Chapter

 1      Pre|       written, and partly from its being only a fragment. It is at
 2      Not|      breaking off abruptly, others being little more than tables
 3      Not|         thought worthy not only of being preserved, but of being
 4      Not|            being preserved, but of being transcribed into a volume;
 5      Not|           following the Inventory; being the 11th in order.”  “A
 6      Not|            nature of the supplies; being the 10th chapter, and this
 7      Not|          impediments of knowledge; being the third chapter, the preface
 8      Not|          and in diversion of wits; being the fourth chapter.”  “Of
 9      Not|     greatest measure of knowledge; being the fifth chapter.”  “That
10      Not|          and weareth out the rest; being the sixth chapter.”  “Of
11      Not|            of universal knowledge; being the seventh chapter.”  “
12      Not|            as they are transcribed being probably the same in which
13      Not|     containing ALL THE INVENTIONS, BEING THE WORKS OR FRUITS OF NATURE
14      Not|          under those several uses, being as several offices of provisions,
15      Not|          the order of the chapters being entirely altered. We have
16      Not|        portion of the 9th chapter {being an Inducement to the Inventory.}~
17      Not|       portion of the 10th chapter {being the preface to the Inventory.}~
18      Not|       portion of the 16th chapter {being a preface to the inward
19        1|          his emulation; knowledge, being in creation an angel of
20        1|         KNOWING GOOD AND EVIL. For being in his creation invested
21        1|            or dominion; but again, being a spirit newly inclosed
22        1|           caution and distinction; being now to open a fountain,
23        1|      natural and lawful knowledge, being unjustly jealous that every
24        1|            also to his own person, being truly one of those clearest
25        1|     contrariwise and divers others being born to ample patrimonies
26        1|           knowledge; some of these being more worthy than other,
27        1|            human effects, eternity being resumed, though the revolutions
28        1|            consent of the creature being now turned into reluctation,
29        4|          IMPEDIMENTS OF KNOWLEDGE, BEING THE 4TH CHAPTER, THE PREFACE
30        4|          AND IN DIVERSION OF WITS, BEING THE 5TH CHAPTER, A SMALL
31        4|         those that came newly from being moulded out of the clay
32        4|          leagues and confederacies being not then known), were to
33        4|       customs of towns and manors, being the devices that such wits
34        4|     GREATEST MEASURE OF KNOWLEDGE, BEING THE 6TH CHAPTER, THE WHOLE
35        7|          AND WEARETH OUT THE REST; BEING THE 7TH CHAPTER; A FRAGMENT.~
36        8|            OF UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE, BEING THE 8TH CHAPTER, THE WHOLE
37        8|       division of all his desires, being either of sense of pleasure
38        8|          same delights of the mind being to be found not only in
39        9|           WHAT IT WAS THEY SOUGHT; BEING THE 9TH CHAPTER, WHEREOF
40        9|           but only the particulars being first found, men did fall
41       10|            NATURE OF THE SUPPLIES, BEING THE 10TH CHAPTER; AND THIS
42       10|            SMALL FRAGMENT THEREOF, BEING THE PREFACE TO THE INVENTORY.~
43       10|          under those several uses, being as several offices of provisions,
44       11|           FOLLOWING THE INVENTORY; BEING THE 11TH IN ORDER; A PART
45       11|         particular and restrained, being tied but to air and water.
46       11|          etc. as glass or crystal, being beaten to fine powder, by
47       11|         white; the white of an egg being clear of itself, receiving
48       11| transparent than air, as in flame, being a body compounded between
49       11|            therefore (this warning being given) returning to our
50       11|           perceived and discerned; being not much other matter than
51       11|          INQUISITION OF KNOWLEDGE; BEING THE 16TH CHAPTER, AND THIS
52       11|            SMALL FRAGMENT THEREOF, BEING A PREFACE TO THE INWARD
53       22|            disdain of dwelling and being conversant much in experiences
54      BCo|     between 1603 and B is nothing; being only meant to represent