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             The reformed librarie-keeper with a supplement to The reformed-school, as subordinate to colleges in universities / by John Durie ; whereunto is added, I. An idea of mathematicks II. The description of one of the chiefest libraries which is in Germanie ...
             Dury, John, 1596-1680.
             Hartlib, Samuel, d. 1662.
             Pell, John, 1611-1685. Idea of mathematicks.
             Schwartzkopf, Johann, 1596-1659. Bibliotheca augusta ... quae est Wolferbyti.
          
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               THE
               REFORMED
               LIBRARIE-KEEPER
               With
               a
               Supplement
               to
               the
               Reformed-School
               ,
               As
               subordinate
               to
               Colleges
               in
               Universities
               .
            
             
               BY
               JOHN
               DURIE
               .
            
             
               Whereunto
               is
               added
               
                 
                   I.
                   An
                   Idea
                   of
                   Mathematicks
                   .
                
                 
                   II.
                   The
                   description
                   of
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   chiefest
                   Libraries
                   which
                   is
                   in
                   Germanie
                   ,
                   erected
                   and
                   ordered
                   by
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   most
                   Learned
                   Princes
                   in
                   Europe
                   .
                
              
            
             
               LONDON
               ,
               Printed
               by
               
                 William
                 Du-Gard
              
               ,
               and
               are
               to
               bee
               sold
               by
               
                 Rob.
                 Littleberrie
              
               at
               the
               sign
               of
               the
               Vnicorn
               in
               Little
               Britain
               .
               1650.
               
            
          
           
             
             
             
               To
               the
               Reader
               .
            
             
               
                 Learned
                 Reader
                 !
              
            
             
               THese
               Tracts
               are
               the
               fruits
               of
               som
               of
               my
               Sollicitations
               and
               Negotiations
               for
               the
               advancement
               of
               Learning
               .
               And
               I
               hope
               they
               may
               in
               time
               becom
               somwhat
               effectual
               to
               rais
               thy
               Spirit
               to
               the
               exspectation
               of
               greater
               things
               ,
               which
               may
               bee
               raised
               upon
               such
               grounds
               as
               these
               .
               All
               which
               are
               but
               preparatives
               towards
               that
               perfection
               which
               wee
               may
               exspect
               by
               the
               advancement
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Christ
               ,
               wherein
               the
               Communion
               of
               Saints
               ,
               by
               the
               graces
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               will
               swallow
               up
               all
               these
               poor
               Rudiments
               
               of
               knowledg
               ,
               which
               wee
               now
               grope
               after
               by
               so
               manie
               helps
               ;
               and
               till
               then
               in
               those
               endeavors
               I
               rest
               in
               the
               Truth
               ▪
            
             
               
                 Thy
                 faithfull
                 and
                 unwearied
                 servant
                 SAMUEL
                 HARTLIE
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
               A
               SUPPLEMENT
               TO
               THE
               Reformed
               School
               .
            
             
               
                 Loving
                 freind
                 !
              
            
             
               YOu
               have
               offered
               to
               mee
               that
               which
               I
               confess
               I
               did
               not
               reflect
               upon
               ,
               when
               I
               wrote
               the
               discours
               you
               have
               Published
               under
               the
               name
               of
               a
               
                 Reformed
                 School
              
               ;
               which
               is
               ,
               that
               som
               may
               think
               by
               the
               waie
               of
               Education
               ,
               which
               I
               propose
               all
               Universities
               and
               eminent
               places
               of
               Learning
               might
               subtilly
               bee
               undermined
               and
               made
               useless
               ,
               becaus
               therein
               a
               waie
               is
               shew'd
               how
               to
               initiate
               youths
               not
               onely
               to
               the
               Principles
               of
               all
               Religious
               and
               Rational
               knowledg
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Exercises
               of
               all
               Moral
               virtues
               ,
               but
               in
               the
               grounds
               of
               all
               Civil
               emploiments
               ,
               so
               far
               ,
               as
               will
               make
               them
               fit
               for
               all
               profitable
               undertakings
               in
               humane
               societies
               ,
               whence
               this
               will
               follow
               (
               in
               their
               apprehensions
               )
               that
               they
               shall
               have
               no
               advantage
               
               by
               beeing
               sent
               to
               anie
               Universities
               ,
               to
               attein
               anie
               further
               perfection
               :
               becaus
               the
               Universities
               will
               not
               bee
               able
               to
               add
               anie
               thing
               unto
               them
               ,
               which
               by
               their
               own
               Industrie
               ,
               they
               may
               not
               afterward
               attein
               anie
               where
               els
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               there
               .
               Truly
               it
               never
               came
               into
               my
               thoughts
               ,
               either
               directly
               or
               indirectly
               to
               make
               Universities
               useless
               ;
               nor
               can
               it
               bee
               rationally
               infer'd
               from
               anie
               thing
               in
               the
               matter
               form
               or
               end
               of
               that
               discours
               of
               mine
               :
               but
               I
               will
               grant
               that
               such
               as
               can
               see
               no
               further
               then
               what
               wee
               now
               ordinarily
               attein
               unto
               ;
               and
               withal
               think
               that
               there
               is
               no
               
                 Plus
                 ultra
              
               in
               nature
               atteinable
               above
               that
               which
               they
               have
               conceived
               ,
               such
               as
               I
               saie
               may
               frame
               to
               themselv's
               this
               jealousie
               against
               that
               discours
               :
               but
               if
               they
               would
               rais
               their
               thoughts
               with
               mee
               a
               little
               above
               the
               ordinarie
               pitch
               ,
               and
               consider
               what
               the
               Nature
               of
               man
               is
               capable
               off
               :
               and
               how
               far
               it
               may
               ,
               by
               diligent
               instruction
               ,
               by
               Method
               and
               Communication
               ,
               bee
               improved
               :
               they
               might
               rather
               bee
               induced
               to
               make
               this
               inference
               ,
               if
               the
               natural
               abilities
               of
               youths
               in
               a
               School
               (
               when
               reformed
               )
               may
               bee
               thus
               far
               improved
               :
               how
               far
               more
               may
               they
               bee
               improved
               ,
               when
               they
               are
               past
               the
               age
               of
               Youth
               ,
               and
               com
               to
               Manhood
               in
               Colleges
               and
               Universities
               ,
               if
               namely
               Colleges
               and
               Universities
               ,
               could
               in
               the
               sphere
               of
               their
               
               activities
               bee
               proportionally
               Reformed
               ,
               as
               the
               Schools
               may
               bee
               in
               their
               sphere
               :
               for
               it
               is
               rational
               to
               conclude
               thus
               :
               if
               the
               first
               step
               of
               our
               Reformation
               will
               lead
               us
               thus
               far
               ,
               how
               far
               will
               the
               second
               and
               third
               lead
               us
               ?
               and
               if
               Scholastical
               Exercises
               in
               Youths
               of
               eighteen
               or
               twentie
               years
               ,
               will
               advance
               them
               to
               that
               perfection
               of
               Learning
               and
               Virtues
               ,
               which
               few
               of
               double
               their
               age
               or
               none
               almost
               ever
               attein
               unto
               ,
               what
               will
               Collegial
               and
               Academical
               Exercises
               (
               if
               reformed
               and
               set
               upon
               their
               proper
               Objects
               )
               bring
               them
               unto
               ?
               I
               shall
               therefore
               to
               eas
               you
               ,
               or
               such
               as
               may
               have
               this
               scruple
               and
               jealousie
               over
               mee
               ,
               declare
               that
               my
               purpose
               is
               so
               far
               from
               making
               Colleges
               and
               Universities
               useless
               ,
               that
               if
               I
               might
               have
               my
               desire
               in
               them
               ,
               they
               should
               becom
               a
               thousand
               times
               more
               useful
               then
               now
               they
               are
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               as
               far
               above
               the
               ordinarie
               State
               wherein
               they
               are
               set
               ,
               as
               this
               School
               is
               above
               the
               ordinarie
               waie
               of
               Schooling
               :
               for
               if
               wee
               look
               upon
               the
               true
               and
               proper
               ends
               of
               School
               ,
               College
               and
               Universitie-studies
               and
               Exercises
               ;
               wee
               shall
               see
               that
               as
               in
               nature
               they
               are
               in
               a
               gradual
               proportion
               ,
               distant
               from
               ,
               and
               subordinate
               unto
               each
               other
               ,
               so
               they
               ought
               to
               rise
               one
               out
               of
               another
               ,
               and
               bee
               built
               upon
               each
               other's
               Foundations
               .
            
             
             
               The
               true
               and
               proper
               end
               of
               Schooling
               is
               to
               teach
               and
               Exercise
               Children
               and
               Youths
               in
               the
               Grounds
               of
               all
               Learning
               and
               Virtues
               ,
               so
               far
               as
               either
               their
               capacitie
               in
               that
               age
               will
               suffer
               them
               to
               com
               ,
               or
               is
               requisite
               to
               apprehend
               the
               principles
               of
               useful
               matters
               ,
               by
               which
               they
               may
               bee
               made
               able
               to
               exercise
               themselvs
               in
               everie
               good
               Employment
               afterwards
               by
               themselvs
               ,
               and
               as
               the
               Proverb
               is
               ,
               
                 sine
                 Cortice
                 natare
              
               .
               The
               true
               and
               proper
               end
               of
               Colleges
               should
               bee
               to
               bring
               together
               into
               one
               Societie
               such
               as
               are
               able
               thus
               to
               Exercise
               themselvs
               in
               anie
               or
               all
               kind
               of
               Studies
               ,
               that
               by
               their
               mutual
               Association
               ,
               Communication
               ,
               and
               Assistance
               in
               Reading
               ,
               Meditating
               and
               conferring
               about
               profitable
               matters
               ,
               they
               may
               not
               onely
               perfit
               their
               own
               Abilities
               ,
               but
               advance
               the
               superstructures
               of
               all
               Learning
               to
               that
               perfection
               ,
               which
               by
               such
               means
               is
               attainable
               .
               And
               the
               true
               and
               proper
               End
               of
               Universities
               ,
               should
               bee
               to
               publish
               unto
               the
               World
               the
               Matters
               ,
               which
               formerly
               have
               not
               been
               published
               ;
               to
               discover
               the
               Errors
               and
               hurtfulness
               of
               things
               mistaken
               for
               Truths
               ;
               and
               to
               supplie
               the
               defects
               and
               desiderata
               ,
               which
               may
               bee
               servicable
               to
               all
               sorts
               of
               Professions
               .
            
             
               Now
               according
               to
               those
               aimes
               and
               ends
               ,
               I
               suppose
               it
               may
               bee
               inferred
               ,
               that
               none
               
               should
               bee
               dismissed
               out
               of
               the
               Schools
               ,
               till
               they
               are
               able
               to
               make
               use
               of
               all
               sorts
               of
               Books
               ,
               and
               direct
               themselvs
               profitably
               in
               everie
               cours
               of
               Studie
               or
               Action
               ,
               whereunto
               their
               Genius
               shall
               lead
               them
               ;
               and
               that
               none
               should
               bee
               admitted
               into
               anie
               Colleges
               ,
               but
               such
               as
               will
               join
               with
               others
               ,
               to
               elaborate
               som
               profitable
               Tasks
               ,
               for
               the
               Advancement
               and
               facilitating
               of
               superstructures
               in
               things
               already
               by
               som
               discovered
               ,
               but
               not
               made
               common
               unto
               all
               ;
               And
               that
               none
               should
               bee
               made
               Publick
               Professors
               in
               Universities
               ,
               but
               such
               as
               have
               not
               onely
               a
               Publick
               aim
               ,
               but
               som
               approved
               Abilities
               ,
               to
               supply
               som
               defects
               and
               to
               Elaborate
               som
               desiderata
               of
               usefull
               knowledg
               ,
               or
               to
               direct
               such
               as
               are
               studious
               ,
               how
               to
               order
               their
               thoughts
               in
               all
               Matters
               of
               search
               and
               Meditation
               ,
               for
               the
               discoverie
               of
               things
               not
               hitherto
               found
               out
               by
               others
               ;
               but
               which
               in
               probabilitie
               may
               bee
               found
               out
               by
               rational
               searching
               .
            
             
               Thus
               then
               I
               conceiv
               ,
               that
               in
               a
               well-Reformed
               Common
               wealth
               ,
               which
               is
               to
               bee
               subordinate
               unto
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               wherein
               the
               Glorie
               of
               God
               ,
               the
               happiness
               of
               the
               nature
               of
               man
               :
               and
               the
               Glorious
               libertie
               of
               the
               Sons
               of
               God
               is
               to
               bee
               revealed
               ;
               all
               the
               subjects
               thereof
               should
               in
               their
               Youth
               bee
               trained
               up
               in
               som
               Schools
               
               fit
               for
               their
               capacities
               ,
               and
               that
               over
               these
               Schools
               ,
               som
               Overseers
               should
               bee
               appointed
               to
               look
               to
               the
               cours
               of
               their
               Education
               ,
               to
               see
               that
               none
               should
               bee
               left
               destitute
               of
               som
               benefit
               of
               virtuous
               breeding
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               several
               kinds
               of
               emploiments
               ,
               whereunto
               they
               may
               bee
               found
               most
               fit
               and
               inclinable
               ,
               whether
               it
               bee
               to
               bear
               som
               civil
               Office
               in
               the
               Common-wealth
               ,
               or
               to
               bee
               Mechanically
               emploied
               ,
               or
               to
               bee
               bred
               to
               teach
               others
               humane
               Sciences
               ,
               or
               to
               bee
               imploied
               in
               Prophetical
               Exercises
               .
               As
               for
               this
               School
               ,
               which
               at
               this
               time
               I
               have
               delineated
               ,
               it
               is
               proper
               to
               such
               of
               the
               Nobilitie
               ,
               Gentrie
               and
               better
               sort
               of
               Citizens
               ,
               which
               are
               fit
               to
               bee
               made
               capable
               to
               bear
               Offices
               in
               the
               Common-wealth
               :
               the
               other
               Schools
               may
               bee
               spoken
               off
               in
               due
               time
               ,
               so
               far
               as
               they
               are
               distinct
               from
               this
               ;
               but
               that
               which
               now
               I
               have
               to
               suggest
               is
               chiefly
               this
               ,
               that
               as
               out
               of
               the
               Schools
               the
               chois
               ,
               which
               ought
               to
               bee
               made
               for
               Colleges
               ,
               ought
               ,
               
                 Caeteris
                 paribus
              
               ,
               onely
               to
               bee
               of
               such
               as
               are
               most
               fit
               to
               Advance
               the
               Ends
               of
               a
               Collegial
               Association
               ;
               so
               out
               of
               Colleges
               a
               chois
               ought
               to
               bee
               made
               of
               Professors
               for
               the
               Universitie
               onely
               ,
               of
               such
               as
               are
               fittest
               to
               advance
               the
               Ends
               of
               Publick
               teaching
               in
               Universities
               ,
               which
               are
               not
               to
               Repeat
               and
               Compendiate
               that
               which
               others
               have
               published
               
               twentie
               times
               already
               ,
               over
               and
               over
               again
               ,
               but
               to
               add
               unto
               the
               Common
               stock
               of
               humane
               knowledg
               ,
               that
               which
               others
               have
               not
               observed
               ,
               to
               the
               end
               that
               all
               these
               degrees
               of
               Studies
               and
               Exercises
               of
               the
               minde
               of
               man
               ,
               beeing
               subordinate
               unto
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               the
               happiness
               of
               Man
               by
               all
               Rational
               and
               Spiritual
               waies
               of
               improving
               humane
               Abilities
               ,
               may
               bee
               advanced
               unto
               it's
               perfection
               in
               this
               life
               so
               far
               as
               may
               bee
               .
            
