To 1 he Reader. 
Himfelfc in a fort bound; And that is, the Ad- 
uaneement of all Learning & Sciences, For ha¬ 
lting in this prefent WorkeCollected the Ma¬ 
terials for the Building* And in his SSQovum 
Qrganu (of which his Lordfhip is yet to publifh 
a lecond Part,) fetdownethe Inftruments and 
Directions for the worke* Men fhall now bee 
wanting tothemfelues, if they raife not Know¬ 
ledge to that perfection, whereof the Nature of 
Mortall men is capable. And in this behalfe,! 
haue heard his Lordfhip fpeake complainingly; 
That hisLordfKip (who thinkth heedeferueth 
to bee an Architect in this building,)fhould bee 
forced to bee a Work man and a Labrourer. 
And to dig the Clay and burne r the Brick; And 
more than that, (according to the hard Condi¬ 
tion of the ffraehtes at the latter endC together 
the Straw and Stubble,oueraJFthe Fields, to 
burne the Bricks withall. For heknoweth, that 
except he doe it, nothing will beedone;Men are 
fofecto defpifethe Meanes of their owne good 
And as for the 'Bafeneffe of many of the Expe¬ 
riments- As longas they be Gods Works, they 
are Honourable enough. And for the Vulgar** 
nejje of them,- true zAxiomes muft bee drawne 
from plaine Experience, and not from doubt- 
full; And his Lordfhips courfe is, to make 
Wonders Plaine, and not Plaine things Won¬ 
ders; And that Experience Hfcewife muft bee 
broken and grinded, and not whole, or as it 
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