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X, C 9. este IIT €—À ?$$9 TO THE LETN CT OF GREAT BRITALILNE FRANCE AND IRELAND THE GROWING GLORY ofa Future Age. yes Hk facrifice of my Devo- ZEN tions in the Dedication. of Diei thefe Labours ( excellent $€Q)>| Pz tc 2) had gone a more E humble way of Ambition; = than through the hands of Kingsand Punici: could Iafterwards bave jufti- fied fuch humiliations. But the Tenure of this workisa Title-Royall, which no laps of time nor alteration of language canreverfe. IntheOn- ginall entitled tova King; fo continued in the Tranflation, and fo inadirect line defcends upon Your Higbneffe , as a part of a Royall Patrimo- ny, Which I durft notalienate bya lower infcriptt- on. The Author isSir Francis Bacon,aname well knownin the European world; a learned man,hap- pily the learned ft , that ever lived, fincethe sy | 6 2 o Ls To Tue PRINCE. a etn it MÀ ÍÀ M € €——— side ncanmd nats Empires; “when learh- ing Wasat 'alugh p atch. and Which rife and fell with thofe Monatchiee for ‘Scépters and Sciences have the fame ‘reyolutiohs, the fánje petiods. In che vaft [pates óftime between thOfe an hefe laft "Ages, PhilofSphy hath bil, as t Were in a umber, for'many centuties of years. For after the’ Chn- ftian faith grew up, t dié Ihoft Writers bétook chem. {elves to Theology , and fome miflaking the right limits o£^Faitbi aad Reafon, fell fowle upon. Ariftode and other Philofophers » as Pa- erarches of Erefy, which’ were the Patrons) ‘of Reafon: Somewhat -awaked from chis, flumber fhe wasby the; Arabian! wvriteis, ‘the Schoole. Do. &orsaüd Spanith Interpreters, made more active by the Chimique Philéfophers,but never perfectly recovered untill the daids of this Author, whois the firft chat ever joynd R ationall& Experimental Philofophy 1n a regular correfpondence ;- Which before waseither a fubtlety of words, or a confufi- on of matter He after he hadfurvaied all theR& cordsof Antiquity, afterthevolumnesof men,be- took himfelfeto the ftudy of thé volumine of the world, and having conquerd whavever books pof fet (his fpacious fpirit not thus bounded tet upon the Kingdome of Natüte ; :arid - t 5 e Ta» Tw. PRIN cE, edchat victory Very farre; and which was more than thofe victories, himfelfe being mortall; left fuch lawes behindhim,as may fuffice to fubdue the reft, if Princesencourage men, and men be not wanting cothemfelves. This attempt of his was favour'dby the ftarres of his Nativity. Forat was his felicity to hvein the times of two Great Pa- trous of Learning, K. Tames’ Your Highneffe Grandfather of bleffed memory, and Your Royall Father now Raigning; andit was their glory that ke lived ih their times: and will be the eternal! ho- nour of this Nationa; that the Greateft Kings and . the Greate Philofapher met togither in one age, ifone Iland. By the faveur of bis Prince, who Well knew’ the valew of Learning and [Learned men, he was ratfed tothe higheft dignities in the ‘Civileftate, aad by his own happie Genius, to the higheft degree 1n the flateof learning, which was the greater wonder of the two; being fuch incom- patible perfections, and divided, enough to fill up the {phere of the greateft abilities alive. Yet with great applaufe he acted both thefe high parts, of the greateft Scholler and the greateft States-man of histime: and fo quit himfelfein both, as one and the fame Perfon, in tideand merit, became Lord Keeper of the Great fealeof England, and of the 41 | 9 3 Great To Tue Prince.) Great Seale of Nature both at once, which is a myftery beyond the comprehenfion of his own times, and a miracle requires a great meafure of faith in Pofterity, to believe it. This 15 the Au- thor | here prefent unto Your Highneffe, this his worke, whichby the powerfull influence of Your favour fhall profper;andit may be,be quicknedto the regeneration of another Phoenix out of his afhes, to adorne your World: for itis only the be- nigne afpe& & irradiation of Princes that infpires the Globe of learning;and makes Arts,and {ciences grow up and florifh, Heaven blefle Your High- neffe with blefsings on the right hand and on the left, and make Y ou Heire of all the virtues of your Royall Progenitors, that the Honour of Princes begun in them, may be continuedin Your perfor, and thata future age may be fo blefIed in You, as the prefent isin Your Royall Father, the Glory of Kings and their Admtration. YOUR HIGHNESSE moft Humbly devoted Gicperr WATS | CoM M" FAVOVRABLE READER. | HE intended Apologetiques for tha Inftaurationof Sciences, and the ju« Stification of this Author, which (bould have bin prefix d. this work; SS] 44 a preparation thereto, dx not ves publifDt .« Motives to thes refolution, 22/2] were diver[e, whereof fome are very concerning. Apologetiques for — [uch Authors and fuch enterpri- fes ave intertained with jealouftes , as if they threatned an innzyation in the flate of Learning ; by veverfing the judge- ments of Antiquity, andthe Placits of the Moderne ; and by bringing in, anew Primum Mobile , into she Fntellettu- all Globe of Sciences, tothe fubverfion of the Arts received. “But thefe are groundleffe fears, fancied by fuchs who either under Stand not the intention of this attempt; ors engag d in a Profeflory way,fufpect their profit and reputation to be in danger, if [uch defignes [bouldtake effect. Our Author pro- tefts again[? [uch dareing vanities, the raifing of any new fe&, uponthe ruins of Antiquity; and every where endea- pours to improve the labours of Ancient and Moderne writers, | . and To THe READER. a ei a me ac a ri a ando muft be doe who defends him, if be underftands the bu- finelfe he goes about. The point is net, touching wbat is already done, nor of the abilities of the Agents; nor of the capacity of their inftrumentsswhich could not be undertake without emulous comparifons both of Perfous Actions and Things: but the point is touching propagation & Advancement of Knowledges.the improvement and notthe confervation only, of the Patrimony of our Anceftors: and that by opening to the underftanding a dif- ferent way, than hath bin known to former Ages; and clearing thar glaffe tothe letting in of a more plentifull light. The waies and ends of thefe two knowledges ( I meane of what we have, and — of what we may have) thus different; and the principles upox which they proceed fo divers; bothmay confi{t without contradi- étions and confutations; or tbe invafions upon their diftinguifht rights: [othe propagation of Knowledge,by the affi lance, of the Father of Lights, may be pur{ued, with the refervation of the honour of Ancient and Moderne Authors, and the Arts it afe, which refpetting the end whereto they were inftituted, Di- Íputation;Redargution and the likeyare very conducent,andin their way of perfection highly exalted. And this ts the first mo- tive of deliberating the publication of my Apologetique, the dif- Siculty of the bufineffe. Another is this. The times into which we are fallen, are learned Times ds ever were (ince the Grecian Philofophers,ands their feconds,the Arabian writers, which al- fothrough the great advantages, of the