             
               But
               how
               far
               short
               wee
               com
               now
               of
               all
               these
               designs
               ,
               I
               need
               not
               to
               relate
               unto
               you
               :
               the
               Colleges
               as
               they
               are
               now
               Constituted
               ,
               can
               scarce
               reach
               to
               the
               half
               of
               that
               which
               the
               Schools
               might
               bring
               us
               unto
               :
               and
               the
               Professors
               of
               the
               Universities
               com
               not
               up
               to
               that
               ,
               which
               the
               Collegial
               Associations
               might
               elaborate
               ,
               if
               they
               were
               rightly
               directed
               to
               set
               their
               Talents
               a
               work
               ;
               and
               if
               the
               publick
               Spirit
               of
               Christian
               love
               and
               ingenuitie
               did
               posses
               those
               ,
               that
               are
               possessed
               of
               publick
               places
               in
               the
               Colleges
               of
               the
               Universities
               .
               For
               if
               this
               Spirit
               did
               rule
               their
               Aims
               and
               Endevors
               ,
               there
               would
               bee
               no
               self-seeking
               ,
               no
               partialitie
               ,
               no
               envie
               ,
               nor
               anie
               cross
               actings
               for
               private
               ends
               ,
               to
               the
               prejudice
               of
               the
               Publick
               ;
               but
               the
               generous
               love
               of
               virtue
               and
               of
               profitable
               Learning
               ,
               would
               swaie
               all
               their
               inclinations
               to
               a
               free
               conjunction
               ;
               
               and
               make
               all
               their
               endeavors
               subordinate
               unto
               the
               publick
               good
               of
               the
               Common-wealth
               of
               Israël
               in
               the
               Communion
               of
               Saints
               .
               But
               how
               far
               this
               Principle
               of
               acting
               is
               now
               wanting
               amongst
               us
               all
               ,
               I
               shall
               not
               need
               to
               mention
               :
               you
               have
               considered
               it
               long
               ago
               ,
               and
               wee
               have
               together
               lamented
               that
               defect
               ,
               and
               the
               doleful
               effects
               thereof
               :
               our
               endevor
               must
               bee
               to
               seek
               out
               the
               best
               means
               of
               a
               Reformation
               therein
               ,
               and
               to
               make
               use
               of
               them
               as
               God
               shall
               give
               us
               opportunities
               .
               And
               truly
               somthing
               of
               this
               kinde
               might
               bee
               don
               ,
               without
               anie
               great
               alteration
               or
               stir
               ,
               even
               as
               matters
               now
               are
               formed
               in
               the
               Colleges
               ;
               if
               God
               would
               bee
               so
               gracious
               to
               us
               ,
               as
               to
               beget
               in
               the
               mindes
               of
               those
               that
               understand
               those
               things
               ,
               a
               heartie
               Aim
               and
               Resolution
               to
               benefit
               the
               Christian
               Common-wealth
               of
               Learning
               ,
               by
               their
               Collegial
               Relations
               and
               Associations
               one
               to
               another
               .
               For
               if
               men
               that
               are
               in
               genuous
               will
               call
               to
               minde
               the
               end
               first
               ,
               for
               which
               God
               doth
               give
               them
               all
               their
               Talents
               ,
               and
               then
               also
               for
               which
               men
               of
               publick
               Spirits
               have
               erected
               Colleges
               and
               Universities
               ,
               and
               endowed
               the
               same
               with
               long
               and
               competent
               maintenances
               ;
               that
               such
               as
               are
               fit
               for
               Studies
               ,
               and
               called
               to
               bee
               Instrumental
               in
               the
               propagation
               of
               Truth
               and
               Virtue
               ,
               might
               not
               bee
               distracted
               with
               the
               care
               of
               the
               
               World
               ,
               in
               reference
               to
               outward
               matters
               ,
               but
               might
               have
               all
               the
               conveniences
               which
               are
               imaginable
               to
               improve
               those
               Talents
               to
               the
               utmost
               ,
               either
               singly
               or
               conveniently
               with
               others
               ,
               if
               (
               I
               saie
               )
               ingenuous
               Christians
               would
               minde
               these
               ends
               ,
               for
               which
               the
               benefit
               of
               their
               Talents
               from
               God
               and
               of
               their
               accommodations
               from
               men
               to
               improve
               those
               Talents
               are
               bestowed
               upon
               them
               :
               it
               would
               not
               bee
               possible
               for
               them
               ;
               to
               bee
               so
               unthankful
               towards
               God
               ,
               and
               avers
               from
               the
               rule
               of
               Christianitie
               ,
               and
               from
               the
               love
               of
               doing
               good
               to
               the
               generation
               wherein
               they
               live
               ;
               that
               they
               should
               intend
               to
               lead
               a
               Collegial
               life
               onely
               for
               their
               own
               private
               eas
               and
               conveniencie
               in
               outward
               things
               ;
               that
               beeing
               accommodated
               with
               all
               necessarie
               helps
               of
               the
               Bodie
               ,
               they
               may
               pleas
               themselvs
               onely
               in
               the
               course
               of
               their
               Studies
               ,
               with
               that
               Reservation
               and
               Retiredness
               ,
               which
               is
               proper
               to
               a
               Monkish
               life
               in
               Popish
               Cloisters
               ;
               wherein
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Mutual
               envie
               ,
               of
               detraction
               and
               division
               is
               more
               irreconcilably
               entertained
               ,
               then
               in
               anie
               other
               Societies
               of
               the
               World.
               For
               their
               Cloister-constitutions
               ,
               obliging
               them
               onely
               to
               the
               observation
               of
               som
               formal
               works
               as
               an
               
                 opus
                 operatum
              
               ;
               for
               which
               their
               maintenance
               is
               allowed
               them
               ;
               they
               not
               knowing
               anie
               further
               design
               of
               their
               life
               ,
               
               or
               any
               greater
               happiness
               in
               this
               World
               ,
               then
               to
               pleas
               themselvs
               ;
               bestow
               all
               the
               rest
               of
               their
               time
               and
               thoughts
               ,
               as
               their
               natural
               inclinations
               lead
               them
               ,
               which
               is
               commonly
               to
               nothing
               els
               but
               to
               self-love
               and
               Pride
               ,
               which
               became
               a
               Provocation
               unto
               others
               ,
               to
               discover
               mutually
               their
               corruptions
               ,
               which
               by
               reaction
               make
               them
               all
               full
               of
               envie
               ,
               of
               hatred
               ,
               of
               evil
               surmises
               ,
               and
               of
               malicious
               practices
               one
               against
               another
               :
               so
               that
               no
               where
               Satan
               doth
               dwel
               and
               rule
               more
               effectually
               ,
               then
               in
               those
               Religious
               Houses
               ,
               as
               they
               are
               falsly
               so
               called
               .
               How
               much
               of
               this
               Monkish
               disposition
               doth
               remain
               as
               yet
               in
               the
               formal
               Constitutions
               of
               Colleges
               ,
               or
               in
               the
               Spirits
               of
               those
               that
               partake
               of
               Collegial
               accommodations
               ,
               is
               not
               a
               thing
               which
               I
               shall
               take
               upon
               me
               to
               Judg
               ;
               but
               I
               shall
               leav
               it
               to
               God
               ,
               and
               to
               his
               daie
               to
               discover
               ;
               onely
               I
               would
               bee
               glad
               that
               all
               such
               as
               are
               true
               Israelites
               ,
               and
               know
               the
               end
               of
               their
               calling
               unto
               Christ
               ,
               and
               are
               not
               willing
               to
               burie
               their
               Talents
               ,
               or
               to
               make
               them
               useless
               unto
               others
               ,
               for
               whose
               sakes
               they
               have
               received
               them
               would
               laie
               this
               matter
               to
               heart
               ,
               that
               their
               Aim
               in
               a
               Collegial
               life
               ,
               should
               not
               bee
               to
               enjoie
               an
               easie
               careless
               waie
               of
               subsistence
               by
               and
               for
               themselvs
               ,
               to
               follow
               private
               fancies
               in
               their
               Studies
               about
               matters
               of
               Learning
               ;
               
               but
               that
               they
               should
               minde
               the
               stewardship
               of
               their
               gifts
               and
               places
               ,
               and
               tbe
               advantages
               of
               their
               Association
               ,
               whereby
               they
               might
               bee
               ,
               (
               if
               they
               would
               make
               use
               of
               it
               )
               able
               to
               elaborate
               som
               tasks
               ,
               which
               otherwise
               cannot
               bee
               brought
               to
               anie
               perfection
               ,
               for
               the
               building
               up
               of
               the
               Citie
               of
               God
               in
               our
               generations
               .
               There
               is
               no
               want
               of
               parts
               and
               abilities
               in
               the
               Spirits
               of
               our
               men
               ,
               but
               the
               waie
               to
               order
               them
               for
               publick
               Use
               ,
               and
               to
               bring
               them
               together
               as
               stones
               fitly
               compacted
               to
               make
               up
               a
               perfect
               Palace
               ,
               is
               that
               which
               make's
               us
               all
               useless
               one
               to
               another
               ;
               wee
               finde
               that
               now
               and
               then
               ,
               as
               it
               were
               by
               chance
               ,
               som
               exquisite
               pieces
               of
               Learning
               ,
               which
               som
               have
               been
               hatching
               all
               their
               life
               time
               drop
               out
               ;
               wherein
               appear's
               ,
               besides
               the
               usefulness
               of
               the
               Subject
               ,
               or
               the
               uselesness
               thereof
               ,
               som
               inclination
               to
               bee
               found
               extraordinarie
               ;
               but
               these
               endevors
               ,
               disjointed
               from
               publick
               Aims
               ,
               advance
               little
               or
               nothing
               ,
               the
               Happiness
               ,
               which
               true
               Learning
               rightly
               ordered
               in
               all
               the
               parts
               thereof
               ;
               and
               Subordinate
               unto
               Christianitie
               ,
               is
               able
               to
               bring
               unto
               Mankind
               .
               Such
               pieces
               therefore
               serv
               onely
               as
               a
               witness
               ,
               to
               shew
               what
               wast
               there
               is
               of
               profitable
               time
               and
               abilities
               ,
               for
               want
               of
               loving
               combinations
               for
               publick
               Designs
               .
               It
               is
               the
               observation
               of
               Forreigners
               concerning
               our
               Universities
               ,
               
               that
               they
               finde
               in
               them
               men
               of
               as
               great
               learning
               as
               any
               where
               els
               ;
               but
               that
               they
               lie
               as
               it
               were
               dead
               and
               unknown
               to
               the
               whole
               world
               of
               other
               men
               of
               Learning
               ;
               becaus
               they
               delight
               to
               live
               a
               retired
               and
               unsociable
               life
               :
               this
               humor
               therefore
               amongst
               other
               parts
               of
               our
               Reformation
               ,
               must
               by
               som
               Gospel-principles
               and
               Rational
               inducements
               bee
               Reformed
               ,
               not
               onely
               in
               Colleges
               but
               in
               other
               Associations
               .
               The
               Lord
               teach
               us
               the
               waie
               of
               Truth
               and
               Righteousness
               ,
               that
               wee
               may
               profit
               in
               all
               things
               to
               advance
               the
               glorie
               of
               his
               name
               in
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               his
               Son
               ,
               in
               whom
               I
               rest
            
             
               
                 Your
                 friend
                 and
                 servant
                 .
                 J.
                 D.
                 
              
            
          
        
      
       
         
           
             
             
               THE
               REFORMED
               LIBRARIE-KEEPER
               .
            
             
               BY
               JOHN
               DURIE
               .
            
             
               
                 IN
                 DOMINO
                 CONFIDO
              
            
             
               LONDON
               ,
               
                 Printed
                 by
              
               William
               Du-gard
               ,
               Anno
               Dom.
               1650.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               THE
               Reformed
               Librarie-Keeper
               :
               OR
               Two
               copies
               of
               Letters
               concerning
               the
               Place
               and
               Office
               of
               a
               Librarie-Keeper
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 first
                 Letter
                 .
              
               
                 THe
                 Librarie-Keeper's
                 place
                 and
                 Office
                 ,
                 in
                 most
                 Countries
                 (
                 as
                 most
                 other
                 Places
                 and
                 Offices
                 both
                 in
                 Churches
                 and
                 Universities
                 )
                 are
                 lookt
                 upon
                 ,
                 as
                 Places
                 of
                 profit
                 and
                 gain
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 accordingly
                 sought
                 after
                 and
                 valued
                 in
                 that
                 regard
                 ;
                 and
                 not
                 in
                 regard
                 of
                 the
                 service
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 to
                 bee
                 don
                 by
                 them
                 unto
                 the
                 Common-wealth
                 of
                 Israël
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 advancement
                 of
                 Pietie
                 and
                 Learning
                 ;
                 for
                 the
                 most
                 part
                 ,
                 men
                 look
                 after
                 the
                 maintenance
                 ,
                 and
                 livelihood
                 setled
                 upon
                 their
                 Places
                 ,
                 more
                 then
                 upon
                 the
                 end
                 and
                 usefulness
                 of
                 their
                 emploiments
                 ;
                 they
                 seek
                 themselvs
                 and
                 not
                 the
                 Publick
                 therein
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 they
                 subordinate
                 all
                 the
                 advantages
                 of
                 their
                 places
                 ,
                 to
                 
                 purchase
                 mainly
                 two
                 things
                 thereby
                 viz.
                 an
                 easie
                 subsistence
                 ;
                 and
                 som
                 credit
                 incomparison
                 of
                 others
                 ;
                 nor
                 is
                 the
                 last
                 much
                 regarded
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 first
                 may
                 bee
                 had
                 ;
                 except
                 i●
                 bee
                 in
                 cases
                 of
                 strife
                 and
                 debate
                 ,
                 wherein
                 men
                 are
                 over-heated
                 :
                 for
                 then
                 indeed
                 som
                 will
                 stand
                 upon
                 the
                 point
                 of
                 Honor
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 hazard
                 of
                 their
                 temporal
                 profits
                 :
                 but
                 to
                 speak
                 in
                 particular
                 of
                 Librarie-Keepers
                 ,
                 in
                 most
                 Universities
                 that
                 I
                 know
                 ;
                 nay
                 indeed
                 in
                 all
                 ,
                 their
                 places
                 are
                 but
                 Mercenarie
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 emploiment
                 of
                 little
                 or
                 no
                 use
                 further
                 ,
                 then
                 to
                 look
                 to
                 the
                 Books
                 committed
                 to
                 their
                 custodie
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 not
                 bee
                 lost
                 ;
                 or
                 embezeled
                 by
                 those
                 that
                 use
                 them
                 :
                 and
                 this
                 is
                 all
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 have
                 been
                 informed
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 Oxford
                 (
                 where
                 the
                 most
                 famous
                 Librarie
                 now
                 exstant
                 amongst
                 the
                 Protestant-Christians
                 is
                 kept
                 ,
                 )
                 the
                 setled
                 maintenance
                 of
                 the
                 Librarie-keeper
                 is
                 not
                 above
                 fiftie
                 or
                 sixtie
                 pound
                 
                   per
                   annum
                
                 ;
                 but
                 that
                 it
                 is
                 accidentally
                 ,
                 
                   viis
                   &
                   modis
                
                 somtimes
                 worth
                 an
                 hundred
                 pound
                 :
                 what
                 the
                 accidents
                 are
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 waies
                 by
                 which
                 they
                 com
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 not
                 been
                 curious
                 to
                 search
                 after
                 ;
                 but
                 I
                 have
                 thought
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 the
                 proper
                 emploiments
                 of
                 Librarie-keepers
                 were
                 taken
                 into
                 consideration
                 as
                 they
                 are
                 ,
                 or
                 may
                 bee
                 made
                 useful
                 to
                 the
                 advancement
                 of
                 Learning
                 ;
                 and
                 were
                 ordered
                 
                 and
                 mainteined
                 proportionally
                 to
                 the
                 ends
                 ,
                 which
                 ought
                 to
                 bee
                 intended
                 thereby
                 ;
                 they
                 would
                 bee
                 of
                 exceeding
                 great
                 use
                 to
                 all
                 sorts
                 of
                 Scholars
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 an
                 universal
                 influence
                 upon
                 all
                 the
                 parts
                 of
                 Learning
                 ,
                 to
                 produce
                 and
                 propagate
                 the
                 same
                 unto
                 perfection
                 .
                 For
                 if
                 Librarie-keepers
                 did
                 understand
                 themselvs
                 in
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 their
                 work
                 ,
                 and
                 would
                 make
                 themselvs
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 ought
                 to
                 bee
                 ,
                 useful
                 in
                 their
                 places
                 in
                 a
                 publick
                 waie
                 ;
                 they
                 ought
                 to
                 becom
                 Agents
                 for
                 the
                 advancement
                 of
                 universal
                 Learning
                 :
                 and
                 to
                 this
                 effect
                 I
                 could
                 wish
                 ,
                 that
                 their
                 places
                 might
                 not
                 bee
                 made
                 ,
                 as
                 everie
                 where
                 they
                 are
                 ,
                 Mercenarie
                 ,
                 but
                 rather
                 Honorarie
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 with
                 the
                 competent
                 allowance
                 of
                 two
                 hundred
                 pounds
                 a
                 year
                 ;
                 som
                 emploiments
                 should
                 bee
                 put
                 upon
                 them
                 further
                 then
                 a
                 bare
                 keeping
                 of
                 the
                 Books
                 .
                 It
                 is
                 true
                 that
                 a
                 fair
                 Librarie
                 ,
                 is
                 not
                 onely
                 an
                 ornament
                 and
                 credit
                 to
                 the
                 place
                 vvhere
                 it
                 is
                 ;
                 but
                 an
                 useful
                 commoditie
                 by
                 it self
                 to
                 the
                 publick
                 ;
                 yet
                 in
                 effect
                 it
                 is
                 no
                 more
                 then
                 a
                 dead
                 Bodie
                 as
                 novv
                 it
                 is
                 constituted
                 ,
                 in
                 comparison
                 of
                 vvhat
                 it
                 might
                 bee
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 vvere
                 animated
                 vvith
                 a
                 publick
                 Spirit
                 to
                 keep
                 and
                 use
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 ordered
                 as
                 it
                 might
                 bee
                 for
                 publick
                 service
                 .
                 For
                 if
                 such
                 an
                 allovvance
                 vvere
                 setled
                 upon
                 the
                 emploiment
                 
