/- 7Ac< 



j; /t^u ji ^^sisf^wu 



; 





litiam et luxuriam et similia objecerit ; id neminem moveat. A. t^ 

 Illud enim de omnibus mundanis bonis dici potest, ingenio, 

 fortitudine, viribus, forma, divitiis, luce ipsa, et reliquis. Re- 

 cuperet modo genus humanum jus suum in naturam quod ei 

 ex dotatione divina competit, et detur ei copia: usum 

 recta ratio et sana reli^io gubernabit. 



~~ cxxx. * * 



'^Tam vero tempus est ut artem ipsam Interpretandi Naturam ' ' 

 proponamus : in qua licet nos utilissima et verissima praecepisse 

 arbitremur, tamen necessitatem ei absolutam (ac si absque ea 

 nil agi possit) aut etiam perfectionem non attribuimus. Ete- 

 nim in ea opinione sumus ; si justam Naturae et Experientise 

 Historiam prsesto haberent homines, atque in ea sedulo versa- 

 rentur, sibique duas res imperare possent ; unam, ut receptas 

 opiniones et notiones deponerent ; alteram, ut mentem a genera- 

 lissimis et proximis ab illis ad tempus cohiberent ; fore ut etiam 

 vi propria et genuina mentis, absque alia arte, in formam 

 nostram Interpretandi incidere possent. Est enim Interpreta- 

 tio verum et naturale opus mentis, demptis iis quse obstant ! : 

 sed tamen omnia certe per nostra praecepta erunt magis in pro- 

 cinctu, et multo firmiora. 



Neque tamen illis nihil addi posse affirmamus : sed contra, 



nos, qui mentem respicimus non tantum in facultate 



propria, sed quatenus copulatur cum 



rebus^ Artem invemendi cum 



Inventis adolescere posse, 



statuere debemus. 



1 Compare Valerius Terminus, ch. 22. : " That it is true that interpretation is tbe 

 very natural and direct intention, action, and progression of the understanding, delivered 

 from impediments ; and that all anticipation is but a deflexion or declination by ac- 

 cident." Also Adv. of Learn^ (2d book) : "For he that shall attentively observe how 

 the mind doth gather this excellent dew of knowledge, like unto that which the poet 

 speaketh of, A'erii mellis coslestia dona, distilling and contriving it out of particulars 

 natural and artificial, as the flowers of the field and garden, shall find that the mind 

 of herself by nature, doth manage and act an induction much better than they de- 

 scribe it"/. & 



