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Show Of the adttinv.t~~t if; ~e~-rning,' ., .nd hi tbem0d·e11ntoofenn?rneg~tgence hath ta~ ken n& chlew~~d· t~~e-ch?tfe of !)cboolema~er.s, & Iutor$ ;~et the anctent wtfd~me ofth; beft ~tme$ oid!alw.a· s make aiuft complaint; th!t;.)tat.~S We~e too bufie with their Lawes, and too negligent tn. _point of edllcation : w~ch excellent p.art of an";· £ierit difcipline hath been 1n f~me !O~t reutued oflat:,· ~es, by the Colledges of.tqe Ie[tu.t.~s: of whorn, althouoh. in regard of their fupedhnon I m~ {ay;. '!J....~'m~iiom, co tJmrior'cs, yet. in r.egard of. tQts, ~nd: fotne Otheu pointls concerntng humane learntng; ~Morall matters, I may fay aS- vtgejilatls fa¥d to· J.U5emanie: F.ar.nJb~fiif, Talis qtuun fos, vtifzam 1J()jlfr: 1jts. ~·}bus ~uch touching the di~credits drawn1 iom dietortunes of learned me~ . . , · As tottching the Manners of learned men, it is a ~hingpe.rfonallandindiuiduall! and no doubt therein: amoogithe~ as in oth:er.profefsians,flf all teinpemwr. es:;bttt yet fo.as it is notw ithouttruth, which· isfaydi;dJ.at·LJ{bertnt.f!udia inmore:,·,Studies haue an· mfiuerice:and operation)v.pon the manners ofthofe· ibm: ar~~:onuerfant in them. . ,1\ . Bu~ v~anattentiue,·aad·ind1ffere~t reuiew i t fDt my part,crannot find any difgrace to learning, can~ . puo«eed ffo the manners of learned·men; not inhe- · •hrfo them· as they are learned; except it be a fault, lwhich was- the fttppefed fault of DemoftbtneJ, Of;no, eatithe[econd·,senec.t,and many moe) that -: llt:eeawe tbe times tfiey read of, are commo'nly· bet· ~ ~atl~h.~·~e!. !·hey l~ttc ~~;andtne duties taught;. f • - - b.euec- · .. r.phC1irflll3ool<!.· · 14~ hette~ than ~he' duties praaifed:They con· n4_ fom. . times too farre, to br:ing thinges iQ pe_~ ion; andr' to reduce the corruption of manners; tG> honeftie OE prt!cepts, or examples of too great h~ight; .And yet.: here0f they 1hatte Caueats ynough 1n their- 0wne. walkes: For Solon, when hewasasked whether he llad gt.tien his Citizens the befi laws,anfwered wi~~-J. y, Tea of.fitch, astheyJvou!dreceiue: ano Plato finding· that his owne heart, could not agree with the cor~ rnpt manners of his Country, refttfedto oeare·place. orofftce,faying: Th4ta.m~tnJ CotJntreywas tibe vftd as his Parents were> that is,with bJtmble perfwtifiPnJ,and , not with conteflations.· And· Cttfars Counfellor putm the fame Caueat,.7'{pn 4d veter.a injlituttt retiQtttnsqu~ iampridem corruP,tis:rtJoribtu lt~dibrio font; and Cicer~ noteth t~is error direClly in. Cat() the fecona, wheB · he \Vrites to his friend vi ttiots ; Cato optime ftntit;. fid »ocet interdttt» reipn ;lic.e; !o quittt~eninz t anquam ir~.· r.epub: Platonu,non tttnquam in·f~ce .R o11JtJ/i ~ . anti, the fame cicero doth excnfe and·expound· the Philofophers~ orgoingtoofar, and being too exaa in their· prefcrtpts~ w~en.he faith ; 1 jfi !ffi pr£ceptores 'Virtu.:; w &J.11agijlr:t, vtdenttlr fines officiortmJ ·pattlo longittJ '}~tam naturA '-'ellet pr.otulijfe,'Vt ci1advltiau1animocon:.. te!'diffim": ,ibi ta111en .. tJlJi oportet,ctJnftfteretntls.·and ye~ ~tmfel£ ?ltght haue faic!:Moniris fi1 minor ipft meis,foc. lt was hts own fault,tbogh not info extream a degre~ Another fault likewife much of this kind, fiath • beene i?c~de~t to l~arned f!len; which is that they . ~au~. e~e.~nle~ ~he prefei~tauon,goo~)and honor of }, . . -·· - · · D~ i --- tliei' ,_,.__ ·- .... . _.. .,. |