SOLICITOR GENERAL. Cxlvii 



When Bacon presented him with a copy of his Novum 

 Organum he wrote with his own hand, at the top of the 

 title page, Edw. C. ex dono auctoris. 



Auctori Consilium. 



Instaurare paras veterum documenta sophorum : 

 Instaura Leges Justitiamq ; prius. 



And over the device of the ship passing between Hercules s 

 pillars, he wrote the two following verses : 



&quot; It deserveth not to be read in schools, 

 But to be freighted in the Ship of Fooles.&quot;(V*) 



From professional altercations with this contracted mind 

 Bacon was rescued by his promotion. 



Another and more important advantage attendant upon 

 his appointment was the opportunity which it afforded 

 him to assist in the encouragement of merit and in legal 

 reform. Detur digniori was his constant maxim and con 

 stant practice, (b) He knew and taught that power to do 

 good is the true and lawful end of aspiring; and, when 

 appointed Solicitor, he acted in obedience to his doctrines, 

 encouraging merit, and endeavouring to discharge the duty 

 which he owed to his profession by exertions and works 

 for the improvement of the law. (c) 



Raleigh. I think you want words indeed, for you have spoken one thing 

 half a dozen times. 



Attorney. Thou art an odious fellow, thy name is hateful to all the realm 

 of England for thy pride. 



Raleigh. It will go near to prove a measuring cast between you and me 

 Mr. Attorney. 



Attorney. Well, I will now make it appear to the world, that there never 

 lived a viler viper upon the face of the earth than thou. State Trials. 



See note X XXX at the end. 



0) See note YYYY at the end. 



(6) Sic postea, when he was Chancellor, See note 4 A at the end. 

 Paley, vol. i. p. 94. 



(c) See note CC at the end. 



