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Show 'l68 Jdvifo.to tbe King} touchi11g Mr. Suttons Eftate. the Almes KnightsofWindfor; Which particular, would give a Man fmall encouragement, to follow that Prejident. Th~refore, the befi Effect of Hofpitals) is, to make the Kingdome if it were poffible, capable of that Law; That there be no Begg~r inlfrael. For it is that kind of People, that is a burthen, an Eye fore, a fcandall, and a Seed, of Perill, and Tumultlin the state. But chiefly, it were to be wilhed, that fuch a Beneficence, towards the .Relief of the poor, we!e fo befrowed; As not onely, the Meere, and Nak._ed, Poore, fhould be fufrained; But alfo that theHone.ftPer.fon, which hath hard means to live, upon wh~m the Poore are now charged:>filould be in fome fort eafed. For that were a Wor~ generally acceptable, to the Kingdome, 1f the Publici{ Hand, of Ainu, might fpare, the Private H~nd, ofTax. And therefore of all other Employments, of thott: k1nd, I commend mofr Ho~fes of Relief,and CorreBion; which are Mixt Hofpittllls wher~ the Impotent Peifon, is relieved, and the Sturdy Eeggar,' buckled to work~ A!ld the ?nable P~rfon alfo, not m.lintained to be Idle, (whtch IS ever 7oyned wtth Drun/zetmej]e:> and Imp~triiJ ) But is forted, with fuch work, as he can mannage,and perforn:; And where theufes, are not diftinguifued:>as in other HofpitalJ; Whereof fome, are for Age~, and Impotent; and forne for childrtn; And fome, for correaton of Vagabonds; But are generaJI , and promifcuous. So that, they may take, off Poare, of every fort, from the Gmmtrey,. as the Countrey breeds them. And thu§ the Poore themfelves, £hall find the Provijion, and other Peoplethe"fweetndfe, of the Abatement, of the Tax. Now if it be objeC!cd, that Houfes of Correction, in all places, have not done the good expected; (as it cannot be denied, but in mofi places, they have done much Good;)It muft be remcmbred,that there i~ a great Difference,between that, which is done,~y the Di frrafrecl Government,ofJuflicuof Peace; And that,whtchmay be done by a fetled Ordin.:tncB,fubjelt to aJRegHiar 1/ifitation,as this may be; And betides, the Want hath been, commonly, in Hm~Jes of correlJion of a competent, and Certain, Stocft, for the Materilllls of ·the Labour, which, in this cafe, may be likewife fupplied. Concerning the Advancement of Learning, I do fubfcribe, to ~ the.Opinion,of one, of theWifeft, and Greateft, Men, of your Kingdome. ' That for Grammar schoo!J ~ there are already too many; and therefore no Providence, to adde, where there is Exceife. For the grea: Number of Schools, which are in your Bighneffi Realm doth caufe a Want, and doth caufe likewife nn Overflow; Both of them, Inconvenient, and one of them D:mgerous. for by Means thereof, they find Want in the ~ozmtrey, and 'I'ofl1nl both of Ser'IJ~nls for Hmb4nd")', and .Apprentzces for Trade; And ~n the other fide there being mere scbollers bred, then the ~t.tte, can prefer, ~nd Employ; And the Act~ve part~ of that life not bearing a proportion, to the Preparatrve; It mufi needs fail out, that many Perfons, will be bred, unfit, for ~ther Vocattom ~ A dvife to the king, touching)ir; Suttons EjfitiC. ~ 6 9 j Yoca!ions; And unprofitable for that)~n which they are b~ought up; Whtcb ~lis the Realm, full of Indrgent, Idle and lVanlon Pco· pie, which are but Materia R.ernm novarum. ~ Therefore!' in this Point, I wiili, Mr. SuttonJ Intention were ex~lted a Degree; That that, which he meant, for Teachers ot ~hd1ren, your Majefly fh~uld ma~e !or Teachers of Men; where·. !n, tt hath been, my anctent Opmton, and Obfervation · That m the Vniverjities of this Realm, (which I take to be of the be if ~ndowed VniverjitieJ ?f. Europe,) there is Nothing ~ore waritmg) towa-rds t~e flourijhrng St11teof Learning, then the Honoura.;. ble, and pl~nttful}, Salaries, of R.eaderJ, in Arts, and ProfelfL ons. In W~Ich_ Potnt, as_ your Majeftiu Bounty, already, hath mad~ a ~egmntng; So this O~cafion,is offered of God, to make ? Proc.eedtng. Surely, Readers 1n the Chair, are, as the Parents In ~czen~es, and deferve, to en joy a Condition, not inferiour to theuchz/d~en,thatembrace the PrafJicall Part. Els no Man will Jit longer, tn.the.chair, then till he can wal~, to a better ptefer-men t : And 1t wdl come to pafie, as Virgil faith · Et Patrum inv~lidi referent Jejunia Nati. For, _if the Principall B.eaderr, throug? the Meanne1fe,oftheir Entertainment, b~ but Men, C?f fuperfictalli:earning; And th'at, th~y ~all take thetf p_lace,but In J.>aifa~e;It wlll make the .Mtif!e of Scrences,_ ~-a~t th~ chtef, _all;d foltd Dlmenlion, which is· Deplh; a~d to become~ out.. .. Pretty; ~~? ~ _c~mpendious, Habits of pra· lite e. Ther~ore, l c~uld ~tili,. that In both the Vniverjifies, the ~elJures, as well of the three ProfeffionJ, Di'Vinitj, Law, ~nd Phy. ftcft; As of the th~ee Heads of ~cien_ce, Philofophy, Arts of speech, and the lt-(athemat~ck._s, were. ratfed In th~ir PenftonJ, unto a Ioo I. per Ann~em_, a ptecc; Whtch though It be not near fo great, as they are In fome other Places, where the Greatneife of the , Reward,doth whi~le for t~e Ablefr Men, out of all Forrain pttri .. , to fupply the Chazr; yetttmay be a Portion, to content a Wor thy, and Able, Man; If he be, likewife, Contemplative in Nature· A_s th~[e[pirits are, that are Fittefr for LeBures. Thus may Lear~ nzng, . In your Kingd~me, be advanced , to a further Heighth; Le.Jr~tng, (I fay,)_ whtch, under your Maje.fty, the inofi: Learned of cK tngs, m.a y cla1m fome Deoree of Elevation b ' ' oncernmg ~ropagation of Reli,gion, I fhall in few words, fet before your MaJe.fty, three Propojitio1.1s; None of them Devifes of mi~e ow a, otherwife,then that I ever approved them: Tw.~ of whtch, have been in Agitation, of Speech, and The· third ac:ted. . The firfi is, a eo-Hedge for Controverjies; Whereby we fhall not · fi!Jl ~rocee~ Single, butfhall,as it were, double our'FiltJ; Which C<tr~amly, Will be found, in the Encounter. · J . 1 he fecond is, a Receipt, (I like not the word seminary in refpect, of the Vain 1/owes, and implicite obedience, and o~her Things · |