experiments of later A- ges, and the directions of Antiquity, in many particulars have out-gon their predece[Jors; fo as he that dare adventure, as, [ome doe; to intrude unftudied thoughts upon fo learned an age as thts &, neither reverences the age as be ought, nor wifely confults his os reputation with Pofterity. And as the Times are learneds fo (which toofrequently falls out) fomewhat confident. Great wits, and which have fortified their conceptions by books and fludy, ave ftrongly prepolfe/t with almoSt impregnable anticipa- tions; and not fo eafily induced, as more inconcerned and difen- gaged natures are; to know or unknow any thing that either Sbould be farther inquired into, or [bould be for gotten. And much within thefe two orbs our Apolog y moves , in difcovery of igno- "To THE Roma E R. (Ceo T SIUT III lew cllickaciol not know. For certainly much knowledge remaines yet conceal dy and the way totbis difcovery is by forgaeing many unprofitable fubrleties, and by a learn'd ignorance falling off from many aery . fpeculations to tbe folid fmplicity ofthe Ancients. Were weto compofe a *Paneg yrique in praifc of the perfections of the learn- ing of our daies, which indeed merits {uch a facrifice , the la- bour were but balfe what it is, for laudatory hymnes feldome come out of feafon, they need no preparations and what might be wanting inthe waight of {peech, would be fupplied by am aptitude to accept and believe." But inthe bufinelfe in handsthe mind of man, the principal (ubje& to ge wrought upon, and her fpeculations, both which we fo admures are fo immur'd and blockt up with corrupt notions either fromthe placits of Pbilo- {opbers, the depraved lames of Demonftration; or from inherent qualities inthe generall nature of man,or individuate temper a- ture of particulars; that nothing cat be done antill thefe be cons vinced, at leaft, (ubjected to examination: which is another suo- tivetbat (Laies me wponthe Land: Another Reafon; (whiches the laff Iwilltroublethe Reader withall ts this. Time the med- Jure of all our Adions, without whofe affz [Lance our beft concep- tions are Abortives, by the intercurrence of other engagements (which I might have difpenced withall, had 1 rightly under- frood the fervile tenure of feculat contracts ) bath {urprixdme. A conceives which 1 proncunce with fome pasion, that a Schol- ler for his {tudies, bad binthe mafter of his own bowres; but be- that trafiques with the world [ball finde it etberwife. Time which Ipre[um d I could commands and.ftay as I doe my watch, hath commanded me. And thefe diverfions. were (econded ( Hu- mane Reader) by a (ad Accidents: It pleafed God iu the best of my attendance on ibis. bufine[Je; to take aways by one of the terrorsof mortality the Stone, my deare broiber S* RicHarp Scor, fervant to the mof]. Eminent Lord tbe Lo. Deputy Generall. of Ireland;-beloved of his:deare Lord tothe lateft minute of life; honour dwitb bis prefence to the farthest confines of mortality; and theresby bis Noble Pietys deliver! d up,withas much folenmity, as a Kingdome could. confexre, dato the im~ x i ; bo mortality To Tue READER: -—————— — ee nas ise cem ILI mortality of another world, This deadly Jhafi paffing through pim, fo wounded me, that 1 my [elfe was arrived within few paces ofthe land of darkneffe. Fn bis filent Marble, the beft part of that finall portion of joy Ibadin the World ; but all my hopes, are entombed. This penfive cafualty fo took me off from books and Lufinelfe, as for fome months after, Icouldrelifb no thoughts but whatwere mingled with the contemplations of mortality. Sic fugit interea fugit irrevocabile tempus. Thefe werethe impediments to my Apologetique; which (if what is done be accepted ) [ball be prefix dtbe NOV. ORG. «For of this Tran [lation this is tbe first part (Reader) if'it pleafe thee, ifit pleafe thee not, thelaft. But before I take my leave; here are fometacite objettions, which I would meet halfe way, and [o weakentheir approaches, left they fall too heavy upon me. The firttis, touching the Divifion of the firft book into Chapters, contrary to the mind of the Author, andthe intenti- on of the work. This exception may be thusfatisfied. that pro- fitisto be preferred before artificial contrivances where both cannot foconveniently be had, amd totbis end, difcretion to be followed beforerule. Werethe Author now alive and his vaft Defignes going on, this alteration bad been (omewhat bold: but the inimitable Architeét now dead, having perfetted litde more then the outward Courts, as it weres of bis magnificent In- flaurations andthe whole fumme of Sciences, and the flock of Arts in prefent pe[[zffom, not ableto defray the charges of fini- bing this Fabrique, [thought,fit, by compartitions and diftri- butions into [everall roomes,to improve what we haves to our beft advantage, fo it might be done without prejudice tothe Authors proceduresand apt coherence, which J hope it is: Having refpe# herein rather to accommodation than decoration; for Houfes (as our Author faies) are built to live in and not tolook on, and therefore ufe to be preferred before uniformity. ‘ Another Exception may be made againf? the draught of the Platforme into Analytique tables, which feems fomewhat pedantique and against that common rule Artis eft difsimulare Artem. To this J an[wershw. Order and dependance is as it weres the foule of the World, ofthe Works of Nature and rt ; and that which f keeps To THe READER. keeps them united, without which all would fall afunder and be- come like the firft Chaos before the prodwétion of light. And of all Methods that ever were, at least that ever came to our bands, our Authors isthe moft naturall and moft dependent. For Truth, as it refleéts on wi, is acongruent conformity of tbe Jntellect tothe Object; and of the different faculties thereof, to the difference of things: wherefore the trueSt Partition *f bu- mane leatningsts that, which hath reference to humane facul- ties; when the Intelle&uall Globe, aad the Globe of the World, intermixetheir beams and irradiations in a dire& line of projection, to the Generation of Sciences. This our Author hath perform d to admiration, and in this gone beyond all Anti- -quity, yet upon their grounds, wherein be can never be out-gone; unle[Je followed; by Pofterity. The Ancients indeed, were men of moft profound fpeculations, butin the delivery of them{elvess Somewhat involy’d,as appears by Plotinus, Proclus; Trif{me- . giftus and others, and many of Platoes Schoole writ Dialogue- wife, which ts no doctrinal way. As for Ariftotle, bi precepts touching method (ifany fach book was written) they are pe- rifbt; faving where be (caters fuchrules bere and there » which Should have been filencedsand are not fowell followed by bim- felfe. And for the Methods of the Modernes , Ramus ando- ’ therss by tbeimprovement of German writers, impair d, they knit the limmes of knowledge to fone; bave bedwarfed Sciences, and are becomean Arc (as learned Hooker expre[[s it) which teaches the way of fpeedy difcourfe, and reftrains the mind of man, thatit may not waxe over-vvife. The