190 PREFACE 



piece with which in the present edition Part II. 

 begins : infra p. 203. 



13. A Preface, entitled Frandscus Bacon Lectori, (p. 

 431.) A first draught probably of the preface 

 to the fourth part of the Instauratio. 



14. Filum Labyrintlii, sive Inquisitio legitima de Motu. 



(p. 435.) A skeleton of an enquiry conducted 

 upon the true method ; that is to say, a complete 

 list of the titles of the several processes of an in 

 vestigation into the Form of Motion ; followed by 

 some general remarks, which may have been de 

 signed for the conclusion of the work which Ba 

 con had in contemplation when he wrote the Cogi- 

 tata et Visa, and intended to set forth the new 

 method in an example. 



15. Franc. Baconi Aphorismi et Consilia, de auxiliis 

 mentis et accensione luminis naturalis. (p. 448.) 



16. De Interpretatione Natures Sentential XII. (p. 451.) 



This and the preceding are rudiments of the No- 

 vum Organum. 



17. Tradendi Modus legitimus. (p. 458.) This consists 

 of two chapters ; of which the first is the same as 

 the first chapter of the Temporis Partus Masculus; 

 the second another form of the Redargutio Philo- 

 sophiarum. They are printed here (probably by 

 mistake) as if they were a sequel to the Sententice 

 XII., with which they do not appear to be con 

 nected. 



18. De Interpretatione Naturae Prooemium. (p. 479.) 



This has been intended for a preface to the In- 



