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CAP. I. 



I. An Vniverfal Partition of Humane Learning into, § HiSiory. II. roe* 

 ' fie. III. Fhilofophy. § This Partition is drawn from the three In* 

 telle&ive Faculties , Memory , Imagination 5 Reafon. § TAc yi^e 

 dijiribution is agreeable unto Divine Learning, 



CAP. II. 



I. ThePartitionofHiJiory, into Natural and Civil. (Ecclejiajiical, and 



Literary comprehended under Civil.) II. The Partition of Natural 



Hijiory, into the Hijiory of Generations. III. Of Preter-Generations. 



IV. Of Arts. 



CAP. III. 



L A Second Partiti$n of Natural HiUoryfrom the Vfe and End thereof^ 

 into Narrative, and Indu&ive. And that the moB noble end of No.- 

 iural Hijiory is, that it minijier and conduce to the building up of 

 Philofophy ; ivhich end, Indu&tve Hijiory refpe&eth. II. The Parti-- 

 Hon of the Hijiory oj Generations, into the HiBory of the Heavens 3 

 The Hiiiory of the Meteors 5 The Hijiory of the Earth, and Sea y 

 The Hijiory of Majjive Bodies, or of the greater CoUegiats 3 The Hijiory 

 of Kinds, or of the lejfer CoUegiats. 



CAP. IV. 



I. The Partition of Hijiory Civil, into Ecclejiajiical and Literary 5 and 

 (which retains the general name") Ctvil. II. Literary Deficient, 

 § Precepts how to compile it. 



CAP. V. 

 Of the Dignity and Difficulty of Civil Hijiory, 



CAP. VI. 



The jtrji Partition of Civil Hiflory, into § Memorials.^ § Antiqnhittt 

 § Perfect Hijiory, ' . 



CAP. VIL 



The Partition of PerfeU Hiliorj, into Chronicles of Times 5 Lives cf 

 Perfons ; Relation of AUs, § The explication of the Hijiory of 

 Lives, § Of Relations, 



CAP, vin. 



The Partition of the Hijiory of Times ^ into nniverfal and particular Hi' 

 jiory. The advantages and difadvantages of both. , 



CAP. IX. 



The Second Partition cfthe HiUory of Times, into Annals,and Jonrnalti 



CAP. X. 



A Second Partition of Special-Civil Hiffory into Hiftory Simple & Mixt, 



CAP. 