                 as
                 might
                 maintain
                 a
                 man
                 of
                 parts
                 and
                 generous
                 thoughts
                 ,
                 then
                 a
                 condition
                 might
                 bee
                 annexed
                 to
                 the
                 bestowing
                 of
                 the
                 Place
                 ▪
                 that
                 none
                 should
                 bee
                 called
                 thereunto
                 but
                 such
                 as
                 had
                 approved
                 themselvs
                 zealous
                 and
                 profitable
                 in
                 som
                 publick
                 waies
                 of
                 Learning
                 to
                 advance
                 the
                 same
                 ,
                 or
                 that
                 should
                 bee
                 bound
                 to
                 certain
                 tasks
                 to
                 bee
                 prosecuted
                 towards
                 that
                 end
                 ,
                 whereof
                 a
                 List
                 might
                 bee
                 made
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 waie
                 to
                 trie
                 their
                 Abilities
                 in
                 prosecuting
                 the
                 same
                 should
                 bee
                 described
                 ,
                 least
                 in
                 after
                 times
                 ,
                 unprofitable
                 men
                 creep
                 into
                 the
                 place
                 ,
                 to
                 frustrate
                 the
                 publick
                 of
                 the
                 benefit
                 intended
                 by
                 the
                 Doners
                 towards
                 posteritie
                 .
                 The
                 proper
                 charge
                 then
                 of
                 the
                 Honorarie
                 Librarie-Keeper
                 in
                 an
                 Universitie
                 should
                 bee
                 thought
                 upon
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 that
                 Imploiment
                 ,
                 in
                 my
                 conception
                 ,
                 is
                 to
                 keep
                 the
                 publick
                 stock
                 of
                 Learning
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 in
                 Books
                 and
                 Manuscripts
                 to
                 increas
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 propose
                 it
                 to
                 others
                 in
                 the
                 waie
                 which
                 may
                 bee
                 most
                 useful
                 unto
                 all
                 ;
                 his
                 work
                 then
                 is
                 to
                 bee
                 a
                 Factor
                 and
                 Trader
                 for
                 helps
                 to
                 Learning
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Treasurer
                 to
                 keep
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 dispenser
                 to
                 applie
                 them
                 to
                 use
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 see
                 them
                 well
                 used
                 ,
                 or
                 at
                 least
                 not
                 abused
                 ;
                 And
                 to
                 do
                 all
                 this
                 ,
                 First
                 a
                 Catalogue
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Treasurie
                 committed
                 unto
                 his
                 charge
                 is
                 to
                 bee
                 made
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 all
                 the
                 Books
                 and
                 Manuscripts
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 
                 Titles
                 whereunto
                 they
                 belong
                 ,
                 are
                 to
                 bee
                 ranked
                 in
                 an
                 order
                 most
                 easie
                 and
                 obvious
                 to
                 bee
                 found
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 think
                 is
                 that
                 of
                 Sciences
                 and
                 Languages
                 ;
                 when
                 first
                 all
                 the
                 Books
                 are
                 divided
                 into
                 their
                 
                   subjectam
                   materiam
                
                 whereof
                 they
                 Treat
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 everie
                 kinde
                 of
                 matter
                 subdivided
                 into
                 their
                 several
                 Languages
                 :
                 And
                 as
                 the
                 Catalogue
                 should
                 bee
                 so
                 made
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 may
                 alwaies
                 bee
                 augmented
                 as
                 the
                 stock
                 doth
                 increas
                 ;
                 so
                 the
                 place
                 in
                 the
                 Librarie
                 must
                 bee
                 left
                 open
                 for
                 the
                 increas
                 of
                 the
                 number
                 of
                 Books
                 in
                 their
                 proper
                 Seats
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 Printed
                 Catalogue
                 ,
                 a
                 Reference
                 is
                 to
                 bee
                 made
                 to
                 the
                 place
                 where
                 the
                 Books
                 are
                 to
                 bee
                 found
                 in
                 their
                 Shelvs
                 or
                 repositories
                 .
                 When
                 the
                 stock
                 is
                 thus
                 known
                 and
                 fitted
                 to
                 bee
                 exposed
                 to
                 the
                 view
                 of
                 the
                 Learned
                 World
                 ,
                 Then
                 the
                 waie
                 of
                 Trading
                 with
                 it
                 ,
                 both
                 at
                 home
                 and
                 abroad
                 ,
                 is
                 to
                 bee
                 laid
                 to
                 heart
                 both
                 for
                 the
                 increas
                 of
                 the
                 stock
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 the
                 improvement
                 of
                 it
                 to
                 use
                 .
                 For
                 the
                 increas
                 of
                 the
                 stock
                 both
                 at
                 home
                 and
                 abroad
                 ,
                 correspondencie
                 should
                 bee
                 held
                 with
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 eminent
                 in
                 everie
                 Science
                 ,
                 to
                 Trade
                 with
                 them
                 for
                 their
                 profit
                 ,
                 that
                 what
                 they
                 want
                 and
                 wee
                 have
                 ,
                 they
                 may
                 receiv
                 upon
                 condition
                 ,
                 that
                 what
                 they
                 have
                 and
                 wee
                 want
                 ,
                 they
                 should
                 impart
                 in
                 that
                 facultie
                 wherein
                 their
                 eminencie
                 doth
                 
                 lie
                 ;
                 As
                 for
                 such
                 as
                 are
                 at
                 home
                 eminent
                 in
                 anie
                 kinde
                 ,
                 becaus
                 they
                 may
                 com
                 by
                 Native
                 right
                 to
                 have
                 use
                 of
                 the
                 Librarie-Treasure
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 to
                 bee
                 Traded
                 vvithal
                 in
                 another
                 vvaie
                 ,
                 viz.
                 that
                 the
                 things
                 vvhich
                 are
                 gained
                 from
                 abroad
                 ,
                 vvhich
                 as
                 yet
                 are
                 not
                 made
                 common
                 ,
                 and
                 put
                 to
                 publick
                 use
                 should
                 bee
                 promised
                 and
                 imparted
                 to
                 them
                 for
                 the
                 increas
                 of
                 their
                 private
                 stock
                 of
                 knowledg
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 end
                 that
                 what
                 they
                 have
                 peculiar
                 ,
                 may
                 also
                 bee
                 given
                 in
                 for
                 a
                 requital
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 the
                 particularities
                 of
                 gifts
                 at
                 home
                 and
                 abroad
                 ,
                 are
                 to
                 meet
                 as
                 in
                 a
                 Center
                 in
                 the
                 hand
                 of
                 the
                 Librarie-keeper
                 ,
                 and
                 hee
                 is
                 to
                 Trade
                 with
                 the
                 one
                 by
                 the
                 other
                 ,
                 to
                 caus
                 them
                 to
                 multiplie
                 the
                 publick
                 stock
                 ,
                 whereof
                 hee
                 is
                 a
                 Treasurer
                 and
                 Factor
                 .
              
               
                 Thus
                 hee
                 should
                 Trade
                 with
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 at
                 home
                 and
                 abroad
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Universitie
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 within
                 the
                 Universitie
                 ,
                 hee
                 should
                 have
                 acquaintance
                 to
                 know
                 all
                 that
                 are
                 of
                 anie
                 parts
                 ,
                 and
                 how
                 their
                 vein
                 of
                 Learning
                 doth
                 lie
                 ,
                 to
                 supplie
                 helps
                 unto
                 them
                 in
                 their
                 faculties
                 from
                 without
                 and
                 from
                 within
                 the
                 Nation
                 ,
                 to
                 put
                 them
                 upon
                 the
                 keeping
                 of
                 correspondencie
                 vvith
                 men
                 of
                 their
                 ovvn
                 strain
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 beating
                 out
                 of
                 matters
                 not
                 yet
                 elaborated
                 in
                 Sciences
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 bee
                 as
                 his
                 Assistants
                 and
                 subordinate
                 Factors
                 in
                 his
                 
                 Trade
                 and
                 in
                 their
                 own
                 for
                 gaining
                 of
                 knowledg
                 :
                 Now
                 becaus
                 in
                 all
                 publick
                 Agencies
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 fit
                 that
                 som
                 inspection
                 should
                 bee
                 had
                 over
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 intrusted
                 therewith
                 ,
                 therefore
                 in
                 this
                 Factorie
                 and
                 Trade
                 for
                 the
                 increas
                 of
                 Learning
                 ,
                 som
                 tie
                 should
                 bee
                 upon
                 those
                 Librarie-keepers
                 to
                 oblige
                 them
                 to
                 carefulness
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 would
                 then
                 upon
                 this
                 account
                 ,
                 have
                 an
                 Order
                 made
                 that
                 once
                 in
                 the
                 year
                 ,
                 the
                 Librarie-keeper
                 should
                 bee
                 bound
                 to
                 give
                 an
                 account
                 of
                 his
                 Trading
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 his
                 Profit
                 in
                 his
                 Trade
                 (
                 as
                 in
                 all
                 humane
                 Trades
                 Factors
                 ought
                 ,
                 and
                 use
                 to
                 do
                 to
                 their
                 principals
                 at
                 least
                 once
                 a
                 year
                 )
                 and
                 to
                 this
                 effect
                 I
                 would
                 have
                 it
                 ordered
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 chief
                 Doctors
                 of
                 each
                 facultie
                 of
                 the
                 Universitie
                 ,
                 should
                 meet
                 at
                 a
                 Convenient
                 time
                 in
                 a
                 week
                 of
                 the
                 year
                 ,
                 to
                 receiv
                 the
                 Accounts
                 of
                 his
                 Trading
                 ,
                 that
                 hee
                 may
                 shew
                 them
                 wherein
                 the
                 stock
                 of
                 Learning
                 hath
                 been
                 increased
                 ,
                 for
                 that
                 year's
                 space
                 ;
                 and
                 then
                 hee
                 is
                 to
                 produce
                 the
                 particulars
                 which
                 hee
                 hath
                 gained
                 from
                 abroad
                 ,
                 and
                 laie
                 them
                 before
                 them
                 all
                 ,
                 that
                 everie
                 one
                 in
                 his
                 own
                 facultie
                 m●●
                 declare
                 in
                 the
                 presence
                 of
                 others
                 ,
                 that
                 which
                 hee
                 thinketh
                 fit
                 to
                 bee
                 added
                 to
                 the
                 publick
                 stock
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 common
                 by
                 the
                 Catalogue
                 of
                 Additionals
                 ,
                 which
                 everie
                 year
                 within
                 the
                 Universities
                 is
                 to
                 bee
                 published
                 in
                 writing
                 
                 within
                 the
                 Librarie
                 it self
                 ,
                 and
                 everie
                 three
                 years
                 (
                 or
                 sooner
                 as
                 the
                 number
                 of
                 Additionals
                 may
                 bee
                 great
                 ,
                 or
                 later
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 bee
                 smal
                 )
                 to
                 bee
                 put
                 in
                 Print
                 and
                 made
                 common
                 to
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 abroad
                 .
                 And
                 at
                 this
                 giving
                 up
                 of
                 the
                 accounts
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 Doctors
                 are
                 to
                 declare
                 what
                 they
                 think
                 worthie
                 to
                 bee
                 added
                 to
                 the
                 common
                 stock
                 of
                 Learning
                 ,
                 each
                 in
                 their
                 Facultie
                 ;
                 so
                 I
                 would
                 have
                 them
                 see
                 what
                 the
                 Charges
                 and
                 Pains
                 are
                 whereat
                 the
                 Librarie-Keeper
                 hath
                 been
                 ,
                 that
                 for
                 his
                 encouragement
                 ,
                 the
                 extraordinarie
                 expences
                 in
                 correspondencies
                 and
                 transcriptions
                 for
                 the
                 publick
                 good
                 ,
                 may
                 bee
                 allowed
                 him
                 out
                 of
                 som
                 Revenues
                 ,
                 which
                 should
                 bee
                 set
                 a
                 part
                 to
                 that
                 effect
                 ,
                 and
                 disposed
                 of
                 according
                 to
                 their
                 joint-consent
                 and
                 judgment
                 in
                 that
                 matter
                 .
                 Here
                 then
                 hee
                 should
                 bee
                 bound
                 to
                 shew
                 them
                 the
                 Lists
                 of
                 his
                 correspondents
                 ,
                 the
                 Letters
                 from
                 them
                 in
                 Answer
                 to
                 his
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 reckoning
                 of
                 his
                 extraordinarie
                 expence
                 should
                 bee
                 allowed
                 him
                 in
                 that
                 which
                 hee
                 is
                 indebted
                 ,
                 or
                 hath
                 freely
                 laid
                 out
                 to
                 procure
                 Rarities
                 into
                 the
                 stock
                 of
                 Learning
                 .
                 And
                 becaus
                 I
                 understand
                 that
                 all
                 the
                 Book-Printers
                 or
                 Stationars
                 of
                 the
                 Common-wealth
                 are
                 bound
                 of
                 everie
                 Book
                 which
                 is
                 Printed
                 ,
                 to
                 send
                 a
                 Copie
                 into
                 the
                 Universitie
                 Librarie
                 ;
                 and
                 it
                 is
                 impossible
                 for
                 one
                 man
                 to
                 read
                 all
                 the
                 Books
                 in
                 all
                 
                 Faculties
                 ,
                 to
                 judg
                 of
                 them
                 what
                 worth
                 there
                 is
                 in
                 them
                 ;
                 nor
                 hath
                 everie
                 one
                 Abilitie
                 to
                 judge
                 of
                 all
                 kinde
                 of
                 Sciences
                 what
                 everie
                 Autor
                 doth
                 handle
                 ,
                 and
                 how
                 sufficiently
                 ;
                 therefore
                 I
                 would
                 have
                 at
                 this
                 time
                 of
                 giving
                 accounts
                 ,
                 the
                 Librarie-keeper
                 also
                 bound
                 to
                 produce
                 the
                 Catalogue
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 Books
                 sent
                 unto
                 the
                 Universitie's
                 Librarie
                 by
                 the
                 Stationars
                 that
                 Printed
                 them
                 ;
                 to
                 the
                 end
                 that
                 everie
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Doctors
                 in
                 their
                 own
                 Faculties
                 should
                 declare
                 ,
                 whether
                 or
                 no
                 they
                 should
                 bee
                 added
                 ,
                 and
                 where
                 they
                 should
                 bee
                 placed
                 in
                 the
                 Catalogue
                 of
                 Additionals
                 ;
                 For
                 I
                 do
                 not
                 think
                 that
                 all
                 Books
                 and
                 Treaties
                 which
                 in
                 this
                 age
                 are
                 Printed
                 in
                 all
                 kindes
                 ,
                 should
                 bee
                 inserted
                 into
                 the
                 Catalogue
                 ,
                 and
                 added
                 to
                 the
                 stock
                 of
                 the
                 Librarie
                 ,
                 discretion
                 must
                 bee
                 used
                 and
                 confusion
                 avoided
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 cours
                 taken
                 to
                 distinguish
                 that
                 which
                 is
                 profitable
                 ,
                 from
                 that
                 which
                 is
                 useless
                 ;
                 and
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 verdict
                 of
                 that
                 Societie
                 ,
                 the
                 usefulness
                 of
                 Books
                 for
                 the
                 publick
                 is
                 to
                 bee
                 determined
                 ;
                 yet
                 becaus
                 there
                 is
                 seldom
                 anie
                 Books
                 wherein
                 there
                 is
                 not
                 somthing
                 useful
                 ,
                 and
                 Books
                 freely
                 given
                 are
                 not
                 to
                 bee
                 cast
                 away
                 ,
                 but
                 may
                 bee
                 kept
                 ,
                 therefore
                 I
                 would
                 have
                 a
                 peculiar
                 place
                 appointed
                 for
                 such
                 Books
                 as
                 shall
                 bee
                 laid
                 aside
                 to
                 keep
                 them
                 in
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Catalogue
                 of
                 their
                 Titles
                 
                 made
                 Alphabetically
                 in
                 reference
                 to
                 the
                 Autor's
                 name
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 note
                 of
                 distinction
                 to
                 shew
                 the
                 Science
                 to
                 which
                 they
                 are
                 to
                 bee
                 referred
                 .
                 These
                 thoughts
                 com
                 thus
                 suddenly
                 into
                 my
                 head
                 ,
                 which
                 in
                 due
                 time
                 may
                 bee
                 more
                 fully
                 described
                 ,
                 if
                 need
                 bee
                 ,
                 chiefly
                 if
                 ,
                 upon
                 the
                 ground
                 of
                 this
                 account
                 ,
                 som
                 competencie
                 should
                 bee
                 found
                 out
                 and
                 allowed
                 to
                 maintein
                 such
                 charges
                 as
                 will
                 bee
                 requisite
                 ,
                 towards
                 the
                 advancement
                 of
                 the
                 Publick
                 good
                 of
                 Learning
                 after
                 this
                 manner
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 The
                 second
                 Letter
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Sir
                   !
                
              
               
                 IN
                 my
                 last
                 I
                 gave
                 you
                 som
                 incident
                 thoughts
                 ,
                 concerning
                 the
                 improvement
                 of
                 an
                 Honorarie
                 Librarie-keeper's-place
                 ,
                 to
                 shew
                 the
                 true
                 end
                 and
                 use
                 thereof
                 ,
                 and
                 how
                 the
                 keepers
                 thereof
                 should
                 bee
                 regulated
                 in
                 the
                 Trade
                 ,
                 which
                 hee
                 is
                 to
                 drive
                 for
                 the
                 Advancement
                 of
                 Learning
                 ,
                 and
                 encouraged
                 by
                 a
                 cōmpetent
                 maintenance
                 ,
                 and
                 supported
                 in
                 extraordinarie
                 expences
                 for
                 the
                 same
                 .
                 Now
                 I
                 wish
                 that
                 som
                 men
                 of
                 publick
                 Spirits
                 and
                 lovers
                 of
                 Learning
                 ,
                 might
                 bee
                 made
                 acquainted
                 with
                 the
                 Action
                 ,
                 upon
                 such
                 grounds
                 as
                 were
                 then
                 briefly
                 suggested
                 ;
                 who
                 know's
                 but
                 that
                 in
                 time
                 somthing
                 might
                 bee
                 offered
                 to
                 the
                 Trustees
                 of
                 the
                 Nation
                 ,
                 with
                 better
                 conceptions
                 then
                 these
                 I
                 have
                 suggested
                 .
              
