64 Of the Achnncementdf Learning. Lib, If. 



H A p. 



X. 



A Second Partition of Hiftory Civil, into Simplcj and Mixt. § ^ot- 

 mogxAi^hy a mix* ii'fioU' 



^He laft Partition of Civil Hijioty may he this. Hijiory Simple , 

 '■' in^ Mixt. The Comtnufle Mixtures are two, the one from 

 :; CiTjil KnoTvledge 5' the other fpecially from JV^/w?-**/ .• For there 

 is a kinid of writing inrroduc'd by fodie, to fet down their Relations , 

 not continued according to the Series of the Hijiory , but pickt out, 

 according to the choice of the Author, which he after re-examines,and 

 ruminates upon ; and taking occafion from tho(e felefted pieces, diP- 

 cdarfes of Civil Matters. Which kind oi Ruminated Hijiory ^ we do 

 exceeding well allow of ^ lb fuchja Writer do it indeed, and profe(s 

 himfelf fo to do. But for a nlan rtfolvedly writing a Juji Hjiory^ eve- 

 ry where to. ingeft Volitick^intcr-lacings j and fo to break off" the thread 

 oi^ the jioiy, is unfeafonable and tedious. For although every wife 

 Hiftory be full, and as it wereimpregnant with Political Precepts and 

 Counfels-i 'yet the Writer hamfelfftlauld not be his own Afid-mfe at 



:the delivery. • • i .;;;(..;- . t v! / /• • , ■: 



§ Cofmography likewife.is amixt'-Hiiiory ^ for it hath from Natural 

 Hijiory, the Regions, themfelves, and their fite and commodities ; from 

 " "^* Civil Hiji'vry, Habitations, Regiments and Manners 5 from the^4/^e- 

 z«^//V4i'5' Climates, and the Configurations of the Heavens, under which 

 the Coaftsiand Quafters. of the World do lye. In which kind of Hi- 

 Uory ox Knowledge, wfchave caufe to Congratulate our Times 5 for the 

 world in this our age, hath through-lights made in it, after a wonder- 

 ful manner. The Anciiems certainly- had knowledge of the Zones^ and 

 of ihe ^ntipodcjj 



virg. Q^'^f'Jh ^^i Pfi»ifts Equis Onens ajflavit anhelis^ 



'^^oui. lUicfera Rnbens-accenditLHwinavefper^ 



and rather by Demonftrations than by Travels. But for forae fmall 

 keel to emulate Heaven it felfj an/i to Circle the whole Globe of the 

 Earth, with a more oblique and. winding Courfe, than the Heavens do 3 

 this is the glory and prerogative of our Ages. So that thefe Times 

 may juftly bear in their vpord, not only Tins ultra, whereas the Anci* 

 ents ufed non ultra , and alio imitabilefulmen^ for the Ancients //o/r z'zw/- 

 tabilefulmen. 



Vi'rg. fn. Demens qui Nimloi e^ non imitabile Fulmen. 



6. 



But likewrfii that which exceeds all admiration imitabile Cesium, out 

 voyages 5 to whom it hath been often granted to wheel and role a- 

 bout the whole compaft of the Earth, after the manner of Heavenly 

 Bodies. And this excellent jelicity in Nautical Art, and environing the 

 fforicl, may plant aljo an expectation of farther Froji'ciencies and Augment 

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