A proposition for the advancement of experimental philosophy. By A. Cowley.
         Proposition for the advancement of learning
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             A proposition for the advancement of experimental philosophy. By A. Cowley.
             Proposition for the advancement of learning
             Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667.
             P. P.
          
           [2], 53, [11] p.
           
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           A
           PROPOSITION
           For
           the
           ADVANCEMENT
           Of
           EXPERIMENTAL
           Philosophy
           .
        
         
           By
           A.
           COWLEY
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             J.
             M.
          
           for
           
             Henry
             Herringman
          
           ;
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           his
           Shop
           at
           the
           Sign
           of
           the
           Blew-Anchor
           in
           the
           Lower-Walk
           of
           the
           New-Exchange
           ,
           1661.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Honourable
           Society
           for
           the
           Advancement
           of
           Experimental
           Philosophy
           .
        
         
           THe
           Author
           of
           the
           following
           discourse
           ,
           having
           since
           his
           going
           into
           France
           allowed
           me
           to
           make
           it
           publick
           ,
           I
           thought
           I
           should
           do
           it
           most
           right
           by
           presenting
           it
           to
           Your
           Considerations
           ;
           to
           the
           
           end
           that
           when
           it
           hath
           been
           fully
           examin'd
           by
           You
           ,
           and
           receiv'd
           such
           Additions
           or
           Alterations
           as
           You
           shall
           think
           fit
           ,
           the
           Design
           thereof
           may
           be
           promoted
           by
           Your
           recommending
           the
           Practice
           of
           it
           to
           the
           Nation
           .
           I
           am
           ,
        
         
           
             Your
             most
             humble
             Servant
             ,
             P.
             P.
             
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           PROPOSITION
           For
           the
           ADVANCEMENT
           Of
           LEARNING
           .
        
         
           By
           A.
           COWLEY
           .
        
         
           VIRG.
           
        
         
           O
           Fortunati
           quorum
           jam
           Maenia
           surgunt
           !
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             J.
             M.
          
           for
           
             Henry
             Herringman
          
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           his
           Shop
           at
           the
           Blew
           Anchor
           in
           the
           Lower-Walk
           of
           the
           New-Exchange
           ,
           1661.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           The
           Preface
           .
        
         
           ALL
           Knowledge
           must
           either
           be
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           of
           his
           Creatures
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           of
           Nature
           ;
           the
           first
           is
           called
           from
           the
           Object
           ,
           Divinity
           ;
           the
           latter
           ,
           
             Natural
             Philosophy
          
           ,
           and
           is
           divided
           into
           the
           Contemplation
           of
           the
           Immediate
           or
           Mediate
           Creatures
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           Creatures
           of
           his
           Creature
           Man.
           Of
           this
           latter
           kind
           are
           all
           Arts
           for
           the
           use
           of
           Humane
           Life
           ,
           which
           are
           thus
           again
           divided
           :
           Some
           are
           purely
           Humane
           ,
           or
           made
           by
           Man
           alone
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           intirely
           spun
           out
           of
           himself
           ,
           without
           
           relation
           to
           other
           Creatures
           ,
           such
           are
           Grammar
           and
           Logick
           ,
           to
           improve
           his
           Natural
           Qualities
           of
           Internal
           and
           External
           speech
           ;
           as
           likewise
           Rhetorick
           and
           Politicks
           (
           or
           Law
           )
           to
           fulfill
           and
           exalt
           his
           Natural
           Inclination
           to
           Society
           .
           Other
           are
           mixt
           ,
           and
           are
           Mans
           Creatures
           no
           otherwise
           then
           by
           the
           Result
           which
           he
           effects
           by
           Conjunction
           and
           Application
           of
           the
           Creatures
           of
           God.
           Of
           these
           parts
           of
           Philosophy
           that
           which
           treats
           of
           God
           Almighty
           (
           properly
           called
           Divinity
           )
           which
           is
           almost
           only
           to
           be
           sought
           out
           of
           his
           revealed
           will
           ,
           and
           therefore
           requires
           only
           the
           diligent
           and
           pious
           study
           of
           that
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           best
           Interpreters
           upon
           
           it
           ;
           and
           that
           part
           which
           I
           call
           purely
           Humane
           ,
           depending
           solely
           upon
           Memory
           and
           Wit
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           Reading
           and
           Invention
           ,
           are
           both
           excellently
           well
           provided
           for
           by
           the
           Constitution
           of
           our
           Vniversities
           .
           But
           the
           other
           two
           Parts
           ,
           the
           Inquisition
           into
           the
           Nature
           of
           Gods
           Creatures
           ,
           and
           the
           Application
           of
           them
           to
           Humane
           Vses
           (
           especially
           the
           latter
           )
           seem
           to
           be
           very
           slenderly
           provided
           for
           ,
           or
           rather
           almost
           totally
           neglected
           ,
           except
           onely
           some
           small
           assistances
           to
           Physick
           ,
           and
           the
           Mathematicks
           .
           And
           therefore
           the
           Founders
           of
           our
           Colledges
           have
           taken
           ample
           care
           to
           supply
           the
           Students
           with
           multitude
           of
           Books
           ,
           and
           to
           appoint
           Tutors
           
           and
           frequent
           Exercises
           ,
           the
           one
           to
           interpret
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           to
           confirm
           their
           Reading
           ,
           as
           also
           to
           afford
           them
           sufficient
           plenty
           and
           leisure
           for
           the
           opportunities
           of
           their
           private
           study
           ,
           that
           the
           Beams
           which
           they
           receive
           by
           Lecture
           may
           be
           doubled
           by
           Reflections
           of
           their
           own
           Wit
           :
           But
           towards
           the
           Observation
           and
           Application
           ,
           as
           I
           said
           ,
           of
           the
           Creatures
           themselves
           ,
           they
           have
           allowed
           no
           Instruments
           ,
           Materials
           ,
           or
           Conveniences
           .
           Partly
           ,
           because
           the
           necessary
           expence
           thereof
           is
           much
           greater
           ,
           then
           of
           the
           other
           ;
           and
           partly
           from
           that
           idle
           and
           pernicious
           opinion
           which
           had
           long
           possest
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           all
           things
           to
           be
           searcht
           in
           
