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heir, and not remediable by courts of equity, and 

 that right be submitted to your majesty, whereby it 

 is both in your power and grace what to do; then I 

 do wish that this rude mass and chaos of a good 

 deed were directed rather to a solid merit, and 

 durable charity, than to a blaze of glory, that will 

 b,ut crackle a little in talk, and quickly extinguish. 



And this may be done, observing the species of 

 Mr. Sutton s intent, though varying &quot; in individuo :&quot; 

 for it appears that he had in notion a triple good, an 

 hospital, and a school, and maintaining of a preacher : 

 which individuals refer to these three general heads ; 

 relief of poor, advancement of learning, and pro 

 pagation of religion. Now then if I shall set before 

 your majesty, in every of these three kinds, what it 

 is that is most wanting in your kingdom ; and what 

 is like to be the most fruitful and effectual use of 

 such a beneficence, and least like to be perverted ; 

 that, I think, shall be no ill scope of my labour, how 

 meanly soever performed ; for out of variety repre 

 sented, election may be best grounded. 



Concerning the relief of the poor ; I hold some 

 number of hospitals, with competent endowments, 

 will do far more good than one hospital of an exor 

 bitant greatness : for though the one course will be 

 the more seen, yet the other will be the more felt. 

 For if your majesty erect many, besides the observ 

 ing the ordinary maxim, &quot; Bonum, quo communius, 

 &quot; eo melius,&quot; choice may be made of those towns and 

 places where there is most need, and so the remedy 

 may be distributed as the disease is dispersed. Again, 



