LIFE OF ARCHBISHOP SHARP. 219 



the quarter, was as little as ought to be paid. 

 Nor should more than that be paid by any that 

 are free of the school, when they came to learn 

 Greek. His reason was, because a greater price 

 would be a temptation to the master to put his 

 scholars into Greek before they were fit for it. 

 But some of the poorest people might be ex- 

 empted from this payment, and have their chil- 

 dren taught gratis, though not above such a 

 Jia^ed number, and those put in from time to 

 time by the governors, &c. 



III. It ought to be likewise a rule, that none 

 should be received into a free grammar school, but 

 such as could read English perfectly, and were 

 fit to go into their accidence. But, in case the 

 master were obliged by the charter or endow- 

 ment to receive scholars, to be taught reading, 

 that it were fitting that an imposition were laid 

 upon the inhabitants, if that could be legally 

 done, to contribute, as before-mentioned, to- 

 wards the master's better maintenance. The 

 reason is, because he must take as much, if not 

 more, pains, and spend more time upon these 

 readers, than upon those that learn grammar. 



IV. He was of opinion, it were better the 

 school hours should be the same both in summer 

 and winter, than differently appointed. That 

 eight hours would sufficiently exercise both 

 teacher and learner ; that inconveniences follow 