           Nature
           ,
           had
           been
           already
           found
           and
           discovered
           by
           the
           Ancients
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           were
           a
           folly
           to
           travel
           about
           for
           that
           which
           others
           had
           before
           brought
           home
           to
           us
           .
           And
           the
           great
           Importer
           of
           all
           Truths
           they
           took
           to
           be
           Aristotle
           ,
           as
           if
           (
           as
           Macrobius
           speaks
           foolishly
           of
           Hippocrates
           )
           he
           could
           neither
           deceive
           nor
           be
           deceived
           ,
           or
           as
           if
           there
           had
           been
           not
           only
           no
           Lies
           in
           him
           ,
           but
           all
           Verities
           .
           O
           true
           Philosophers
           in
           one
           sence
           !
           and
           contented
           with
           a
           very
           Little
           !
           Not
           that
           I
           would
           disparage
           the
           admirable
           Wit
           ,
           and
           worthy
           labours
           of
           many
           of
           the
           Ancients
           ,
           much
           less
           of
           Aristotle
           ,
           the
           most
           eminent
           among
           them
           ;
           but
           it
           were
           madness
           to
           imagine
           that
           the
           Cisterns
           
           of
           men
           should
           afford
           us
           as
           much
           ,
           and
           as
           wholesome
           Waters
           ,
           as
           the
           Fountains
           of
           Nature
           .
           As
           we
           understand
           the
           manners
           of
           men
           by
           conversation
           among
           them
           ,
           and
           not
           by
           reading
           Romances
           ,
           the
           same
           is
           our
           case
           in
           the
           true
           Apprehension
           &
           Judgement
           of
           Things
           .
           And
           no
           man
           can
           hope
           to
           make
           himself
           as
           rich
           by
           stealing
           out
           of
           others
           Truncks
           ,
           as
           he
           might
           by
           opening
           and
           digging
           of
           new
           Mines
           .
           If
           he
           conceive
           that
           all
           are
           already
           exhausted
           ,
           let
           him
           consider
           that
           many
           lazily
           thought
           so
           hundred
           years
           ago
           ,
           and
           yet
           nevertheless
           since
           that
           time
           whole
           Regions
           of
           Art
           have
           been
           discovered
           ,
           which
           the
           Ancients
           as
           little
           dreamt
           of
           as
           
           they
           did
           of
           America
           .
           There
           is
           yet
           many
           a
           
             Terra
             Incognita
          
           behind
           to
           exercise
           our
           diligence
           ,
           and
           let
           us
           exercise
           it
           never
           so
           much
           ,
           we
           shall
           leave
           work
           enough
           too
           for
           our
           Posterity
           .
        
         
           This
           therefore
           being
           laid
           down
           as
           a
           certain
           Foundation
           ,
           that
           we
           must
           not
           content
           our selves
           with
           that
           Inheritance
           of
           Knowledge
           which
           is
           left
           us
           by
           the
           labour
           and
           bounty
           of
           our
           Ancestors
           ,
           but
           seek
           to
           improve
           those
           very
           grounds
           ,
           and
           adde
           to
           them
           new
           and
           greater
           Purchases
           ;
           it
           remains
           to
           be
           considered
           by
           what
           means
           we
           are
           most
           likely
           to
           attain
           the
           ends
           of
           this
           vertuous
           Covetousness
           .
        
         
           And
           certainly
           the
           solitary
           and
           
           unactive
           Contemplation
           of
           Nature
           ,
           by
           the
           most
           ingenious
           Persons
           living
           ,
           in
           their
           own
           private
           Studies
           ,
           can
           never
           effect
           it
           .
           Our
           Reasoning
           Faculty
           as
           well
           as
           Fancy
           ,
           does
           but
           Dream
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           not
           guided
           by
           sensible
           Objects
           .
           We
           shall
           compound
           where
           Nature
           has
           divided
           ,
           and
           divide
           where
           Nature
           has
           compounded
           ,
           and
           create
           nothing
           but
           either
           Deformed
           Monsters
           ,
           or
           at
           best
           pretty
           but
           impossible
           Mermaids
           .
           'T
           is
           like
           Painting
           by
           Memory
           and
           Imagination
           which
           can
           never
           produce
           a
           Picture
           to
           the
           Life
           .
           Many
           Persons
           of
           admirable
           abilities
           (
           if
           they
           had
           been
           wisely
           managed
           and
           profitably
           employed
           )
           have
           spent
           their
           
           whole
           time
           and
           diligence
           in
           commentating
           upon
           Aristotles
           Philosophy
           ,
           who
           could
           never
           go
           beyond
           him
           ,
           because
           their
           design
           was
           only
           to
           follow
           ,
           not
           grasp
           ,
           or
           lay
           hold
           on
           ,
           or
           so
           much
           as
           touch
           Nature
           ,
           because
           they
           catcht
           only
           at
           the
           shadow
           of
           her
           in
           their
           own
           Brains
           .
           And
           therefore
           we
           see
           that
           for
           above
           a
           thousand
           years
           together
           nothing
           almost
           of
           Ornament
           or
           Advantage
           was
           added
           to
           the
           Vses
           of
           Humane
           Society
           ,
           except
           only
           Guns
           and
           Printing
           ,
           whereas
           since
           the
           Industry
           of
           Men
           has
           ventured
           to
           go
           abroad
           ,
           out
           of
           Books
           and
           out
           of
           Themselves
           ,
           and
           to
           work
           among
           Gods
           Creatures
           ,
           instead
           of
           Playing
           among
           their
           Own
           ,
           every
           
           age
           has
           abounded
           with
           excellent
           Inventions
           ,
           and
           every
           year
           perhaps
           might
           do
           so
           ,
           if
           a
           considerable
           number
           of
           select
           Persons
           were
           set
           apart
           ,
           and
           well
           directed
           ,
           and
           plentifully
           provided
           for
           the
           search
           of
           them
           .
           But
           our
           Vniversities
           having
           been
           founded
           in
           those
           former
           times
           that
           I
           complain
           of
           ,
           it
           is
           no
           wonder
           if
           they
           be
           defective
           in
           their
           Constitution
           as
           to
           this
           way
           of
           Learning
           ,
           which
           was
           not
           then
           thought
           on
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           supplying
           of
           which
           Defect
           ,
           it
           is
           humbly
           proposed
           to
           his
           Sacred
           Majesty
           ,
           his
           most
           Honourable
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           Privy
           Council
           ,
           and
           to
           all
           such
           of
           his
           Subjects
           as
           are
           willing
           and
           able
           
           to
           contribute
           any
           thing
           towards
           the
           advancement
           of
           real
           and
           useful
           Learning
           ,
           that
           by
           their
           Authority
           ,
           Encouragement
           ,
           Patronage
           ,
           and
           Bounty
           ,
           a
           
             Philosophical
             Colledge
          
           may
           be
           erected
           ,
           after
           this
           ensuing
           ,
           or
           some
           such
           like
           Model
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           The
           Colledge
           .
        
         
           THat
           the
           Philosophical
           Colledge
           be
           scituated
           within
           one
           ,
           two
           ,
           or
           (
           at
           farthest
           )
           three
           miles
           of
           Londòn
           ,
           and
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           possible
           to
           find
           that
           convenience
           ,
           upon
           the
           side
           of
           the
           River
           ,
           or
           very
           near
           it
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           Revenue
           of
           this
           Colledge
           amount
           to
           four
           thousand
           pounds
           a
           year
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           Company
           received
           into
           it
           be
           as
           follows
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Twenty
           Philosophers
           or
           Professors
           .
           2.
           
           Sixteen
           young
           Scholars
           ,
           Servants
           to
           the
           Professors
           .
           
           3.
           
           A
           Chaplain
           .
           4.
           
           A
           Baily
           for
           the
           Revenue
           .
           5.
           
