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THE 



Second Book 



O F 



FRANCIS L. V E RV L A M 

 VicouhtS^' ALBAN, 



OF THE 



Dignity and Advancement 



LEARNING. 



To the KING. 



THE PROEM 



Tie Advancement of Learning commended unto the cdre of Kings c I. The 

 Afts thereof in general, three. Reward^ tiiredjpn ^ Ajjijiance, 

 II. In fpecial, about three objefts. Places ^ Books , Perfens. § In 

 places four Circumftances, Bmldings ^Revenues, Priviledget, Laves of 

 Difcjpline. § In Books two , Libraries , good Editions. §, In 

 Perfbns two, Readers of Sciences Extant , Inquirers into Parts non^^ 

 extant. III. Defedts in thefe Afts of Advancement, fix , If^ant of 

 Foundations for Arts at large. § Aieannefs of Salary unto Profef- 

 firs, § Want of allovpaucefer Experiments. § Prepojierous injii'- 

 tutions^ and unadvifed fra&ices in Academical Budies. § Want 

 of Intelligence hetween the Vniverjities of Europe. § Want of In- 

 quiries i-nto the Deficients of Arts, ^ The Authors Dejign, ^ In" 

 genioHS Defence. 



[T might feera to have more convenience, although if. 

 come often otherwife to pafs, (Excellent King,) thaC 

 tho(e that are fruitful in their Generation, and have j 

 this way, a fore-fight of their own immortality in their 

 De(cendants, (hould above all men living, be careful 

 of the the cftate of future times, unto which they can- 

 not but know that they muft at laft tranfmit their dearefl: Pledges, 

 Q. E[iz,abethyvzs a (biouuier in the world, m refpeft of her unmar- 

 ried life, rather than an inhabitant ; (he hath indeed adorned her own 



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