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of triumphant Philology 5 emergent adventures and great fue^ 
cejjes were encountrcd by dangerous oppof/tions and Jhon^ oIh 
fir uU ions : GaliliCas and others in Italy fujjered extremities for 
their Celefiial DifcQveries ; and here in England Sr. Walter 
Raleigh , when he rvas in his greatefi lujler , was notorioujly 
/laundered^ to have erelled a School of Athet[m^ becaufe he gave 
$euntenance t9 Chymifiry^ to praSlical Arts^ and to curious Me- 
chanipal Operations ^ and dejignd to form the be(l ef them into 
a Colledge^ And ^een Elizabeths Gilbert rvas a Ung time 
tjletnid extravagant for his Magneti[mes , and Harvey jor his 
diligent refearches in furfuance of the Circulation of the 
Blood. 
But , when our renowned Lord Bacon had demouftrated the 
Methods for a ptrfeH Rejlauration of aU parts ef Real ^nor^ 
ledge 5 and the Generous and Philofophical Peyreskius had, foon 
after 5 agitated in aB parts to redeem the mofi infiruUive Arv^ 
tiquities , and to excite Experimental Effays ^ and frejh Difcove» 
ties J The fuuefs became on a fudden Jiupendtous^ and EffeHive 
fhilefopby began to fparkje^ and even to fiowinto beams of bright* 
fhining Light ^ all over the World. And the [aid Peyreskius 
his Orators J G2ifftndiu% and Bucchardus^ have tn their Hijlo^ 
ties and Panegyric lis raijed him a more fplendid Monument^ than 
fome of the greatefi Monarchs can fher^* And it is femarkabl$^ 
that when Bucchardus, a very ehqmnt Frenchman, had at 
Rome, in Academia Humoriftarum, extoSed^ in a Funeral Ot 
ration^ this his Countryman Peyreskius for one ef the mofi rvon* 
derful Advancers of all kjnds of Literature and ef Arts that 
any age or place brought forth 5 yet be came off with univerfal 
npplaufey and devout acclamations^ though Pope Urhzn the 8th^ 
and his favourite^Cardinalsy and fever al great Prinoes in Italy^ 
and many excellent per fons in Rome ^ did then highly pretend y 
and might not unjuflly lay claim to the patronage , and 
extraordinary merit in every kind of Learning, Art, and E/g" 
gancy^ 
Thefe Vertues will Jhine hrightejl amongji the Vertuous 5 and 
although the Emulation ef Countries may grow hotj yet the beau- 
ty of Vertue , and the truth of Philofophy wiU prevaiL The 
Eaft and the Brachfloans had the eld fame^ the learned 
Father 
