NOTE 3 I. 



sense and Latin at once, (two things which should never be divided in teach 

 ing) I thought nothing more proper for that purpose than Bacon s Essays, 

 provided the English, which is in some places grown obsolete, were a little 

 reformed, and made more fashionable. Accordingly having by me his lordship s 

 Latin volume of the Essays, (which as it was a later, so seems to be a perfecter 

 book) I fell to translating it, not tying myself strictly to the Latin, but com 

 paring both languages together, and setting down that sense (where there was 

 any difference) that seemed the fullest and plainest.&quot; 

 The following is a specimen : 



Dr. Willymott. 



&quot; The principal virtue of prosperity 

 is temperance ; of adversity, fortitude ; 

 which in morals is reputed the most 

 heroical virtue. Again, prosperity be 

 longs to the blessings of the Old Testa 

 ment ; adversity to the beatitudes of 

 the New, which are both in reality 

 greater, and carry a clearer revelation 

 of the divine favour. Yet, even in the 

 Old Testament, if you listen to David s 

 harp, you will find more lamentable 

 airs than triumphant ones.&quot; 



Lord Bacon. 



&quot; But to speak in a mean, the 

 virtue of prosperity is temperance, the 

 virtue of adversity is fortitude, which 

 in morals is the more heroical virtue. 

 Prosperity is the blessing of the Old 

 Testament, adversity is the blessing of 

 the New, which carrieth the greater 

 benediction, and the clearer revelation 

 of God s favour. Yet, even in the Old 

 Testament, if you listen to David s 

 harp, you shall hear as many herse- 

 like airs as carols. 1 



So too Shaw has made a similar attempt, of which the following is a specimen 

 from the Essay &quot; Of Goodness and Goodness of Nature :&quot; 



Dr. Shaw. 



&quot; There are several parts and signs 

 of goodness. If a man be civil and 

 courteous to strangers, it shews him a 

 citizen of the world, whose heart is no 

 island cut off from other lands, but a 

 continent that joins them. If he be 

 compassionate to the afflicted, it shews 

 a noble soul, like the tree which is 

 wounded when it gives the balm. If 

 he easily pardons and forgives offences, 

 it shews a mind perched above the 

 reach of injuries. If he be thankful 

 for small benefits, it shews he values 

 men s minds before their treasure.&quot; 



Lord Bacon. 



&quot; The parts and signs of goodness 

 are many. If a man be gracious and 

 courteous to strangers, it shews he is a 

 citizen of the world, and that his heart 

 is no island cut off from other lands, 

 but a continent that joins to them ; if 

 he be compassionate towards the afflic 

 tions of others, it shews that his heart 

 is like the noble tree that is wounded 

 itself when it gives the balm : if he 

 easily pardons and remits offences, it 

 shews that his mind is planted above 

 iajuries, so that he cannot be shot ; if 

 he be thankful for small benefits, it 

 shews that he weighs men s minds, 

 and not their trash.&quot; 



Dr. Shaw, in his preface, says, &quot; A modern well-wisher to his works had 

 said that the English edition of the Essays may be as durable as the Latin 

 edition, if some equal hand would, once in a century, repair the decays of their 

 fleeting language.&quot; Dr. Shaw has not contented himself with an alteration of 

 the style, but has altered the arrangement of the essays, by classing them into 



f Moral, 



Essays-/ Economical, and 

 ^Political. 



French. 



Essays Moraur. Tres Honorable Seigneur Francois Bacon Chevalier Baron 

 de Verulam et grand Chancelier d Angleterre traduites in Francois par le Sieur 

 Arthur Georges, Chevalier Anglois. Scutura invincibile Fides. A Londres chf- 

 lenor Bell, 1619. 



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