Excellency therefore of our Authors Partitions, induced me to thefe delmeations, for their ufe only, who have not the leafures or patience to ebferveit according tothe merit, that by this Ana- tomy, the junctures and arteries, urit were, of this great body might more vifibly appeare> An other objection is, touching tbe Allegations inthe Margin, contrary to the folemne cu- home of Antiquity and the moft of graver Authors. For this I bad thefereafons. It pleafed our Author,thoe he was bim[elfe 4 Ihving fountain of knowledgesand had awealthy flock of bis own, Serto taft of other waters, and to borrow from Antiquity, and to E Gq2 acknow- To THe READER. acknowledge {uch borrowings, He thus nameing bis Authors, I thought fitto note them. And ashe was aman of a moft elevated phanfie and choice conceptions;{0 was be in the feleékion of bis . Authors, and the pa[Jages he pleas’d to makeufe of: and itis worth the labour to know with whom {uch great wits ufe to con- yerfe;to point tothe Mines where they digge their Ore; aud to the [badomes where they repofe at noone. And as bis [election of Authors was very choice , fo was his application of their fayings, very curious, and ina firain beyond the vulgar reach. Places out of Sacred Scriptures are fo explicated, (oapplied, as you mayfearch all the Commenters that are extantsand not finde the like expofitions,as you foall findeinbim. As for humane Authors he betters bis borrowings frem them, teaching the alle~ gations out of them, a enfe above the meaning of him that lent it him; and which be repaies toowith double intereft for what be borrowed. Thife confiderations invited meto Marginall Cita~ tions. Thefe Rea[ons [et apart, Icannot approve this weake ama bition; and doe, not without cenfuresread Moderne Authors pro- ftitute to humane allegations; as ifthe Truth they delivers were tobetried by voices, or having loft. its primitive. Innocence, must be cover d with thefe fig -leaves; or as if the Authors them [elves were afraid that it fhould make an. efcape out of their ext, if it were not befet inthe Margin with Authorities as with awatch. The laft exception is , touching the Pretaces,and o- ther Introductions prefixed this worke, that make the Gates and Entries (0 wides as they feem to invitethe Citty to run away. Tht: isthus anfwer d. Ft muft be remembred that this worke it the Defigne was very fpacious, and i intbe performance of what is donefo ample, that when the fecond and third Parts ball be added, as added they will besthe Porches and Ingtefles, in the judgement of any good Architetts are proportionable enough. - And if our Authors rule hold, that every faire Fabrique fbould haye three Courts, a greene (Courts a [econd Court more gar- nifbt; andathird to make afquare withthe Front, then bave you bere this Epiftle asthe mean Court, Iudgements upon this Author living and deadyas the middle (Courts and the Authors own excellent Preface to confront with the work it felfe. Now To. dns. READER. EMEN E s V ZU eau Leur usd Ifhould, {ay fomething touching Tranflation; and asit t mine. The very Action is fomewbat obnoxious to cenfure,being of the nature of thofe, the failing whereof may difgrace morc, thanthe carrying of itthrough, credit the undertaker. But, be- fides the con{ctence of the deed done; for otber ends I could not have; (tbe Author now dead, and alive mihi rec injuriis nec beneficiis notus) and that to be a Tranflator is more than to be an Author, (ome {uch at there be; and that it is no fuch mean office to bear alight before a Lord Chancellor of England: I fhould excufe it, werethe example mine: fo, writes learned Sae vil, (2, eloquent Sandys; (0,Malvezzi’s Noble Interpreter; with whom conferred I am le[fe tbana foadow: So, many able and eminent names of France and Italy, and otber Nations; So the Ancients of former ages and of all Arguments. * But. if any befo folemnesf? fevere, and of {uch primitive tafts, they can away with no waters, which come not fromthe fpring-head; nor endure to drink of Tiber, that paffes through Thames; They may give over here, if they fo. pleafe, and proceed no farther. This interpretationwas not meant for fuch faftidious palates and yet, it may be, for as diflinguifbing as theirs ave. Now if this very attion be thw liable to exception, much more mul! my performance be.(Certainly books by Tranflation com- monly take wind inthe efjufion; and for Strength fall {hort of their Originals; as reflexed beams are weaker than direét: but then it muft be under {tood of Originals, truly fo. For if a Writer deliver himfelfe out of bis Native language, F fee not why a Tranflator rendring himin it, may not come neare bim: and in this cafe, the Author bim[elfe is the Interpreter, being he tranflates his own thoughts, which originally fpeak bis mother tongue. Tetfor allthis Errors I know there are, and (ome lap- fes,which require a Connivence, and a Reader hath this ad- vantage,that be may (lay upon one periode long as an Tuterpre- ter did on one page; befides bis peculiar Genius tofome fludied paffages. Some Errors (paffing but a tranfient eye upon what is done) ] [ee already; and could note them, but I would not wil- lingly gr atify fome kind of Readers fo farre. They that are Iu- ditious and ingenious too (for F would have no Readers that q 94 have To Tue READER. have not tbe[e two ingredients in their compofitions, ‘thoe Ifi: times Iname but one, which Twouldtben, fbould be predomi: nant) will in their judgements find them. and in their mercy pardon them. As for Sophifts and Satyrifts » a degenerate Race of men, thar fit upon the lives and learning of allthat write. who re(olv d to doe nothing tbem[elves, may with more fecurity cenfure others: and themtoo, who, as Learned D ow deciphers them, forbid not bookes, but men; damning what ever fuch a name; hath, or fhall write. they are things below the merit of my indignation; objetts of Scorne, which a litle fligh- ted, and not inflamed by oppofition , or countenanced t? a reply by confütationi, will within awhile, of themfelves extingui[byand aniio: like ome difperfed roving winds, which without encoun tre are difpirited and die.. And it concernes me; Courteous Rea- dersto put onfuch aconfidence as this; for being Tamlikelyto — appeare in mine own perfons aI doe now inthe Perfin of ano- ther, to be toatender-fronted were to invite injuries, and to pro- fliite {uch unfeafonable modesty to abufe. Hethat will to fea, ufo look for fome cloudy dates; and to be too fcrupulous or. Ceremonious touching Times or Perfons, athe bane of bufi- nelje and of all well-meant endeavours: according to that of So- lomon, Qui obfervat ventum non feminar, & qui iconfi de- rat Nubes, nunquam metet. TESTIMONIES CONSECRATE TO THE MERITE OF THE INCOMPARABLE PHILOSOPHER S FRANCIS BACON BY SOME OF THE BEST-LEARND OF THIS INSTANT AGE. ^ SO Lthough fevers fnquifitors of truths and fuch' EwANee who,by theirlearned Labours ,, ftand upon AN? pub. Recordin the apptov d Archives of E- 0405663 ternity, may, inan humble diftance, lay claim and title to that facred Prerogative — Ego autem ab domine TeStimonium non