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deliver d to Z)s hy former Ages ^ to dete^^ explode, and flrik^ 
a Cejffure through allfalfe Monies^ with which the World haih 
keen p Aid and cheated fo lo^gi^ And^asI f^^ay fay^ tofetthe 
jllark^of the Colledge upon all true Coyns^ that they may paft 
hereafter without any further tryai Secondly, to recover the 
loji Inventions^ and, as it were^ drown d Lands of the Anci^ 
ents^ Thirdly, To improve all Arts which we now have* 
Lail-Iyj To difcover others which voe yet have not. Thus he ; 
And with grut confidence^ That there was never any pro- 
jeft thought upoH) which deferves to meet with fo few Ad- 
verfaries as this. For who {faith he) can without impudent 
folly oppofe the Eftablifhment of fuch a Colledge (fuch a 
Society ifionldfay) who make it their bufinefs to ftudy the 
Improvement and Advantage of all other Profeffions, from 
that of the highefl: General, even to the loweft Artifan<? 
Who imploy their time, wkj learning and induftry to theie 
four ends^ the moft ufeful that can be imagined. 
But in this Expe&ation li^fr, Cowley was much dtfap- 
point edy and deceived. There are fome, who Jee^ all occafions 
to difcourage our Induftry \ to affront and di/parage Experiment 
tal Fhihfophy and tho/e that contrihut^f their Aydesin it:. 
Sometimes^ to render it odious for Novelty^ they call it contemp* 
tuoufly the New Philolbphy 5 when as yet perhaps themfelves 
are not ignorant^hat 'tis fo old(fs tohave ^ee«/A.^ Difciplinein 
Paradife^ and from the Firft of Manl^ind^who from ohferving 
the kj^ds and differences of Animals gave them Names)to have 
been pra&ifid and countenanced by the Beft of Men ; Patri- 
archs and Prophets , oft times with Divine Ajfiftances and In* 
Jpirations '-^ giving them^ that were ftfccesful therein^ very emi- 
nent attributes^ of Glory ^ as in Noah^ Mofes^ Solomon, Daniel 
and others. 
But let us try thefe Cenfures in Tartictdars, Is it New 
Philofophy, to inquire diligenty thethings that are 5 Lmean^ 
To l^ow how the World was made^ and the Operation of ths Bk* 
ments'-y the beginnings endina^ and midfi of Timts iheAlteir 
rations of the Turning of the Sun. and the Change of Seasons ^ 
The Circuit of Tears^ and the V option of Stars \ ihe natures of 
living Creatjures, the Furies, of Wld Beafts^ and th Reajont 
