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THE 



Fifth Book 



O F 



F Fx. A N C I S L. V E RV L A M 



VicouhtS'' ALBAN, 



OF THE 



Dignity and Advancement 



O F 



LEARNING. 



To the KING. 



C H A p. I. 



i. The Partition of the Knorpkdge, which refpe^eth the Vfe, and Oh- 

 jeCis of the Faculties of the 'Mind of Man, into Logick^, and Ethick.* 

 II. The Divifion of Logick,into the Arts, of Invention '^ of Judge* 

 menf-i of Memory-^ <ind of Tradition. 



.HE Knowledge refpefting the miderjianding of Man 

 (Excelhnt Kir>g)zn6. that other refpefting bis IVill, are, 

 as it were. Twins by Birth ; For the Purity of illuminati- 

 on, and the Liberty of will began together ^ fell together : 

 Nor is there in the TJniverfal Nature of thiftgs fo intimate 

 a Simpathy, as that of Truth and Goodnefs. The more 

 {hame for Learned Men, if they be for ivaowledge like winged Angels 5 

 for bafe Defires, they be like serpents which criwl in the Duft, carrying 

 indeed about them Minds like a Mirror or Glafs , but menftruous and 



diftain'd. 



^ F^e come now to the Knowledge which refpeffeth the ufe and objc&s 

 of the Faculties of the Mind of Man. This hath two Tarts, and they 

 well known, and by general confent received, Logick^ and Ethick : Save 

 that \vc have a little before fct at liberty Civil Knowledge^ which coni- 

 monly was taken in as a Part of Ethick^ , and have made it an entire 

 Knowledge of man congregate or in fociety \ handling here only manjegrc'- 



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