And therefore, as it hath been wisely noted, the
most corrected copies are commonly the least correct.
The second is concerning the exposition and explication of authors,
which resteth in annotations and commentaries: wherein it is over
usual to blanch the obscure places and discourse upon the plain.
The third is concerning the times, which in many cases give great
light to true interpretations.
The fourth is concerning some brief censure and judgment of the
authors; that men thereby may make some election unto themselves
what books to read.
And the fifth is concerning the syntax and disposition of studies;
that men may know in what order or pursuit to read.
(2) For pedantical knowledge, it containeth that difference of
tradition which is proper for youth; whereunto appertain divers
considerations of great fruit.
As first, the timing and seasoning of knowledges; as with what to
initiate them, and from what for a time to refrain them.
Secondly, the consideration where to begin with the easiest, and so
proceed to the more difficult; and in what courses to press the more
difficult, and then to turn them to the more easy; for it is one
method to practise swimming with bladders, and another to practise
dancing with heavy shoes.
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