184 Bacon 



bucella panis deseret veritatem. 1 Here is noted, that a judge 

 were better be a briber than a respecter of persons; for a 

 corrupt judge offendeth not so lightly 2 as a facile. 



Vir pauper calumnians pauperes similis est imbri vehe- 

 menti, in quo paratur fames. 3 Here is expressed the extre 

 mity of necessitous extortions, figured in the ancient fable 

 of the full and the hungry horseleech. 



Fons turbatus pede, et vena corrupta, est Justus cadens 

 coram impio.* Here is noted, that one judicial and exem 

 plar iniquity in the face of the world, doth trouble the 

 fountains of justice more than many particular injuries 

 passed over by connivance. 



Qui subtrahit aliquid a patre et a matre, et dicit hoc non 

 esse peccatum, particeps est homicidii. 5 Here is noted, that 

 whereas men in wronging their best friends use to extenuate 

 their fault, as if they might presume or be bold upon them, 

 it doth contrariwise indeed aggravate their fault, and 

 turneth it from injury to impiety. 



Noli esse amicus homini iracundo, nee ambulato cum 

 homine furioso* Here caution is given, that in the election 

 of our friends we do principally avoid those which are 

 impatient, as those that will espouse us to many factions 

 and quarrels. 



Qui conturbat domum suam, possidebit ventum. 1 Here is 

 noted, that in domestical separations and breaches men 

 do promise to themselves quieting of their mind and con 

 tentment; but still they are deceived of their expectation, 

 and it turneth to wind. 



Filius sapiens Icetificat patrem : filius vero stultus mcestitia 

 est matri suce? Here is distinguished, that fathers have 

 most comfort of the good proof of their sons; but mothers 

 have most discomfort of their ill proof, because women 

 have little discerning of virtue, but of fortune. 



Qui celat delictum, qucerit amicitiam ; sed qui alter o 

 sermone repetit, separat fcederatos? Here caution is given, 

 that reconcilement is better managed by an amnesty, and 

 passing over that which is past, than by apologies and 

 excusations. 



1 Prov. xxviii. 21. 



8 Editions 1629 and 1633 read highly, which is clearly inferior to 

 lightly, which is the reading of 1605. 



3 Prov. xxviii. 3. * xxv. 26. 5 xxviii. 24. 



6 xxii. 24. 7 xi. 29. * x. i. 9 xvii. 9. 



