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Show . . - Of the Adurtncem.en,t.of Learning, . . miffus tjlper port.tm becauO;,spcrt4was. an hard word and out b'f ~is reading;andfu~e~y their er rors1 though they# be rrot fo palpable and rtdtculous) yet are of the farne kind. And tberefoi as it had beene wifely no. ted,rhe moftcor etled~opies arc co~only the leafr correCt. ·The fec~nd is concerning the expofidon and ex~ · plication of Authors, whicl1 refieth in Annoracions aridGome~Jtaeycs ,wqcri it is ouervfual to blauliCh me 0bfc~~e ~laces an~ dif~our:~e vpon tl~e playne. ' rHe ditrd ts concerning the tunes, whtch in many cafes gitie great ltght to trueinterpretations. . . The four~h is 90ncen~ing fi 1e briefe Cenfi1re and iudgement of the Authors, that n1en thcrby may make fo1ne eleCtion vnto themfelues,. what Bookcs to reade: · ·. . . And the 6ft is ~oncerning the Syntax and difpo· fitionoffrqdics,xhat men may know in what order or puffuite o reaBe "~· for. P 11 nAN T i o:A~ L i ·knowiedge, it contayneth' that di(ferece of'Frad1tton whicn is proper for youth: Whe'reunt appereaine diuers confiderations of great fruit. . . . · As firfl: the tyming and feafoning of knowledges, as with wha: to initiate them, . and frqn1 what for a· tim'e to refrainc them: Secondly,the con§detation where to begin with the eafiefi) andfo prot-Cede to r:he 1nore difficulr,And in what courfes o pretfe the more difficulte and then t.o turne thcrn to the more eafie : for it is one· · Me. : rhefec~nd ~oo{~ . 70 Mii~SC to pr~6t1fe fv.?t.tnmtng with b1adders)ana a· ~lf«·~:p~achfe dau1_1cu~g with heauy fhooes. ijurd Js tl~e appltcatt~n of learning according he pr~prt~ty of the Wlttes;fo~ there is no defeCl: ,....._ .. ""f~uloe~ Intellect~all? but feemeth to haue a r Eure cot1tayned tn lome fiudies· As for e .. 1~,If a Child_ be Bird-witted, that i;,hath not the Je~fattent~n_,~he Mathem:ltiques giueth a re. lbCreunto;for 1n -t~en1, if th~ witte be caught , !!.~.!!~t :a momen.t,one 1s new to begin. And as fcihaue a proprtery towards faculties forC ure and 4 6~ faculties or powers haue a Sitnpathy co_. .. cH5Cicnc~s. f~r exce~lcrncy or {peedy profiting: '?re tt ts an enqutry of greate wifed om what~ •llliliW:t.ts .. and Natures are mofi apf and proper 18--lt.fctences. , · \fMrmhl.y the ordering of exer~ifes i~ mat~er ~f _ ............. ~uence to hur~ or helpe; For .. as is well ob ~tne? in exercifing their faculties if , . wei adu1fed doe exe rcife {their faultes & btts aswell as good;· .fo as ~here is a greate acmaent to be had in the con~inuance and inter- ~"'~~~~·~~er<dfes.It were to longe to particularize llllDttr:lj~tio·rner confideratios of this nature,things m~ne appearance, but of fingular efficacy. IIIJiit.l tle. wronging or cheriiliing of feeds or young •A~s· that, that i~ moft itnporta:nt to their thriuing twas noted). that the firft fix kings being in s.Tutors of the State of Rome in the infancy IMt!Was the p.rinc~pal caufe of the iJIUilen!e great_ s r~ ' . nelfe |