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censeri debeant, quant pro portionibus artis ipsius, et pertinent omnia ad 

 Promptuariam. [u] Aristotle, Rhet. i. 6, 7; Top. i. 12, &c. [14] Bacon 

 refers to the Colours of Good and Evil which he published with the first 

 edition of his Essays in 1597. In the Latin twelve examples are given 

 of these sophisms. [19] Hor. Ep. ii. 2. n. [20] Prov. xx. 14. [31] 

 Arist. Rhet. i. 6. [32] Virg. JEn. ii. 104. 



P. 181. [2] See pp. 155, 156. [9] Of these Antitheta forty-seven 

 examples are given in the De Augmentis, of which the instance on this 

 page is the last but one. [22] For examples of these formulae, see the 

 Promus of Formularies and Elegancies printed by Mr. Spedding in 

 the seventh volume of his edition of Bacon. Three others are given 

 from Cicero in the De Augmentis. [33] De Augm. vi. 4. 



P. 182. [i] the other pedantical : Lat. altera p&dagogica. [4, 5] con- 

 cerneth chiefly writing of books: The editions of 1605, 1629, and 1633 

 read concerneth chiefly in writing of books. The true reading is pro 

 bably consisteth chiefly in writing &c. In the Latin it is in scriptione 

 librorum consistit. [u] In the De Augm. the story of the priest is 

 omitted and another substituted of a proposed emendation of a passage 

 in Tacitus, Hist. i. 66. [Ib.] As the priest : I am afraid that this tale 

 must share the fate of many other good stories, when their genuineness 

 is put to the test. The Vulgate rendering of the passage in question is 

 in sporta and not per sportam, a reading which leaves no room for the 

 point of the story as Bacon tells it. Nor, so far as I can ascertain, is 

 per sportam to be found in any Latin version. [12] Acts ix. 25. [17] 

 as it hath been wisely noted : Lat. quod nonnemo prudenter notavit. [31] 

 Lat. Ad Padagogicam quod attinet, brevissimum foret dictu, consule scholas 

 Jesuitarum : nihil enim, quod in usum venit, his melius. Bacon has already 

 (p. 21) expressed his appreciation of the services rendered by the Jesuits 

 to education. 



P. 1 83. [6] courses : Mr. Spedding conjectures cases. [7] See Essay 

 xxxviii. p. 159: Hee that seeketh victory over his nature, let him not 

 set himselfe too great, nor too small tasks : for the first will make him 

 deiected by often faylings ; and the second will make him a small pro- 

 ceeder, though by often prevailings. And at the first, let him practise 

 with helps, as swimmers doe with bladders, or rushes : but after a time, 

 let him practise with disadvantages, as dancers doe with thick shooes. 

 For it breeds great perfection, if the practise be harder then the use. 

 [13] See Essay 1. p. 205 : So if a mans wit be wandring, let him study 

 the mathematicks ; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away 

 never so little, he must begin again. [25] Cicero, de Orat. i. 33. Comp. 

 Essay xxxviii. p. 160 : Let not a man force a habit upon himselfe, with 

 a perpetuall continuance, but with some intermission. For both the 

 pause reinforceth the new onset ; and if a man, that is not perfect, be 

 ever in practise, he shall as well practise his errours, as his abilities ; 