           A
           Manciple
           or
           Purveyour
           for
           the
           provisions
           of
           the
           House
           .
           6.
           
           Two
           Gardeners
           .
           7.
           
           A
           Master-Cook
           .
           8.
           
           An
           Under-Cock
           .
           9.
           
           A
           Butler
           .
           10.
           
           An
           Under-Butler
           .
           11.
           
           A
           Chirurgeon
           .
           12.
           
           Two
           Lungs
           ,
           or
           Chymical
           Servants
           .
           13.
           
           A
           Library-keeper
           who
           is
           likewise
           to
           be
           Apothecary
           ,
           Druggist
           ,
           and
           Keeper
           of
           Instruments
           ,
           Engines
           ,
           &c.
           14.
           
           An
           Officer
           to
           feed
           and
           take
           care
           of
           all
           Beasts
           ,
           Fowl
           ,
           &c.
           kept
           by
           the
           Colledge
           .
           15.
           
           A
           Groom
           of
           the
           Stable
           .
           16.
           
           A
           Messenger
           to
           send
           up
           and
           down
           for
           all
           uses
           of
           the
           Colledge
           .
           17.
           
           Four
           
           old
           Women
           ,
           to
           tend
           the
           Chambers
           ,
           keep
           the
           House
           clean
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           services
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           annual
           allowance
           for
           this
           Company
           be
           as
           follows
           .
           1.
           
           To
           every
           Professor
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Chaplain
           ,
           one
           hundred
           and
           twenty
           Pounds
           .
           2.
           
           To
           the
           sixteen
           Scholars
           20
           l
           a
           piece
           ,
           10
           l
           for
           their
           diet
           ,
           and
           10
           l
           for
           their
           Entertainment
           .
           3.
           
           To
           the
           Baily
           30
           l
           besides
           allowance
           for
           his
           Journeys
           .
           4.
           
           To
           the
           Purveyour
           or
           Manciple
           thirty
           pounds
           .
           5.
           
           To
           each
           of
           the
           Gardeners
           twenty
           Pounds
           .
           6.
           
           To
           the
           Master-Cook
           twenty
           Pounds
           .
           7.
           
           To
           the
           Under-Cook
           four
           Pounds
           .
           8.
           
           To
           the
           Butler
           ten
           Pounds
           .
           
           9.
           
           To
           the
           Under-Butler
           four
           Pounds
           .
           10.
           
           To
           the
           Chirurgeon
           thirty
           Pounds
           .
           11.
           
           To
           the
           Library-Keeper
           thirty
           Pounds
           .
           12.
           
           To
           each
           of
           the
           Lungs
           twelve
           Pounds
           .
           13.
           
           To
           the
           Keeper
           of
           the
           Beasts
           six
           Pounds
           .
           14.
           
           To
           the
           Groom
           five
           Pounds
           .
           15.
           
           To
           the
           Messenger
           twelve
           Pounds
           .
           16.
           
           To
           the
           four
           necessary
           Women
           ten
           Pounds
           .
           For
           the
           Manciples
           Table
           at
           which
           all
           the
           Servants
           of
           the
           House
           are
           to
           eat
           ,
           except
           the
           Scholars
           ,
           one
           hundred
           sixty
           Pounds
           .
           For
           3
           Horses
           for
           the
           Service
           of
           the
           Colledge
           ,
           thirty
           Pounds
           .
        
         
           All
           which
           amounts
           to
           three
           thousand
           two
           hundred
           eighty
           
           five
           Pounds
           .
           So
           that
           there
           remains
           for
           keeping
           of
           the
           House
           and
           Gardens
           ,
           and
           Operatories
           ,
           and
           Instruments
           ,
           and
           Animals
           ,
           and
           Experiments
           of
           all
           sorts
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           expences
           ,
           seven
           hundred
           &
           fifteen
           Pounds
           .
        
         
           Which
           were
           a
           very
           inconsiderable
           sum
           for
           the
           great
           uses
           to
           which
           it
           is
           designed
           ,
           but
           that
           I
           conceive
           the
           Industry
           of
           the
           Colledge
           will
           in
           a
           short
           time
           so
           enrich
           it self
           as
           to
           get
           a
           far
           better
           Stock
           for
           the
           advance
           and
           enlargement
           of
           the
           work
           when
           it
           is
           once
           begun
           ;
           neither
           is
           the
           continuance
           of
           particular
           mens
           liberality
           to
           be
           despaired
           of
           ,
           when
           it
           shall
           be
           
           encouraged
           by
           the
           sight
           of
           that
           publick
           benefit
           which
           will
           accrue
           to
           all
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           chiefly
           to
           our
           Nation
           ,
           by
           this
           Foundation
           .
           Something
           likewise
           will
           arise
           from
           Leases
           and
           other
           Casualties
           ;
           that
           nothing
           of
           which
           may
           be
           diverted
           to
           the
           private
           gain
           of
           the
           Professors
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           use
           besides
           that
           of
           the
           search
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           by
           it
           the
           general
           good
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           that
           care
           may
           be
           taken
           for
           the
           certain
           performance
           of
           all
           things
           ordained
           by
           the
           Institution
           ,
           as
           likewise
           for
           the
           protection
           and
           encouragement
           of
           the
           Company
           ,
           it
           is
           proposed
           .
        
         
           That
           some
           Person
           of
           Eminent
           
           Quality
           ,
           a
           Lover
           of
           solid
           Learning
           ,
           and
           no
           Stranger
           in
           it
           ,
           be
           chosen
           Chancellour
           or
           President
           of
           the
           Colledge
           ,
           and
           that
           eight
           Governours
           more
           ,
           men
           qualified
           in
           the
           like
           manner
           ,
           be
           joyned
           with
           him
           ,
           two
           of
           which
           shall
           yearly
           be
           appointed
           Visitors
           of
           the
           Colledge
           ,
           and
           receive
           an
           exact
           account
           of
           all
           expences
           even
           to
           the
           smallest
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           true
           estate
           of
           their
           publick
           Treasure
           ,
           under
           the
           hands
           and
           oaths
           of
           the
           Professors
           Resident
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           choice
           of
           the
           Professors
           in
           any
           vacancy
           belong
           to
           the
           Chancellour
           and
           the
           Governours
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           Professors
           (
           who
           are
           likeliest
           to
           
           know
           what
           men
           of
           the
           Nation
           are
           most
           proper
           for
           the
           duties
           of
           their
           Society
           )
           direct
           their
           choice
           by
           recommending
           two
           or
           three
           persons
           to
           them
           at
           every
           Election
           .
           And
           that
           if
           any
           learned
           Person
           within
           his
           Majesties
           Dominions
           discover
           or
           eminently
           improve
           any
           useful
           kind
           of
           knowledge
           ,
           he
           may
           upon
           that
           ground
           for
           his
           reward
           and
           the
           encouragement
           of
           others
           ,
           be
           preferr'd
           ,
           if
           he
           pretend
           to
           the
           place
           ,
           before
           any
           body
           else
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           Governours
           have
           power
           to
           turn
           out
           any
           Professor
           who
           shall
           be
           proved
           to
           be
           either
           scandalous
           or
           unprofitable
           to
           the
           Society
           .
        