Capto, ipfa enim Opera que facio teftantur de me,-- yexbecaufe fuch Great Authors,in their high flight, are{oleffened in the aire of unfrequented contemplations; & take fuch unbeaten waies,as they become the weak won- der of common Capacities, accuftom'd to populare opinix ons,and authorizd Errors : and in this admiring Igno- rance, the prejudicate objects of Emulation, Envy, Jealou- fies, and fuch like impotent pafsions: Jrfeems;in a fort,ne- ceffary; that the way be clear'd before fuch writers; and thatchey enter the Theatre, as well with the fuffrage of yoice sto gaine upon the will, as with che flrengch of Rza- fon, to convince the VnderStanding. Wherefore, riot fo much for the honorof this Author, A (thoe TupGEMENTS Upon (though that isintended too ) as for the aid of fome antici- pate Readerssnot yetmanu-mifled from a fervile beliefe, tothe liberty of their own judgements,(fuch J mean, as areyet under the minority'of an implicite faith) J thought goodto deliver chisimperfectlift of Deponents, which the precipicancy oftlris-Edition, would not permit to fill up with fomeother-Great-Naries)both ofthis Kingdome, and of forrain Nations., What is wanting here tothe accom- plifhment of chis-Galalegue; Time. the Parent of Truth, ihallConfummage. — (| : Le Sreur MáucánsoCounfilerand fecretary to the K. of France, inthe Epift.to his, Tranflation of a Part of this Work, gives our Author this Teftimony. ~~ Among [I whom every ene knows that $* FRANCIS Ba-- C ON; by many degrees off, holds the firft rank both for the vi- vacity of bis Spirits eminency of bis Learning ,Elegancy of his file. ] havestudiedwith diligence all his writings; and prefume I may doe a performance of [ome merit and acceptations in pre- fenting to.my Countrey his Books of the ApVANCEMENT OF LEARNING, 4Work hath not bin [een in our Language. This ts the Book which I have caufad to palfe the Seas, not as the Gold of the Fudiessto cherifh vice, and corrupt out Manners; but a4 afoveraigne Plant of fingular virtue, to cure the wounds, which ignorance. aud, Pedantifme baye given humane fci- ences. - à ;] M* PriggE D'Àusors S*De La MagGpELAINE ln his juft and elegant difcouríe upon the life of our Author; delivers his cenfure thus... | Judgement and Memory never met in any man in that height and inea[ure they met in bim; fo as in [Dort time be became Ma- ther of all tbofe Knowledges which are learnt in Scholes. A page after; “But as be ever valewed bim[clfe » rather bornef-x other men, than bim[elfe , now that be could not, for want of imployment, any longer endow tbe publique with hax Active perfe&tions; he was defirou at leafl to become profitable in . "XR OTN Ver RULAM. ina , Contemplative waysby his wkitings and b hy bis books, : mo- numents certainly meritingsto find entertainment in all the Lis braries of theworld; and which deferveto be ranged with ich faire works of Antiquity. The famenoble French-man in: his Ad oe Een to our Au&ors Nat..Hiflery thus expreffi es hira, _Forthis Naturall Hiftoryswbere the quality of Metals, tbe Nature of Elements, the Caufes of Generation, and Corrup- tionsthe divers attions of Bodies one upon anather , and fuch like imprefions, avedifcour(edwith {uch life and light, that be may [eem to have learu'd his knowledge even in the Schoole of the Firft Man. And though bereit. be may bethought to. have paff d uponthe breachesof Axiftotle Pliny, and Cardan, yet notwithstanding be borrowes nothing from them: as if he bad à defigneko make it abpeare, that thofe great men, have not fo en- tixely polJeft tbem[zlves of this [ubje£t, but bat there remains much tobe di[cover d. For my parts thoe.it be. farre fiom nny intentions torai[etbe reputation of this Author upon the ruins of Antiquity; yet 7 chink it may be avoucbed upon the grounds of reafon, that in this prefemt Argument be hath (ome advantage of them: being that tbe moft of the Ancients which have written of things Natural pane fatisfied them|elves in reporting things; a the information of others have given them. intelligence, and not confideringsthat ofiewtimes that whichis deliver'd them for Hiftory, ufarre efleign d from all yerity; they have chofen ra- ther, byreafons to confirme tbe refolutions of another, than to makean exalt enquiry and difcovery themfelves. *But Mon’ Bacon not relying upon the meer. wordandseredit of {uch as ment before him, will have Expetience jayn d with Reafons and examines ihe receiv d principles ofthe Schooless by the ef- fects of Nature; the fbeculations of the Intellectuall Globesby theoperations of the Corporale.By this means be hath found out fo many rare fecrets, whereof he hath bequeath d us the inventt- on; and made many axioms acknowledged for falfeswhich betber - to have gow current amengjt Philofophers, and have bin held inviolable, A 2 Tos. JUDGEMENTS LU PON Tos. Apami» Inhis Prefaceto the Reais Purroso- puta, of that excellent Philofophet CaMPANELLA (who . lives toenjoy thatFame; which many eminent for their learning,rarely poffefTe after death )fpeaks his opinió thus: . We erc£t nofett, eflablifb no Placits of ' Ereftes but endea- pour to tran[cribe univer[ale and ever veritable Philofophy out ofthe Ancient Original Copy ofthe world: not according to va- riable and difputable fpeculations, but according to the Condu- Eture of fen[e and irrefragable depofitions of the Architect bim- felfeswhofe hand inworks, diffents not from his word in writing. And ifthe GREAT INsTAURATION of the deep-mineing Phi- lofopber,Fra.Bacon Lo. Verutam Chancellor of Eng- land, «work of high expectation, and moft worthy; as of Confi-. deration, fo of afsiftance, be brougbtto perfection, it will per- chance appeare, that we purfwe tbe fame ends, [eeing we tread the (ame foot-fleps intraceings and a4 it were, hounding nature, by Senge and Experience; Wc. S' Tos. MatHews, Inhis Epift. tothe Duke of Flo- rence prefixt his Italique Tranflation of my Lo. Bacon’s &Jaies; amongft other Elogies deciphers him thus. S' AusrEN (aid of bis illegitimate fonne Horrori mihi erat illud ingenium, and truly Ihave known a great number whom F much yalew, many whom F admire, but none whohath fo afto- nifbt mes and as it were, ravifbt my fences ,tofee fo many and fo great parts, which in other men were wont to be incompatible; united, and that in an eminent degree inone fole Perfon. I know not whether this truth will find ea[y beliefes that there can be founda manbeyondthe Alpes, of a mofl rea- - dywit; most faitbfull memory, moft profound Iudgement; of amoft rich and apt exprefion, wni'ver{all in all kinds of knowledges asin part may be feen by that rare incomparable piece,the Apv ANCEMENT Or LeEarnine,which future A- _ ges fballrender in different languages: But bethe faith of other — Nations what it will inthis point the matter T report i$ fo well wn- derftood in England, that every man knowes 0 acknowledges aemuch, nay hath bin an eye awd carewitne[Je therecf, nor if I Should THe Lo. VERULAM. Should expatiate upon tht fubje® fhould J be held a flatterer, but rather a fufragantotruth, Se. M'Georce Sanopys In his excellent Commentaries on his inimitable