NOTES. 
BOOK I. 
P. 1. [1] See Lev. xxii. 18; Num. xxviii. 2, 3. [3] upon ordinary 
observance: ex rituali cultu. [¥7, 8] according ...employments: Omitted 
in Lat. [14-17] and... admiration: Omitted in Lat. [15] Prov. 
XXV. 3. 
P. 2. [8] Plato, Phaedo, i. 72; Meno, ii. 81; Comp. Theeet. i. 166, 
191; Arist. de Memor. 2; Anal. Pr. ii. 21; Cicero, Tusc. Disp. i. 24. 
57. [10] notions: motions in ed, 1605, but corrected in the Errata 
to that edition, [17] 1 Kings iv. 29. [17, 18] For the construction 
see note on p. 20, 1. 26. [23] ‘should’ used for ‘would.’ [26] Tac, 
Ann. xiii. 3. Augusto prompta ac profluens queque deceret principem 
eloquentia fuit. [32,33] all this... subject: Lat. nescio quid servile 
olet, nec sui juris est. 
P. 3. [15] perfection: profection in ed. 1605; corrected in Errata. 
[20-27] Lat. Percurrat qui voluerit imperatorum et regum seriem, et juxta 
mecum sentiet, omitting the particular dynasties. 
P. 4. [6] Hermes: Hermes Trismegistus, fabled to be an Egyptian 
priest, philosopher, and king. The author of the works ascribed to 
him was probably a Neoplatonist of the second or third century. 
Ficinus (Argum. in Merc. Tris. Pimandr.) says, Trismegistum vero 
termaximum nuncuparunt, quoniam et philosophus maximus, et sacerdos 
maximus, et ree maximus extitit. [19] the former: the Lat. adds que 
levior est, neque tamen ullo modo pretermittenda, In his letter to Toby 
Matthew, Bacon speaks of the first part of the Advancement ‘ but as 
a page to the latter.’ [22] the latter: Lat. posterior vero pars (quod 
caput rei est). 
P. 5. [7] ignorance severally disguised: Lat. ignorantia non sub uno 
schemate. [17] 1 Cor. viii. 1. [18] Eccl. xii. 12. [20] Eccl. i, 18. 
[22] Col. ii. 8. [25] Among the causes of atheism Bacon enumerates, 
‘lastly, learned times, specially with peace, and prosperity: for troubles 
and adversities doe more bow mens mindes to religion.’ Ess. xvi. 
p. 66. [32] Mr. Ellis gives the following note on the corresponding 
passage in the De Augmentis: ‘This reference to the imposition of 
names in Paradise in illustration of natural knowledge, is common in the 
writings of the schoolmen, Thus S, Thomas Aquinas in discussing 
