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Latin, and is made use of by Bacon (Nov. Org. i. 123) for illustrating 
the difference between his own philosophy, which he compares to wine, 
and the philosophy which was current in his time. 
P. 216. [4] Virg. En. vi. 894. [18] See p. 133, 1. 21. [19] inquired 
in rational and moral knowledges: i.e. investigated with reference to 
what is known in reason and morals. Lat. si juxta moralis doctrine scita 
illud contemplemur, [22] agile: ‘agill’ in edd. 1605, 1629, 1633. The 
same spelling is found in the early quartos of Shakespeare, Romeo and 
Juliet, iii. 1.162. [24] easy: ‘easilye’ in ed. 1605; ‘easie,’ edd. 1629, 
1633. [28, 29] which have neither strength of honesty, nor substance 
of sufficiency: Lat. illis tamen non suppetit aut probitas animi ut velint aut 
vires ut possint recte agere. ‘Sufficiency’ is here used in the sense of 
‘capacity,’ ‘ability,’ as in 2 Cor. iii. 5, ix. 8, and in Bacon, Essay lv. 
p- 221; ‘such as have great places under princes, and execute their places 
with sufficiency.’ [30] that can neither become themselves: i.e. who 
can neither act gracefully. Lat. gui tamen nec sibi ipsis ornamento sunt. 
[31] And those in whom this conjunction is found, he adds in the Latin, 
are men endued with a kind of stoic gloom and insensibility, who do the 
deeds of virtue but enjoy none of its pleasures. [33] reduced to stupid: 
i.e. rendered stupid. Compare ‘leaveth it for suspect,’ p. 81,112. Mr. 
Kitchin suggests stupidity or stupor, 
P. 217. [3] De Augm. viii. 1. [6] Plutarch, Cato, 8. [7] a man 
were better: i.e, might better, which is the reading of some modern 
editions. [8,9] if you could get but some few go right: i.e, to go 
right. See Abbott’s Shakespeare Grammar, § 349. [16] 2 Chron. xx. 33, 
of the kingdom of Judah under Jehoshaphat. The early editions have 
dixerat for direxerat, but the latter is the correct reading of the De Aug- 
mentis. [20] Gen. xl. [23, 24] These respects... knowledge: Instead 
of this sentence the Latin has, Hoc denique Ethicam gravat, Politice suc- 
currit, [28] comfort, use, and protection; The Latin explains these as 
comfort against solitude, assistance in business, and protection against 
injuries, 
P. 218. [2] In the Latin; the value of conversation is compared to 
that of action in oratory. [3] Ovid, De Arte Amat. ii. 312. [6] 
Quintus Cicero, in his book De Petitione Consulatus (xi. 44), says: 
Curaque ut aditus ad te diurni nocturnique pateant; neque solum foribus 
e@dium tuarum sed etiam vultu ac fronte que est animi janua; que si 
significat voluntatem abditam esse ac retrusam, parvi refert patere ostium. 
[10] Cicero, Ep. ad Att. ix. 12. [11] the war depending: Lat. bello 
adhuc fervente, [17] Livy, xxiii. 12: Si reticeam aut superbus aut ob- 
noxius videar, &c, [23] affectation: ‘affection’ in ed. 1605; corrected 
in Errata and edd. 1629, 1633. ([Ib.] Quid deformius, &c. See An- 
titheta, xxxiv. [31] form: ‘howr’ in ed. 1605, corrected to ‘fourme’ 
in Errata: ‘forme’ is the reading of ed. 1629, ‘hour’ of ed. 1633. 
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