. An English garner; ingatherings from our history and literature . Of Human Knowledge. Hy did my parents send me to the Schools,That I with knowledge might enrich my mind ?/Since the Desire to Know first made men fools,And did corrupt the root of all mankind ! For when GODs hand had written in theheartsOf the First Parents, all the rules of good ;So that their skill infused, did pass all ArtsThat ever were, before, or since the Flood ; And when their Reasons eye was sharp and clear,And, as an eagle can behold the sun,Could have approached the Eternal Light as nearAs thintellectual angels coul

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. An English garner; ingatherings from our history and literature . Of Human Knowledge. Hy did my parents send me to the Schools,That I with knowledge might enrich my mind ?/Since the Desire to Know first made men fools,And did corrupt the root of all mankind ! For when GODs hand had written in theheartsOf the First Parents, all the rules of good ;So that their skill infused, did pass all ArtsThat ever were, before, or since the Flood ; And when their Reasons eye was sharp and clear,And, as an eagle can behold the sun,Could have approached the Eternal Light as nearAs thintellectual angels could have done : Even then, to them the Spirit of Lies suggests That they were blind, because they saw not 111;And breathes into their incorrupted breasts,A curious Wish, which did corrupt their Will. For that same 111, they straight desired to know!Which 111 (being nought but a defect of Good);In all GODs works, the Devil could not show,While Man, their Lord, in his perfection stood. rSir J. Daviei 59> 142 [Human Knowledge.] Nosce teipsum f \^^l^^^] So that them

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