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Show --------~~-----Adl.L~et=ce=r~,~~~laik:e~A~r~~;u,;ne~n;t,~~7;--------- 32. ·A Letter, of the lik.e A rgumPnt, to the Lotto CHANCELLER· A 4 it lca[c your good Lordfht'p; I humbly prefcnt your Lord .. Mfhy P. h .,.~7< k· ... whercin asyouhavcmuch Commandc-t. p ,w1ht' .aA ,oh r' . So you'r Lor dfhip, l1 at h a lrt.O great I nt c - mcnt?oyeret ,;r :~/:/:.for to fpcak without Fla~tcry' few have ff:; ~fe ~Le-afnin~,or like J udge~cnt in Lcarnmg,as I hav~ ob- I ferved in our LordJbip. And agam, you: L!Jrdfhtp, hath ~ecn a rcat Plintcr of Learning; Not onel.Y.' 10 thofc !?laces' 1n the gb h h' h have been in your own G1h;But alfo, 111 your Con1- ( urd ,w lCVotc no man h'ath more conitandy held; Detur Dig- ~en_ a~~1~ thcr~fore, botl~ your Lordfhip, is beholding to Learn~ ort: d L . bcholdmg to you· Which maketh n1e prcfume, mng,an earmng ' fb · ·n ell of thefe with oodAifurancc, that your Lord, tp,w1 accq~t w. . . m L~bours. The rather' becau[e your Lordfhrp' 111 p~1va~c S yc ch hath often begun to me, in c}(preffing,. your A~m1ran- . . p e fl'· 71~ • ,fl.'s z .. arninu to whom I nave dediCated thlS work; on o us .tv.Laf~ptf .. 6' . h k' d d'd h. fl A~d whofc V crtuc ' and PerfeCtion, ln t at 111 e? 1 . c . le y Work of thi~ Nature. And fo, w1th S1gnlfica~ ove mfc, tonoa n humble Duty and Afteetion, to your Lordfhip, uon, o my t Lt. ' · · I remain. ------------------------..-.-- A Letter, of like .Argument, to the Earl of No~rthampton, with requejl, to Prifent the Book,tohu MaJdl:y. It may pleafe your Rood Lordiliip; . fL . HAVln finiibed a work., touc~in? the Adv_ancement ~ earmng, and d~dicated the fame, to hls sacred MaJefty, wh~~ I dar~- al ·r h R orJsofTimecrrnot,)'tabethclearnedeftK,ng, v~uc ~,( \ t ~ e~ I was dcfrrous, in a kinde of Cong;ruity, to t a~ at_Jr~yg~~cie~rnedefr Coun[ellor, in this Kingdom; To the pre1cnt u, . 1- h · [< bad an .Author end~ that fo good an Argument, 1g tmg upon_ o . . ' . h . ~ e r.OI11C Ii} eput·uion, by the Hands, mto whlch,and by mto- t recetv 11 l'- • .. I k · ~ ~ 1 • n.1 otlld bp delivered And therefore, rna c H, my 'Vl11Ctl, lt U '- • . ,~ b Jl .· } i Su c to your Lordfbip, to prcfent thls mean, Ut we numo e . _r ' ro his Maiefl1J , .'1 nd with it ' n1y humble, and zeamcant Wrttr.n.~, · • I~J' • fl. ·fp do 'fl have lous Duty· Andalfo, my like humble reque ~ o . ar n, I . . coooit. en, t' ak ~e n 11 1. s na ri"'e in y ain . Not onely t111 the Dedtcatron, ,A ? - . d W · b · h rr. h of the Authontv, of lus Speeches, an n- Ut 111 t e r ouc er , , tings. And fo I remain. .A A Letter., off}{_~queft, to. Dr. Playfer, ,&c. A Letter, of<I{_equeft, to Dr. Playfer, to Tranflate tbe Book, o Advancement of Learning, into Latine~ . Mr. Dr. Playfer: · . A Great Defire, will :take a [mall Occafion, to hope, and put in Trial, that which is ,dcfired. lt pleaicd you, a good while fince, to cxprc[s unto me, the good Liking, which you. conceived, of tny Book, of the AdvancemerJt of LearninK; and · that 1nore Significantly; (as it fcem'd to tne,) than out ofCunefie, or Civ1l Refpea:. My Self, as I then took Contentment, in your Approbation thereof; So I fhould efteem, and acknowledge, not onel y my Cont~ntment encreafed,but my Labours aduanced, if I tnight obtain your help, in that namre which I defite . . VVherein, before I fet ,down, in plain Terms, my requcfi UntO you, I will oren my Self, what it was, which I chiefly fouo-ht, ann propounded, to my Self, in that work; That you may p~rceive, that which I now defire, to be purfuant thereupon. · If I doe not tnuch errc, (For any Judgetnent, that a Mann1akcth,ofhis own Doings,had need be fpoken, with a si nunquam fa//.it Imago,) J have this Opinion, that if I had fought mine own Commendation, it had brcn, a much fitrer; Courfe tor me, to have done, as Gardeners ufed to doe, by taking their Seed, and Slipps, and rearing them firft into J?lants, and io uttering them in Pots, when they arc in Flower, and in their heft State. But for as mucb5 as my End, was Merit, of the state of Learning, (to my.Powcr,) and not Glory ·; And be. caufe tny purpo{c was, rather to Excite, other Mens Wi~s, than to magnify 1nine own;I was defirous,to prevent the uncertainnefs, ofn1inc own Life, & Timcs,by uttering rather Seeds, than Plants: Nay, and further, (as the froverh is,) by [owing with the Basket, rather than with the Hand: Wherefore, fince I have only taken ·upon me, to ring a Bell; to call other wits together, (which is the 1neancft Office,) it cannot but be confonant to my Defire, to have that Bell heard, as farr as can be. And fincc they arc but Spark~, which can work but upon Matter prepared, I have the more rcafan, to with, that thofe Sparks may fly abroad, That they tnay the better find, and light, upon thofe Minds, and Spirits, wbkh arc apt to be kindled. And therefore, the Privatcnefs of the Languagt confi~e1:cd, wherein it is written, excluding fo many Rca~ dcrs ; As on the other fide, the Obfcurity of the Argument, in many parts of it, c~cl1;1dcth 1nany others ; 1 muil: accom pt i-t, a Secoml"Birtb, of that Work, if it tnight be tranflatcd intO Latine, without 1nanifeft lofs, of the Senfe, and Matter. For this purpufe, I could not rcprcfcnt to my Self, any Man, into whofc hands, I doc tnore carncfUy defirc, that work 0.1ould fill, than your Self : For by that,: I have heard, and read, I know no Man, a greater E cc z Mafter, -- |