         
         
           That
           the
           Colledge
           be
           built
           after
           this
           ,
           or
           some
           such
           manner
           :
           That
           it
           consist
           of
           three
           fair
           Quadrangular
           Courts
           ,
           and
           three
           large
           grounds
           ,
           enclosed
           with
           good
           walls
           behind
           them
           .
           That
           the
           first
           Court
           be
           built
           with
           a
           fair
           Cloyster
           ,
           and
           the
           Professors
           Lodgings
           or
           rather
           little
           Houses
           ,
           four
           on
           each
           side
           at
           some
           distance
           from
           one
           another
           ,
           and
           with
           little
           Gardens
           behind
           them
           ,
           just
           after
           the
           manner
           of
           the
           Chartreux
           beyond
           Sea.
           That
           the
           inside
           of
           the
           Cloyster
           be
           lined
           with
           a
           Gravel-walk
           ,
           and
           that
           walk
           with
           a
           row
           of
           Trees
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           the
           middle
           there
           be
           a
           Parterre
           of
           Flowers
           ,
           and
           a
           Fountain
           .
        
         
         
           That
           the
           second
           Quadrangle
           just
           behind
           the
           first
           ,
           be
           so
           contrived
           ,
           as
           to
           contain
           these
           parts
           .
           1.
           
           A
           Chappel
           .
           2.
           
           A
           Hall
           with
           two
           long
           Tables
           on
           each
           side
           for
           the
           Scholars
           and
           Officers
           of
           the
           House
           to
           eat
           at
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           Pulpit
           and
           Forms
           at
           the
           end
           for
           the
           publick
           Lectures
           .
           3.
           
           A
           large
           and
           pleasant
           Dining-Room
           within
           the
           Hall
           for
           the
           Professors
           to
           eat
           in
           ,
           and
           to
           hold
           their
           Assemblies
           and
           Conferences
           .
           4.
           
           A
           publick
           School-house
           .
           5.
           
           A
           Library
           .
           6.
           
           A
           Gallery
           to
           walk
           in
           ,
           adorned
           with
           the
           Pictures
           or
           Statues
           of
           all
           the
           Inventors
           of
           any
           thing
           useful
           to
           Humane
           Life
           ;
           as
           Printing
           ,
           
           Guns
           ,
           
             America
             ,
             &c.
          
           and
           of
           late
           in
           Anatomy
           ,
           the
           Circulation
           of
           the
           Blood
           ,
           the
           Milky
           Veins
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           discoveries
           in
           any
           Art
           ,
           with
           short
           Elogies
           under
           the
           Portraictures
           :
           As
           likewise
           the
           Figures
           of
           all
           sorts
           of
           Creatures
           ,
           and
           the
           stuft
           skins
           of
           as
           many
           strange
           Animals
           as
           can
           be
           gotten
           .
           7.
           
           An
           Anatomy
           Chamber
           adorned
           with
           Skeletons
           and
           Anatomical
           Pictures
           ,
           and
           prepared
           with
           all
           conveniencies
           for
           Dissection
           .
           8.
           
           A
           Chamber
           for
           all
           manner
           of
           Druggs
           ,
           and
           Apothecaries
           Materials
           .
           9.
           
           A
           Mathematical
           Chamber
           furnisht
           with
           all
           forts
           of
           Mathematical
           Instruments
           ,
           being
           an
           Appendix
           
           to
           the
           Library
           .
           10.
           
           Lodgings
           for
           the
           Chaplain
           ,
           Chirurgeon
           ,
           Library-Keeper
           and
           Purveyour
           ,
           near
           the
           Chappel
           ,
           Anatomy
           Chamber
           ,
           Library
           and
           Hall.
           
        
         
           That
           the
           third
           Court
           be
           on
           one
           side
           of
           these
           ,
           very
           large
           ,
           but
           meanly
           built
           ,
           being
           designed
           only
           for
           use
           and
           not
           for
           beauty
           too
           ,
           as
           the
           others
           .
           That
           it
           contain
           the
           Kitchin
           ,
           Butteries
           ,
           Brew-house
           ,
           Bake-house
           ,
           Dairy
           ,
           Lardry
           ,
           Stables
           ,
           &c.
           and
           especially
           great
           Laboratories
           for
           Chymical
           Operations
           ,
           and
           Lodgings
           for
           the
           Under-servants
           .
        
         
           That
           behind
           the
           second
           Court
           be
           placed
           the
           Garden
           ,
           
           containing
           all
           sorts
           of
           Plants
           that
           our
           Soil
           will
           bear
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           end
           a
           little
           House
           of
           pleasure
           ,
           a
           Lodge
           for
           the
           Gardener
           ,
           and
           a
           Grove
           of
           Trees
           cut
           out
           into
           Walks
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           second
           enclosed
           ground
           be
           a
           Garden
           ,
           destined
           only
           to
           the
           tryal
           of
           all
           manner
           of
           Experiments
           concerning
           Plants
           ,
           as
           their
           Melioration
           ,
           Acceleration
           ,
           Retardation
           ,
           Conservation
           ,
           Composition
           ,
           Transmutation
           ,
           Coloration
           ,
           or
           whatsoever
           else
           can
           be
           produced
           by
           Art
           either
           for
           use
           or
           curiosity
           ,
           with
           a
           Lodge
           in
           it
           for
           the
           Gardener
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           third
           Ground
           be
           employed
           in
           convenient
           Receptacles
           
           for
           all
           sorts
           of
           Creatures
           which
           the
           Professors
           shall
           judge
           necessary
           for
           their
           more
           exact
           search
           into
           the
           nature
           of
           Animals
           ,
           and
           the
           improvement
           of
           their
           Uses
           to
           us
           .
        
         
           That
           there
           be
           likewise
           built
           in
           some
           place
           of
           the
           Colledge
           where
           it
           may
           serve
           most
           for
           Ornament
           of
           the
           whole
           ,
           a
           very
           high
           Tower
           for
           observation
           of
           Celestial
           Bodies
           ,
           adorned
           with
           all
           sorts
           of
           Dyals
           and
           such
           like
           Curiosities
           ;
           and
           that
           there
           be
           very
           deep
           Vaults
           made
           under
           ground
           ,
           for
           Experiments
           most
           proper
           to
           such
           places
           ,
           which
           will
           be
           undoubtedly
           very
           many
           .
        
         
           Much
           might
           be
           added
           ,
           but
           
           truly
           I
           am
           afraid
           this
           is
           too
           much
           already
           for
           the
           charity
           or
           generosity
           of
           this
           age
           to
           extend
           to
           ;
           and
           we
           do
           not
           design
           this
           after
           the
           Model
           of
           Solomons
           House
           in
           my
           Lord
           Bacon
           (
           which
           is
           a
           Project
           for
           Experiments
           that
           can
           never
           be
           Experimented
           )
           but
           propose
           it
           within
           such
           bounds
           of
           Expence
           as
           have
           often
           been
           exceeded
           by
           the
           Buildings
           of
           private
           Citzens
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           Of
           the
           Professors
           ,
           Scholars
           ,
           Chaplain
           ,
           and
           other
           Officers
           .
        
