CXX LIFE OF BACON. 



kingdoms and the union of the laws;() during which he 

 availed himself, according to his usual mode, when oppor 

 tunity offered, to recommend as the first reform, the reform 

 of the law, saying, &quot; The mode of uniting the laws seemeth 

 to me no less excellent than the work itself; for if both 

 laws shall be united, it is of necessity, for preparation and 

 inducement thereunto, that our own laws be reviewed and 

 recompiled ; than the which, I think, there cannot be a 

 work that his majesty can undertake, in these his times of 

 peace, more politic, more honourable, nor more beneficial 

 to his subjects, for all ages.&quot; 



Advance- In the midst of these laborious occupations he published 

 Learning n ^ s ce l e brated work upon &quot;the Advancement of Learning,&quot; 

 which professes to be a survey of the then existing know 

 ledge, with a designation of the parts of science which were 

 unexplored ; the cultivated parts of the intellectual world 

 and the desarts ; a finished picture with an outline of what 

 was untouched. 



Within the outline is included the whole of science. 

 After having examined the objections to learning; the 

 advantages of learning; the places of learning or uni 

 versities; the books of learning or libraries, &quot; the shrines 

 where all the relics of the ancient saints, full of true virtue, 

 and that without delusion or imposture, are preserved 

 and reposed ;&quot; after having thus cleared the way, and, 

 as it were, &quot; made silence to have the true nature of 

 learning better heard and understood,&quot; he investigates all 

 knowledge : 



1st. Relating to the Memory, or History. 



2nd. Relating to the Imagination, or Poetry. 



3rd. Relating to the Understanding, or Philosophy. 



(a) Vol. v. from 1 to 106. 



