Lib. I. Of the Advancement of Learning. z|.i 



reraembredj both now and other times, as the nature of the point may- 

 require, that in the proofs, of the dignity of Knowledge and Learning, 

 I did at the beginning feparate Divine Teftimonies, from Humane, 

 which method I have conftantly purdied, and fo handled them both a- 

 part. Although all this be true, neverthelefs I do not take upon me , 

 neither can I hope to obtain by any' Perorations, or pleadings of this 

 cafe touching Learning, to reverie the judgement either o^jifops Coc^, 

 thit preferred the Barley-corn before the Gemm j or oi Midas ^ that being Ovid: 

 chofen Judge between Apollo, Prcfldcnt of the Mnfes^ and Pan Prejident of ^^^-^^ 

 sheep, judg'd for plenty , or of Faris^ that judged for Pleafure and love, 

 againft wifdom and powers or oi Agrippina^ chdicQ^Occidat matrem^ Eurip. in 

 modo imperet ! preferring Empire with any condition never fo dete- ^^^ ' 

 ftable; or o^Vly/fei, ti^ai vetula/»pr£tnlit imntortalitatij being indeed 

 figures of thofe that prefer cuftom before all excellency ; and a number '^^c- An.' 

 of the like popular judgements : for thefe things muft continue as they ^* 

 have been, but fo will that alfo continue , whereupon Learning hath Mat.xiJ 

 ever relied 3S on a firm foundation which can never be Ihaken ; jf«/?i- 

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