         
           THat
           of
           the
           twenty
           Professors
           four
           be
           always
           travelling
           beyond
           Seas
           ,
           and
           sixteen
           always
           Resident
           ,
           unless
           by
           permission
           upon
           extraordinary
           occasions
           ,
           and
           every
           one
           so
           absent
           ,
           leaving
           a
           Deputy
           behind
           him
           to
           supply
           his
           Duties
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           four
           Professors
           Itinerant
           be
           assigned
           to
           the
           four
           parts
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           
             Europe
             ,
             Asia
             ,
             Afrique
          
           ,
           and
           America
           ,
           there
           to
           reside
           three
           years
           at
           least
           ,
           and
           to
           give
           a
           constant
           
           account
           of
           all
           things
           that
           belong
           to
           the
           Learning
           ,
           and
           especially
           Natural
           Experimental
           Philosophy
           of
           those
           parts
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           expence
           of
           all
           Dispatches
           ,
           and
           all
           Books
           ,
           Simples
           ,
           Animals
           ,
           Stones
           ,
           Metals
           ,
           Minerals
           ,
           &c.
           and
           all
           curiosities
           whatsoever
           ,
           natural
           or
           artificial
           ,
           sent
           by
           them
           to
           the
           Colledge
           ,
           shall
           be
           defrayed
           out
           of
           the
           Treasury
           ,
           and
           an
           additional
           allowance
           (
           above
           the
           120
           l
           )
           made
           to
           them
           as
           soon
           as
           the
           Colledges
           Revenue
           shall
           be
           improved
           .
        
         
           That
           at
           their
           going
           abroad
           they
           shall
           take
           a
           solemn
           Oath
           never
           to
           write
           any
           thing
           to
           the
           Colledge
           ,
           but
           what
           after
           
           very
           diligent
           Examination
           ,
           they
           shall
           fully
           believe
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           and
           to
           confess
           and
           recant
           it
           as
           soon
           as
           they
           find
           themselves
           in
           an
           Errour
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           sixteen
           Professors
           Resident
           shall
           be
           bound
           to
           study
           and
           teach
           all
           sorts
           of
           Natural
           ,
           Experimental
           Philosophy
           ,
           to
           consist
           of
           the
           Mathematicks
           ,
           Mechanicks
           ,
           Medicine
           ,
           Anatomy
           ,
           Chymistry
           ,
           the
           History
           of
           Animals
           ,
           Plants
           ,
           Minerals
           ,
           Elements
           ,
           &c.
           
           Agriculture
           ,
           Architecture
           ,
           Art
           Military
           ,
           Navigation
           ,
           Gardening
           ;
           The
           Mysteries
           of
           all
           Trades
           ,
           and
           Improvement
           of
           them
           ;
           The
           Facture
           of
           all
           Merchandizes
           ,
           all
           Natural
           Magick
           or
           
           Divination
           ;
           and
           briefly
           all
           things
           contained
           in
           the
           Catalogue
           of
           Natural
           Histories
           annexed
           to
           My
           Lord
           
             Bacon's
             Organon
          
           .
        
         
           That
           once
           a
           day
           from
           Easter
           till
           Michaelmas
           ,
           and
           twice
           a
           week
           from
           Michaelmas
           to
           Easter
           ,
           at
           the
           hours
           in
           the
           afternoon
           most
           convenient
           for
           Auditors
           from
           London
           according
           to
           the
           time
           of
           the
           year
           ,
           there
           shall
           be
           a
           Lecture
           read
           in
           the
           Hall
           ,
           upon
           such
           parts
           of
           Natural
           Experimental
           Philosophy
           ,
           as
           the
           Professors
           shall
           agree
           on
           among
           themselves
           ,
           and
           as
           each
           of
           them
           shall
           be
           able
           to
           perform
           usefully
           and
           honourably
           .
        
         
         
           That
           two
           of
           the
           Professors
           by
           daily
           ,
           weekly
           ,
           or
           monethly
           turns
           shall
           teach
           the
           publick
           Schools
           according
           to
           the
           Rules
           hereafter
           prescribed
           .
        
         
           That
           all
           the
           Professors
           shall
           be
           equal
           in
           all
           respects
           (
           except
           precedency
           ,
           choice
           of
           Lodging
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           priviledges
           ,
           which
           shall
           belong
           to
           Seniority
           in
           the
           Colledge
           )
           and
           that
           all
           shall
           be
           Masters
           and
           Treasurers
           by
           annual
           turns
           ,
           which
           two
           Officers
           for
           the
           time
           being
           shall
           take
           place
           of
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           and
           shall
           be
           
             Arbitri
             duarum
             Mensarum
          
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           Master
           shall
           command
           all
           the
           Officers
           of
           the
           Colledge
           ,
           appoint
           Assemblies
           
           or
           Conferences
           upon
           occasion
           ,
           and
           preside
           in
           them
           with
           a
           double
           voice
           ,
           and
           in
           his
           absence
           the
           Treasurer
           ,
           whose
           business
           is
           to
           receive
           and
           disburse
           all
           moneys
           by
           the
           Masters
           order
           in
           writing
           ,
           (
           if
           it
           be
           an
           extraordinary
           )
           after
           consent
           of
           the
           other
           Professors
           .
        
         
           That
           all
           the
           Professors
           shall
           sup
           together
           in
           the
           Parlour
           within
           the
           Hall
           every
           night
           ,
           and
           shall
           dine
           there
           twice
           a
           week
           (
           to
           wit
           Sundays
           and
           Thursdays
           )
           at
           two
           round
           Tables
           for
           the
           convenience
           of
           discourse
           ,
           which
           shall
           be
           for
           the
           most
           part
           of
           such
           matters
           as
           may
           improve
           their
           Studies
           and
           Professions
           ,
           and
           to
           keep
           
           them
           from
           falling
           into
           loose
           or
           unprofitable
           talk
           shall
           be
           the
           duty
           of
           the
           two
           
             Arbitri
             Mensarum
          
           ,
           who
           may
           likewise
           command
           any
           of
           the
           Servant-Scholars
           to
           read
           to
           them
           what
           he
           shall
           think
           fit
           ,
           whilst
           they
           are
           at
           table
           :
           That
           it
           shall
           belong
           likewise
           to
           the
           said
           
             Arbitri
             Mensarum
          
           only
           ,
           to
           invite
           Strangers
           ,
           which
           they
           shall
           rarely
           do
           ,
           unless
           they
           be
           men
           of
           Learning
           or
           great
           Parts
           ,
           and
           shall
           not
           invite
           above
           two
           at
           a
           time
           to
           one
           table
           ,
           nothing
           being
           more
           vain
           and
           unfruitful
           then
           numerous
           Meetings
           of
           Acquaintance
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           Professors
           Resident
           shall
           allow
           the
           Colledge
           
           twenty
           Pounds
           a
           year
           for
           their
           Diet
           ,
           whether
           they
           continue
           there
           all
           the
           time
           or
           not
           .
        
