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P. 234. [1] but only: i.e. but, or only. We have an instance of 
the same reduplication in p. 174, 1. 10: ‘For those whose conceits 
are seated in popular opinions, need only but to prove or dispute.” [7] 
James i. 23, 24. [14] these... those: The first referring to the nearer, 
the second to the more distant antecedent. [26] Tacitus, Ann. i. 54. 
The Latin quotes the instance of Pericles. [31] by Duke Valentine: 
Lat. a Valentino Borgia. Cesar Borgia, son of Pope Alexander VL., 
who was made Duke of the Valentinois. Guicciardini, vi. 3. If 
Bacon had lived now he might have quoted the instance of Talleyrand, 
who began life as an ecclesiastic, and was an Abbé and Bishop of 
Autun before he became the French Minister of Foreign Affairs and 
the first diplomatist in Europe. 
P. 235. [6] Plutarch, Cesar, c. 3. [12] transferred: “transgressed 
in edd. 1605, 1629, 1633. ‘The Latin has, transtulit se ad artes militares 
et ane. ex quibus summum rerum fastigium conscendit, [16] all 
whose friends and followers: The Latin adds, Antonius, Hirtius, Pansa, 
Oppius, Balbus, Dolabella, Pollio, reliqui. [24] Cicero, Epist. ad Att. 
ix. 10, [27] and pressing the fact: Lat. quigue factum in omnibus 
urgeret, 
P. 236. [11] Tacitus, Hist. ii. 80; quoted again in Essay liv., ‘Of 
Vaine-Glory,’ which may be read in connection with this paragraph. 
[16] Mr. Ellis suggests that ‘this precept seems taken from the advice 
given by Medius to Alexander’s sycophants.’ See Plutarch, De Adulat. 
et Amico, c. 24. [Ib.] calumniare: ‘calumniari’ in ed. 1605, corrected 
in Errata. It is attributed to Machiavelli in a letter from the Earl 
of Derby to his son (Peck’s Desiderata Curiosa, lib. xi. p. 38, ed. 
1735): Fortiter calumniare, aliquid adherebit. See also Bacon, Works, 
viii. 148. [25] as in military persons: Comp. Ess. liv. p. 217: ‘In 
militar commanders and soldiers, vaine glory is an essentiall point; 
for as iron sharpens iron, so by glory one courage sharpneth another.’ 
[28] taxing, i.e. censuring. [29] gracing, i. e. praising, complimenting. 
[31] Comp. Ess. liv. p. 217: ‘And those that are of solide and sober 
natures, have more of the ballast, then of the saile.’ 
P. 237. [8] satiety: Spelt ‘saciety’ in ed. 1605. [11] Rhetor. ad 
Heren. iv. 4, quoted by Mr. Ellis: Videte ne insueti rerum majorum 
videamini, si vos parva res sicuti magna delectat. [21] their wants, 
i.e. their defects. [26] Ovid, Ars Amand. ii. 662. 
P. 238. [7] that passeth this other, i.e. in impudence. [23] rescus- 
sing: So edd. 1605 and 1629; ed. 1633 has the modern form ‘ rescuing.’ 
See Glossary. [25] by somewhat in their person or fortune: The 
Latin illustrates this by instances of deformed persons, bastards, and 
men branded with some mark of disgrace. Comp. Essay xliy., ‘Of 
Deformity,’ p. 178: ‘Whosoever hath anything fixed in his person, 
that doth enduce contempt, hath also a perpetuall spurre in himselfe, 