               
                 For
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 bee
                 considered
                 that
                 amongst
                 manie
                 Eminencies
                 of
                 this
                 Nation
                 ,
                 the
                 Librarie
                 of
                 Oxford
                 is
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 considerable
                 for
                 the
                 advancement
                 of
                 Learning
                 ,
                 if
                 rightly
                 improved
                 and
                 Traded
                 withal
                 for
                 the
                 good
                 of
                 Scholars
                 at
                 home
                 and
                 abroad
                 ;
                 If
                 this
                 (
                 I
                 saie
                 )
                 bee
                 rightly
                 considered
                 and
                 
                 represented
                 to
                 the
                 publick
                 Reformers
                 of
                 this
                 age
                 ,
                 that
                 by
                 this
                 means
                 this
                 Nation
                 as
                 in
                 other
                 things
                 ,
                 so
                 especially
                 for
                 Pietie
                 and
                 Learning
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 the
                 advancement
                 of
                 both
                 ,
                 may
                 now
                 bee
                 made
                 more
                 glorious
                 then
                 anie
                 other
                 in
                 the
                 world
                 ;
                 No
                 doubt
                 such
                 as
                 in
                 the
                 Parlament
                 know
                 the
                 worth
                 of
                 Learning
                 will
                 not
                 bee
                 avers
                 from
                 further
                 overtures
                 ,
                 which
                 may
                 bee
                 made
                 towards
                 this
                 purpose
                 .
                 What
                 a
                 great
                 stir
                 hath
                 been
                 heretofore
                 ,
                 about
                 the
                 Eminencie
                 of
                 the
                 Librarie
                 of
                 Heidelberg
                 ,
                 but
                 what
                 use
                 was
                 made
                 of
                 it
                 ?
                 It
                 was
                 ingrossed
                 into
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 a
                 few
                 ,
                 till
                 it
                 became
                 a
                 Prey
                 unto
                 the
                 Enemies
                 of
                 the
                 Truth
                 .
                 If
                 the
                 Librarie-keeper
                 had
                 been
                 a
                 man
                 ,
                 that
                 would
                 have
                 traded
                 with
                 it
                 for
                 the
                 increas
                 of
                 true
                 Learning
                 ,
                 it
                 might
                 have
                 been
                 preserved
                 unto
                 this
                 daie
                 in
                 all
                 the
                 rarities
                 thereof
                 ,
                 not
                 so
                 much
                 by
                 the
                 shuttings
                 up
                 of
                 the
                 multitude
                 of
                 Books
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 rareness
                 thereof
                 for
                 antiquitie
                 ,
                 as
                 by
                 the
                 understandings
                 of
                 men
                 and
                 their
                 proficiencie
                 to
                 improv
                 and
                 dilate
                 knowledg
                 upon
                 the
                 grounds
                 which
                 hee
                 might
                 have
                 suggested
                 unto
                 others
                 of
                 parts
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 the
                 Librarie-rarities
                 would
                 not
                 onely
                 have
                 been
                 preserved
                 in
                 the
                 spirits
                 of
                 men
                 ,
                 but
                 have
                 fructified
                 abundantly
                 therein
                 unto
                 this
                 daie
                 ,
                 whereas
                 they
                 are
                 now
                 lost
                 ,
                 becaus
                 they
                 were
                 but
                 a
                 Talent
                 digged
                 in
                 the
                 
                 ground
                 ;
                 And
                 as
                 they
                 that
                 had
                 the
                 keeping
                 of
                 that
                 Librarie
                 made
                 it
                 an
                 Idol
                 ,
                 to
                 bee
                 respected
                 and
                 worshipped
                 for
                 a
                 raritie
                 by
                 an
                 implicite
                 faith
                 ,
                 without
                 anie
                 benefit
                 to
                 those
                 who
                 did
                 esteem
                 of
                 it
                 a
                 far
                 off
                 :
                 so
                 it
                 was
                 just
                 with
                 God
                 that
                 it
                 should
                 fall
                 into
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 in
                 all
                 things
                 follow
                 an
                 Idolatrous
                 waie
                 ,
                 to
                 blinde
                 men
                 with
                 shewes
                 without
                 all
                 realitie
                 of
                 substantial
                 virtue
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 onely
                 eminent
                 in
                 this
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 becometh
                 profitable
                 unto
                 all
                 ,
                 by
                 dilating
                 the
                 light
                 of
                 knowledg
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 love
                 of
                 grace
                 and
                 goodness
                 in
                 the
                 hearts
                 of
                 all
                 men
                 ,
                 that
                 are
                 fit
                 to
                 receiv
                 the
                 one
                 and
                 the
                 other
                 ;
                 And
                 where
                 this
                 Aim
                 is
                 not
                 in
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 intrusted
                 with
                 publick
                 places
                 ;
                 there
                 they
                 in
                 the
                 end
                 will
                 bee
                 found
                 unprofitable
                 servants
                 ;
                 for
                 the
                 trust
                 which
                 God
                 hath
                 put
                 into
                 their
                 hands
                 to
                 profit
                 withal
                 ,
                 they
                 discharge
                 not
                 for
                 the
                 account
                 which
                 everie
                 one
                 is
                 to
                 give
                 unto
                 him
                 of
                 his
                 Stewardship
                 ,
                 is
                 not
                 how
                 careful
                 hee
                 hath
                 kept
                 things
                 of
                 use
                 unto
                 himself
                 ,
                 to
                 pride
                 himself
                 in
                 the
                 possession
                 of
                 that
                 which
                 others
                 have
                 not
                 ,
                 (
                 as
                 the
                 custom
                 of
                 men
                 is
                 ,
                 that
                 know
                 not
                 what
                 true
                 glorie
                 is
                 )
                 but
                 how
                 faithfully
                 and
                 diligently
                 hee
                 hath
                 distributed
                 the
                 same
                 to
                 such
                 as
                 were
                 worthie
                 thereof
                 for
                 their
                 good
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 might
                 bee
                 stirred
                 up
                 both
                 to
                 glorifie
                 God
                 for
                 his
                 goodness
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 
                 imitate
                 him
                 in
                 the
                 Communication
                 of
                 all
                 good
                 things
                 unto
                 others
                 for
                 his
                 sake
                 freely
                 .
                 This
                 was
                 Christ's
                 Work
                 on
                 Earth
                 to
                 receiv
                 us
                 ,
                 unto
                 the
                 Glorie
                 of
                 God
                 ;
                 this
                 was
                 that
                 vvhich
                 hee
                 taught
                 by
                 this
                 practice
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 is
                 
                   more
                   blessed
                   to
                   give
                   ,
                   then
                   to
                   receiv
                   .
                
                 This
                 is
                 that
                 which
                 this
                 envious
                 World
                 cannot
                 rellish
                 ,
                 and
                 vvhat
                 stop
                 's
                 the
                 current
                 of
                 true
                 love
                 in
                 the
                 hearts
                 of
                 men
                 ?
                 Nothing
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 the
                 self-seeking
                 of
                 men
                 in
                 the
                 vvaies
                 of
                 Learning
                 ,
                 by
                 vvhich
                 they
                 covetously
                 obstruct
                 the
                 fountains
                 of
                 life
                 and
                 comfort
                 ,
                 vvhich
                 might
                 overflow
                 and
                 vvater
                 abundantly
                 the
                 barren
                 and
                 thirstie
                 Souls
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 perish
                 for
                 vvant
                 of
                 address
                 nnto
                 vvisdom
                 ;
                 vvhich
                 in
                 all
                 the
                 vvaies
                 of
                 humane
                 and
                 divine
                 Learning
                 might
                 bee
                 mainly
                 advanced
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 industrie
                 of
                 one
                 man
                 in
                 such
                 a
                 place
                 ,
                 vvhose
                 Trade
                 should
                 bee
                 such
                 as
                 I
                 formerly
                 described
                 ,
                 to
                 deal
                 vvith
                 the
                 spirits
                 of
                 all
                 men
                 of
                 parts
                 ,
                 to
                 set
                 them
                 a
                 vvorking
                 one
                 by
                 and
                 towards
                 another
                 ,
                 upon
                 the
                 subjects
                 vvhich
                 hee
                 should
                 bee
                 intrusted
                 vvithal
                 to
                 keep
                 in
                 the
                 stock
                 of
                 Learning
                 .
                 It
                 is
                 the
                 Glorie
                 and
                 Riches
                 of
                 Nations
                 and
                 of
                 great
                 Cities
                 ,
                 to
                 make
                 themselvs
                 the
                 Center
                 of
                 Trade
                 for
                 all
                 their
                 Neighbors
                 ;
                 and
                 if
                 they
                 can
                 finde
                 vvaies
                 of
                 politie
                 ,
                 to
                 oblige
                 their
                 Neighbors
                 to
                 receiv
                 from
                 their
                 Magazines
                 the
                 Commodities
                 whereof
                 they
                 stand
                 
                 in
                 need
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 everie
                 vvaie
                 a
                 great
                 benefit
                 unto
                 the
                 State
                 ,
                 so
                 it
                 may
                 bee
                 in
                 matters
                 of
                 Learning
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 the
                 Trade
                 of
                 Sciences
                 this
                 Church
                 may
                 oblige
                 all
                 the
                 Neighbor
                 Churches
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 Universitie
                 all
                 Forreiners
                 that
                 Trade
                 in
                 knowledge
                 to
                 receiv
                 pretious
                 Commodities
                 ,
                 whereof
                 they
                 stand
                 in
                 need
                 ,
                 from
                 our
                 Magazines
                 and
                 Store-houses
                 ;
                 if
                 a
                 painful
                 Steward
                 and
                 dispenser
                 thereof
                 ,
                 bee
                 imploied
                 and
                 mainteined
                 to
                 use
                 industrie
                 for
                 so
                 blessed
                 a
                 work
                 ,
                 from
                 whence
                 much
                 Glorie
                 to
                 God
                 in
                 the
                 Gospel
                 ,
                 and
                 honor
                 will
                 redound
                 to
                 the
                 Nation
                 .
                 For
                 although
                 the
                 waies
                 of
                 humane
                 Learning
                 are
                 almost
                 infinite
                 and
                 wonderfully
                 various
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 their
                 peculiar
                 uses
                 in
                 the
                 outward
                 life
                 of
                 man
                 ,
                 for
                 which
                 most
                 men
                 affect
                 them
                 ,
                 yet
                 in
                 one
                 that
                 is
                 to
                 minde
                 the
                 universal
                 good
                 of
                 all
                 ,
                 the
                 whole
                 varietie
                 and
                 diversitie
                 of
                 matters
                 useful
                 unto
                 this
                 present
                 life
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 com
                 within
                 the
                 sphere
                 of
                 Learning
                 must
                 bee
                 reduced
                 ,
                 and
                 may
                 bee
                 subordinate
                 unto
                 the
                 advancement
                 of
                 the
                 Gospel
                 of
                 Christ
                 ,
                 wherein
                 the
                 Glorie
                 of
                 the
                 Nation
                 ,
                 at
                 this
                 and
                 all
                 times
                 should
                 bee
                 thought
                 to
                 stand
                 :
                 And
                 truly
                 that
                 is
                 the
                 thing
                 which
                 take's
                 most
                 with
                 mee
                 ,
                 for
                 which
                 I
                 would
                 have
                 that
                 Librarie
                 thus
                 improved
                 by
                 a
                 faithful
                 keeper
                 ,
                 that
                 when
                 his
                 Trade
                 is
                 set
                 on
                 foot
                 ,
                 with
                 all
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 of
                 eminent
                 
                 parts
                 in
                 their
                 several
                 faculties
                 ,
                 wee
                 knowing
                 who
                 they
                 are
                 and
                 wherein
                 their
                 eminencies
                 do
                 lie
                 ,
                 may
                 have
                 opportunities
                 to
                 provoke
                 them
                 to
                 the
                 right
                 use
                 thereof
                 ,
                 by
                 giving
                 them
                 Objects
                 from
                 our
                 store
                 ;
                 and
                 furnishing
                 them
                 with
                 tasks
                 and
                 matters
                 to
                 bee
                 elaborated
                 ,
                 which
                 cannot
                 bee
                 diverted
                 from
                 the
                 scope
                 of
                 God's
                 glorie
                 to
                 bee
                 made
                 known
                 unto
                 all
                 men
                 in
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 ,
                 for
                 there
                 is
                 nothing
                 of
                 knowledg
                 in
                 the
                 minde
                 of
                 man
                 ,
                 which
                 may
                 not
                 bee
                 conveniently
                 referred
                 to
                 the
                 virtues
                 of
                 God
                 in
                 Christ
                 ,
                 whereby
                 the
                 humane
                 nature
                 is
                 to
                 bee
                 exalted
                 to
                 that
                 dignitie
                 whereunto
                 hee
                 hath
                 received
                 it
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 should
                 by
                 him
                 rule
                 over
                 the
                 whole
                 Creätion
                 .
                 And
                 the
                 want
                 of
                 this
                 Aim
                 to
                 look
                 upon
                 things
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 set
                 them
                 a
                 working
                 without
                 relation
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 is
                 that
                 which
                 blast's
                 all
                 our
                 endevors
                 ,
                 and
                 make's
                 them
                 determin
                 in
                 confusion
                 and
                 disorder
                 ;
                 For
                 whatsoëver
                 is
                 not
                 directed
                 in
                 it's
                 own
                 place
                 with
                 som
                 reference
                 unto
                 him
                 must
                 bee
                 overthrown
                 ;
                 nor
                 is
                 there
                 anie
                 waie
                 left
                 for
                 anie
                 to
                 prosper
                 in
                 that
                 which
                 hee
                 undertaketh
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 learn
                 to
                 know
                 him
                 and
                 respect
                 him
                 in
                 it
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 advancement
                 of
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 over
                 the
                 Souls
                 of
                 men
                 ,
                 which
                 by
                 the
                 Sanctified
                 use
                 of
                 all
                 knowledg
                 is
                 chiefly
                 effected
                 .
                 If
                 then
                 the
                 Trade
                 of
                 Learning
                 is
                 to
                 bee
                 set
                 a
                 foot
                 in
                 a
                 
                 publick
                 waie
                 ,
                 and
                 regulated
                 to
                 deserv
                 the
                 countenance
                 of
                 a
                 Religious
                 State
                 ,
                 this
                 Aim
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 waie
                 of
                 prosecuting
                 of
                 it
                 must
                 bee
                 intended
                 and
                 beaten
                 out
                 ;
                 For
                 except
                 Sciences
                 bee
                 reformed
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 this
                 Scope
                 ,
                 the
                 increas
                 of
                 knowledg
                 will
                 increas
                 nothing
                 but
                 strife
                 ,
                 pride
                 and
                 confusion
                 ,
                 from
                 whence
                 our
                 sorrows
                 will
                 bee
                 multiplied
                 and
                 propagated
                 unto
                 posteritie
                 ;
                 but
                 if
                 hee
                 ,
                 who
                 is
                 to
                 bee
                 intrusted
                 with
                 the
                 managing
                 of
                 this
                 Trade
                 ,
                 bee
                 addressed
                 in
                 the
                 waie
                 which
                 leadeth
                 unto
                 this
                 Aim
                 without
                 partialitie
                 ,
                 his
                 negotiation
                 will
                 bee
                 a
                 blessing
                 unto
                 this
                 age
                 and
                 to
                 posteritie
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 have
                 no
                 time
                 to
                 inlarge
                 upon
                 this
                 Subject
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 conceiv
                 a
                 formal
                 and
                 regular
                 discours
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 thoughts
                 which
                 thus
                 fall
                 into
                 my
                 minde
                 I
                 impart
                 unto
                 you
                 ,
                 that
                 you
                 may
                 give
                 them
                 as
                 hints
                 unto
                 others
                 ,
                 who
                 of
                 themselvs
                 will
                 bee
                 able
                 to
                 inlarge
                 them
                 either
                 to
                 the
                 Hous
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 such
                 as
                 can
                 in
                 due
                 time
                 swaie
                 the
                 Counsels
                 of
                 leading
                 men
                 in
                 this
                 Common-wealth
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
             
               AN
               Idea
               of
               Mathematics
               written
               by
               M
               r
               Joh.
               Pell
               to
               Samuel
               Hartlib
               .
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 !
              
            
             
               THe
               sum
               of
               what
               I
               have
               heretofore
               written
               or
               spoken
               to
               you
               ,
               concerning
               
                 the
                 advancement
                 of
                 the
                 Mathematics
              
               ,
               is
               this
               :
               As
               long
               as
               men
               want
               
                 will
                 ,
                 wit
                 ,
                 means
              
               or
               leisure
               to
               attend
               those
               studies
               ,
               it
               is
               no
               marvail
               if
               they
               make
               no
               great
               progress
               in
               them
               .
               To
               remedie
               which
               ,
               I
               conceiv
               
                 these
                 means
              
               not
               to
               bee
               amiss
               .
            
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 To
                 write
                 a
                 
                   Consiliarius
                   Mathematicus
                
                 ,
                 (
                 so
                 I
                 call
                 it
                 )
                 answering
                 to
                 these
                 3
                 questions
                 :
                 
                   
                     Q.
                     1.
                     
                     What
                     
                       fruit
                       or
                       profit
                    
                     ariseth
                     from
                     the
                     studie
                     of
                     Mathematics
                     ?
                  
                   
                     Q.
                     2.
                     
                     What
                     helps
                     are
                     there
                     for
                     the
                     attaining
                     this
                     profitable
                     knowledg
                     ?
                  
                   
                     Q.
                     3
                     ▪
                     What
                     order
                     is
                     to
                     bee
                     observed
                     in
                     using
                     these
                     helps
                     ?
                  
                
              
            
             
             
               To
               this
               purpose
               it
               should
               contain
               
                 
                   1.
                   
                   A
                   plain
                   and
                   popular
                   discours
                   of
                   
                     the
                     extent
                  
                   of
                   the
                   Mathematics
                   ,
                   with
                   
                     the
                     profit
                  
                   that
                   redound's
                   ,
                   first
                   to
                   the
                   Student
                   himself
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   to
                   the
                   Countrie
                   wherein
                   there
                   are
                   manie
                   such
                   grounded
                   Artists
                   .
                
                 
                   2.
                   
                   A
                   Catalogue
                   of
                   Mathematicians
                   and
                   their
                   works
                   in
                   this
                   order
                   :
                   
                     
                       1.
                       