         
           That
           they
           shall
           have
           once
           a
           week
           an
           Assembly
           or
           Conference
           concerning
           the
           Affairs
           of
           the
           Colledge
           and
           the
           progress
           of
           their
           Experimental
           Philosophy
           .
        
         
           That
           if
           any
           one
           find
           out
           any
           thing
           which
           he
           conceives
           to
           be
           of
           consequence
           ,
           he
           shall
           communicate
           it
           to
           the
           Assembly
           to
           be
           examined
           ,
           experimented
           ,
           approved
           or
           rejected
           .
        
         
           That
           if
           any
           one
           be
           Author
           of
           an
           Invention
           that
           may
           bring
           in
           profit
           ,
           the
           third
           part
           of
           it
           shall
           belong
           to
           the
           Inventor
           ,
           and
           the
           two
           other
           to
           
           the
           Society
           ;
           and
           besides
           if
           the
           thing
           be
           very
           considerable
           ,
           his
           Statue
           or
           Picture
           with
           an
           Elogy
           under
           it
           ,
           shall
           be
           placed
           in
           the
           Gallery
           ,
           and
           made
           a
           Denison
           of
           that
           Corporation
           of
           famous
           Men.
           
        
         
           That
           all
           the
           Professors
           shall
           be
           always
           assigned
           to
           some
           particular
           Inquisition
           (
           besides
           the
           ordinary
           course
           of
           their
           Studies
           )
           of
           which
           they
           shall
           give
           an
           account
           to
           the
           Assembly
           ,
           so
           that
           by
           this
           means
           there
           may
           be
           every
           day
           some
           operation
           or
           other
           made
           in
           all
           the
           Arts
           ,
           as
           Chymistry
           ,
           Anatomy
           ,
           Mechanicks
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Colledge
           shall
           furnish
           for
           the
           charge
           of
           the
           operation
           .
        
         
         
           That
           there
           shall
           be
           kept
           a
           Register
           under
           lock
           and
           key
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           be
           seen
           but
           by
           the
           Professors
           ,
           of
           all
           the
           Experiments
           that
           succeed
           ,
           signed
           by
           the
           persons
           who
           made
           the
           tryall
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           popular
           and
           received
           Errours
           in
           Experimental
           Philosophy
           (
           with
           which
           ,
           like
           Weeds
           in
           a
           neglected
           Garden
           it
           is
           now
           almost
           all
           overgrown
           )
           shall
           be
           evinced
           by
           tryal
           ,
           and
           taken
           notice
           of
           in
           the
           publick
           Lectures
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           no
           longer
           abuse
           the
           credulous
           ,
           and
           beget
           new
           ones
           by
           consequence
           of
           similitude
           .
        
         
           That
           every
           third
           year
           (
           after
           the
           full
           settlement
           of
           the
           
           Foundation
           )
           the
           Colledge
           shall
           give
           an
           account
           in
           Print
           ,
           in
           proper
           and
           ancient
           Latine
           ,
           of
           the
           fruits
           of
           their
           triennial
           Industry
           .
        
         
           That
           every
           Professor
           Resident
           shall
           have
           his
           Scholar
           to
           wait
           upon
           him
           in
           his
           Chamber
           and
           at
           Table
           ,
           whom
           he
           shall
           be
           obliged
           to
           breed
           up
           in
           Natural
           Philosophy
           ,
           and
           render
           an
           account
           of
           his
           progress
           to
           the
           Assembly
           ,
           from
           whose
           Election
           he
           received
           him
           ,
           and
           therefore
           is
           responsible
           to
           it
           ,
           both
           for
           the
           care
           of
           his
           Education
           ,
           and
           the
           just
           and
           civil
           usage
           of
           him
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           Scholar
           shall
           understand
           Latine
           very
           well
           ,
           and
           
           be
           moderately
           initiated
           in
           the
           Greek
           before
           he
           be
           capable
           of
           being
           chosen
           into
           the
           Service
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           shall
           not
           remain
           in
           it
           above
           seven
           years
           .
        
         
           That
           his
           Lodging
           shall
           be
           with
           the
           Professor
           whom
           he
           serves
           .
        
         
           That
           no
           Professor
           shall
           be
           a
           married
           man
           ,
           or
           a
           Divine
           ,
           or
           Lawyer
           in
           practice
           ,
           only
           Physick
           he
           may
           be
           allowed
           to
           prescribe
           ,
           because
           the
           study
           of
           that
           Art
           is
           a
           great
           part
           of
           the
           duty
           of
           his
           place
           ,
           and
           the
           duty
           of
           that
           is
           so
           great
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           not
           suffer
           him
           to
           lose
           much
           time
           in
           mercenary
           practice
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           Professors
           shall
           in
           
           the
           Colledge
           wear
           the
           habit
           of
           ordinary
           Masters
           of
           Art
           in
           the
           Universities
           ,
           or
           of
           Doctors
           ,
           if
           any
           of
           them
           be
           so
           .
        
         
           That
           they
           shall
           all
           keep
           an
           inviolable
           and
           exemplary
           friendship
           with
           one
           another
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Assembly
           shall
           lay
           a
           considerable
           pecuniary
           mulct
           upon
           any
           one
           who
           shall
           be
           proved
           to
           have
           entered
           so
           far
           into
           a
           quarrel
           as
           to
           give
           uncivil
           Language
           to
           his
           Brother-Professor
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           perseverance
           in
           any
           enmity
           shall
           be
           punish'd
           by
           the
           Governours
           with
           expulsion
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           Chaplain
           shall
           eat
           at
           the
           Masters
           Table
           ,
           (
           paying
           his
           twenty
           pounds
           a
           
           year
           as
           the
           others
           do
           )
           and
           that
           he
           shall
           read
           Prayers
           once
           a
           day
           at
           least
           ,
           a
           little
           before
           Supper-time
           ;
           that
           he
           shall
           preach
           in
           the
           Chappel
           every
           Sunday
           Morning
           ,
           and
           Catechize
           in
           the
           After-noon
           the
           Scholars
           and
           the
           School-boys
           ;
           that
           he
           shall
           every
           moneth
           administer
           the
           Holy
           Sacrament
           ;
           that
           he
           shall
           not
           trouble
           himself
           and
           his
           Auditors
           with
           the
           Controversies
           of
           Divinity
           ,
           but
           only
           teach
           God
           in
           his
           just
           Commandments
           ,
           and
           in
           his
           wonderful
           Works
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           Schòol
           .
        
         
           THat
           the
           School
           may
           be
           built
           so
           as
           to
           contain
           about
           two
           hundred
           Boys
           .
        