Tranflation of the ftately MetTamorpHo- sis rendred;in an equall felicity of exprefsion, tothe Eter- nall fires of that fweet tongu d Roman; often cites the judge- ment of our Author, from whole fentence he never ap- peals, but rather adores as an Oracle; andin an ingenious acknowledgement of afsiftance from him, thus delivers him to pofterity. | Of Moderne writers ] have receiv d tbe greateft light from Geraldus,Pontanus, Ficinus, Vives, Comes; Scaliger, Sa. binus, andthe Crowne of the later the Vicounrt Or S ALBANS, affisled,tboe le/Je conftantly, by other Authors, al- molt ofall Ages and Arguments. Having bin true to my fir ft purpofes in making choice, for the moft part, of thofe interpreta- sions, which either beare the [Lamp of Antiquity, or receive e- (timation from the honor of the Author. Marin Mersenne An able man, but a declar’d ad- verfary to our Authors defigne (whofe Arguments I fhall encountre in my Apologetique forthe Inflaur. of Sciences) inhis Bookesofthe Vertty Or Sctencesagainft the Sceptiques and Pyrrbonians Lib.A. Cap. xvi. acknowledges thusmucb, which comming from an Adveríary is there- fore more valid. VERuLAM, feemsto have no other intention in bis. New Meruop, then to eflablil the Verity oF SCIENCES; wherefore you mult not anticipate as grantedsthat be makes for Jon, or that he is of your opinion, be confelfes we know litle, but be [ubverts not the Authority of Sen(e and of Realon; mo be la- boursto find out proper and proportionable instruments, where- by to Condu& the under fianding to the knowledge of Nature and her effects. — B ; The JupcEMENTs Uron The Authors Cenfure upon himfelfe. For in my judgement, it is a matter which concernes wot only: the “Benefit of otbers; but our own Reputation alfo; tbat no man imagine that we have projetted in our minds [ome flight fuper- ftiallnotion of thefe Detignes; and that they are of the mature ofthofe things, which we could Defire, and which we accept only abzood wifhes: For they are fa Web as without que[Honsare with- inthe power and poftibility of men to compaffe; wnlelfe they be eanting tothem/elves, and bereof we. for our parts, bave cer- tais and evident demonftiations for Wwe conic no hethers as , Augures, to meafure Countries in our mind, for Divinati- on; but as So dealt toitivade them fora — Hisanfwer to ioonaeTaded Objedtions. ! 1 doe foré[ce that many of thofe things which I Dal — a DgsicsENTSvlincurre divers cenfwres;de chat fome parts of tbit enverprixe were done long agocand are now extant, O-. thers; thatthey fàff of curiafity &) promife no great fruits Os thers, that they are imp'(fible t0 be compaffed by bumane inda- fries. "For the two firft, lee the particulars fpeak for themfelves. Forthelaftroüching impofsibilities; Tdeterminethus. Al thoferbings arevobe held (pofible and performeable which may be accompli(he by fome- perfon, thoe not by every one; and which’ nay be done bythe wnited labours of many, thoe wot by any one apart; and which may be effetted in a [ucce[fiofi of Ages, thoe not in the [ame Ageyand in briefe which may be jinifbt bó the care and charge of the pub. s thoe not bythe abilities andinduftry of private perfons. Ff for all this there be any, who would’ rather takatobinfelfe tbat of Solomon, Dicit Pige?’ Leo eft in via, tbantbarof Visit Poffunt quia poffe videntur ..— “it is e- nowph for Meri a "ny. libours m be ef ned as votes "yet 271 bet- . UT wifbes? for as iwaskes\ fome Knowledge’ Odes. matid à Quieftion' not imipertinencfo it requires: forie un- - detianding to make à vvifbinot abfürd: ides liba n IN THE lo; VenurAw. — An RR IN HONOREM : ILLVSTRISSIMI DNI FRANCISCI DE .VERVLAMIO Vice-Comitis St! Ar &AN!1! ESXSDBRBMLIAM AB EO InstTaur. Maa. £2? Visifte tandem? non enim vultw ambulat by De Quotidiano.Nefcis Fenare? audies, ZI Dux Notionum, veritatis Pontifex, Fnduttionis Dominus 27. Verulamii; Rerum Magifter unicus, at non Artium: Profunditatis Pinus, atg, Elegantia: . Nature Arufpex intimus: Philofophie 4Erarium. Sequefter Expericntia, Speculationifá: Aquitatis Signifer: Scientiarum (ub puprllari Staty Degentium olim Emancipator ; luminis Promus: Fugator Jdolám, atá Nubium: Collega Solis: Quadra Certitudinis: Sophifmatum Ma[H& : Brutus Literariut » -Autboritatis exucns T3rannidem: Rationis © fen[w Stupendus Arbiter; Repumicator Mentis: Atlas Phyficus, - Aleide fuccuml enté STAGIRITICO: Columba Nos, que in vetuftis Artibus Nullum locum»requiemrve Cernens, pra [Lii vÁafefuamá, Matris Arcamregredi. Subtilitatis terebrá, ; Temporis nepos Ex veritate matre : Mellis Alveus: | B z Muadig, A TE JupcEMENTs Upon Mundig, 49 Animarum, [acer dos unicus: Securis Errorum ; ing, Natalibus Granum finapa, acre aliis, Crefcens fibi. O me prope Lafum, Fuvate Pofteri. Geor. Hersperr Orat. Pub, in Academ. Cantab. MANES MANES VERVLAMIANI ge ae! eg IN OBITUM IN COMP ARABILIS : FRANCISCI DE VERVLAMIO, «c. B.PIC 6a Dies 2 NcLvrA Academia CANTABRIGIENSIS; We) cujus felicitas fuit , viro ad falutem {cien- 2r tiarum sate, primas fapientiz mammas : :2/9 prebere; ac Philofophum, poft occafum Yes S8 Y Gracie, maximum , orbi dare: fuper fu- aS Ke SA nus Alumni fui Lacrymas effudit, doctas acduraturas meftitias. Ex hoc integro Mufarum fonte, modica hzc fed facunda fluenta,collegit interpres;ut quod, viventi, feculum dederat decus, glifcente adhuc invidià; & morienti dediffe conftaret, ceffante nunc adulatione. Reli- qua fui nominis #ternitati confecranda, continuata fecu- lorum ferie ad ultinias ufd; mundi favillas » rependet po- ftericas: Quis fupremam fuis laudibus manum imponct , novit tantum; Fundator ille, aé fimul everfor Seculorum. B 3 Adhuc MANES VERULAMtANI. Dhuc füperbis in[olente purpur* Feretri raping Inclytos in tot viros Sterile Tribunal? cilicio dicas diem, Saccimá, totam facito luxuricm fori. A Themide libra secgeratur penfili, Sed urna, pregravis urna V erulami. Expendat.&beu! Epborw baud lancé premit, Sed Areopagus, nec minor tantus f?phoss QuáPorticu bracchata Nam vefler Ícholz; Gemifícit axis, tanta dum moles ruic. Orbis foluta cardo litterariis Ubi fIudio coluit togam 47 trabeam part. Qualts per umbras Ditis Curidicepagans Palpare geshiit Orphéum, quali Orpheus, Salientetandem (vix priw crifpa) Styge, Alite fibras lyra titillavit manu, Talis plicata Philologan enigmatts Petiit “Baconum vindicem, tali manu Latlatacriftasextulit Philofopbia: Humid, [occts reptitantem Comicts Non proprio Ardelionibu molimine Sarfit,fed Inftauravit. Hine politius Surgit cothurnocelfore, à) Organo Stagirita virbiw reyivifcit Novo. Calpen (uperbo Abylámq4; vincit remige Phoebi Columbussartibus noviss Novum Daturus Orbem; promovet conamina Juvenilis ardor, uff, ad invidiamtrucem F ati minacis. Quis Senex vel Hannibal; Oculi fuper ftitis timens caliginem, Signis Suburram ventilat viétricibus? Quis Milo inultus quercubus bilem movet Senectatauro gibbacum gravior premit? Dum nofter Heros traderet (cientias 4Esernitati, bror(ut expeditior Sui fepulchri comperitur artifex. Plasida videtur Ecflafis fpeculatias MANES VERULAMAANTA Quá mens stucrivolweris Fleas boni Fu la&feos properat Olympi qramireys o Hi ignoratur fedibus