in
             good
             tune
             and
             satisfaction
             .
             Where
             having
             follow'd
             it
             close
             under
             vigilant
             eyes
             till
             about
             two
             hours
             before
             supper
             ,
             they
             are
             by
             a
             sudden
             alarum
             or
             watch
             word
             ,
             to
             be
             call'd
             out
             to
             their
             military
             motions
             ,
             under
             skie
             or
             covert
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             season
             ,
             as
             was
             the
             Romane
             wont
             ;
             first
             on
             foot
             ,
             then
             as
             their
             age
             permits
             ,
             on
             horse
             back
             ,
             to
             all
             the
             art
             of
             cavalry
             ;
             That
             having
             in
             sport
             ,
             but
             with
             much
             exactnesse
             ,
             and
             dayly
             muster
             ,
             serv'd
             out
             the
             rudiments
             of
             their
             Souldiership
             in
             all
             the
             skill
             of
             embattailing
             ,
             marching
             ,
             encamping
             ,
             fortifying
             ,
             beseiging
             and
             battering
             ,
             with
             all
             the
             helps
             of
             ancient
             and
             modern
             stratagems
             ,
             
               Tactiks
            
             and
             warlike
             maxims
             ,
             they
             may
             as
             it
             were
             out
             of
             a
             long
             warre
             come
             forth
             renowned
             and
             perfect
             Commanders
             in
             the
             service
             of
             their
             country
             .
             They
             would
             not
             then
             ,
             if
             they
             were
             trusted
             with
             fair
             and
             hopefull
             armies
             ,
             suffer
             them
             for
             want
             of
             just
             and
             wise
             discipline
             to
             shed
             away
             from
             about
             them
             like
             sick
             feathers
             ,
             though
             they
             be
             never
             so
             oft
             suppli'd
             :
             they
             would
             not
             suffer
             their
             empty
             &
             unrecrutible
             Colonells
             of
             twenty
             men
             in
             a
             company
             ,
             to
             quafle
             out
             ,
             or
             convay
             into
             secret
             hoards
             ,
             the
             wages
             of
             a
             delusive
             list
             ,
             and
             a
             miserable
             remnant
             :
             yet
             in
             the
             mean
             while
             to
             be
             overmaster'd
             with
             a
             score
             or
             two
             of
             drunkards
             ,
             the
             only
             souldiery
             left
             about
             them
             ,
             or
             else
             to
             comply
             with
             all
             rapines
             and
             violences
             .
             no
             certainly
             ,
             if
             they
             knew
             ought
             of
             that
             knowledge
             that
             belongs
             to
             good
             men
             or
             good
             governours
             ,
             they
             would
             not
             suffer
             these
             things
             But
             to
             return
             to
             our
             own
             in●tit●te
             ,
             besides
             these
             constant
             exercises
             at
             home
             ,
             there
             is
             another
             opportunity
             of
             gaining
             experience
             to
             be
             won
             from
             pleasure
             it selfe
             abroad
             ;
             In
             those
             vernal
             seasons
             of
             the
             yeer
             ,
             when
             the
             air
             is
             calm
             and
             pleasant
             ,
             it
             were
             an
             injury
             and
             sullennesse
             against
             nature
             not
             to
             go
             out
             ,
             and
             see
             her
             riches
             ,
             and
             partake
             in
             her
             rejoycing
             with
             heaven
             and
             earth
             .
             I
             should
             not
             therefore
             be
             a
             perswader
             to
             them
             of
             studying
             much
             then
             ,
             after
             two
             or
             three
             yeer
             that
             they
             have
             well
             laid
             their
             grounds
             ,
             but
             to
             ride
             out
             in
             companies
             with
             prudent
             and
             staid
             guides
             ,
             to
             all
             the
             quarters
             of
             the
             land
             :
             learning
             and
             observing
             all
             places
             of
             strength
             ,
             all
             commodities
             of
             building
             and
             of
             soil
             ,
             for
             towns
             and
             tillage
             ,
             harbours
             and
             Ports
             for
             trade
             ,
             Somtimes
             taking
             sea
             as
             farre
             as
             to
             our
             Navy
             ,
             to
             learn
             there
             also
             what
             they
             can
             in
             the
             practical
             knowledge
             of
             sailing
             and
             of
             sea
             fight
             .
             These
             waves
             would
             trie
             all
             their
             peculiar
             gifts
             of
             nature
             ,
             and
             if
             there
             were
             any
             secret
             excellence
             among
             them
             ,
             would
             fetch
             it
             out
             ,
             and
             give
             it
             fair
             opportunities
             to
             advance
             it selfe
             by
             ,
             which
             could
             not
             but
             mightily
             redound
             