         
           That
           it
           be
           divided
           into
           four
           Classes
           ,
           not
           as
           others
           are
           ordinarily
           into
           six
           or
           seven
           ,
           because
           we
           suppose
           that
           the
           Children
           sent
           hither
           to
           be
           initiated
           in
           Things
           as
           well
           as
           Words
           ,
           ought
           to
           have
           past
           the
           two
           or
           three
           first
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           attained
           the
           age
           of
           about
           thirteen
           years
           ,
           being
           already
           well
           advanced
           in
           the
           Latine
           Grammar
           ,
           and
           some
           Authors
           .
        
         
           That
           none
           ,
           though
           never
           
           so
           rich
           ,
           shall
           pay
           any
           thing
           for
           their
           teaching
           ;
           and
           that
           if
           any
           Professor
           shall
           be
           convicted
           to
           have
           taken
           any
           money
           in
           consideration
           of
           his
           pains
           in
           the
           School
           ,
           he
           shall
           be
           expelled
           with
           ignominie
           by
           the
           Governours
           ;
           but
           if
           any
           persons
           of
           great
           estate
           and
           quality
           ,
           finding
           their
           Sons
           much
           better
           Proficients
           in
           Learning
           here
           ,
           then
           Boys
           of
           the
           same
           age
           commonly
           are
           at
           other
           Schools
           ,
           shall
           not
           think
           fit
           to
           receive
           an
           obligation
           of
           so
           near
           concernment
           without
           returning
           some
           marks
           of
           acknowledgement
           ,
           they
           may
           ,
           if
           they
           please
           (
           for
           nothing
           is
           to
           be
           demanded
           )
           bestow
           some
           
           little
           rarity
           or
           curiosity
           upon
           the
           Society
           in
           recompence
           of
           their
           trouble
           .
        
         
           And
           because
           it
           is
           deplorable
           to
           consider
           the
           loss
           which
           Children
           make
           of
           their
           time
           at
           most
           Schools
           ,
           employing
           ,
           or
           rather
           casting
           away
           six
           or
           seven
           years
           in
           the
           learning
           of
           words
           only
           ,
           and
           that
           too
           very
           imperfectly
           :
        
         
           That
           a
           Method
           be
           here
           established
           for
           the
           infusing
           Knowledge
           and
           Language
           at
           the
           same
           time
           into
           them
           ;
           and
           that
           this
           may
           be
           their
           Apprenticeship
           in
           Natural
           Philosophy
           .
           This
           we
           conceive
           may
           be
           done
           ,
           by
           breeding
           them
           up
           in
           Authors
           ,
           or
           pieces
           of
           
           Authors
           ,
           who
           treat
           of
           some
           parts
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           who
           may
           be
           understood
           with
           as
           much
           ease
           and
           pleasure
           ,
           as
           those
           which
           are
           commonly
           taught
           ;
           Such
           are
           in
           Latine
           
             Varro
             ,
             Cato
             ,
             Columella
             ,
             Pliny
             ,
          
           part
           of
           Celsus
           ,
           and
           of
           
             Seneca
             ,
             Cicero
             de
             Divinatione
             ,
             de
             Naturâ
             Deorum
             ,
          
           and
           several
           scattered
           pieces
           ,
           
             Virgil's
             Georgicks
             ,
             Grotius
             ,
             Nenesianus
             ,
             Manilius
          
           ;
           and
           because
           the
           truth
           is
           we
           want
           good
           Poets
           (
           I
           mean
           we
           have
           but
           few
           )
           who
           have
           purposely
           treated
           of
           solid
           and
           learned
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           Natural
           Matters
           (
           the
           most
           part
           indulging
           to
           the
           weakness
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           feeding
           it
           either
           with
           the
           follies
           
           of
           Love
           ,
           or
           with
           the
           Fables
           of
           gods
           and
           Heroes
           )
           we
           conceive
           that
           one
           Book
           ought
           to
           be
           compiled
           of
           all
           the
           scattered
           little
           parcels
           among
           the
           ancient
           Poets
           that
           might
           serve
           for
           the
           advancement
           of
           Natural
           Science
           ,
           and
           which
           would
           make
           no
           small
           or
           unuseful
           or
           unpleasant
           Volumn
           .
           To
           this
           we
           would
           have
           added
           the
           Morals
           and
           Rhetoricks
           of
           Cicero
           ,
           and
           the
           Institutions
           of
           Quintilian
           ;
           and
           for
           the
           Comoedians
           ,
           from
           whom
           almost
           all
           that
           necessary
           part
           of
           common
           discourse
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           most
           intimate
           proprieties
           of
           the
           Language
           are
           drawn
           ,
           we
           conceive
           the
           Boys
           may
           be
           
           made
           Masters
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           a
           part
           of
           their
           Recreation
           and
           not
           of
           their
           task
           ,
           if
           once
           a
           moneth
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           once
           in
           two
           ,
           they
           act
           one
           of
           Terences
           Comoedies
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           (
           the
           most
           advanced
           )
           some
           of
           Plautus
           his
           ;
           and
           this
           is
           for
           many
           reasons
           one
           of
           the
           best
           exercises
           they
           can
           be
           enjoyned
           ,
           and
           most
           innocent
           pleasures
           they
           can
           be
           allowed
           .
           As
           for
           the
           Greek
           Authors
           ,
           they
           may
           study
           
             Nicander
             ,
             Oppianus
          
           (
           whom
           Scaliger
           does
           not
           doubt
           to
           prefer
           above
           Homer
           himself
           ,
           and
           place
           next
           to
           his
           adored
           
             Virgil
             )
             Aristotles
          
           History
           of
           Animals
           ,
           and
           other
           parts
           ,
           Theophrastus
           and
           Dioscorides
           
           of
           Plants
           ,
           and
           a
           Collection
           made
           out
           of
           several
           both
           Poets
           and
           other
           Grecian
           Writers
           .
           For
           the
           Morals
           and
           Rhetorick
           Aristotle
           may
           suffice
           ,
           or
           Hermogenes
           and
           Longinus
           be
           added
           for
           the
           latter
           ;
           with
           the
           History
           of
           Animals
           they
           should
           be
           shewed
           Anatomy
           as
           a
           Divertisement
           ,
           and
           made
           to
           know
           the
           Figures
           and
           Natures
           of
           those
           Creatures
           which
           are
           not
           common
           among
           us
           ,
           disabusing
           them
           at
           the
           same
           time
           of
           those
           Errours
           which
           are
           universally
           admitted
           concerning
           many
           .
           The
           same
           Method
           should
           be
           used
           to
           make
           them
           acquainted
           with
           all
           Plants
           ;
           and
           to
           this
           must
           be
           added
           a
           little
           of
           
           the
           ancient
           and
           modern
           Geography
           ,
           the
           understanding
           of
           the
           Globes
           ,
           and
           the
           Principles
           of
           Geometry
           and
           Astronomy
           .
           They
           should
           likewise
           use
           to
           declaim
           in
           Latine
           and
           English
           ,
           as
           the
           Romans
           did
           in
           Greek
           and
           Latine
           ;
           and
           in
           all
           this
           travel
           be
           rather
           led
           on
           by
           familiarity
           ,
           encouragement
           ,
           and
           emulation
           ,
           then
           driven
           by
           severity
           ,
           punishment
           ,
           and
           terrour
           .
           Upon
           Festivals
           and
           play-times
           they
           should
           exercise
           themselves
           in
           the
           Fields
           by
           riding
           ,
           leaping
           ,
           fencing
           ,
           mustering
           and
           training
           after
           the
           manner
           of
           Souldiers
           ,
           &c.
           and
           to
           prevent
           all
           dangers
           and
           all
           disorder
           ,
           there
           should
           always
           
           be
           two
           of
           the
           Scholars
           with
           them
           to
           be
           as
           witnesses
           and
           directors
           of
           their
           actions
           ;
           In
           foul
           weather
           it
           would
           not
           be
           amiss
           for
           them
           to
           learn
           to
           dance
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           learn
           just
           so
           much
           (
           for
           all
           beyond
           is
           superfluous
           ,
           if
           not
           worse
           )
           as
           may
           give
           them
           a
           graceful
           comportment
           of
           their
           bodies
           .
        
