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command the end, and yet not to endure the meane.’ [9] Tacitus, 
Hist. i. 50; quoted again in Essay xi. p. 42. [11] Pindar, Olym. i. 55. 
of Tantalus: xaraméfar péyav odABov ob« eduvdc6y. [14] Ps. Ixii. to. 
{17] Arist. Rhet. ii. 12-17. [28] it is in order: i.e. the order is, 
P. 208. [1] politiques: ‘in politiques,’ ed. 1605, corrected in Errata 
and in edd. 1629, 1633. [2] Solon, Fr. i. 8 (ed. Gaisford), referring to 
Pisistratus. See Bacon’s Apoph. 232, and Cicero, Pro Cluentio, 49. 
Solon’s lines are : 
ES dvéuow 5% Oddacoa Tapdooerm, hy 5 Tis adTiv 
M?} xp mavrav earl Sieaordry. 
*Avipay & &« peyddow modus OAAUTaL.K. T. A, 
[1a] affections, which is, &c.: for ‘which are, &c.’ in modern usage. It 
is not necessary to suppose that this is a mistake of Bacon’s. The sub- 
stantive verb is frequently found to agree with the subject which follows 
it, as in Chaucer (Cant. Tales, 1. 14625), ‘Peter! i¢ am I? See also 
p. 226, l. 22, and Shakespeare, Rich. Il. v. 5. 55, 56: 
‘ Now sir, the sound that tells what hour it is 
Are clamorous groans.’ 
[13] Aristotle, Rhet. ii. 1-11. Comp. Eth. Nic. ii. 4.1. [19] For the — 
repetition of the negative see note on p. 142, 1. 23. [29] Plutarch and 
Seneca wrote on Anger, and Plutarch has treatises of comfort upon 
adverse accidents (addressed to his wife and to Apollonius), and of 
tenderness of countenance (wep! Svowmias) or bashfulness. Seneca too 
has a dialogue de Consolatione. [30] of comfort upon adverse accidents : 
Omitted in Lat. 
P. 209. [2] and how again contained from act and further degree: 
i.e. how restrained from leading to actions and reaching a greater 
height. [4] how they gather and fortify: Omitted in the Latin. [13] 
premium and pena: The doctrine of rewards and punishments is familiar 
to the readers of Butler’s Analogy. [25] these as they have determinate 
use in moralities: Lat. hee enim sunt illa que regnant in moralibus, 
From which Mr. Spedding conjectures we should read ‘these are they 
&c.’ (27] described : Perhaps we should read ‘ prescribed.’ [28] serve: 
‘seeme’ in ed. 1605, corrected in Errata. [30] insist: ‘visit’ in ed. 
1605, corrected in Errata and in edd. 1629, 1633. 
P. 210. [1] Aristotle, Eth. Nic. ii, 1.2. [22] as there is: We should 
now say, ‘as there are,’ but Bacon uses ‘there is’ like the Fr. dy a. 
[26] diffident: ‘different’ in ed. 1605, corrected in Errata and in edd. 
1629, 1633. [29] in the end: ‘on the end’ in ed. 1605, corrected in 
Errata. 
P. 211. [3] the knots and stonds of the wilt Lat. nodos obicesque 
animi. [4] the moreveasy: ‘the more easily’ in ed. 1605, corrected in 
Errata and edd. of 1629, 1633. Mr. Spedding says, ‘Possibly Bacon 
