165 



THE 



Sixth Book 



OF 



francis l. v e rv l a m 



VicountS^' alb an, 



OF THE 



Dignity and Advancement 



LEARNlNa 



To the KING. 



Chap. L 



I. The Partition of the Art of Tradition into the Do&rine of the Or^ 

 gan of Speech. The Do&rine of the /Method of Speech 5 J»d the Do- 

 £frine of the lUuJiration of Speech. § The Partition of i,he Do- 

 Srine of the Organ of Speech j into the Knovoledge of the Notes of 

 things 'j of Speakings and of IVriting'-^ of vchich the two laft conjii- 

 tute Grammar, and the Partitions thereof. ^ The Partition of the 

 Knoveledge of the Notes of things , into Hieroglyphickj j And into 

 CharaBers Real. .If. A fecond Partition of Grammar^ into Literary 

 and Philofophical.'lU. An Aggregation of Foefie^ref erring to Meafitre^ 

 unto the Knowledge of Speech. An Aggregation of the Knowledge vf 

 Cyphers to the Knowledge of Writing. 



Ertainly any man may aflfume the liberty (Excellent King') 

 if he be (b fo humour'd, to jeft and laugh at himfelfjorhis 

 own Projefts. Who then knows whether this work of 

 ours be not perchance a Transcript out of an Ancient Book jtsj],ia7^ 

 found araongft the the Books of that famous Library ofGs^ tHiisda 

 S. Vi&or^ a Catalogue whereof M. Fra. Rabelais hath collefted ? For f,^"f '"'' 

 there a Book is found entitled Formicarittm Artium 5 we have indeed 

 accumulated a little heapofyw^// Dufi j and laid up many Grains of 

 Arts and Sciences therein, whereto Ants may creep, and there repole a 



while 



