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GLOSSARY. 



Whiffler, sb. An officer whose duty it was to clear the way for a proces 

 sion : p. 152,1. 32. 



Which like a mighty ivhiffler fore the king. 



Shakespeare, Hen. V. v. Chor. 12. 



&quot;Wit, sb. Our modern word intellect expresses as nearly as possible the 

 meaning which wit had in Bacon s time : p. 33, 1. 26. See note on 

 p. 64, 1. 4, and comp. Essay vi. p. 18 ; xliv. p. 179. Games of wit are 

 games of skill or science as opposed to games of chance : p. 256, 1. 7. 



&quot;With, prep. Occurs where we should now use by. Waited on with = 

 attended by : p. 49, 1. 17. Attended with = attended by : p. 59, 1. 14. 



&quot;Withal, prep. With : p. 24, 1. 3. Plated after the case it governs. 



&quot;Within, prep. Among : p. 46, 1. 21. 



&quot;Without, prep. Beyond : p. 185, 1. 25 ; p. 204, 1. II. Comp. 2 Cor. x. 



13. 15- 

 Word, sb. Motto: p. 98, 1. I. 



And the device he bears upon his shield 

 Is a black Ethiope reaching at the sun ; 

 The word, Lux tua vita mihi. 



Shakespeare, Per. ii. 2. 21. 

 &quot;Work, To set on work = to set working: p. 198, 1. 7. So to set in 



work = to put in motion : p. 240, 1. 23. 

 &quot;Worthy, sb. A hero: p. 52, 1. 4. Comp. the nine worthies and Nah. 



ii. 5. 

 Wrought, p.p. Influenced, worked upon: p. 177, 1. 24. 



Anagcgical, adj. Mystical: p. 261, 1. 23. 



Consul, sb. Loosely used for counsellor, senator*: p. 36, 1. 32. Com 

 pare Shakespeare, Othello, i. I. 25 ; i. 2. 43. 



Piece, sb. A castle or fort: p. 173, 1. 14. See Jewell s Works (Parker 

 Soc. ed.), i. 485. 



Additional Notes. 



P. 1 8 [a]. Socrates however was not put to death till B.C. 399. 



P. 228 [20]. Dr. Thompson, the Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, 

 has pointed out to me that the origin of Bacon s globe of matter and 

 globe of crystal or form is probably the a&amp;lt;patpos aladrjTos and the 

 atympos J/OTJTOS of Empedocles as interpreted by Proclus. See Proclus in 

 Tirnseum, p. 160 D, and Simplicius in Physica, p. 7 b. 



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