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[English Translation] the King maintains, food, clothing and books, and having regard to their morals and studies, if such young people have no means of maintaining themselves; Otherwise their fathers and mothers are forced to pay their pensions and clothes, and if it happens that they become great figures in the arts and sciences, they are made Doctors by all the Colleges of the capital cities, of the Academy and of the Court, in place of those who die, and if some being outside the Colleges do not have enough means to maintain themselves, the public gives them a hundred pounds, until they are promoted. And since a Republic is not perfect in which only men are learned and wise: The Senate orders that young girls should be instructed by the parishes as well as boys. And for this purpose he wanted that in each town there should be another house, in which there should be a wise and honest woman who should show the young girls how to read and write, throw and calculate, together with the Catechism, and principal points of Religion, with music, so that being thus well instructed, they could better understand not only what is of their salvation, but also render the honor, respect and obedience that they owe to their N 3 |
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