             to
             the
             good
             of
             this
             nation
             ,
             and
             bring
             into
             fashion
             again
             those
             old
             admired
             vertues
             and
             excellencies
             ,
             with
             farre
             more
             advantage
             now
             in
             this
             puritie
             of
             Christian
             knowledge
             .
             Nor
             shall
             we
             then
             need
             the
             
               Mounsieurs
            
             of
             
               Paris
            
             to
             take
             our
             hopefull
             youth
             into
             thir
             slight
             and
             prodigall
             custodies
             and
             send
             them
             over
             back
             again
             transform'd
             into
             mimics
             ,
             apes
             &
             Kicshoes
             .
             But
             if
             they
             desire
             to
             see
             other
             countries
             at
             three
             or
             four
             and
             twenty
             yeers
             of
             age
             ,
             not
             to
             learn
             principles
             ,
             but
             to
             enlarge
             experience
             ,
             and
             make
             wise
             observation
             ,
             they
             will
             by
             that
             time
             be
             such
             as
             shall
             deserve
             the
             regard
             and
             honour
             of
             all
             men
             where
             they
             passe
             ,
             and
             the
             society
             and
             friendship
             of
             those
             in
             all
             places
             who
             are
             best
             and
             most
             eminent
             .
             And
             perhaps
             then
             other
             Nations
             will
             be
             glad
             to
             visit
             us
             for
             their
             breeding
             ,
             or
             else
             to
             imitate
             us
             in
             their
             own
             Country
             .
          
           
             Now
             lastly
             for
             their
             diet
             there
             cannot
             be
             much
             to
             say
             ,
             save
             only
             that
             it
             would
             be
             best
             in
             the
             same
             house
             ;
             for
             much
             time
             else
             would
             be
             lost
             abroad
             ,
             and
             many
             ill
             habits
             got
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             should
             be
             plain
             ,
             healthfull
             ,
             and
             moderat
             I
             suppose
             is
             out
             of
             controversie
             .
             Thus
             Master
             
               Hartlib
               ,
            
             you
             have
             a
             generall
             view
             in
             writing
             ,
             as
             your
             desire
             was
             ,
             of
             that
             which
             at
             severall
             times
             I
             had
             discourst
             with
             you
             concerning
             the
             best
             and
             Noblest
             way
             of
             Education
             ;
             not
             beginning
             ,
             as
             some
             have
             done
             from
             the
             cradle
             ,
             which
             yet
             might
             be
             worth
             many
             considerations
             ,
             if
             brevity
             had
             not
             been
             my
             scope
             ,
             many
             other
             circumstances
             also
             I
             could
             have
             mention'd
             ,
             but
             this
             to
             such
             as
             have
             the
             worth
             in
             them
             to
             make
             triall
             ,
             for
             light
             and
             direction
             may
             be
             anough
             .
             Only
             I
             believe
             that
             this
             is
             not
             a
             bow
             for
             every
             man
             to
             shoot
             in
             that
             counts
             himselfe
             a
             teacher
             ;
             but
             will
             require
             sinews
             almost
             equall
             to
             those
             which
             Homer
             gave
             Ulysses
             ,
             yet
             I
             am
             withall
             perswaded
             that
             it
             may
             prove
             much
             more
             easie
             in
             the
             assay
             ,
             then
             it
             now
             seems
             at
             distance
             ,
             and
             much
             more
             illustrious
             :
             howbeit
             not
             more
             difficult
             then
             I
             imagine
             ,
             and
             that
             imagination
             presents
             me
             with
             nothing
             but
             very
             happy
             and
             very
             possible
             according
             to
             best
             wishes
             ;
             if
             God
             have
             so
             decreed
             ,
             and
             this
             age
             have
             spirit
             and
             capacity
             anough
             to
             apprehend
             .
          
           
             The
             end
             .