                       A
                       Synopsis
                       of
                       all
                       the
                       several
                       kinds
                       of
                       Mathematical
                       writings
                       ,
                       either
                       extant
                       in
                       print
                       ,
                       or
                       accessible
                       Manuscripts
                       in
                       publick
                       Libraries
                       ,
                       with
                       several
                       numbers
                       set
                       to
                       everie
                       kinde
                       .
                    
                     
                       2.
                       
                       A
                       Chronical
                       Catalogue
                       of
                       all
                       
                         Mathematician's
                         names
                      
                       that
                       ever
                       were
                       of
                       note
                       ,
                       according
                       to
                       the
                       order
                       of
                       the
                       years
                       
                         when
                         they
                         lived
                      
                       ,
                       with
                       the
                       year
                       when
                       anie
                       of
                       their
                       works
                       were
                       
                         first
                         printed
                      
                       ,
                    
                     
                       3.
                       
                       A
                       Catalogue
                       of
                       the
                       
                         writings
                         themselvs
                      
                       ,
                       in
                       the
                       order
                       of
                       years
                       in
                       which
                       they
                       vvere
                       printed
                       in
                       anie
                       language
                       :
                       And
                       this
                       I
                       vvould
                       contrive
                       thus
                       :
                       First
                       ,
                       the
                       year
                       of
                       our
                       Lord
                       ,
                       and
                       then
                       the
                       names
                       of
                       all
                       the
                       Mathematical
                       Books
                       Printed
                       that
                       year
                       in
                       anie
                       Countrie
                       
                       or
                       Language
                       ,
                       after
                       the
                       usual
                       manner
                       of
                       Catalogues
                       :
                       but
                       
                         
                           1.
                           
                           Adding
                           the
                           volume
                           ,
                           that
                           is
                           ,
                           not
                           onely
                           what
                           fold
                           [
                           40.
                           80.
                           
                           &c.
                           ]
                           but
                           also
                           the
                           number
                           of
                           leavs
                           ,
                           that
                           wee
                           may
                           estimate
                           the
                           bulk
                           of
                           the
                           Book
                           .
                        
                         
                           2.
                           
                           Prefixing
                           before
                           the
                           title
                           the
                           year
                           to
                           vvhich
                           you
                           must
                           look
                           back
                           to
                           know
                           either
                           vvhen
                           it
                           vvas
                           vvritten
                           ,
                           or
                           vvhen
                           it
                           vvas
                           last
                           before
                           Printed
                           ,
                           in
                           that
                           or
                           any
                           other
                           Language
                           .
                        
                         
                           3.
                           
                           Setting
                           in
                           the
                           margent
                           ,
                           after
                           the
                           Title
                           .
                           
                             
                               1.
                               
                               The
                               year
                               vvherein
                               it
                               vvas
                               the
                               
                                 next
                                 time
                              
                               Printed
                               .
                            
                             
                               2.
                               
                               The
                               
                                 number
                                 of
                                 reference
                              
                               to
                               the
                               Synopsis
                               in
                               the
                               first
                               page
                               ;
                               By
                               vvhich
                               numbers
                               one
                               may
                               presently
                               run
                               over
                               all
                               the
                               Books
                               of
                               one
                               sort
                               ,
                               of
                               this
                               or
                               that
                               particular
                               subject
                               .
                            
                          
                        
                      
                    
                  
                
                 
                   3.
                   
                   A
                   Counsel
                   directing
                   a
                   student
                   to
                   the
                   best
                   Books
                   in
                   everie
                   kinde
                   ;
                   In
                   vvhat
                   order
                   ,
                   and
                   how
                   to
                   read
                   them
                   ,
                   What
                   to
                   observ
                   ,
                   what
                   to
                   beware
                   of
                   in
                   som
                   Mathematicasters
                   ,
                   
                   how
                   to
                   proceed
                   and
                   keep
                   all
                   .
                
                 
                   4.
                   
                   A
                   
                     Paraenesis
                     ,
                     First
                  
                   ,
                   To
                   
                     all
                     those
                  
                   who
                   have
                   means
                   and
                   leisure
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     a
                     wit
                  
                   not
                   unapt
                   for
                   these
                   studies
                   ,
                   to
                   set
                   upon
                   them
                   in
                   regard
                   1.
                   of
                   their
                   profitableness
                   to
                   the
                   student
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   mankinde
                   .
                   2.
                   of
                   that
                   more
                   refined
                   pleasure
                   of
                   hunting
                   out
                   hidden
                   truths
                   ,
                   vvrastling
                   vvith
                   difficult
                   Problemes
                   ,
                   and
                   getting
                   the
                   victorie
                   ;
                   and
                   so
                   much
                   the
                   rather
                   ,
                   becaus
                   3.
                   of
                   the
                   great
                   facilitie
                   that
                   is
                   novv
                   in
                   that
                   studie
                   ,
                   by
                   reason
                   of
                   the
                   many
                   helps
                   to
                   spare
                   much
                   
                     labor
                     ,
                     time
                  
                   and
                   cost
                   ,
                   vvhich
                   our
                   forefathers
                   vvere
                   forced
                   to
                   spend
                   .
                   Secondly
                   ,
                   To
                   all
                   those
                   who
                   have
                   understanding
                   to
                   estimate
                   the
                   worth
                   of
                   these
                   studies
                   ,
                   and
                   wealth
                   vvherewith
                   to
                   purchase
                   themselvs
                   lasting
                   honor
                   by
                   the
                   vvise
                   dispensing
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   to
                   take
                   more
                   notice
                   of
                   this
                   sort
                   of
                   students
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   encourage
                   them
                   ,
                   setting
                   apart
                   the
                   choicest
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   to
                   perfect
                   the
                   inventions
                   ,
                   to
                   vvhich
                   their
                   Genius
                   lead's
                   them
                   .
                   Especially
                   ,
                   To
                   
                     all
                     Princes
                  
                   and
                   Estates
                   ,
                   vvhom
                   it
                   concern's
                   to
                   take
                   a
                   cours
                   ,
                   1.
                   that
                   their
                   dominions
                   may
                   bee
                   better
                   furnished
                   vvith
                   this
                   sort
                   of
                   students
                   .
                   2.
                   
                   That
                   the
                   vvaie
                   may
                   bee
                   made
                   less
                   laborious
                   and
                   costlie
                   ,
                   3.
                   
                   That
                   
                     Mathematica
                     ingenia
                  
                   may
                   bee
                   discovered
                   and
                   assisted
                   .
                
              
            
             
             
               To
               vvhich
               end
               it
               vvould
               bee
               good
               .
               
                 
                   2.
                   to
                   erect
                   a
                   
                     Publick
                     Librarie
                  
                   ,
                   containing
                   all
                   those
                   Books
                   ,
                   and
                   one
                   instrument
                   of
                   everie
                   sort
                   that
                   hath
                   been
                   invented
                   ,
                   vvith
                   sufficient
                   revenue
                   ,
                   
                     
                       1.
                       
                       To
                       buy
                       one
                       copie
                       of
                       all
                       those
                       that
                       shall
                       bee
                       Printed
                       yearly
                       in
                       other
                       Countries
                       .
                       and
                    
                     
                       2.
                       
                       To
                       maintain
                       a
                       Librarie-keeper
                       of
                       great
                       judgment
                       ,
                       to
                       whom
                       it
                       may
                       belong
                       †
                       
                         
                           1.
                           
                           To
                           peruse
                           all
                           Books
                           of
                           such
                           subjects
                           ,
                           to
                           bee
                           Printed
                           within
                           that
                           Countrie
                           ,
                           and
                           1.
                           
                           Suppress
                           vvhatsoëver
                           is
                           not
                           according
                           to
                           Art
                           ,
                           that
                           Learners
                           bee
                           not
                           abused
                           ,
                           and
                           2.
                           
                           Admonish
                           the
                           Writers
                           ,
                           if
                           they
                           bring
                           nothing
                           but
                           stale
                           stuff
                           .
                        
                         
                           2.
                           
                           Upon
                           his
                           credit
                           to
                           approv
                           excellent
                           inventions
                           ,
                           and
                           unpartially
                           to
                           commend
                           the
                           inventors
                           to
                           the
                           rewarders
                           .
                        
                         
                           3.
                           
                           To
                           receiv
                           ,
                           record
                           and
                           place
                           one
                           Printed
                           copie
                           of
                           everie
                           Book
                           so
                           perused
                           ,
                           sent
                           into
                           the
                           Librarie
                           ,
                           vvell
                           bound
                           at
                           the
                           Autor's
                           or
                           Book-seller's
                           charge
                           .
                        
                         
                           4.
                           
                           To
                           resolv
                           anie
                           student
                           that
                           enquire's
                           about
                           anie
                           Probleme
                           ,
                           vvhether
                           it
                           have
                           been
                           don
                           already
                           or
                           no
                           ,
                           fearing
                           lest
                           hee
                           should
                           
                             actum
                             agere
                          
                           ,
                           and
                           therefore
                           perhaps
                           suppressing
                           som
                           invention
                           vvhich
                           hee
                           hath
                           light
                           upon
                           ,
                           but
                           
                           doubts
                           it
                           is
                           old
                           and
                           to
                           bee
                           found
                           in
                           som
                           of
                           the
                           Books
                           of
                           that
                           Librarie
                           .
                        
                         
                           5.
                           
                           To
                           receiv
                           ,
                           
                           &c.
                           all
                           such
                           Manuscripts
                           as
                           shall
                           bee
                           brought
                           thither
                           by
                           vvaie
                           of
                           gift
                           ,
                           Legacie
                           or
                           the
                           like
                           .
                        
                         
                           6.
                           
                           To
                           maintain
                           correspondence
                           vvith
                           such
                           as
                           himself
                           in
                           other
                           Countries
                           ,
                           to
                           know
                           vvhat
                           is
                           Printed
                           there
                           .
                        
                         
                           7.
                           
                           To
                           take
                           notice
                           of
                           all
                           his
                           Countrimen
                           that
                           are
                           fit
                           to
                           bee
                           Teachers
                           ,
                           &c.
                           
                        
                         
                           8.
                           
                           To
                           keep
                           a
                           Catalogue
                           of
                           all
                           such
                           vvorkmen
                           as
                           are
                           able
                           and
                           fit
                           to
                           bee
                           imploied
                           in
                           making
                           Mathematical
                           Instruments
                           and
                           representations
                           ,
                           vvorking
                           upon
                           Wood
                           ,
                           Magnets
                           ,
                           Metals
                           ,
                           Glass
                           ,
                           &c.
                           
                        
                         
                           9.
                           
                           To
                           give
                           testimonial
                           ,
                           after
                           examination
                           ,
                           to
                           all
                           sorts
                           of
                           practisers
                           ,
                           as
                           Pilots
                           ,
                           Masters
                           ,
                           Landmeters
                           ,
                           Accomptants
                           ,
                           &c.
                           of
                           their
                           speculative
                           abilitie
                           and
                           practical
                           dexteritie
                           ,
                           that
                           those
                           that
                           have
                           occasion
                           to
                           use
                           such
                           men
                           ,
                           bee
                           not
                           abused
                           by
                           unable
                           undertakers
                           ,
                           to
                           their
                           exceeding
                           great
                           damage
                           .
                           
                             
                               By
                               the
                               Catalogue
                               ,
                               men
                               might
                               bee
                               informed
                               ,
                               in
                               that
                               multitude
                               of
                               Books
                               ,
                               vvith
                               vvhich
                               the
                               vvorld
                               is
                               novv
                               pestered
                               ,
                               vvhat
                               the
                               names
                               are
                               of
                               those
                               Books
                               that
                               tend
                               to
                               this
                               studie
                               onely
                               .
                            
                             
                               
                               In
                               the
                               Librarie
                               ,
                               they
                               might
                               finde
                               the
                               
                                 Books
                                 themselvs
                              
                               ,
                               read
                               them
                               ,
                               and
                               if
                               they
                               liked
                               them
                               ,
                               knovv
                               vvhither
                               to
                               send
                               to
                               buy
                               them
                               :
                               Besides
                               ,
                               anie
                               ,
                               vvhether
                               forreiners
                               or
                               others
                               ,
                               might
                               have
                               recours
                               thither
                               ,
                               and
                               learn
                               vvhat
                               helps
                               that
                               Countrie
                               would
                               afford
                               them
                               in
                               these
                               studies
                               .
                            
                             
                               And
                               this
                               is
                               the
                               best
                               cours
                               that
                               I
                               can
                               think
                               on
                               for
                               the
                               making
                               use
                               of
                               
                                 such
                                 helps
                                 as
                                 wee
                                 have
                                 already
                                 .
                              
                               If
                               men
                               desire
                               better
                               helps
                               ,
                               let
                               them
                               emploie
                               fit
                               Artists
                               .
                            
                          
                        
                      
                    
                  
                
                 
                   3.
                   
                   To
                   vvrite
                   and
                   publish
                   these
                   
                     three
                     new
                     Treatises
                  
                   :
                   
                   †
                   
                     
                       1.
                       
                       
                         Pandectae
                         Mathematicae
                      
                       ,
                       Comprehending
                       as
                       Clearly
                       ,
                       Orderly
                       ,
                       and
                       Thrftily
                       ,
                       and
                       Ingenuously
                       as
                       may
                       bee
                       ,
                       vvhatsoëver
                       may
                       bee
                       gathered
                       out
                       of
                       all
                       those
                       Mathematical
                       Books
                       and
                       Inventions
                       that
                       vvere
                       before
                       us
                       ,
                       or
                       that
                       may
                       bee
                       inferred
                       as
                       Consectaries
                       thereon
                       ;
                       citing
                       ,
                       at
                       the
                       end
                       of
                       everie
                       period
                       or
                       Proposition
                       ,
                       the
                       ancientest
                       Autor
                       in
                       vvhich
                       it
                       is
                       found
                       ,
                       and
                       branding
                       all
                       later
                       vvriters
                       if
                       they
                       bee
                       taken
                       stealing
                       ,
                       or
                       borrovving
                       vvithout
                       acknovvledgment
                       ,
                       or
                       [
                       vvhich
                       is
                       vvors
                       ]
                       expresly
                       arrogating
                       to
                       
                       themselvs
                       anie
                       other
                       man's
                       inventions
                       .
                       This
                       vvould
                       bring
                       that
                       
                         great
                         Librarie
                      
                       into
                       far
                       less
                       room
                       ,
                       to
                       the
                       saving
                       of
                       more
                       
                         labor
                         ,
                         time
                      
                       and
                       cost
                       ,
                       to
                       all
                       after-students
                       ,
                       than
                       men
                       can
                       yet
                       vvell
                       imagine
                       .
                       But
                       becaus
                       this
                       also
                       vvould
                       bee
                       too
                       great
                       and
                       cumbersom
                       to
                       carrie
                       about
                       us
                       ,
                       Let
                       there
                       bee
                       composed
                    
                     
                       2.
                       
                       
                         Comes
                         Mathematicus
                      
                       ,
                       
                       Comprehending
                       in
                       a
                       pocket-Book
                       ,
                       [
                       and
                       therefore
                       as
                       briefly
                       as
                       may
                       bee
                       ]
                       the
                       usefullest
                       Tables
                       and
                       the
                       Precepts
                       for
                       their
                       use
                       ,
                       in
                       solving
                       all
                       Problemes
                       ,
                       vvhether
                       purely
                       Mathematical
                       ,
                       or
                       applied
                       to
                       such
                       practices
                       as
                       men's
                       various
                       occasions
                       may
                       require
                       .
                    
                     
                       And
                       lastly
                       ,
                       that
                       in
                       this
                       kinde
                       of
                       Learning
                       also
                       ,
                       vvee
                       bee
                       no
                       longer
                       tied
                       to
                       Books
                       ,
                       Let
                       there
                       bee
                       composed
                    
                     
                       3.
                       
                       Mathematicus
                       
                         〈◊〉
                         〈◊〉
                         〈◊〉
                         〈◊〉
                         〈◊〉
                      
                       ,
                       
                       or
                       An
                       instruction
                       ,
                       shevving
                       hovv
                       anie
                       Mathematician
                       that
                       vvill
                       take
                       the
                       pains
                       ,
                       may
                       prepare
                       himself
                       ,
                       so
                       ,
                       as
                       that
                       hee
                       may
                       ,
                       though
                       hee
                       bee
                       utterly
                       destitute
                       of
                       Books
                       or
                       Instruments
                       ,
                       resolv
                       anie
                       Mathematical
                       Probleme
                       as
                       exactly
                       as
                       if
                       hee
                       had
                       a
                       complete
                       Librarie
                       by
                       him
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
            
             
             
               And
               this
               is
               the
               Idéa
               ,
               vvhich
               I
               have
               long
               framed
               to
               my self
               ,
               according
               to
               my
               fashion
               ,
               vvith
               vvhom
               this
               passeth
               for
               an
               undoubted
               truth
               ,
               that
               the
               surest
               vvaie
               to
               com
               to
               all
               possible
               excellencie
               
                 in
                 anie
                 thing
              
               ,
               is
               to
               propose
               to
               our
               selvs
               the
               perfectest
               Idéa's
               that
               vvee
               can
               imagine
               ,
               then
               to
               seek
               the
               means
               tending
               thereto
               ,
               as
               rationally
               as
               may
               bee
               ,
               and
               to
               prosecute
               it
               vvith
               indefatigable
               diligence
               ;
               yet
               ,
               if
               the
               Idéa
               prove
               too
               high
               for
               us
               ,
               to
               rest
               our
               selvs
               content
               vvith
               approximation
               .
            
             
               As
               for
               this
               present
               Idéa
               ,
               I
               am
               so
               far
               from
               counting
               it
               meerly-impossible
               ,
               that
               I
               see
               not
               vvhy
               it
               might
               not
               bee
               performed
               by
               one
               man
               ,
               vvithout
               anie
               assistants
               ,
               provided
               that
               hee
               vvere
               neither
               distracted
               vvith
               cares
               for
               his
               maintenance
               ,
               nor
               diverted
               by
               other
               emploiments
               .
            
