48 OF THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING, [vi. 10. 



another place, Quifacit Arcturum, et Oriona, et Hyadas, et 

 interior a Ausiri ; where again he takes knowledge of the 

 depression of the southern pole, calling it the secrets of 

 the south, because the southern stars were in that climate 

 unseen. Matter of generation ; Annon sicut lac mulsisti 

 me, et sicut caseum coagulasti me ? &c. Matter of minerals ; 

 Habet argentum venarum suarum principia : et auro locus 

 est in quo conflatur , ferrum de terra tollitur, et lapis solutus 

 calore in as vertittir : and so forwards in that chapter. 

 ii. ^r\ Jjkewise in the person of Salomon thgjaftgpwe 

 gift or endowment of wisdom^a^tTTearning^ both 

 in ^a]f&amp;gt;mnn]gTwirTtiM*^ 1ind *&quot; 



preferred before atl^gmer terrene and temporal felicity. 

 By virtue of which grant or donative of God Salomon 

 became enabled not only to write those excellent parables 

 or aphorisms concerning divine and moral philosophy ; 

 but also to compile a natural history of all verdure, from 

 the cedar upon the mountain to the moss upon the wall 

 (which is but a rudiment between putrefaction and an 

 herb), and also of all things that breathe or move. Nay, 

 the same Salomon the king, although he excelled in the 

 glory of treasure and magnificent buildings, of shipping 

 and navigation, of service and attendance, of fame and 

 renown, and the like, yet he maketh no claim to any of 

 those glories, but only to the glory of inquisition of truth ; 

 for so he saith expressly, The glory of God is to conceal a 

 thing, but the glory of the king is to find it out ; as if, accord 

 ing to the innocent play of children, the Divine Majesty 

 took delight to hide his works, to the end to have them 

 found out ; and as if kings could not obtain a greater 

 honour than to be God s playfellows in that game ; con 

 sidering the great commandment of wits and means, 

 whereby nothing needeth to be hidden from them. 



