fiudh hnt effic4€ioyJly ferviceahle^under the heavkH imumhrdncef^ 
m well for the defence of our King and Country agawji hople lnv<$^ 
fans and Encroachmet^ts , at^d for fupply of mcejfaries for life^ 
health, a^d flrength in War, m for Accommodation, Elegancies and 
Ornaments in times of Veace and Profperity. 
'tis manifejljhat the Mathematical and Mechanical Arts are no 
lefs feafonable^in thefe cur CoUifions for the slqll and fecurity of Navi- 
gation-^ and for Naval ArchiteUure '^ for Engins, Fortifications ^ Ar^ 
tillery, and the modern taBicks : MediciQe ii^^'Chirurgery for the 
recovery of decayed healthy and the healing of lofi cr wounded limbsi 
Agriculture fuflenance 5 and, in remembrance of the old Heroes^ 
I may add MJartialMudc^ to excite € our age i and other Old and New 
Inventions proper to furnifh'other advantages: fhenfofter Delicacivs 
are fit for tre4tments ^ fatijfaSions and political endearments in the 
efiablifidment of fafe and peaceable Government. An Archimedes 
may as juUly deferve applaufefor his fiout def€me1f~SyYacuk , as 
Phidias for the tender touches of his Chifel in fafbioningthe Four- 
traitures of Jupiter and Minerva. 
And 'tk by the Intelligent aci{nowledged^That there are^ at this day, 
a great number of more excellent Artificers j in almofl all ^inds of 
Worlds hi ch are deduced from the Ingenuous Arts^ forftrength and 
beauty^ and for all neceffaries and allcuriofities, than, I thinl^^ vpere 
ever before feen in England'-^ and that thefe Arts could not have grown 
fofoon to fuch height ^ if his Majeflies extraordinary Magnificence 
and the Public Exigences had not concur rd to excite almofi an Vni^ 
verfal Induftry. By the divine eonduS^ immediately after His Maje» 
^ies return^ his Countenance and his own great Example in Repairing 
and Adorning his Royal Palaces^ and its firengthning and increafing 
hisNavyiand his Royal Grant of a Charter to eiiahUfh Royal So- 
ciety (according to Cicero'i fentence^}iom%^V\t 2Lnt%i)Allthtfe en- 
couragements made the way^andprepardskilfulMafiers and Guides^ 
tofufvey^ direB and promote all Jplendid Stru3ures andEmbellifij* 
ments^ which are now jo conf^icuom in the chief places of this King" 
dom i and the abundande of goodly ships 5 ■mhich do now ride in all 
our navigable Rivers and in all our Seas. 
But ImuU decline a taskjoo hard for my pen^and too great for my 
leifiire'^and fhall humbly prefent before your Lj)rdfhips eye a clofer and 
fijorter veim of fome particulars contain din thisfmallFolumeAQiTQ'' 
Romy 3 and other chief parts of the Mathematick/'-^ and a diligent 
fearch into the depths of nature Jnto the nature of Animals ^Vegetables ^ 
and all simples^ Cvmponnds and Mixtures^ were the hnftnefs^ and in 
fome 
