95To the Reader.
and not plain things VVonders;
and that experience like-
99[Handwritten note 9]1010[Handwritten note 10] wiſe muſt be broken and grinded, and not whole, or as it
groweth; and for Uſe, his Lordſhip hath often in his
Mouth, the two kindes of Experiments, Experi-
menta Fructifera, and Experimenta Lucifera.
Experiments of Uſe, and Experiments of
Light: And he reporteth himſelf, whether he were not
a ſtrange Man, that ſhould think, that Light hath no Uſe,
becauſe it hath no Matter. Further his Lordſhip thought
good alſo, to add unto many of the Experiments them-
99[Handwritten note 9]1010[Handwritten note 10] ſelves, ſome gloſs of the Cauſes, that in the ſucceeding
work of Interpreting Nature, and Framing Axi-
oms, all things may be in more readineß. And for the
Cauſes herein by him aßigned; his Lordſhip perſwadeth
himſelf, they are far more certain, than thoſe that are ren-
dred by others; not for any excellency of his own wit, (as
his Lordſhip is wont to ſay) but in reſpect of his continual
1111[Handwritten note 11]1212[Handwritten note 12]1313[Handwritten note 13] converſation with Nature and Experience. He did
conſider likewiſe, That by this Addition of Cauſes,
Mens mindes (which make ſo much haſte to finde out the
cauſes of things;) would not think themſelves utterly loſt
in a vaſt Wood of Experience, but ſtay upon theſe
Cauſes (ſuch as they are) a little, till true Axioms
1111[Handwritten note 11]1212[Handwritten note 12]1313[Handwritten note 13] may be more fully diſcovered. I have heard his Lordſhip
ſay alſo, That one great reaſon, why he would not put theſe
Particulars into any exact Method, (though he, that look-
eth attentively into them, ſhall finde, that they have a ſe-
cret order) was, Becauſe he conceived that other men would
1111[Handwritten note 11]1212[Handwritten note 12]1313[Handwritten note 13] now think that they could do the like; and ſo go on with a
further Collection, which, if the Method had been exact,
many would have deſpaired to attain by Imitation. As
for his Lordſhips love of Order, I can refer any Man to
his Lordſhips Latin Book, De Augmentis Scien-
tiarum; which, if my judgment be any thing, is written
99[Handwritten note 9]1010[Handwritten note 10] wiſe muſt be broken and grinded, and not whole, or as it
groweth; and for Uſe, his Lordſhip hath often in his
Mouth, the two kindes of Experiments, Experi-
menta Fructifera, and Experimenta Lucifera.
Experiments of Uſe, and Experiments of
Light: And he reporteth himſelf, whether he were not
a ſtrange Man, that ſhould think, that Light hath no Uſe,
becauſe it hath no Matter. Further his Lordſhip thought
good alſo, to add unto many of the Experiments them-
99[Handwritten note 9]1010[Handwritten note 10] ſelves, ſome gloſs of the Cauſes, that in the ſucceeding
work of Interpreting Nature, and Framing Axi-
oms, all things may be in more readineß. And for the
Cauſes herein by him aßigned; his Lordſhip perſwadeth
himſelf, they are far more certain, than thoſe that are ren-
dred by others; not for any excellency of his own wit, (as
his Lordſhip is wont to ſay) but in reſpect of his continual
1111[Handwritten note 11]1212[Handwritten note 12]1313[Handwritten note 13] converſation with Nature and Experience. He did
conſider likewiſe, That by this Addition of Cauſes,
Mens mindes (which make ſo much haſte to finde out the
cauſes of things;) would not think themſelves utterly loſt
in a vaſt Wood of Experience, but ſtay upon theſe
Cauſes (ſuch as they are) a little, till true Axioms
1111[Handwritten note 11]1212[Handwritten note 12]1313[Handwritten note 13] may be more fully diſcovered. I have heard his Lordſhip
ſay alſo, That one great reaſon, why he would not put theſe
Particulars into any exact Method, (though he, that look-
eth attentively into them, ſhall finde, that they have a ſe-
cret order) was, Becauſe he conceived that other men would
1111[Handwritten note 11]1212[Handwritten note 12]1313[Handwritten note 13] now think that they could do the like; and ſo go on with a
further Collection, which, if the Method had been exact,
many would have deſpaired to attain by Imitation. As
for his Lordſhips love of Order, I can refer any Man to
his Lordſhips Latin Book, De Augmentis Scien-
tiarum; which, if my judgment be any thing, is written
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