Domeftica, .. n Peregrinapropriu, Redit. Weklarirds Fugax; vagatur vurfuiya) furit pedi: Furtivatandem ferio, fe fubtrabit Totam; gementi morbido eadayeri ^ Sic de[ue[cit anima, fic jubet mori: ^ Y E Agite lugubres Mu[2, 47 a Libani jugis Cumulate thura: $dut in pyram ellie 707 ay Scintillet omne; [celus fit accendi vog. ” veil: hs Regum Prometheocwlimart oro: \ 8 nt Et fi quaforté ludat in cimérés facrós ^ Aura petulantior ,fugatió, füadeat , Tunc flete; lachrymis in: aiplexus tuent Globuli [equaces. Denuo hice a Ergaftuli ever[ radicits dud ^ cw Evehere felix animas faeta pate dena io: bancs Offende, & illuc civicam fidet fequi. m SET € Tripode juris, diébites opacu]a omm oon "T hemidos alumnis. Stc oc ER ons kN Re Aftrza priftino fruatur vindice, \. pun rine SHARE Vel cum Bacono turfiis Afttzam m 2811) «sS wb amu Cyan sd q par J Udax exemplum quo Mens comm Et S «cli vindex ingeniofe tui, 5 Dum [enio macras¥éeoqwis fitter aed E £i Subtrabis 9? prifco libera colla j9gos i T i n Quo deflenda modo*yeniwnt vid fuera? quales “> Expofcunt lacrymae, quid fibi fea oim? 0700007 Antimuit Natura parens ne nde jue c gente Detraxit veStem dum tha deriva facram? | ~~ Jgnoti& oculis rerum patuere Réce[nin, ret EIC dam Rimuladüllatuum»- ^57 EU Archim, Manes VERULAMTtANI. An vero, Antiqua olim data Sponfa Maritir, - Conjuges amplexum refpuit illa novi? — An tandém damnofa piis atá, invida ceptts, Corripuit vite fila (trabenda) tua? Sic ultra vitreum Siculus se pergeret orbem Priyati cecidit militis enfe Senex. Tg, tuos maties ideo (Francifce) tuliffi, Ne,nontentandum,perficeretur opus. "Unt qui defunct vivant in marmore, 9 «vum Annofis credant pofHibw omne. (uum: Ere micant alii; aut fulvo fbefkantur in auro, Et, dum fe ludunt, ludere fata putant. Altera pars bominum numerosa prole (uper [Ies; Cum Niobe magnos temnit iniqua Déos. At tua celatis beret nec Fata (olumnis, Nec tumulo legitur, Sifte viator iter: Si qua Patrem proles veferatynon corporis illa eS Sed quafi de cerebronata Minerva Jovis. Primatibi virtus monumenta perennia praftats Altera, nec citius corruitura, Libri: Tertia Nobilitas; ducant jam fata triumphos, Que (Francifce) mui sil nif corpus babent. Urrag, pars melior» Mens Q7 bona Fama fuper(utt, Non tanti utredimas vile cadaver babes. T. Vincent. T. C. — m Ux fundite nunc aquas perennes In Threnos, Lacrymáf/5, ,. Apollo fundas Quat vel Caftalium tenet Fluentum: | Nam Letbo neg, cowyenire tanto: Po[sint nenia parvas nec coronent Immenfabac modice fepulchra gutta; Nervw ingenii, Medulla fuadz... Dicendig, Tagus, reconditarum. . MANES VERULAMIANI.- Et gemma pretia Literarum, Fatis concidit ; (beutrium Sororum Dura (lamina) Nobilis Baconus. O quam te memorem Bacone fumme Noffrocarmine! 47 illa gloriofa Cunétorum monumenta feculorum, Excufaingeniotuo, ¢) Minerva! Quam dochis,elegantibus, profundis, Inftauratio Magna, plena rebut! Quanto luminetineas Sophoram Difpellit veterum tenebricofas Ex chao procreans novam. coghar? Sic ip(e Deus inditum [epulchro | Corpus reftituet manu potenti: - Ergo non morerts (Bacone) namte A morte, S tenebrir, Q9. afepulchro, Inftauratio Magna vindicabut. RCT. " Arcite: Nofler amat facunda filentialufiws, Poft quam obiit [olui dicere qui potait: Dicere, qua [Hupeat Procerum generoja coronas | Nexaá, follicitis folvere Tura rets. Vaflum opus. At noftras etiam V erulamius artes InsTauraT vetered; condit @ ille neyas. Non qua majores: Penitos verum ille rece{[us NATUR, dtidaci proyocat ingenio. Aft Ea, fifte gradum, feri(q; nepotibus, (inquit,) Linque quod inventum fxcla minora juvet. Sit fatis, his fefe quod nobilitata Jnventiss lactent ingenio tempora noftra tuo. Eftaliquid, quo mox ventura fuperbiet xtass Eft, foli notum quod decet effe mihi: | Sittua laus, pulchtos Corpus duxiífe per artus; Integra cui nesmid reddere membra queat: ; G Sie Manes VERULAMtANI. Sicopus artificem infectum commendat Apellem; - Cum pingit reliquam nulla manus Venerem. Dixit, à? indulgens ceco Natura fiori, Prafecuit vite Filum OperifG, fimul. At Tu, qui pendentem audes detexére telam, Solus quem condant bec monwmenta [cies. (C Coll.Trin.Soeius. I) Cm moriens tantamnofiris Verulamius Heros Trislitiam Mufis, luminag, uda facit: — Credimu beu nullum fieri post fata beatum, Credimus ¢) Samium defipuiffe fenem. Scilicet hic miferis, falix nequit effe» Camaniss Nec fe quàm Mulas plus amatifle fade. At luétantem animam Clotho imperiofa coé git Ad celum invitos traxit in astra pedes. Ergone Phoebetas jacuiffe putabimus artes? . Atá, her bas Clariinil valuiffe Dei? | Phoebus idem potuit nec virtw abfuit berbis, | Hunc artem atá, illas vim retinere putes: At Phoebum (ut mersit ne Rex foret ifle Camenis) Rivali medicam crede neg alfe manum. Hinc dolor eSt.quod cum Phoebo Verulamius Heros Major erat reliquissbae foret arte minor. 1 Vostamen tantum Manes atá, *Ombfa, Camxnzs Et pene inferni pallida turba Jovis, Si fpiratis adbuc, 9 non lufiftis ocellos, Sed neg, poft illum vos fuperelfe putem: S? vos ergo aliquis de morte reduxerit Orphew, J5taá, non aciem fallit imago meam: Dicite nunc geinitur Q7 lamentabile carmen, Ex cculis veftris lacryma multa fluat. En quam multa fluit? verds agnofco Camznas Et lacrymas, Helicon vix fatis ww erit; Deucalionzis 07 qui nos mer[us in undis Pernaflus Manes VERULAMIANI. —— m M À—" Pernaflus (mirumeft) hifce latebit aquis. s Scilicet bic periit per quem vos vrvitis, °F qui Mult Pierias nutviit arte Deas. Vidit ut hic artes nulla vadice retentas, Languere ut [umino ( amima [Bara folo; Cre{cere Pegaleas doeaitsvelut Hafl a Quirini Crevit et exiguo tempore Laurus erat. ErgoHeliconiadas docuit cim erefcere divas: Diminuent bujw fecula nulla decus. Nec ferre ulterinsgemerofi peékoris [tus (Contemptum potuit, Diva Minervastutim Reffituit calamus folitum divinus bonorem, Difpulit 2 nubes Altér Apollo tuas. Difpulit & tenebras [ed quas obfu[ca vetuftas, Temporis «7 pri[ci lippafenetta tulit; - Atq; altas methodos (acrum in[lauravit acumen, Gnolsiaq; eripuit; fed fna fila dedit. Scilicet antiquof apicstum vulgus in avo Tam claros oculos nop babuifJe liquet; Hi velut Eoo [urgens de littore Phoebus, ~ Hic welut in media fulget Apollo die: Hi veluti Typhistentarunt equora primum, At yix de[eruit littora prima vatis, | Pleiadas bic Hyadafq; atq; omnia f'ydzra nofcenss Syrtes, atq; tuos,improba Sylla, canes; — Scit quod vitandum eft, quo dirigat equore navem; Certils C7 curfum nautica monftrat atm: Infantes ili Mulas, bic gignit adultas; Mortales illi, gignit at iste Deas. Palmas ideo reliquis Magna Inftautatio libre AbStulit, 7 cedunt {qualia tur b a fophi. Et ve[lita novo Pallas modo prodit amitiu, Anguts depofitis ut nitet exuviis. Sic Phoenix cineres fpeft at modo nata paternoss Efonis & rediit prima juventá fenis. Jeftaurata fuos (2 fe Verulamia muros a p € $ Taktat,, ——— tt att Manes VERULAMIANI, jaa i2 antiquum [perat ab inde deque. Sed quanta efjulgent plus quam mortalis ocelli Lumina,dum regni myftica facra canat? Dum fic nature leges, arcanag, Regum; Tanquam à [ecretis effet utrique > canat: Daim canat Henricum» qui Rex, idemá, Sacer dos; Connubio Stabili junxit