1. A college for breeding up of artists in the useful practice of all
military exercises; the scholars to be taken in young, and be maintained,
and afterwards under the king’s care for preferment, as their merit and
His Majesty’s favour shall recommend them; from whence His Majesty would
at all times be furnished with able engineers, gunners, fire-masters.
bombardiers, miners, and the like.
The second college for voluntary students in the same exercises; who
should all upon certain limited conditions be entertained, and have all
the advantages of the lectures, experiments, and learning of the college,
and be also capable of several titles, profits, and settlements in the
said college, answerable to the Fellows in the Universities.
The third college for temporary study, into which any person who is a
gentleman and an Englishman, entering his name and conforming to the
orders of the house, shall be entertained like a gentleman for one whole
year gratis, and taught by masters appointed out of the second college.
The fourth college, of schools only, where all persons whatsoever for a
small allowance shall be taught and entered in all the particular
exercises they desire; and this to be supplied by the proficients of the
first college.
I could lay out the dimensions and necessary incidents of all this work,
but since the method of such a foundation is easy and regular from the
model of other colleges, I shall only state the economy of the house.
The building must be very large, and should rather be stately and
magnificent in figure than gay and costly in ornament: and I think such a
house as Chelsea College, only about four times as big, would answer it;
and yet, I believe, might be finished for as little charge as has been
laid out in that palace-like hospital.
The first college should consist of one general, five colonels, twenty
captains.
Being such as graduates by preferment, at first named by the founder; and
after the first settlement to be chosen out of the first or second
colleges; with apartments in the college, and salaries.
£ per ann.
The general 300
The colonels 100
The captains 60
2,000 scholars, among whom shall be the following degrees:
allowed £ per ann.
Governors 100 10
Directors 200 5
Exempts 200 5
Proficients 500
Juniors 1,000
The general to be named by the founder, out of the colonels; the colonels
to be named by the general, out of the captains; the captains out of the
governors; the governors from the directors; and the directors from the
exempts; and so on.
The juniors to be divided into ten schools; the schools to be thus
governed: every school has
100 juniors, in 10 classes.
Every class to have 2 directors.
100 classes of juniors is 1,000
Each class 2 directors 200
1,200
The proficients to be divided into five schools:
Every school to have ten classes of 10 each.
Every class 2 governors.
50 classes of proficients is 500
Each class 2 governors is 100
600
The exempts to be supernumerary, having a small allowance, and maintained
in the college till preferment offer.
The second college to consist of voluntary students, to be taken in,
after a certain degree of learning, from among the proficients of the
first, or from any other schools, after such and such limitations of
learning; who study at their own charge, being allowed certain
privileges; as—
Chambers rent-free on condition of residence.
Commons gratis, for certain fixed terms.
Preferment, on condition of a term of years’ residence.
Use of libraries, instruments, and lectures of the college.