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All parents would have children learned 142 The Country must decide 143 Necessity a good restraint 144 Number of scholars kept down by law 145 Private opinion must yield to public 146 The poor and the rich 147 Fewer bookmen needed since Reformation 148 A learned paucity. Choice 149 Right choice in a monarchy 150 Ideal monarchy scholar 151 His patience with masters and comrades 152 Less clear cases. Master first chooser 153 Against early choice. Some dullards kept 154 Schoolmaster and parent 155 The same. Colleges not almshouses 156 Evils from bad elections 157 Catchers in Colleges 158 College factions warned 159 Influence of the great misused by the little 160 Abuse of patronage 161 Bursuries. Degrees gained by favour 162 Daws as peacocks 163 Evils ensuing. Livings 164 Preferment to livings 165 Professions overcrowded 166