utramg, Rofam. iI i Atqui bec (unt noftris longé majora Camenis, NU! Non b«c inf xlix Granta, fed Aula fziat: Sed cum Granta labris admoverit ubera tanti aq Iw babet in laudes (maxime Alumne) twas. Tus babet, ut iac (Los laerymit extingueret ignes» Poffét ut € medio diripui[fe rogo. At noflra tibi nulla ferant encomia Mulz, Ipfe canis, laudes (9 canis inde tuas. Nostamen i7 laudes, qua poffunus artes canes, Sitamen ars defit, laus erit ifle dolor. Tho. Randolph. T.C. - S Ic cadit Aonii rariffima Gloria cetis? vA Etplacet Aoniis credere femen agris? Frangantur Calamis difrumpanturg, libelli, Hoc po(fint tetrice fi modo jure Dex. Heu qua lingua filet, que jam facundia ce[Jat; Quo fugit ingenii Netkar Q2 Efcatur? Quomodo Mufarum wobis contingit Alumnis «Ct caderet noflri prefes Apollo chori? Si nil cura, fides, labors aut vigilantia pofsint, Sig, feret rapidas, de tribu una, manus ; Cur nos multa brevi nobis proponimus yo? Cur putriexcutims fcripta fcpulta fiut Scilicet ut dignos aliorum à Morte labores Dum rapimit, nos Mers in. fua jura trabat. Quid , Ee ————Á— —————HÉHUPÉO ÉÁÉEPCR SOS oe ee E MaANES VERULAMIANI. guid tamen incaljum nil proficientia fundo Verba? quis optabit te reticente, loqui? — Nemotuam [pargat violis fragrantibus urnams Nectibi Pyramidum mole [epulchra locet; Nam tua confervant opero[a voluminafamam; Hoc fatis, bec probibent te monumenta mori. Williams. Rdinefequeretur defcriptio Tumuli VerucaMiant, monumentumNobiliff. Mur 1511,in honorem domini fui conftructum, quápietate, & dignitatem Patroni fui, quem (quod rari faciunt,etiam poft cineres Coluit) confu- luit; Patriz (uz opprobrium diluit; fibi nomen condidit. Bufta hzc nondum invifit Interpres, fed invifurus: Interim Lector tua cura Commoda,& abi in rem tuam. Creícit occulto velut Arbor «vo Fama BaAcout. - C 3 BTPPPPRIPPRPPPPPTTITPPRT 9 nod GIMloO esie. flog Tee E Y LT MG ! V d A J D Tu * i j * ^ [ D D Ju i z] A PEUT 3 at] Ht au : Jie To Waal e Rode ^ s MEE js li € v E ^ 7 j^. L < ^ Y p. , * e J t FRANCISCVS. BARO DE VERVLAMIO Vice-Comes SaNcT1 ÁrsANI ALMAE MATRI |I N C L Y T & INCLTTJE ACAD. ACADEMIA CANTABRIGIENSI. 5. || OXONIENSI. S. arm - vero facio , idem & vos hortor, utAucmenris Sciss-||fcrim, deeffem fané officio, fi &in Animi modeftia libertatem jus non deferrem. Sicut autem ingenii retineatis; Ned; talen- || eos hortatus fum, ita & vos hor- tum à veteribus concreditum in rIARUM ftrenué incumbatis: | fimile Amoris pignus forori e- tor ut Screnrrarum Auc- * = fudario reponatis. Affucrit pro- || mewrrs ftrenué incumbatis,& 9 culdübió veterum : : as pe dle. cubdubio & affulftrit | Divi- ni Luminis Gratia, fi humili. aa & fubmiffà R a1rcro- wt Pmurxoso»ura cla- vibus fenfüs legitime & dex- treutaminis & amoto omni con- tradigtionis ftudio, Quifq; cum alio, ac fi ipfe fecum difpu- tet, Falete, veterum labores,neq; nihil, neq; omnia effe putetis; fed vires eti- am pfoprias modefte perpenden- tes, fubindetamen experiamini, omnia cedent quam optimé ; fi Arma nonalii in alios vertatis fed junctis copiis in Natura rerü impreflion€ faciatis, fufficit quip- peillaHonori &Victoriz;V alte. dm $22697 $0: Di ae ik ae tie ERANCIS LO. races CONSULTED, THUS, | AND THVS CONCLVDED- WITH HIMSELFE; THE P UB. LICATION WHEREOF HE CONCEIPD DID. CONCERNE THE PRESENT, AND FUTURE AGE, OEY tae it was manifeftly known a Xm unto His Lord(lup, that humaneun- 275 derftanding creates it felfe. much (& V4.9 * trouble nor makes an aptand fober RCSA ule of fuch Audes, as are within the ES osi of Man; from whence infinite 1g00-. rance of Things;and from thei ignorance of Things, innumerous df advantages, his opinion was, that with all our induftry we fhould endeavour, if hap- pily that fame COMMERCE OF THE MIND AND OF THINGS (than which a greater blefsing can hardly be found on Earth, certainly of earthly Felicities,) might by a- ny means bes entirely veflored , at leaft brought to termes of neerer correfpondence. But that Errors, which have prevailed,and prevaile would for ever, oneafter another, cif the mind wereleft free to it felf) {hould rectify themfelves, either by the imbred pow- Aya aa ery Vicountr St Arspans MorTiIVEs er of the underfanding, or by theaides and afsiftan- ces of Logick, there wasno hope atall; becaufe that the Primitive Notions of Things, which the mind with a too facile and: fupine attractive faculty re- ceives 1n; treafures up and accumulates, from whichall the-reft are derived; are unfound, confu- {ed,andrafbly abftracted from things. The like luxu- riant vanity and inconftancy there 1s in the fecond and fequent Notions; whence1t comes to paffe,chat all chat human Reafon which weemploy, as couch- ing the Inquifition of Things, is not well digefted and built; but like fome magnificent Pile without foundation. For whileft men admire and celebrate the counterfeit forces of the mind; hir true powers which might be raifed (were right dire&ions admi: niftred, and fhe taught to become obfequious to things, and not impotently to infult over them) they pafse byand loofe.T his one Way remaineth that the bufinefse be wholly reatempted with better pre- parations; & thatthere be throughout, 42, 12NC- STeAVRATION, OF SCIENCES AND eARTS, andofall Human Learning rais'd from folid foundations. And this though it may feeme ina fortan infinit enterprize, and above mertall abi- lities, yet the fame will be found more found and ad- vifed, than thofe performances which hetherto have bin atchieved: for in. this there is fome ifsue; but in the endeavoursnow undertaken about Scien- ces,a perpetuall wheeling, A gitation and Circle, Ner- therishe ignorant how unfrequented this Expert. ence To His InsTiur. OF SciENCZE:. ence 1s, how difficile and incredible to perf wade a be- liefe, yet he thought not to defert the defigne, nor himfelfe, but to try and fet upon the way, which a- lone is pervious and penetrableto the mind of Man. For itis better to give a begianing to athiag which may once come to an ead, dm Withan "her con- tention & ftudie to be eawrapt in thofe mazes which areendlefle. And the waies of Contemplation for moft part re(emble thofe celebrated waies of Action, the one,at the firlt eatrance hard and difficult,endsin an open plain; the ot herat firit fight ready aad eaf y, leads into by-waies and downfal ic s: And being ne was uncertain When {uch confiderations ciui hereat- ter come into any mans mind, induced efpecially from this argument, chat there hath none hetherto appear'd, who hath applied his mind to fuch cogita- tions, he refolv’d to publith, feperatly 2 che Firfl parts as they could be perfected. Neither is this an ambiti- ous but follicitous feftination, that 1f in the mean fpace he fhould depart this mortall ftatioa; there might yet remain a defignation aad deftination of the thing he comprehended in his mind; and withall fome Demontftration of his fincere and propenfeaf- fection to promote the good of Mankind. ‘Truly he eftimed other ambition whatfoever, inferior to che butinefle he had in hand: For either the matter in confultation, and thus farre profequuted, is nothing; or fo much as the confcience of the meritit felfe, ought to give him contentment without feeking a recompence from abroad. aa 2 , . Tie oa ket. Pare! idu "gabe E sed n LA: deni E bites aun : ses ne dà: permet it X E.A fj pi kc ues ; i 20 c 1 «002p» xw vs vr E 2 T > ko eie i Nro vhesd ep tun bie 3 ba p ib dbi Reni it Ld i5 iii boA 3p E Ss | H quio we vài beieióst^ 33had hy alc era «a e a i ie eee bik eC USC iE phen ak m. 