         
           Upon
           Sundays
           ,
           and
           all
           days
           of
           Devotion
           ,
           they
           are
           to
           be
           a
           part
           of
           the
           Chaplains
           Province
           .
        
         
           That
           for
           all
           these
           ends
           the
           Colledge
           so
           order
           it
           ,
           as
           that
           there
           may
           be
           some
           convenient
           &
           pleasant
           Houses
           thereabouts
           ,
           kept
           by
           religious
           ,
           discreet
           ,
           and
           careful
           persons
           ,
           for
           
           the
           lodging
           and
           boarding
           of
           young
           Scholars
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           a
           constant
           eye
           over
           them
           to
           see
           that
           they
           be
           bred
           up
           there
           piously
           ,
           cleanly
           ,
           and
           plentifully
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           proportion
           of
           their
           parents
           expences
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           the
           Colledge
           ,
           when
           it
           shall
           please
           God
           either
           by
           their
           own
           industry
           and
           success
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           benevolence
           of
           Patrons
           ;
           to
           enrich
           them
           so
           far
           ,
           as
           that
           it
           may
           come
           to
           their
           turn
           and
           duty
           to
           be
           charitable
           to
           others
           ,
           shall
           at
           their
           own
           charges
           erect
           and
           maintain
           some
           House
           or
           Houses
           for
           the
           Entertainment
           of
           such
           poor
           mens
           Sons
           whose
           good
           
           Natural
           Parts
           may
           promise
           either
           Use
           or
           Ornament
           to
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           during
           the
           time
           of
           their
           abode
           at
           School
           ,
           and
           shall
           take
           care
           that
           it
           shall
           be
           done
           with
           the
           same
           conveniences
           as
           are
           enjoyed
           even
           by
           rich
           mens
           Children
           (
           though
           they
           maintain
           the
           fewer
           for
           that
           cause
           )
           there
           being
           nothing
           of
           eminent
           and
           illustrious
           to
           be
           expected
           from
           a
           low
           ,
           sordid
           ,
           and
           Hospital-like
           Education
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           Conclusion
           .
        
         
           IF
           I
           be
           not
           much
           abused
           by
           a
           natural
           fondness
           to
           my
           own
           Conceptions
           (
           that
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           of
           the
           Greeks
           ,
           which
           no
           other
           Language
           has
           a
           proper
           word
           for
           )
           there
           was
           never
           any
           Project
           thought
           upon
           ,
           which
           deserves
           to
           meet
           with
           so
           few
           Adversaries
           
           as
           this
           ;
           for
           who
           can
           without
           impudent
           folly
           oppose
           the
           establishment
           of
           twenty
           well
           selected
           persons
           in
           such
           a
           condition
           of
           Life
           ,
           that
           their
           whole
           business
           and
           sole
           profession
           may
           be
           to
           study
           the
           improvement
           and
           advantage
           of
           all
           other
           Professions
           ,
           from
           that
           of
           the
           highest
           General
           even
           to
           the
           lowest
           Artisan
           ?
           Who
           shall
           be
           obliged
           to
           imploy
           their
           whole
           
           time
           ,
           wit
           ,
           learning
           ,
           and
           industry
           ,
           to
           these
           four
           ,
           the
           most
           useful
           that
           can
           be
           imagined
           ,
           and
           to
           no
           other
           Ends
           ;
           first
           ,
           to
           weigh
           ,
           examine
           ,
           and
           prove
           all
           things
           of
           Nature
           delivered
           to
           us
           by
           former
           ages
           ,
           to
           detect
           ,
           explode
           ,
           and
           strike
           a
           censure
           through
           all
           false
           Monies
           with
           which
           the
           world
           has
           been
           paid
           and
           cheated
           so
           long
           ,
           and
           (
           as
           I
           may
           say
           )
           to
           set
           the
           mark
           of
           the
           Colledge
           upon
           all
           true
           
           Coins
           that
           they
           may
           pass
           hereafter
           without
           any
           farther
           Tryal
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           to
           recover
           the
           lost
           Inventions
           ,
           and
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           Drown'd
           Lands
           of
           the
           Ancients
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           to
           improve
           all
           Arts
           which
           we
           now
           have
           ;
           And
           lastly
           ,
           to
           discover
           others
           which
           we
           yet
           have
           not
           .
           And
           who
           shall
           besides
           all
           this
           (
           as
           a
           Benefit
           by
           the
           by
           )
           give
           the
           best
           Education
           in
           the
           world
           (
           purely
           
           gratis
           )
           to
           as
           many
           mens
           Children
           as
           shall
           think
           fit
           to
           make
           use
           of
           the
           Obligation
           .
           Neither
           does
           it
           at
           all
           check
           or
           enterfere
           with
           any
           parties
           in
           State
           or
           Religion
           ,
           but
           is
           indifferently
           to
           be
           embraced
           by
           all
           Differences
           in
           opinion
           ,
           and
           can
           hardly
           be
           conceived
           capable
           (
           as
           many
           good
           Institutions
           have
           done
           )
           even
           of
           Degeneration
           into
           any
           thing
           harmful
           .
           So
           that
           ,
           all
           things
           
           considered
           ,
           I
           will
           suppose
           this
           Proposition
           shall
           encounter
           with
           no
           Enemies
           ,
           the
           only
           Question
           is
           ,
           whether
           it
           will
           find
           Friends
           enough
           to
           carry
           it
           on
           from
           Discourse
           and
           Design
           to
           Reality
           and
           Effect
           ;
           the
           necessary
           Expences
           of
           the
           Beginning
           (
           for
           it
           will
           maintain
           it self
           well
           enough
           afterwards
           )
           being
           so
           great
           (
           though
           I
           have
           set
           them
           as
           low
           as
           is
           possible
           in
           order
           to
           so
           vast
           
           a
           work
           )
           that
           it
           may
           seem
           hopeless
           to
           raise
           such
           a
           sum
           out
           of
           those
           few
           dead
           Reliques
           of
           Humane
           Charity
           and
           Publick
           Generosity
           which
           are
           yet
           remaining
           in
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           FINIS
           .