             
               The
               excellencie
               of
               this
               vvork
               ,
               make's
               me
               vvish
               mine
               ovvn
               Nation
               the
               honor
               of
               first
               undertaking
               and
               perfecting
               this
               design
               ,
               And
               I
               conceiv
               I
               have
               som
               reason
               to
               hope
               that
               it
               vvill
               bee
               so
               .
               For
               ,
               though
               I
               knovv
               fevv
               or
               none
               that
               are
               both
               able
               and
               vvilling
               to
               promote
               designs
               of
               this
               nature
               ,
               yet
               can
               I
               not
               therefore
               bee
               
               persvvaded
               that
               this
               Kingdom
               is
               so
               destitute
               of
               learned
               Nobilitie
               and
               Gentrie
               ,
               that
               there
               can
               bee
               found
               none
               to
               countenance
               and
               advance
               this
               part
               of
               Learning
               ,
               even
               in
               this
               vvaie
               ,
               if
               they
               could
               see
               it
               possible
               and
               likely
               to
               bee
               effected
               .
            
             
               As
               for
               the
               Librarie
               and
               Catalogue
               ,
               
               there
               can
               bee
               no
               doubt
               but
               they
               may
               easily
               bee
               had
               ,
               if
               Monie
               bee
               not
               vvanting
               .
               Nor
               is
               it
               unlikelie
               that
               divers
               of
               this
               Nation
               (
               if
               they
               be
               set
               apart
               for
               it
               )
               are
               able
               to
               compose
               the
               other
               3.
               
                 new
                 Treatises
              
               ;
               For
               though
               I
               knovv
               no
               such
               ,
               yet
               I
               persvvade
               my self
               there
               may
               bee
               found
               amongst
               us
               men
               able
               to
               encounter
               all
               the
               difficulties
               ,
               and
               to
               endure
               all
               the
               labor
               ,
               that
               they
               must
               needs
               meet
               vvith
               in
               the
               raising
               of
               so
               great
               a
               Fabrick
               .
               And
               I
               the
               rather
               believ
               that
               there
               are
               many
               such
               ,
               becaus
               for
               mine
               
                 own
                 part
              
               ,
               notvvithstanding
               the
               vvant
               of
               Counsel
               and
               helps
               in
               that
               studie
               ,
               and
               the
               innumerable
               diversions
               and
               distractions
               that
               I
               have
               had
               ,
               I
               am
               nevertheless
               com
               to
               such
               a
               confidence
               of
               my
               understanding
               the
               depth
               of
               that
               studie
               ,
               that
               ,
               vvere
               I
               to
               pen
               those
               Pandects
               ,
               
               I
               should
               laie
               heavier
               Lavvs
               
               upon
               my self
               ,
               than
               I
               have
               alreadie
               mentioned
               ;
               namely
               ,
               First
               to
               laie
               dovvn
               such
               an
               exact
               Method
               or
               description
               of
               the
               process
               of
               Man's
               reason
               in
               inventions
               ,
               that
               afterward
               it
               should
               bee
               imputed
               meerly
               to
               my
               negligence
               and
               disobedience
               to
               my
               ovvn
               Lavvs
               ,
               [
               and
               not
               to
               their
               insufficiencie
               ]
               if
               ,
               from
               my
               first
               grounds
               ,
               seeds
               ,
               or
               principles
               ,
               I
               did
               not
               ,
               in
               an
               orderlie
               vvaie
               ,
               according
               to
               that
               prescribed
               Method
               ,
               deduce
               ,
               not
               onely
               all
               that
               ever
               is
               to
               bee
               found
               in
               our
               Antecessor's
               vvritings
               ,
               and
               vvhatsoëver
               they
               may
               seem
               to
               have
               thought
               on
               ,
               but
               also
               all
               the
               Mathematical
               inventions
               ,
               Theoremes
               ,
               Problems
               and
               Precepts
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               possible
               for
               the
               vvorking
               vvits
               of
               our
               successors
               to
               light
               upon
               ,
               and
               that
               in
               one
               certain
               ,
               unchanged
               order
               ,
               from
               the
               first
               seeds
               of
               Mathematics
               ,
               to
               their
               highest
               and
               noblest
               applications
               ,
               as
               vvell
               as
               to
               the
               meanest
               and
               most
               ordinarie
               .
               Not
               setting
               them
               dovvn
               at
               random
               as
               they
               com
               in
               my
               head
               ,
               as
               those
               before
               us
               have
               don
               ,
               so
               that
               they
               seem
               to
               have
               light
               upon
               their
               Problems
               and
               the
               solutions
               of
               them
               by
               chance
               ,
               not
               to
               have
               found
               them
               by
               one
               perpetual
               ,
               
               constant
               ,
               invariable
               process
               of
               Art.
               Yet
               such
               an
               Art
               may
               men
               invent
               ,
               if
               they
               accustom
               themselvs
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               long
               don
               ,
               to
               consider
               ,
               not
               onely
               the
               usefulness
               of
               men's
               vvorks
               ,
               and
               the
               meaning
               and
               truth
               of
               their
               vvritings
               ,
               but
               also
               
                 how
                 it
                 came
                 to
                 pass
              
               that
               they
               fell
               upon
               such
               thoughts
               ,
               and
               that
               they
               proposed
               to
               themselvs
               such
               ends
               ,
               or
               found
               out
               such
               means
               for
               them
               .
            
             
               Were
               these
               Pandects
               thus
               made
               and
               finished
               ,
               I
               suppose
               it
               is
               manifest
               ,
               that
               by
               their
               orderlie
               ,
               rational
               and
               uniform
               compleatness
               ,
               above
               all
               that
               hath
               been
               hitherto
               vvritten
               ,
               they
               vvould
               spare
               after-students
               much
               
                 labor
                 and
                 time
              
               that
               is
               novv
               spent
               in
               seeking
               out
               of
               Books
               ,
               and
               
                 disorderlie
                 reading
              
               them
               ,
               and
               struggling
               vvith
               their
               cloudie
               expressions
               ,
               unapt
               representations
               ,
               different
               Methods
               ,
               confusions
               ,
               tautologies
               ,
               impertinencies
               ,
               falshoods
               by
               paralogisms
               and
               pseudographemes
               ,
               uncertainties
               becaus
               of
               insufficient
               demonstrations
               ,
               &c.
               besides
               much
               cost
               also
               ,
               novv
               throvvn
               avvaie
               upon
               the
               multitude
               of
               Books
               ,
               the
               greater
               part
               vvhereof
               they
               had
               perhaps
               been
               better
               never
               to
               have
               seen
               .
            
             
             
               And
               it
               may
               be
               som
               vvould
               like
               the
               Method
               of
               that
               vvork
               so
               vvell
               ,
               as
               to
               extend
               it
               farther
               ,
               and
               applie
               it
               to
               other
               studies
               ;
               
                 in
                 speculation
              
               imitating
               this
               my
               vvariness
               ,
               that
               
                 no
                 falshood
                 bee
                 admitted
                 ,
                 and
                 no
                 truth
                 omitted
              
               ;
               and
               
                 for
                 practice
              
               enuring
               themselvs
               ,
               
                 anie
                 subject
              
               beeing
               propounded
               ,
               to
               determine
               the
               number
               of
               all
               the
               Problemes
               that
               can
               bee
               conceived
               concerning
               it
               ,
               and
               
                 anie
                 Probleme
              
               beeing
               propounded
               ,
               demonstratively
               to
               shevv
               
                 either
                 all
                 the
                 means
              
               of
               it's
               solution
               ,
               
                 or
                 the
                 impossibilitie
              
               of
               it
               :
               and
               if
               so
               ,
               then
               vvhether
               it
               bee
               
                 not
                 yet
              
               ,
               or
               
                 not
                 at
                 all
              
               possible
               .
            
             
               Men
               vvould
               easilie
               see
               hovv
               to
               contract
               
                 these
                 Pandects
              
               into
               
                 a
                 pocket-Book
              
               for
               their
               ordinarie
               use
               .
               
               But
               so
               to
               laie
               them
               up
               in
               their
               heads
               ,
               
               as
               to
               need
               
                 no
                 Book
                 at
                 all
              
               [
               according
               to
               that
               desideratum
               of
               mine
               ,
               to
               have
               a
               Mathematicus
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ]
               vvill
               perhaps
               seem
               utterly
               impossible
               to
               most
               :
               No
               man
               ,
               that
               ever
               I
               heard
               of
               ,
               having
               proposed
               such
               a
               scope
               to
               himself
               before
               .
               But
               perhaps
               they
               vvill
               conceiv
               it
               more
               possible
               ,
               if
               it
               pleas
               them
               to
               suspend
               their
               judgments
               ,
               till
               they
               have
               considered
               
                 what
                 means
              
               may
               bee
               used
               
               to
               fortifie
               the
               imagination
               ,
               to
               prompt
               the
               memorie
               ,
               to
               regulate
               our
               reason
               ,
               and
               
                 what
                 effects
              
               may
               bee
               produced
               by
               the
               uniting
               of
               these
               means
               ,
               and
               the
               constant
               exercising
               of
               them
               .
            
             
               For
               mine
               ovvn
               part
               ,
               the
               consideration
               of
               the
               
                 incomparable
                 excellencie
                 ,
                 unstained
                 pleasure
                 ,
                 vnvaluable
                 profitableness
                 ,
                 and
                 undoubted
                 possibilitie
              
               of
               this
               vvhole
               design
               ,
               hath
               prevailed
               so
               far
               vvith
               mee
               ,
               that
               ,
               notvvithstanding
               all
               the
               discouragements
               that
               I
               have
               met
               vvithal
               ,
               I
               have
               don
               more
               tovvards
               it
               than
               bare
               Idéa
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               BIBLIOTHECA
               AUGUSTA
               ,
               
                 SERENISSIMI
                 ,
                 ILLUSTRISSIMI
                 PRINCIPIS
                 ,
                 ac
                 DOMINI
                 ,
              
               D.
               AUGUSTI
               ,
               Ducis
               Brunovicensis
               ,
               &
               Lunaeburgensis
               .
               Quae
               est
               WOLFERBYTI
               .
            
             
               
               
                 In
                 Bibliothecam
                 Augustam
                 .
              
               
                 VIderat
                 Augustam
                 Dea
                 Caesia
                 Bibliothecam
                 ,
              
               
                 Augusti
                 manibus
                 Guelphicâ
                 in
                 Vrbe
                 strui
                 :
              
               
                 Nunc
                 mihi
                 tur●igeras
                 quantumvìs
                 Ma●●spiter
                 arces
              
               
                 Objice
                 ,
                 quas
                 vehemens
                 Occaracingit
                 ,
                 ait
                 .
              
               
                 Grandia
                 si
                 Libris
                 praefers
                 tormenta
                 ,
                 memento
                 ▪
              
               
                 Illa
                 homines-miseros
                 ,
                 hanc
                 posuisse
                 Deum
                 .
              
               
                 
                   M.
                   Henricus
                   Julius
                   Scheurl
                   ,
                   Moralium
                   in
                   Acad.
                   Juliâ
                   Professor
                   publicus
                   .
                
              
            
             
             
               BIBLIOTHECA
               AUGUSTA
               ,
               quae
               hodie
               Guelpherbiri
               ,
               antiquissimâ
               Ducum
               Brunovicensium
               Sede
               visitur
               ,
               sive
               locum
               ,
               sive
               armaria
               ,
               sive
               ipsam
               denique
               molem
               ,
               &
               congeriem
               Librorum
               ,
               sub
               eo
               nomine
               intelligas
               ,
               primum
               ,
               &
               unicum
               ,
               Autorem
               habet
               ,
               Serenissimum
               Illustrissimum
               Principem
               ,
               ac
               Dominum
               ,
               Dominum
               AUGUSTUM
               ,
               Ducem
               Brunovicensem
               &
               Lunaeburgensem
               ,
               qui
               ,
               ut
               à
               primis
               adolescentiae
               annis
               ,
               artium
               cultor
               solertissimus
               ,
               &
               ingeniorum
               censor
               acutissimus
               ,
               ità
               etiam
               ,
               quod
               istis
               adhaeret
               ,
               praestantissimorum
               in
               omni
               eruditionis
               genere
               Librorum
               amantissimus
               .
            
             
               Exemplum
               quidem
               ,
               &
               ardorem
               ,
               Illustrissimus
               Princeps
               ad
               istos
               conatus
               ,
               à
               Regibus
               &
               Imperatoribus
               ,
               qui
               curam
               hanc
               verè
               Regiam
               sibi
               propriam
               esse
               voluerunt
               :
               Rem
               verò
               nullam
               ab
               aliis
               habuit
               .
               Obversabatur
               nempe
               animo
               Osimanduas
               Aegypti
               Rex
               ,
               qui
               ut
               est
               apud
               Diodorum
               Siculum
               ,
               lib.
               1.
               cap.
               49.
               sacrae
               Bibliothecae
               à
               se
               erectae
               ,
               titulum
               esse
               voluit
               :
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               MEDICATORIUM
               ANIMAE
               ,
               
                 ut
                 vertit
                 L.
                 Rhodomanus
              
               ,
               ejúsque
               ut
               in
               Regno
               ,
               itâ
               &
               in
               
               laudabili
               instituto
               post
               aliquot
               secula
               Successor
               Ptolomaeus
               Philadelphus
               ,
               cujus
               Bibliotheca
               ,
               exemplo
               ,
               imò
               &
               Libris
               summi
               Aristotelis
               instructa
               ,
               omnium
               Historicorum
               ore
               ,
               &
               laudibus
               celebris
               :
               Eumenes
               item
               ,
               seu
               Attalus
               ,
               (
               utrique
               enim
               ,
               huic
               patri
               ,
               illi
               filio
               laudem
               hanc
               Historia
               tribuit
               )
               Pergami
               Reges
               ,
               quorum
               tantum
               in
               hoc
               negotio
               studium
               ,
               ut
               cùm
               Ptolomaeus
               chartas
               seu
               papyrum
               ,
               quam
               sola
               Aegyptus
               suppeditaverat
               ,
               invidè
               supprimeret
               ,
               veritus
               ,
               nè
               Attalus
               veterem
               illam
               Aegypti
               Bibliothecam
               novâ
               suâ
               aequaret
               ;
               ille
               ferro
               ,
               quod
               dicitur
               ,
               viam
               sibi
               aperiendam
               ,
               novámque
               Librorum
               conficiendorum
               rationem
               inueniendam
               censeret
               ,
               optimo
               sanè
               successu
               :
               membranarum
               enim
               ex
               corio
               animalium
               confectarum
               usum
               ,
               
                 ut
                 Varro
                 autor
                 est
                 apud
                 Plinium
                 lib.
                 13.
                 cap.
              
               11.
               invenit
               ,
               cui
               omne
               quicquid
               ad
               Typographiae
               inventionem
               usque
               superat
               Librorum
               ,
               unicè
               debemus
               .
               Unde
               meritò
               factum
               est
               ,
               ut
               in
               aeviternam
               inventoris
               Pergami
               Regis
               memoriam
               ,
               hujusmodi
               membranae
               adhuc
               hodie
               Pergamenae
               dicantur
               .
            
             
               Nec
               defuit
               Principi
               domesticum
               Illustrissimorum
               Antecessorum
               lineae
               Principalis
               Guelphicae
               ,
               Arcis
               Guelpherbiti
               Possessorum
               ,
               exemplum
               ,
               qui
               &
               ipsi
               superiori
               seculo
               instructissimam
               Bibliothecam
               ,
               copiâ
               tamen
               Librorum
               huic
               Augustae
               non
               comparandam
               ,
               
               paraverant
               ,
               quam
               demum
               Anno
               aeràe
               Dionysianae
               1617.
               ultimus
               istius
               Lineae
               
                 FREDERICVS
                 VLRICVS
              
               Academiae
               Juliae
               ,
               quae
               est
               Helmaestadii
               ,
               possidendam
               ,
               &
               utendam
               liberaliter
               contulit
               .
               Res
               ,
               ut
               patet
               ,
               augurio
               ,
               &
               omine
               felicissimo
               non
               carens
               .
               Ut
               enim
               Principi
               AUGUSTO
               possessio
               ,
               &
               avita
               Sedes
               Ducatûs
               Guelphici
               ,
               satis
               dudum
               destinata
               demonstraretur
               ,
               idem
               Genius
               ,
               quem
               in
               postremis
               istius
               Ducatûs
               Possessoribus
               
                 HENRICO
                 Bellicoso
                 ,
                 seu
                 Juniore
                 ,
                 JVLIO
                 Pacifico
                 ,
                 HENRICO
                 JVLIO
                 sapientissimo
                 ,
                 &
                 FRIDERICO
                 VLDARICO
              
               mitissimo
               ,
               universus
               Orbis
               admirabatur
               ,
               in
               Principem
               
                 AVGVSTVM
                 eruditissimum
              
               ,
               transferendus
               erat
               ,
               atque
               ut
               illustrior
               esset
               ejus
               sama
               ,
               omne
               quicquid
               in
               re
               Librariâ
               Antecessorum
               diligentia
               praestiterat
               ,
               ad
               Academiam
               Juliam
               transire
               ,
               omnis
               verò
               lans
               erectae
               Bibliothecae
               Augustae
               ,
               soli
               &
               unico
               Principi
               AVGVSTO
               propria
               esse
               debebat
               .
            
