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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59284	The interest of Scotland in three essays ...	Seton, William, Sir, d. 1744.	1700 (1700)	Wing S2650; ESTC R15555	38,798	124

Alteration Lastly The French will oppose any Union betwixt England and Scotland and rather than it should succeed will follow Cardinal Richelieu's Practice in corrupting Leading Men in both Nations to foment Jealousies between them or in hireing some Mercenary English Poet or Historian to represent Scotland with all the Rancour that ill Nature and Ignorance can inspire in them The French for many years have baulked nothing that could raise their Monarchy above the Powers of their Neighbours and nothing hath been more formidable to their Designs than the Joint Force of the Island of Great-Britain when England alone had broke their Measures long e're now and brought them to Reason if it had not had Diversion at Home occasioned so often by French Counsel It 's long since Philip de Comenes said That in his time all the King of England's Ministers and great Persons had Pensions of France and gave their Acquittances upon every Receipt which were to be seen in the Chamber of Paris I shall now end this short Essay having no other Design by it than the Prosperity of Great-Britain and hopes that some Judicious Unbyassed Persons as the Learned Doctor Davenam who hath writ so many good Books for the Service of his Countrey will be at the Pains to handle this Subject in all its Particulars That all Doubts being removed from the People of both Nations there remain nothing to be done but the Action of Uniting And till they be convinced of the absolute Necessity of it my Wish is That England be out-witted in its Politicks by all its Neighbours and cheated by its States-Men into a fond Belief of its own Abilities And that Scotland continue an oppressed Nation by Courtiers and Publicans and never have a State-Council but of Mock-Politicians and Enemies to their Countrey Vis Vnita Fortior AN ESSAY UPON THE PRESENT STATE OF SCOTLAND IT 's observable that there 's a great Variety in Men both as to their Bodies and Souls conform to the different Situation of the Countries they inhabit upon which account it is that they differ so much in their Dispositions to Courage Justice Temperance Wit and Goodness And their Souls are yet more various than their Bodies that there appears sometimes a greater difference betwixt some Men and others than betwixt some Men and Beasts And as there 's a great Variety betwixt Men of different Clim's in respect of their Souls and Bodies so is there a great Disparity amongst Apprehehensions and Understandings of the People of the same Countrey proportionable to their Education which is the Reason that their Thoughts of things are not all of the same Reach and Justness There 's no Society without its Members amongst whom as there is a Sub-Ordination of Understandings so there 's a Sub-Ordination of Power and Command proportionable to the different Stations they hold in that Society whereof they are Members And hence it is That there are in every Kingdom as it is a Society People of all Characters which taken all together make up the Body Politick Being then I 'm to writ this Essay of the present State of Scotland I will give a short View both of its People and of their Affairs in the sollowing Sections SECTION I. Of the Education of Youth AS the strongest Bodies owe their Vigour in a great Measure to the first knitting of their Joynts and the most stately Trees are beholding to the hand that first planted them in an agreeable Soil So do Men owe whatever Esteem they acquire in this World to their Education The Impressions of which are strong grow up with them from their Cradle and accompany them to their very Graves Hence is it That the most wise and understanding Law-givers of different Nations thought it their noblest Work to prescribe Rules for the early Institution of Youth The Number of Schools and Universities in Scotland is enough to impose upon the World that there are used in them all the reasonable Means for instructing of young People in Languages Arts and Sciences But when one comes to examine the Methods and Formalities of Masters in Teaching he will soon be undeceived To look into a Grammar-School one will find an Assembly of Boys of different Capacities smuttering of Latin one who hath spent four Years at School another three and a third more or less yet there shall not be one of fourty who hath made the Proficiency in the Latin that another Boy will do in any Modern Language with half a Years teaching Surely there must be some Reason for this that either proceeds from the Difficulty of that Language or from some other Cause But that the Latin is attainable in a short time we have the Example of many young People and likewise of Accursius the Famous Lawyer who was fourty Years old when he first studied Latin Nevertheless he hath left some Volumes to the World in that Language The Causes therefore of Childrens slow Progress in the Latin to me seem to be First The Formality and Affectedness of Parents putting their Children too young to School before they have the Sense or Patience to apply themselves or without considering whether they design them for Employments that require no Knowledge of Latin Secondly The wrong and pedantick Method Schoolmasters take in teaching their Scholars For how absurd is it that they should teach them Latin in the same Tongue they do not understand and after a very tedious manner charge their Memories with Rules and Precepts which they no sooner learn than they forget Next To examine the way of Teaching in our Colledges we will find that young Students bestow only half a year upon the Greek which is so useful a Language to the Learned and allow three years to learn Errour and Nonsence For in place of Euclid's Elements and a good System of Experimental Philosophy they study large Volumes of Logicks and Metaphyficks which are fit only to subtilize their Brains being the true Cobweb-learning of this World soon wrought and soon forgot Seing that the Education of Youth contributes so much to the making Men capable either to serve themselves or their Country The Commissioners appointed to visit Schools Colledges ought to take special Care both to oblige Masters to practise good Methods in Teaching and to encourage most the learning of Mathematicks and parts of Experimental Philosophy Because it s from them we have our Learned Physitians Mechanicks Sea-men Engineers which are of more value to the Publick than thinking Men that are Learned only in Triffles and who chuse the study of General Physicks and Metaphysicks for Disput's sake It were for the Advantage of this Nation That no Boys be put to learn Latin that are designed by their Parents or Friends to be Merchants Mechanicks or Husband-men For how ridiculous is it that they should consume so many years in learning a Language which is forgot in one year if not practised and neglect the study of their own Language and other Modern