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P. 234. [i] 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. Cnesar Borgia, son of Pope Alexander VI., 

 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 Abbe and Bishop of 

 Autun before he became the French Minister of Foreign Affairs and 

 the first diplomatist in Europe. 



P- 2 35- [6] Plutarch, Caesar, c. 3. [12] transferred: transgressed 1 

 in edd. 1605, 1629, 1633. The Latin has, iranstiJit se ad arles militares 

 et imperatorias ; ex quibus summum rerum fastigium conscendit. [16] all 

 whose friends and followers: The Latin adds, Antonius, Hirtius, Pansa, 

 Oppius, Balbits, Dolabella, Pollio, reliqiii. [24] Cicero, Epist. ad Att. 

 ix. 10. [27] and pressing the fact: Lat. quique factum in omnibus 



P. 236. [n] Tacitus, Hist. ii. 80; quoted again in Essay liv., Of 

 Vaine-Glory, which may be read in connexion 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.] calnmniare : 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. 

 J 735) : fortiler calumniare, aliqnid adharebit. 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. [n] Rhetor, ad 

 Heren. iv. 4, quoted by Mr. Ellis : Videte ne insueti rerum majorum 

 videamini, si vos parua res sicitli magna dehctat. [21] their wants, 

 i. e. their defects. [26] Ovid, Are Amand. ii. 662. 



P- 238. [7! that passeth this other, i. e. in impudence. [23] rescus- 

 sing: So edd. 1605 and 16*9 ; ed. 16.^3 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 xliv., Of 

 Deformity, p. 178: Whosoever hath anything fixed in his person, 

 that doth enduce contempt, hath also a perpetuall spurre in himsclfe, 