             
               Superâsse
               autem
               non
               immeritò
               dicendus
               est
               AUGUSTUS
               in
               hoc
               studio
               ,
               &
               opere
               ,
               sive
               Ptolomaeos
               ,
               sive
               Attalos
               ,
               sive
               JVLIVM
               ,
               &
               AVGVSTVM
               ,
               primos
               Romanorum
               Imperatores
               ,
               (
               nec
               horum
               enim
               studium
               in
               negotio
               librario
               eruditis
               ignotum
               )
               quòd
               
                 Ptolomaeus
                 Philadelphus
              
               non
               proprio
               sive
               ingenio
               ,
               sive
               industriâ
               ,
               sed
               alienâ
               ,
               Demetrii
               nempe
               Phalerei
               viri
               Atheniensis
               ,
               scriptis
               ,
               &
               
               factis
               illustrissimi
               ,
               rem
               confecerit
               :
               Caesar
               verò
               curam
               hanc
               ,
               quam
               magno
               animo
               conceperat
               ,
               &
               nisi
               fata
               intercepissent
               ,
               absolvisset
               ,
               
                 Marco
                 Varroni
              
               ,
               Graecorum
               Latinorúmque
               doctissimo
               ,
               quo
               nullus
               eâ
               tempestate
               in
               orbe
               terrarum
               isti
               negotio
               aptior
               ,
               dederit
               .
               AVGVSTVS
               quoque
               Imperator
               ,
               nec
               ipse
               quidem
               ,
               sed
               per
               
                 Asinium
                 Pollionem
              
               (
               Oratorem
               ,
               &
               Senatorem
               Romanum
               nobilem
               )
               absolvit
               .
            
             
               Princeps
               verò
               AUGUSTUS
               ,
               &
               primus
               autor
               pulcerrimi
               sui
               Operis
               ,
               &
               sibimetipsi
               Demetrius
               ,
               Varro
               ,
               Pollio
               ,
               cujus
               solius
               vigiliis
               ,
               &
               curis
               nocturnis
               diurnisque
               Bibliotheca
               AUGUSTA
               acquisita
               ,
               &
               composita
               est
               .
               Exemplo
               Pisistrati
               ,
               Atheniensium
               ,
               ut
               tum
               vocabantur
               ,
               Tyranni
               ,
               qui
               Bibliothecam
               Atheniensem
               ad
               publicum
               usum
               ,
               non
               per
               alios
               ,
               sed
               ipse
               componebat
               ,
               cui
               &
               Homerum
               digestum
               ,
               correctúmque
               debemus
               :
               Magnus
               profectò
               vir
               ,
               modò
               cognomen
               illud
               odiosum
               tollas
               .
            
             
               Initium
               Bibliothecae
               Augustae
               colligendae
               factum
               est
               ,
               Anno
               aerae
               Dionysianae
               1604.
               ad
               confluentem
               Albis
               ,
               &
               Jetzae
               ,
               in
               Principis
               AUGUSTI
               Ducatu
               Lunaeburgico
               ,
               in
               Aulâ
               ,
               &
               adjuncto
               cognomini
               oppido
               Hitzackerâ
               ,
               loco
               quidem
               ante
               constitutam
               ibidem
               Principis
               Aulam
               ,
               satìs
               obscuro
               ,
               quem
               tamen
               non
               minùs
               atque
               olim
               Ulysses
               Ithacam
               
               suam
               satìs
               illustrem
               reddidit
               .
               In
               hoc
               recessu
               satìs
               amoeno
               ,
               inter
               alia
               Principis
               opera
               magnifica
               ,
               parvis
               primùm
               initiis
               crevit
               haec
               Bibliotheca
               ,
               in
               illam
               magnitudinem
               ,
               quae
               hodie
               non
               sine
               admiratione
               cernitur
               .
            
             
               Ex
               haereditate
               ullâ
               nihil
               erat
               ,
               quod
               in
               tantae
               molis
               auspicium
               ,
               aut
               fundamentum
               cederet
               ,
               immensis
               autem
               sumptibus
               conquirebatur
               ,
               quicquid
               optimae
               notae
               Librorum
               ,
               in
               quocunque
               genere
               eruditionis
               in
               Germaniâ
               ,
               Galliâ
               ,
               Hispaniâ
               ,
               Angliâ
               ,
               Belgio
               ,
               ipsâ
               denique
               Italiâ
               inveniri
               poterat
               .
            
             
               Quicquid
               erat
               doctorum
               virorum
               Romae
               ,
               Neapoli
               ,
               Venetiis
               ,
               Florentiae
               (
               quibus
               in
               locis
               Princeps
               AUGUSTUS
               per
               aliquod
               annos
               eruditissimorum
               virorum
               familiaritate
               usus
               erat
               )
               Lutetiae
               ,
               Londini
               ,
               Oxoniae
               ,
               ut
               de
               Germaniâ
               nihil
               addatur
               ,
               illorum
               operâ
               magnis
               sumptibus
               ad
               conquirendos
               optimae
               notae
               Libros
               conducebatur
               .
            
             
               Incrementum
               operi
               coepto
               haud
               contemnendum
               dedit
               Bibliotheca
               summi
               viri
               ,
               &
               de
               universâ
               Germaniâ
               optimè
               meriti
               
                 Marquardi
                 Freheri
                 ,
                 Caelii
              
               item
               Curionis
               ,
               ejusdémque
               filii
               
                 Coelii
                 Augustini
                 Curionis
              
               ,
               magno
               Reipubl
               .
               literariae
               damno
               ,
               in
               ipso
               aetatis
               flore
               ante
               parentem
               exstincti
               :
               Joachimi
               quoque
               Clutenii
               ,
               cujus
               variam
               eruditionem
               Sylloge
               ejus
               rerum
               quotidianarum
               satìs
               demonstrat
               .
            
             
             
               Crevit
               igitur
               in
               magnum
               ,
               &
               merito
               suo
               admirandum
               numerum
               ,
               non
               quorumvis
               ,
               sed
               optimorum
               ,
               &
               selectorum
               Librorum
               ,
               ut
               hodie
               ,
               (
               21.
               nempe
               Maii
               ,
               Anni
               1649.
               )
               numerentur
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               (
               ut
               vocat
               Plutarchus
               in
               M.
               Antonio
               )
               
                 singulares
                 Libri
              
               seu
               Volumina
               ,
               licèt
               in
               uno
               Volumine
               plures
               saepe
               Libri
               ,
               sive
               Tractatus
               ,
               inveniantur
               ,
               ferme
               viginti
               millia
               .
            
             
               
                 Voluminum
                 nempe
                 ,
              
               
                 Manuscriptorum
                 764
              
               
                 Theologicorum
                 7287
              
               
                 Juridicorum
                 2578
              
               
                 Physicorum
                 ,
                 &
                 quae
                 ad
                 primam
                 Philosophiam
                 pertinent
                 460
              
               
                 Medicorum
                 .
                 580
              
               
                 Mathematicorum
                 in
                 genere
                 ,
                 &
                 in
                 specie
                 Geometricorum
                 168
              
               
                 Geographicorum
                 86
              
               
                 Astronomicorum
                 197
              
               
                 Musicorum
                 54
              
               
                 Arithmeticorum
                 52
              
               
                 Ethicorum
                 778
              
               
                 Politicorum
                 682
              
               
                 Historicorum
                 2133
              
               
                 Ad
                 res
                 Bellicas
                 pertinentium
                 142
              
               
                 Oeconemicorum
                 41
              
               
                 Logicorum
                 65
              
               
                 Rhetoricorum
                 401
              
               
                 Grammaticorum
                 407
              
               
                 Poëticorum
                 746
              
               
                 Variorum
                 ,
                 seu
                 ut
                 vulgò
                 vocantur
                 Quodlibeticorum
                 ,
                 in
                 quibus
                 nempe
                 ,
                 vel-diversi
                 Tractatus
                 ,
                 ad
                 diversas
                 disciplinas
                 pertinentes
                 ,
                 conjuncti
                 visuntur
                 :
                 vel
                 tales
                 Tractatus
                 in
                 iis
                 deprehenduntur
                 ,
                 in
                 quibus
                 varia
                 ,
                 modò
                 ad
                 has
                 ,
                 modò
                 ad
                 alias
                 disciplinas
                 pertinentia
                 explicantur
                 .
                 2092
              
               
                 
                 Scriptores
                 verò
                 seu
                 Autores
                 ,
                 quorum
                 monumenta
                 in
                 praedictis
                 Voluminibus
                 exstant
                 ,
                 numerantur
                 37077
              
               
                 Tractatus
                 autem
                 ,
                 sive
                 diversorum
                 ,
                 sive
                 eorundem
                 Autorum
                 ,
                 supra
                 60000.
                 
              
            
             
               Et
               nè
               quis
               inmortalia
               ipsius
               Principis
               AUGUSTI
               monumenta
               hìc
               desideret
               ,
               visuntur
               non
               tantùm
               ibidem
               ea
               ,
               quae
               ab
               alienâ
               profecta
               industriâ
               ,
               vitam
               ipsi
               debent
               ,
               veluti
               ,
               (
               ut
               de
               multis
               pauci
               nominentur
               )
               
                 Antonii
                 Bonfin●i
                 symp●sion
                 trimetron
                 :
                 Bartholomaei
                 Fontii
                 Commentarius
                 in
                 Persium
                 ,
              
               verùm
               etiam
               praeclara
               ejusmetipsius
               Scripta
               ,
               eruditorum
               Orbi
               sub
               nomine
               GUSTAVI
               SELENI
               ,
               olim
               exhibita
               :
               CRYPTOGRAPHIA
               nempe
               ,
               quâ
               
                 (
                 teste
                 Clarissimo
                 Naudaeo
                 in
                 Bibliographiâ
                 Politicâ
                 )
              
               eruditissimi
               
                 Trithemii
                 Steganographia
              
               hactenus
               omnibus
               sermè
               eruditis
               ,
               ipsi
               etiam
               FRANCISCO
               JUNIO
               magica
               credita
               ,
               hujúsque
               judicio
               ,
               Vulcano
               consecrata
               ,
               ità
               illustrata
               est
               ,
               ut
               quicquid
               in
               Trithemio
               obscurum
               involutúmque
               tamdiu
               in
               summâ
               omnium
               veneratione
               ,
               &
               opinione
               delituerat
               ,
               omnium
               oculis
               patefactum
               ,
               atque
               retectum
               sit
               .
               Videatur
               eruditissimus
               
                 Gerhardus
                 Joh.
                 Vossius
              
               ,
               ipsius
               Clarissimi
               Francisci
               Junii
               gener
               ,
               
                 libro
                 de
                 arte
                 Grammaticâ
                 primo
                 ,
                 Cap.
              
               41.
               
               Praeter
               Trithemii
               Steganographica
               in
               Opere
               hoc
               Cryptographico
               omnia
               ea
               explicantur
               ,
               &
               clarissimae
               luci
               exponuntur
               ,
               quae
               ,
               in
               isto
               
               reconditae
               scientiae
               &
               profundae
               indaginis
               negotio
               ,
               humani
               ingenii
               vis
               excogitare
               potuit
               .
            
             
               LVSVS
               quoque
               SCHACHIAE
               unà
               cum
               RYTHMOMACHIA
               seriae
               &
               profundae
               eruditionis
               Opus
               .
               Prodiit
               uterque
               Liber
               ,
               iste
               quidem
               Lunaeburgi
               ,
               hic
               verò
               Lipsiae
               in
               formâ
               majori
               ,
               seu
               folio
               ,
               ut
               vocant
               ,
               elegantissimis
               typis
               excusus
               ,
               &
               imaginibus
               exornatus
               .
            
             
               HISTORIA
               item
               vitae
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               JESU
               CHRISTI
               ,
               ex
               quatuor
               ,
               ut
               vocantur
               ,
               Evangelistarum
               ,
               &
               reliquis
               novi
               Foederis
               libris
               ,
               sermone
               Principis
               patrio
               concinnata
               &
               accuratâ
               pensitatione
               ità
               elaborata
               ,
               ut
               quicquid
               hactenus
               difficultatum
               ,
               seu
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               omnium
               eruditorum
               ingenia
               mirificè
               exercuit
               ,
               id
               feliciter
               explicatum
               ,
               &
               sacrorum
               Scriptorum
               consensus
               ,
               
                 ut
                 Augustinus
                 loquitur
              
               ,
               clarissimè
               demonstratus
               sit
               .
            
             
               Manuscriptorum
               ,
               ut
               vocantur
               ,
               librorum
               haud
               contemnendus
               in
               hac
               Bibliothecâ
               est
               numerus
               ,
               &
               Thesaurus
               ,
               quorum
               nonnullos
               ipse
               Princeps
               in
               Ungariâ
               ,
               occasione
               itinerum
               ad
               D.
               D.
               Imperatores
               
                 RVDOLPHUM
                 II.
                 &
                 FERDINANDVM
                 II.
              
               in
               arduis
               negotiis
               susceptorum
               ,
               magno
               aere
               redemit
               ,
               in
               tenuissimâ
               magni
               pretii
               membranâ
               elegantissimis
               litteris
               scriptos
               ,
               laciniam
               illustrissimae
               Bbliothecae
               ,
               Budae
               ,
               Regni
               Ungariae
               Metropoli
               quondam
               ,
               à
               
                 Matthiâ
                 Hunniade
                 
                 Corvino
              
               ,
               circa
               An.
               Christi
               1485.
               erectae
               ,
               &
               Turcarum
               Tyranno
               Solimanno
               ,
               cum
               Anno
               aere
               Dionys
               .
               1541.
               fraude
               ,
               &
               vi
               Budam
               caperet
               ,
               viduámque
               Joannis
               Regis
               Hungariae
               Elisabetham
               ,
               quam
               cum
               Regno
               defendendam
               se
               venisse
               simulaverat
               ,
               cum
               filiolo
               infante
               ejiceret
               ,
               ereptae
               .
            
             
               
                 Bibliotheca
                 haec
                 Matthiae
                 Hunniadis
              
               (
               verba
               sunt
               Antonii
               Bonfinii
               ,
               rerum
               Ungaricarum
               decad
               .
               4.
               lib.
               7.
               
                 mirâ
                 utriusque
                 linguae
                 foecunditate
                 fuit
                 completa
                 ,
                 cultus
                 autem
                 Librorum
                 luxuriosissimus
                 :
              
               cujus
               prosterioris
               testes
               locupletissimi
               sunt
               hi
               Manuscripti
               ,
               quorum
               occasione
               haec
               adducta
               sunt
               .
            
             
               Nec
               desunt
               
                 Instrumenta
                 Mathematica
              
               exquisitissimè
               fabrefacta
               ,
               Sphaerae
               item
               &
               Globi
               ,
               quibus
               Sphaerae
               coelestis
               sidera
               &
               motus
               ,
               facies
               item
               Globi
               terrestris
               miro
               artificio
               accuratè
               representantur
               .
            
             
               Nequaquam
               verò
               numero
               isto
               ,
               quem
               suprà
               posuimus
               ,
               clauditur
               haec
               Bibliotheca
               ,
               cùm
               quotidie
               magnis
               sumptibus
               ,
               &
               indefesso
               studio
               accedat
               ,
               &
               conquiratur
               ,
               quicquid
               melioris
               notae
               Librorum
               sive
               noviter
               ,
               sive
               denuò
               editum
               prodit
               ,
               aut
               in
               omnibus
               orbis
               partibus
               investigari
               ,
               &
               redimi
               potest
               ,
               adeóque
               Bibliotheca
               haec
               AUGUSTA
               nè
               vanum
               sit
               nominis
               augurium
               ,
               singulis
               diebus
               augetur
               .
            
             
               Primordia
               ,
               ut
               suprà
               notatum
               ,
               in
               tranquillo
               Principis
               AUGUSTI
               Hitzakerianae
               
               ●thacae
               Regno
               ,
               satis
               quidem
               auspicatò
               sumsi●
               ,
               parùm
               tamen
               aberat
               ,
               quin
               Anno
               Christi
               1636.
               absente
               Principe
               ,
               &
               Aulam
               suam
               Brunsvicum
               ,
               Urbem
               suam
               haereditariam
               ,
               transferente
               ,
               rapaces
               manus
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               Bellonae
               Filii
               ,
               à
               Principe
               nunquam
               laesi
               ,
               experta
               fuisset
               :
               qui
               licèt
               spe
               &
               animo
               eam
               planè
               devoraverat
               ;
               vigili
               tamen
               Principis
               curâ
               &
               itinere
               properatissimo
               ,
               unguibus
               hujus
               Harpiyae
               intercipiebatur
               .
               Fatum
               istud
               olim
               experta
               erat
               illustris
               Atheniensium
               Bibliotheca
               ,
               cùm
               Xerxes
               Persarum
               Monarcha
               ,
               devictis
               Atheniensibus
               ,
               hostibus
               suis
               ,
               potissimam
               praedae
               partem
               eam
               faceret
               ,
               &
               transferret
               .
               Restituit
               tamen
               eandem
               trecentos
               triginta
               post
               Annos
               Seleucus
               Nicanor
               Syriae
               Rex
               ,
               qui
               eam
               insigniter
               auctam
               ,
               magnis
               item
               muneribus
               locupletatam
               ,
               Athenas
               remittendam
               curavit
               .
            