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Of the State or Learnine; that itis not Prospg- Rous, nor greatly ADVANCED; and that a farre. different way,than hath bin known to former Ages,muft be o- pened, to mans underftanding ; and other Aides procured ; thatthe Mind may practife her owne power upon the . nature of things. aee esCm T feemes tome, that men neither un- M& desftand the Eftate they poffofJe, nor thew Abilities to purchafe. but of the one [2-579 to prefume more, of the other, leffe,than R5 ST 94 indeed they fhould. So it comes to paffe, that over-prizing the Arts received, they make no far- ther Inquiry; or undervaluing themfelues, more than in equity they ought, they expend their Abilities upon matters of [lebt confequence, never once making expe- rimentof thofethings which conduce tothe fumme of the bufnef[e. Wherefore, Sciences alfo have, as it Were, their Fatall Columnes; being men are not exct- 223 ted i M —— ——— € € tà. Vicount St ALBAN ted, eather out of Deftre, or Hope, to penetrate farther. And feemg the Opinion of ‘Wealth. 1s:one of the chief caufes of want; and that out of a confidence of what we polfeffe in prefent, true afsiftances are defpifed for the future, it 1s expedient, nay altogether necefjary, that the excefsive Reyerence and «A dniration con- ceived of thofe Sciences, which hetherto have bin Found out, fhould in the Front and Entrance of thes work , (and that roundly and undiffemblingly) by fome wholfome premonttion,be taken off, left their (opie and V'tility be too much Magnified and (elebrated. For. he that furvaies with diligence all the variety of Books, wherem Arcs aud Sciences triumph, fhall every where Jinde infinite repetitions of the [ame matter, for manner of Delivery d:verfe, but for Invention [lale and preoc- cupate; fo as what at firft view feen’d numerous, after examination taken, are found much abated. § e/fs for Profit may confidently avouch it, that the wif: dome we have extratted , chiefly from the Grecians, seems tobe a Childhood of Knowledge, and topartici- pate that which 1s proper to children, namely, that it is apt for talk, but impotentand immature for propa- gation: for it 18 of Controverfies rank and fertile, but of works barren and fruitlefJe. So that the Fable and fiction of Scylla, feemes to be a lively Image of the Rate of Learning, as now it 1, which for the upper parts had the face and countenance of a comely Virgin; but was from the wombe downward circled, and enwrapt — with barking Monfters, Sotbe Sciences wherein we aretrained up, contain in them certain de eci- His PREFACE. ffpecious and plaufible, but when you defcend unto par- ticulars, as tothe Parts of Generation, expetting folid offedts , and fubflantiall operations, then Contentions and Barking Altercations arife , wherein they clofe, and which Jupply the place» of a fruitfull wombe... $ Again,if thefe kinds of Sciences were not altogether ameere Ityelefe T hing, methinkes it fhould not have falne out, which now for many Ages hath continued, that they /hould thus ftand at a flay, in a manner im- moveable in their firft Footings, without any Aug- mentation worthy the Race of Mankind, in fuch a dull Fmpropicience,that not only Affertion remaines Afferti- on, but Queftion refts ftill Queftion, which by Difputes is not determined but fixt and cherifht: and all T radi. tion and SuccefSton / Dipl delivered from hand to hand, Maca and exhibits tbe Perfons of Teacher and Schollar, not of Inventor or of one fhould adde; fomething of note to what winvented. § But in Arts Mechanicall we fee the contrary hath come to pafe. which as if they were infpired by the vitall breath and prolifique influence. of a thriving Aire,are daily Propagated and Perfected, and which iu their firft Autors appeared, for the moft part rude and even bur- thenfome and Formeleffe , have afterward acquird new-refind virtues and a certain apt Propriety and ufe- full Accommodation, fo infinizely fruitfull, that fooner may mens fludies and defires languifh, and change, than thefe Sciences arrve at their full height and per- jettion. § (Contrariwife Philofophy, and Scien- ces Intellectual, ike Statues are ador'd and pr | ted, Vicounrtr St ALBAN ted, butnotling Advanct; nay commonly of moft vi- gor in their firft Autor, and by Time Degenerate and become embafcd. For fince the time men became de- voted and, as Pedary Senators, refigned over to the Placits and Definitwns of one, they doe not adde any Amplitude to Sciences, but are wholly taken up in a fervile duty of Polifhingor Protecting certam Au- tors. § » And let no man bere alleage, that S ciences. growing up by degrees, have at length arrived to a juft period or perfect Stature,and fo (as baving filled up the juft [paces of Augmentation) have fetled and fixt them felves in the workes of fome few Autors; and now that nothing more accomplifht can be found out, there, remaines no more to doe, but that the Sciences already extant be improved, and adorned. Fndeed tt could be wifht that the fate of Learning were thus profpe- rous; but the very truth s, thefe mancipations and fer- vile refignations of Sciences, ts nothing elfe but & pec- cant humor, bred out of a dareing lul and confidence in fome few, and a languifhing floth and Pufillanimity in the reft. For when Sciences (for fome parts it may be) have bin tilled and laboured with diligence, then perchance hath there rifen up [ome bold-undertaking wit, for Compendious brevity of Method populare, and plaufible, who in [bew hath conftituted a Science , but tndeed depraved the Labours of the Ancients: Yet thefe Abridgements finde acceptation with Pofterity, for the expedite ufe of fuch a work, and to ayoid the trouble and impatience of anew Inquiry. § Andif any [land upon Confent now inveterate,as the Fudge- ment p— re — ‘His PREFACE. ment, and » of T une, let Lim know be builds upon a ver) decervable and anfirme Foundation, Nor 13 it, for moft part, fo revealed unto us, whatin Arts and 8 cien- ces hath bin difcovered and brought to light in diverfe ages, and different Regions of the world, much leffe what hath bin experimented, and feriovfly laboured by particular Perfons in priuate; For neither the Burthes, nor the Abortions of Time have bin Regiftred. § Nor i Confent it (elf, nor the long continuation thereof with fuck reverence beadored.for loweycr there amy be many Kindes of States Civile Government; yetthe Stateot Sciences is but one, w!ich ahyates yas and fowill contimue,Populareand with the Pople theDifciplines moft in requeft.are either P ugnacious and. Polemicall, or Specious and Frivolous, name- ly fuch as citber Mlaqueate or allure te Affent. Where- fore without quz[Hon,tbe great^[t wits in cvery age have bin over-borne,