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censeri debeant, quam pro portionibus artis ipsius, et pertinent omnia ad 
Promptuariam. [11] Aristotle, Rhet. i. 6, 7; Top. i.12,&c. [14] Bacon 
refers to the Colours of Good and Evil which he published with the first 
edition of his Essays in 1597. In the Latin twelve examples are given 
of these sophisms. [19] Hor. Ep. ii. 2.11, [20] Prov. xx. 14. [31] 
Arist. Rhet. i. 6. [32] Virg. Ain. ii. 104. 
P. 181. [2] See pp. 155, 156. [9] Of these Antitheta forty-seven 
examples are given in the De Augmentis, of which the instance on this 
page is the last but one. [22] For examples of these formula, see the 
*Promus of Formularies and Elegancies’ printed by Mr. Spedding in 
the seventh volume of his edition of Bacon. Three others are given 
from Cicero in the De Augmentis. [33] De Augm. vi. 4. 
P. 182. [1] the other pedantical: Lat. altera pedagogica, [4, 5] con- 
cerneth chiefly writing of books; The editions of 1605, 1629, and 1633 
read ‘concerneth chiefly in writing of books.’ The true reading is pro- 
bably ‘consisteth chiefly in writing &c.’ In the Latin it is in scriptione 
librorum consistit. [11] Inthe De Augm. the story of the priest is 
omitted and another substituted of a proposed emendation of a passage 
in Tacitus, Hist. i. 66. [Ib.] As the priest: I am afraid that this tale 
must share the fate of mahy other good stories, when their genuineness 
is put to the test. The Vulgate rendering of the passage in question is 
in sporta and not per sportam, a reading which leaves no room for the 
point of the story as Bacon tells it. Nor, so far as I can ascertain, is 
per sportam to be found in any Latin version. [12] Actsix. 25. [17] 
as it hath been wisely noted: Lat. guod nonnemo prudenter notavit, [31] 
Lat. Ad Pedagogicam quod attinet, brevissimum foret dictu, consule scholas 
Fesuitarum : nihil enim, quod in usum venit, his melius. Bacon has already 
(p- 21) expressed his appreciation of the services rendered by the Jesuits 
to education. 
P. 183. [6] courses: Mr. Spedding conjectures ‘cases.’ [7] See Essay 
xxxviii. p. 159: ‘Hee that seeketh victory over his nature, let him not 
set himselfe too great, nor too small tasks: for the first will make him 
deiected by often faylings; and the second will make him a small pro- 
ceeder, though by often prevailings. And at the first, let him practise 
with helps, as swimmers doe with bladders, or rushes: but after a time, 
let him practise with disadvantages, as dancers doe with thick shooes. 
For it breeds great perfection, if the practise be harder then the use. 
[13] See Essay 1. p. 205: ‘So if a mans wit be wandring, let him study 
the mathematicks; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away 
never so little, he must begin again.’ [25] Cicero, de Orat. i. 33. Comp. 
Essay xxxviii. p. 160; ‘ Let not a man force a habit upon himselfe, with 
a perpetuall continuance, but with some intermission. For both the 
pause reinforceth the new onset; and if a man, that is not perfect, be 
ever in practise, he shall as well practise his errours, as his abilities; 
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