             
               Postquam
               igitur
               dominium
               &
               possessio
               Ducatûs
               Guelphici
               ,
               Principi
               AUGUSTO
               legitímè
               delata
               erat
               ,
               Arx
               verò
               Guelpherbytana
               ,
               avita
               &
               vera
               Ducum
               Brunsvicensium
               Sedes
               ,
               quae
               Seculi
               hujus
               est
               iniuria
               ,
               legitimum
               suum
               dominum
               nondum
               admitteret
               ,
               transtulit
               Bibliothecam
               Princeps
               Brunsvicum
               ,
               Ducatûs
               Guelphici
               Metropolin
               ,
               &
               avitum
               Ducum
               Brunsvicensium
               dominium
               ,
               unà
               cum
               Ducatu
               ,
               jure
               haereditario
               sibi
               delatum
               ,
               eíque
               locum
               concessit
               fatìs
               magnificum
               ,
               in
               
               antiquissimâ
               Majorum
               suorum
               
                 TANQVARDI
                 &
                 BRVNONIS
              
               ,
               fratrum
               ,
               Ducum
               Saxoniae
               (
               cui
               posteriori
               ,
               &
               ortum
               ,
               &
               nomen
               Brunsvicum
               debet
               )
               Sede
               ,
               contiguâ
               Augustissimo
               St.
               Blasii
               Templo
               ,
               condito
               olim
               ab
               
                 HENRICO
                 LEONE
              
               nemini
               Historicorum
               non
               celebrato
               ,
               à
               quo
               Princeps
               AUGUSTUS
               rectâ
               ,
               quod
               dicitur
               ,
               lineâ
               ,
               ortum
               ducit
               .
            
             
               Optimo
               sanê
               consilio
               ,
               quod
               &
               olim
               veteres
               Aegypti
               Reges
               Bibliothecas
               suas
               Memphi
               ,
               celeberrimae
               Aegypti
               Metropoli
               ,
               in
               Templo
               Vulcani
               (
               cujus
               magnificentiam
               apud
               Herodotum
               videre
               licet
               )
               habitare
               voluerint
               :
               Ptolomaei
               item
               tam
               prior
               ,
               quàm
               posterior
               ,
               à
               Cleopatrâ
               ,
               Antonii
               Triumviri
               amoribus
               famosa
               ,
               è
               ruderibus
               excitata
               Bibliotheca
               ,
               Alexandriae
               apud
               Serapidis
               ,
               immensae
               molis
               &
               stupendi
               artificii
               Templum
               ,
               totius
               Aegyptiacae
               superstitionis
               arcem
               ,
               collocata
               fuerit
               ,
               
                 teste
                 Tertulliano
              
               ,
               qui
               gentiles
               ,
               ad
               inspiciendum
               textum
               Hebraeum
               S.
               Scripturae
               ,
               eò
               advocat
               &
               amandat
               .
            
             
               Acceptâ
               tandem
               XIV
               .
               Septembris
               ,
               Anno
               1643.
               
               Arce
               &
               Urbe
               Wolferbyte
               ,
               transiit
               eodem
               unà
               cum
               Principe
               ,
               Bibliotheca
               haec
               Augusta
               ,
               sedémque
               sortita
               est
               è
               regione
               Aulae
               illustrissima
               adeóque
               reddita
               ést
               pars
               Regiae
               ,
               ut
               Principi
               semper
               in
               propinquo
               &
               promptu
               sint
               ,
               
                 immortales
                 illae
                 ,
                 eaedémque
                 sanctissimae
                 nunquam
                 non
                 loquentes
                 Animae
                 ,
              
               ut
               Plinius
               
               hujusmodi
               eruditorum
               monumenta
               scitè
               vocat
               lib.
               35.
               
               Cap.
               2.
               
               Locus
               ,
               seu
               aedificium
               ubi
               reposita
               est
               ;
               olim
               loricis
               ,
               scutis
               ,
               hastis
               ,
               aliísque
               Bellonae
               ornamentis
               &
               instrumentis
               asservandis
               destinatus
               fuerat
               ,
               dignus
               omninò
               cui
               hodie
               aureis
               literis
               titulus
               fiat
               :
               
                 
                   —
                   Armamentaria
                   sacrae
                
                 
                   Pallados
                   ,
                   &
                   doctis
                   habitata
                   Palatia
                   Musis
                   .
                
              
               Aditus
               ejus
               Augustissimus
               ,
               solitam
               Principis
               Magnificentiam
               spirans
               ,
               ipsum
               tamen
               sacrarium
               modicè
               ornatum
               ,
               quin
               potiùs
               ad
               exemplum
               peritorum
               Architectorum
               ,
               neque
               aureo
               lacunari
               comptum
               ,
               neque
               pavimentum
               ,
               neque
               armaria
               ,
               seu
               pegmata
               ,
               ut
               Cicero
               vocat
               ,
               neque
               cunei
               ,
               loculi
               aut
               plutei
               aliuni
               quàm
               viridem
               colorem
               referunt
               ▪
               Fulgorem
               enim
               ,
               sive
               aureum
               ,
               sive
               quemvis
               alium
               oculis
               officere
               viridem
               è
               contra
               colorem
               reficiendis
               ,
               &
               recreandis
               esse
               oculis
               ,
               scriptioni
               ,
               &
               lectioni
               ,
               dudum
               notatum
               est
               naturae
               Mystis
               .
            
             
               Usum
               hujus
               Bibliothecae
               quod
               attinet
               ,
               non
               in
               spectaculum
               ,
               aut
               ornamentum
               studiosâ
               quadam
               luxuriâ
               ,
               ut
               olim
               querebatur
               Seneca
               ,
               conquisitus
               est
               hic
               Thesaurus
               ,
               nec
               ut
               cum
               blattis
               ,
               tineis
               ,
               situ
               ,
               &
               squalore
               bellum
               gerat
               :
               Sed
               ideo
               pars
               Regiae
               facta
               est
               ,
               ut
               ipsi
               Principi
               in
               propinquo
               ,
               &
               promptu
               sit
               sanctissimarum
               &
               sapientissimarum
               Animarum
               Senatus
               frequentissimus
               ,
               cum
               quo
               disserat
               ,
               
               animum
               instruat
               ,
               paret
               ,
               &
               ad
               quaicunque
               Regii
               officii
               partes
               componat
               .
               Id
               enim
               exprimit
               ea
               ,
               quam
               aureis
               Literis
               in
               vestibulo
               Bibliothecae
               legi
               voluit
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               pulcerrima
               sanè
               ,
               gemmis
               omnibus
               &
               auro
               contrà
               carior
               :
               
                 QUANDO
                 OMNES
                 PASSIM
                 LOQUUNTUR
                 ,
                 ET
                 DELIBERANT
                 ,
                 OPTIMUM
                 A
                 MUTIS
                 ET
                 MORTUIS
                 CONSILIUM
                 EST
                 ;
                 HOMINES
                 QUOQUE
                 SI
                 TACEANT
                 ,
                 VOCEM
                 INVENIENT
                 LIBRI
                 ,
                 ET
                 QUAE
                 .
                 NEMO
                 DICIT
                 ,
                 PRUDENS
                 ANTIQUITAS
                 SUGGERIT
                 .
              
            
             
               Eadem
               olim
               mens
               
                 Alphonso
                 Arragoniae
                 Regi
              
               ,
               cui
               quotidie
               in
               ore
               ,
               
                 Mortuos
                 esse
                 optimos
                 Consiliarios
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Nec
                 aliud
                 responsum
                 tulit
              
               Zeno
               Citticus
               
                 Philosophus
                 ,
                 oraculum
                 sciscitans
              
               ,
               (
               verba
               sunt
               Diogen
               .
               Laertii
               ,
               lib.
               8.
               de
               Vitis
               Philosophorum
               ,
               in
               princ
               .
               )
               
                 quo
                 pacto
                 optimè
                 vivere
                 posset
                 ?
                 nempe
                 :
              
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               
                 hoc
                 est
              
               ,
               Si
               mortuis
               colore
               concors
               fieret
               ,
               
                 sive
                 ,
                 ut
              
               Zeno
               
                 verè
                 interpretabatur
              
               ,
               Si
               antiquorum
               mortuorum
               familiaritate
               uteretur
               ,
               eorúmque
               Libros
               magnâ
               attentione
               &
               studio
               ,
               ad
               pallorem
               usque
               legeret
               .
               
                 In
                 Bibliothecis
                 enim
                 ,
                 ut
                 de
                 Juliâ
                 quondam
                 cecinit
                 Magnus
                 Calixtus
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   —
                   vitam
                   vivunt
                   ,
                   &
                   post
                   sua
                   fata
                   loquuntur
                
                 
                   Sêclorumque
                   minas
                   superant
                   ,
                   &
                   edacia
                   rerum
                
                 
                   Tempora
                   ,
                   qui
                   terris
                   caput
                   altiùs
                   exeruerunt
                   ,
                
                 
                 
                   Naturaeque
                   super
                   fines
                   ,
                   super
                   aethera
                   celsum
                
                 
                   Evexêre
                   animum
                   .
                   S●la
                   haec
                   monumenta
                   super
                   sunt
                   ,
                
                 
                   Per
                   quae
                   pugnat
                   adhuc
                   ,
                   vincit
                   gentesque
                   ,
                   triumphat
                
                 
                   Magnus
                   Alexander
                   ,
                   quin
                   unquam
                   magnanimorum
                
                 
                   Quicquid
                   in
                   orbe
                   Ducum
                   fuit
                   ,
                   ex
                   quo
                   blanda
                   Cupido
                
                 
                   Laudis
                   ,
                   &
                   humanas
                   tentavit
                   gloria
                   mentes
                   .
                
                 
                   Nil
                   vivit
                   vivétque
                   ,
                   nisi
                   hīc
                   quod
                   creditur
                   :
                   omne
                
                 
                   Quod
                   reliquum
                   est
                   ,
                   nox
                   alta
                   &
                   longa
                   oblivio
                   opacant
                   .
                
                 
                   Hìc
                   etiamnum
                   Melpomene
                   subnixa
                   Cothurno
                   ,
                
                 
                   Lata
                   Sophocleis
                   diducit
                   hiatibus
                   ora
                   ,
                
                 
                   Confusósque
                   lares
                   &
                   tristia
                   funera
                   Regum
                   ,
                
                 
                   Oedipodae
                   Thalamos
                   ,
                   &
                   saevum
                   plangit
                   Oresten
                   ,
                
                 
                   Hîc
                   legere
                   est
                   ,
                   queis
                   firmetur
                   Respublica
                   fulcris
                   ,
                
                 
                   Et
                   quid
                   Erechthaeas
                   olim
                   servârit
                   Athenas
                   ,
                
                 
                   Quid
                   pessum
                   dederit
                   :
                   quibus
                   artibus
                   inclyta
                   Roma
                
                 
                   Creverit
                   ,
                   &
                   populos
                   ,
                   magnásque
                   subegerit
                   urbes
                   :
                
                 
                   Queis
                   etiam
                   vitiis
                   sensim
                   labefacta
                   ,
                   ruinam
                
                 
                   Traxerii
                   ,
                   &
                   lapsu
                   totum
                   tremefecerit
                   Orbem
                   :
                
                 
                   Hîc
                   recluduntur
                   naturae
                   arcana
                   ,
                   sinusque
                
                 
                   Daedalei
                   ,
                   &
                   quicquid
                   gremio
                   complectitur
                   ,
                   arctis
                
                 
                   Inclusum
                   fo
                   iis
                   ,
                   vigili
                   cognoscere
                   mente
                
                 
                   In
                   promptu
                   est
                   :
                   hìc
                   descriptam
                   pictámve
                   tueri
                
                 
                   Terrarum
                   faciem
                   &
                   vastae
                   datur
                   Amphitrites
                   ,
                
                 
                   Tiranìsque
                   Globum
                   ,
                   Lunae
                   errorésque
                   ,
                   laborésque
                
                 
                   Et
                   picturati
                   fulgentia
                   sidera
                   coeli
                   .
                
                 
                   Quin
                   ipsum
                   ad
                   coelos
                   &
                   splendida
                   panditur
                   astra
                
                 
                   Hìc
                   iter
                   ,
                   à
                   patribus
                   qu●ndam
                   per
                   saxa
                   ,
                   per
                   ignes
                
                 
                 
                   Calcatum
                   ,
                   &
                   largo
                   respersum
                   sanguinis
                   imbre
                   .
                
              
            
             
               Et
               cùm
               ipse
               Princeps
               nullum
               diem
               praetermittat
               ,
               per
               quem
               cum
               mutis
               illis
               Doctoribus
               ,
               de
               difficillimis
               negotiis
               ,
               sive
               sacris
               ,
               sive
               civilibus
               ,
               sive
               militaribus
               ,
               non
               colloquatur
               ,
               fit
               ,
               ut
               ipse
               sub
               clavibus
               quidem
               suis
               habeat
               Bibliothecam
               ,
               ejusdémque
               jus
               &
               mancipium
               sibi
               retineat
               ,
               usum
               verò
               eruditis
               omnibus
               ,
               &
               praesertim
               ministris
               suis
               ,
               quorum
               ope
               ,
               seu
               sacra
               ,
               seu
               civilia
               tractat
               ,
               secum
               communem
               concedat
               ,
               nec
               cuiquam
               alii
               ,
               nisi
               qui
               nummo
               forsan
               harpacico
               hìc
               aliquid
               emtum
               veniat
               ,
               deneget
               .
            
             
               Silentio
               autem
               nequaquam
               praetereundum
               est
               ,
               immensam
               istam
               Librorum
               ,
               Autorum
               &
               Tractatuum
               molem
               ,
               ipsum
               Principem
               aliquot
               amplissimis
               Indicibus
               in
               eum
               ordinem
               ,
               classes
               &
               numeros
               ,
               suimet
               indusiriâ
               &
               manu
               redegisse
               ,
               ut
               ad
               primam
               cujus●ibet
               ,
               sive
               Autoris
               ,
               sive
               Materiae
               requisitionem
               ,
               quocunque
               in
               genere
               disciplinarum
               ,
               praestò
               sit
               ,
               primóque
               statim
               momento
               se
               tibi
               sistat
               &
               respondeat
               ,
               quem
               volueris
               ,
               aut
               vocaveris
               .
            
             
               Nec
               ullus
               est
               in
               tanto
               hec
               Autorum
               ,
               &
               Librorum
               agmine
               ,
               quem
               non
               noverit
               ipse
               Princeps
               AUGUSTUS
               ,
               eâ
               in
               re
               non
               inferior
               CYRO
               ,
               Persarum
               Monarchae
               ,
               qui
               unumquemque
               militum
               in
               numerosissimo
               suo
               exercitu
               ,
               proprio
               nomine
               ad
               se
               vocare
               poterat
               .
            
             
             
               Sufficiant
               paucissima
               haec
               ,
               de
               multis
               dicta
               ,
               ceu
               stillicidium
               ,
               ut
               vetus
               habet
               verbum
               ,
               de
               situlâ
               .
            
             
               Experiatur
               qui
               volet
               ,
               inspiciendi
               ,
               &
               penitiùs
               perserutandi
               copiam
               nactus
               ,
               de
               pretiosissimo
               hoc
               divinae
               &
               humanae
               sapientiae
               Thesauro
               ,
               idem
               ,
               quod
               olim
               Regina
               Sabaea
               de
               Sapientiâ
               Solomonis
               profitebatur
               ,
               paucissimis
               tantùm
               immutatis
               ,
               proferet
               .
               3.
               
               Reg.
               10.
               
               
                 Non
                 credidi
                 verbis
                 narrantium
                 mihi
                 de
                 rebus
                 &
                 sapientiâ
                 tuâ
                 ,
                 usque
                 dum
                 venerim
                 ,
                 &
                 viderint
                 oculi
                 mei
                 :
                 Sed
                 ecce
                 non
                 indicatum
                 mihi
                 fuerat
                 ejus
                 dimidium
                 ,
                 superas
                 sapientiâ
                 &
                 bonitate
                 famam
                 ,
                 quam
                 audiveram
                 .
              
            
             
               Si
               igitur
               ,
               teste
               Julio
               Capitolino
               ,
               
                 Gordianum
                 Imperatorem
                 ad
                 coelum
                 tulit
                 ,
                 Sammonici
                 Sereni
                 morientis
                 sexaginta
                 duorum
                 millium
                 Librorum
                 relicta
                 Bibliotheca
                 ,
                 siquidem
              
               (
               verba
               sunt
               Capitolini
               )
               
                 tantae
                 Bibliothecae
                 copiâ
                 &
                 splendore
                 donatus
                 ,
                 in
                 famam
                 hominum
                 literatorum
                 ore
                 pervenit
                 ,
              
               adeóquē
               alienis
               planè
               sumptibus
               ,
               &
               diligentiâ
               clarus
               evasit
               :
               Si
               
                 Ptolomaei
                 ,
                 Attalus
                 ,
                 Caesar
                 ,
                 Augustus
              
               sumtibus
               quidem
               suis
               ,
               aut
               certè
               manubiis
               ,
               alienâ
               tamen
               diligentiâ
               ,
               clarissimi
               extiterunt
               :
               Quid
               de
               Principe
               AuGUSTO
               fiet
               ,
               cujus
               hunc
               tantum
               Thesaurum
               ,
               non
               alienis
               sumtibus
               ,
               non
               manubiis
               ,
               non
               alienae
               diligentiae
               ,
               sed
               propriae
               curae
               &
               sollicitudini
               ,
               in
               cujus
               partem
               neminem
               hactenus
               vocavit
               ,
               propriis
               item
               ,
               iisdémque
               verè
               
               Regiis
               impensis
               ,
               (
               quibus
               alii
               ,
               sive
               Baccho
               ,
               sive
               Dianae
               ,
               sive
               Mercurio
               ,
               sive
               aliis
               voluptatum
               illecebris
               litant
               )
               debemus
               ?
               Ubi
               verò
               estis
               Principes
               ,
               ut
               vos
               urat
               ac
               excitet
               honestus
               aemulandi
               ignis
               ?
            
             
               Faxit
               DEUS
               ,
               ut
               Thesaurus
               hic
               rerum
               divinarum
               ,
               aeternarum
               ,
               sit
               &
               ipse
               aeternus
               ,
               neque
               priùs
               ,
               quàm
               Mundi
               universa
               machina
               ,
               laboret
               ,
               aut
               intercidat
               .
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
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