CCclxXlV LIFE OF BACON. 



Lambeth In a collection of his letters in the Lambeth Library 

 rary there is the following passage in Greek characters : O&amp;lt; /uy 



e IT (t^op p.e TO 

 var Ksvavpa KoXuyujSad : f3vT i anXX cray Gar i ave yooS 

 (t&amp;gt;a&amp;gt;&amp;gt;avr (j&amp;gt;op . Qey tutpe VOT Oe yptarcdr oQfav&pe iv IffpatX 

 VTTOV a&amp;gt;po/i waXX ^sXX. () 



Will. In his will, he says, &quot; For my name and memory, I 



leave it to men s charitable speeches, to foreign nations, 

 and the next ages.* 



These words, not to be read till he was at rest from his 

 labours, were cautiously selected, (b) with the knowledge, 

 which he, above all men, possessed of the power of expres 

 sion, and of their certain influence, sooner or later, upon 

 society, (c) 



The obligation to silence, imposed upon Bacon, extended 

 to his friends after he was in the grave. 



Silence of Dr. Rawley, his first and last chaplain, says, &quot; Some 

 papers touching matters of estate, tread too near to the 

 heels of truth, and to the times of the persons concerned.&quot; 



Tennison. Archbishop Tennison says, &quot; The great cause of his 

 suffering is to some a secret. I leave them to find it out 

 by his words to King James : I wish that as I am the 



(a) Decyphered it is as follows : Of my offence, far be it 

 from me to say, dat veniam corvis ; vexat censura Columbas : 

 but I will say that I have good warrant for : they were not 

 the greatest offenders in Israel upon whom the wall fell. 



(b} In a former will (see Baconiana, p. 203) there is the same wish 

 expressed, not in such polished terms. The sentence is, &quot; For my name 

 and memory, I leave it to foreign nations and to mine own countrymen, 

 after some time be passed over.&quot; 



(c) FRANCISCUS 

 DE VERULAMIO 

 SIC COGITAVIT 



is the opening of the Novum Organum. 



