G L O S S A R Y. 



Pedanti, sb. A pedant : p. 13, 11. if&amp;gt;, 19. PI ur . pedanles : p. 13, 11. 7, 14; 

 p. 21, 1. 8. From the It. fedante, which appears not to have been quite 

 naturalised in 1605. Pedante occurs in Florio s Worlde of Wordes, 

 1598; and in Shakespeare s Love s Labour s Lost, iii. I. 179, A domi 

 neering psdant o er the boy, it must have been pronounced as a dis 

 syllable. The first ed. of this play was published in 1508 



Pedantical, adj. Pedantic: p. 13, 1. 26; p. 165, 1. 3. 



Pensileness, sb. Suspended condition : p. 4;, 1. 26. 



Percase, adv. Perhaps: p. 209, 1. u. 



Peremptory, adj. Destructive : p. 53, 1. 18. 



Perfective, adj. Capable of being perfected or improved: p. 25^, I. 2. 

 Compare Demonstrative. 



Peruse, v. t. To review : p. 3, 1. 21. See Shakespeare, Rich. II, iii. 3. 53. 

 4 That from this castle s tatter d battlements 

 Our fair appointments may be well perused. 



Phainomena, p. 129, 1. 30. This mode of spelling shows that the word 

 in Bacon s time had not become fully naturalised, though in p. 127, 1. 23 

 it appears in its usual form. Later still in the Reliquiae Wotto niaiix 

 (p. 101, ed. 1655) I find phainomenon. 



Physic, sb. Physics, or physical science: p. Ill, 1. 33 ; p. 114, 1. 21. 



Pilosity, sb. Hairiness : p. 120, 1. 10. 



Place, sb. A passage of an author or book : p. 7, 1. 32 ; p. 8, 1. i 2 ; p. 

 190, 1. 25. A topic or subject of discourse : p. 155, 1. 33. A piazza , or 

 public square ; here, the Forum: p. 220, 1. 12 ; p. 241, 1. 10. To give 

 place = to yield: p. 98, 1. 19. 



Plash, sb. A shallow pool, a puddle : p. 244, 1. 32. 



Platform, sb. Plan: p. 44, 1. 12; p. 114, 1. 12 . Pattern : p. 187, 1. 19. 

 See note on p. 44. 



Ply, sb. Bend, bias: p. 239, 1. 19. For it is true, that late learners, 

 cannot so well take the pile. Essay xxxix. p. 164. 



Poesy, sb. A poem : p. 35, 1. 6. Poetry : p. 60, 1. 28 ; p. 211, 1. 25. 



Point, sb. In the phrase was of such a point as whereat Sarah laughed : 

 P 2 53&amp;gt; ! I0 ; where the Latin has de ht/ji/sinodi re extitit quam irrisui 

 habebat Sarah. 



Police, v.t. To regulate : p. 56, 1. u. Spain, says Bacon, in his Observa 

 tions on a Libel (Works, viii. 169) is not in brief an enemy to be feared 

 by a nation seated, manned, furnished, and pollicied as in England ; where 

 two MSS. read poll iced. 



Politique, sb. A politician : p. 5, 1. 9 ; p. 10, 1. 17 ; p. 18, 1. 12, &c. In 

 p. 13, 1. 6, it is used as an adjective ; politique men = politicians. 



Popular estate. A democracy : p. 53, 1. 8; p. 208, 1. i. Therefore, we 

 see it (i. e. boldness) hath done wonders, in popular states. Essay xii. 

 P-45- 



Popularity, sb. Democratic character: p. 252, 1. 5. 



Populous, adj. Numerous : p. 243, 1. 5. See Dcut. xxvi. 5. 



Portugal, adj. Portuguese: p. 29, 1. 23. 



Position, *b. The laying down of a law: p. 147, 1. 1 1. A maxim, senti 

 ment: p. 221, 1. I ; p. 227, 1. 19 ; p. 2 4 (&amp;gt;, 1. 2O. 



Possess, v.i. To prepossess: p. 224, 1. 3. 



Practique, sb. Practice : p. 165, I. 33. 



