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Rh Therefore, Care would be had that, (as it fareth in ill Purgings) the Good be not taken away with the Bad; which commonly is done, when the People is the Reformer.

, in the younger Sort, is a Part of Education; In the Elder, a Part of Experience. He that travaileth into a Country, before he hath some Entrance into the Language, goeth to Schoole, and not to Travaile. That Young Men travaile under some Tutor, or grave Servant, I allow well; So that he be such a one that hath the Language and hath been in the Country before; whereby he may be able to tell them what Things are worthy to be scene in the Country where they goe; what Acquaintances they are to seeke; What Exercises or discipline the Place yeeldeth. For else young Men shall goe hooded, and looke abroad little. It is a strange Thing that in Sea voyages, where there is nothing to be scene but Sky and Sea, Men should make Diaries; but in Land-Travaile, wherin so much is to be observed, for the most part they omit it; As if Chance were fitter to be registred then Observation. Let Diaries, therefore, be brought in use. The Things to be scene and observed are: The Courts of Princes, specially when they give Audience to Ambassadours; The Courts of Iustice, while they sit and heare Causes; And so of Consistories Ecclesiasticke; The Churches, and Monasteries, with the Monuments which are therein extant; The Wals and Fortifications of Cities and Townes; And so the Havens and Harbours; Antiquities

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