392 ON THE SCOPE AND INFLUENCE OF THE 
it farther appears, that the important truths which they disclo- 
sed did not remain long unperceived, or barren of consequen- 
ces. ‘* Dr Coxuins, Provost of King’s College, Cambridge, 
“ a man of no vulgar wit, affirmed unto me,” says Bacon’s 
Chaplain, Dr Rawxey, “ that after reading the Advancement of 
“ Learning, he found himself in a case to begin his studies 
“ anew, and that he had lost all the time of his studying be- 
“ fore *.” Of his more recondite work, his distinguished con- 
temporary Ben Jounson speaks ag follows: “ The Novum 
“ Organum is not penetrated or understood by superficial men, 
“ who cannot get beyond Nominals, but it really openeth all 
“ defects of knowledge whatsoever ; and is a book 
«* Qui longum noto Scriptori proroget vum *.” 
Sir Henry Worron, another of the most eminent men of that 
day, thus warmly expresses his opinion of its merits: “I have 
“ received,” says he, in a letter to Bacon, written from Ger- 
“ many, three copies of that work, wherewith your Lordship 
“ hath done a great and everlasting benefit to all the children of 
“ Nature, and to Nature herself in her utmost extent and lati- 
“ tude,who never before had se true an Interpreter, or so inward 
“ a Secretary of her Cabinet f.” In this letter, Sir Henry gives 
an interesting account of an accidental meeting which he had 
lately had with the celebrated Kepier, in Upper Austria; to 
whom, he adds, he was about to send one of his copies of the No- 
vum Organum, for the honour of England. It is not surprising, 
that a writer who entertained such sentiments in regard to the 
importance 
* Life of Bacon, prefixed to Raw ey’s Resuscitatio, or bringing to light seve- 
ral pieces of the Works of Lord Bacon. 
+ Ben Jonson’s Discoveries.— Works, vol. vii. p. 100. Wxattey’s edition. 
+ Reliquie Wottoniana, p. 299. 3d edition. 
