tions, to Mela, Celfus, Pliny, or Soli nus. And having thus paft the principles of Arithmetic, Geometry, Aftronomy, and Geography, with a general compact of Phyficks, they may defcend in Mathematicks to the instrumentall science of Trigonometry, and from thence to Fortification, Architecture, Enginry, or Navigation. And in naturall Philofophy they may proceed leisurly from the Hiftory of Meteors, minerals, plants, and living creatures as fårre as anatomy. Then also in course might be read to them out of fome not tedious writer the institution of Phyfick; that they may know the tempers, the humors, the feafons, and how to manage a crudity: which he who can wifely and timely doe, is not only a great Physician to himselfe, and to his friends, but also may at fome time or other, fave an Army by this frugall, and expencelesse meanes only; and not. let the healthy and ftout bodies of young men rot away under him for want of this difcipline, which is a great pitty, and no leffe a shame to the commander. To fet forward all these proceedings in nature and mathematicks, what hinders, but that they may procure, as oft as shall be needfull, the helpfull experiences of Hunters, fowlers, Fishermen, Shepherds, Gardeners, Apothecaries; and in the other sciences, Architects, Engi neers, Mariners, Anatomists; who doubt. lesse would be ready fome for reward, and fome to favour such a hopefull se-; minary. minary. And this will give them fuch a reall tincture of naturall knowledge, as they shall never forget, but dayly augment with delight. Then also those poets which are now counted moft hard, will be both facil and pleasant, Orpheus, Hefiod, Theocritus, Aratus, Nicander, Oppian, Dionyfius, and in Latin Lucretius, Manilius, and the rurall part of Virgil. By this time, yeers and good general precepts will have furnisht them more diftinctly with that act of reason which in Ethics is called Prouirefis; that they may with some judgement contemplat upon morall good and evill. Then will be requir'd a speciall reinforcement of conftant and found endoctrinating to fet them right and firm, instructing them more amply in the knowledge of vertue and the hatred of vice: while their young and pliant affections are led through all the morall works of Plato, Xenophon, Cicero, Plutarch, Laertius, and those Locrian remnants; but still to be reduc't in their nightward studies wherewith they close the dayes work, under the determinat sentence of David or Solomon, or the evangels and Apoftalic Scriptures. Being perfit in the knowledge of perfonall duty, they may then begin the study of Economies. And either now, or before this, they may have eafily learnt at any odde hour the Italian tongue. And foon after, but with warineffe, and good antidote, it: would would be wholsome anough to let them tast some choise comedies Greek, Latin, or Italian: those tragedies also that treate of houfhold matters, as Trachinia, Alcestis and the like. The next remove must be to the study of Politics: to know the beginning, end, and rea-fons of politicall societies; that they may not in a dangerous fit of the common-wealth be fuch poor, fhaken, un, certain reeds, of such a tottering conscience, as many of our great counsellers have lately shewn themselves, but stedfaft pillars of the State. After this they are to dive into the grounds of law, and legall justice; deliver'd first, and with best warrant by Moses; and as farre as humane prudence can be trufted, in |