Of the advancement and proficience of learning; or, The partitions of sciences· Nine books. Written in Latin by the most eminent, illustrious, and famous Lord Francis Bacon Baron of Verulam, Vicount St. Alban, Councellor of Estate, and Lord Chancellor of England. Interpreted by Gilbert Watts.

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Of the advancement and proficience of learning; or, The partitions of sciences· Nine books. Written in Latin by the most eminent, illustrious, and famous Lord Francis Bacon Baron of Verulam, Vicount St. Alban, Councellor of Estate, and Lord Chancellor of England. Interpreted by Gilbert Watts.
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Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.
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Oxford :: printed by Leon Lichfield printer to the University, for Robert Young and Edward Forrest,
1640.
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Science -- Methodology -- Early works to 1800.
Logic -- Early works to 1800.
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"Of the advancement and proficience of learning; or, The partitions of sciences· Nine books. Written in Latin by the most eminent, illustrious, and famous Lord Francis Bacon Baron of Verulam, Vicount St. Alban, Councellor of Estate, and Lord Chancellor of England. Interpreted by Gilbert Watts." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A72146.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.

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THE EXPLICATION.

THe joyes and griefes domesticall of Father and Mother touching their Childrē, are here distinguisht: for a wise and well-govern'd Sonne, is chiefly a comfort, to the Father, who knowes the value of virtue, better than the Mother, and therefore more rejoyceth at the towardlinesse of his Sonne inclinable to goodnesse: yea and it may be his edu∣cation

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of him, that he hath brought him up so well; and im∣planted in his tender years, the Civility of manners, by pre∣cepts and example, is a joy unto him. On the other side, the Mother is more griev'd, and discomforted at the calamity of a Sonne, both because the affection of a Mother is more soft and tender; as also perchance, being conscious of hir too much indulgence, she hath tainted and corrupted his ten∣der years.

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