NOTES. 



BOOK I. 



P. i. [i] See Lev. xxii. 18; Num. xxviii. a, 3. [3] upon ordinary 

 observance : ex rituali cultu. [7, 8] according . . . employments : Omitted 

 in Lat. [14-17] and ... admiration : Omitted in Lat. [15] Prov. 

 xxv. 3. 



P. 2. [8] Plato, Phaedo, i. 72; Meno, ii. 81 ; Comp. Theset. i. 166, 

 191 ; Arist. de Memor. 2 ; Anal. Pr. ii. 21 ; Cicero, Tusc. Disp. i. 24. 

 57. [10] notions: motions in ed. 1605, but corrected in the Errata 

 to that edition. [17] i Kings iv. 29. [17, 18] For the construction 

 see note on p. 20, 1. 26. [23] should used for would. [26] Tac. 

 Ann. xiii. 3. Augusta prompta ac profluens quceque deceret principem 

 eloquentia fuit. [32, 33] all this . . . subject : Lat. ne&cio quid servile 

 olet, nee sui juris est. 



P- 3- [15] perfection: profection in ed. 1605; corrected in Errata. 

 [20-27] Lat. Percurrat qui voluerit imperatorum et regum seriem, et juxta 

 mecum sentiet, omitting the particular dynasties. 



P. 4. [6] Hermes: Hermes Trismegistus, fabled to be an Egyptian 

 priest, philosopher, and king. The author of the works ascribed to 

 him was probably a Neoplatonist of the second or third century. 

 Ficinus (Argum. in Merc. Tris. Pimandr.) says, Trismegistum vero 

 termaximum nuncuparunt, quoniam et philosophus maximus, et sacerdos 

 maximus, et rex maximus extitit. [19] the former: the Lat. adds qua 

 levior est, neque (amen ullo modo prcetermittenda. In his letter to Toby 

 Matthew, Bacon speaks of the first part of the Advancement but as 

 a page to the latter. [22] the latter: Lat. posterior vero pars (quod 

 caput rei est). 



P. 5. [7] ignorance severally disguised : Lat. ignorantia non sub uno 

 schemate. [17] i Cor. viii. i. [18] Eccl. xii. 12. [20] Eccl. i. 18. 

 [22] Col. ii. 8. [25] Among the causes of atheism Bacon enumerates. 

 4 lastly, learned times, specially with peace, and prosperity : for troubles 

 and adversities doe more bow mens mindes to religion. Ess. xvi. 

 p. 66. [32] Mr. Ellis gives the following note on the corresponding 

 passage in the De Augmentis : This reference to the imposition of 

 names in Paradise in illustration of natural knowledge, is common in the 

 writings of the schoolmen. Thus S. Thomas Aquinas in discussing 



