For the generall learning times: to begin, the strength of body, and conceit of minde were made the generall meanes: to continue, perfectnesse, and vse were appointed the limittes: for the midle houres this I thinke, that it were not good, to go to your booke streight after ye rise, but to giue some time to the clearing of your body. As also studie after meate, and fast before ye sleepe beareth great blame for great harmes to health, and to much shortning of life. From seuen of the cloke, though ye rise sooner, (as the _lambe_ and the _larke_ be the prouerbiale leaders, when to rise and when to go to bead) till tenne before noone, and from two till almost fiue in the after noone, be the best and fittest houres, and enough for children wherin to learne. The morening houres will best serue for the memorie and conceiuing: the after noone for repetitions, and stuffe for memorie to worke on. The reasons be the freenesse, or fulnesse of the head. The other times before meat be for exercises, as hath bene fully handled heretofore. The houres before learning, and after meate, are to be bestowed, vpon either neating of the bodie, or solacing of the minde, without to much motion: wherin as I said before the greatest part, and the best to be plaid consisteth vsually in the trainers discretion, to apply thinges according to the circunstances of person, place, and time. To conclude we must be content with those places, which be already founded, and vse those houres which be already pointed to the best that we can, and yet prepare our selues towardes the better, when soeuer it shall please God to send them. And by perswasion some maisters maye well enough bring wise parentes to yeelde vnto this note, and to giue it the triall. In the meane time some excellent man hauing the commoditie of a well situate house, and being able to commaund his owne circunstance, neither depending of other mens helpe, wherof he cannot iudge, and so that way leasing some authoritie in direction, may put many excellent conclusions in triall.
OF TEACHERS AND TRAINERS IN GENERALL, AND THAT THEY BE EITHER ELEMENTARIE, GRAMMATICALL, OR ACADEMICALL. OF THE ELEMENTARIE TEACHERS ABILITIE, AND ENTERTAIMENT. OF THE GRAMMER MAISTERS ABILITIE, AND HIS ENTERTAIMENT. A MEANE TO HAUE BOTH EXCELLENT TEACHERS, AND CUNNING PROFESSORS IN ALL KINDES OF LEARNING, BY THE DIUISION OF COLLEGES ACCORDING TO PROFESSIONS: BY SORTING LIKE YEARES INTO THE SAME ROUMES: BY BETTERING THE STUDENTES ALLOWANCE AND LIUING: BY PROUIDING AND MAINTAINING NOTABLE WELL LEARNED READERS. THAT FOR BRINGING LEARNING FORWARD IN HIS RIGHT AND BEST COURSE, THERE WOULD BE SEUEN ORDINARIE ASCENDING COLLEGES FOR TOUNGUES, FOR MATHEMATIKES, FOR PHILOSOPHIE, FOR TEACHERS, FOR PHYSICIANS, FOR LAWYERS, FOR DIUINES, AND THAT THE GENERALL STUDIE OF LAWE WOULD BE BUT ONE STUDIE: EUERY OF THESE POINTES WITH HIS PARTICULAR PROOFES, SUFFICIENT FOR A POSITION. OF THE ADMISSION OF TEACHERS.