KOTE Z Z. 



Upon being told that it was time to look about him, he said, &quot; I do not look 

 about me ; I look above me.&quot; 



Upon his servants rising on his entrance, soon after the accusation, &quot; Sit 

 down,&quot; he said, &quot; your rise has been my fall.&quot; 



Letter from Sir Kenelm Digby to M. de Fermat, published at the end of 

 Fermat s Opera Mathematica, 1769. 



Extrait d un lettre de Mons. le Chevalier Digby a M. de Fermat. 



Et comme vous y parlez de notre Chancellier Bacon, cela me fit souvenir 

 d un autre beau mot qu il dit en ma presence une fois a peu Mons. le Due de 

 Buckingham. C etoit au commencement de ses malheuvs quand 1 assemblee 

 des etats, que nous appellons le parlement, entrepot de le miner, ce quelle fit 

 en suite, ce jour la il en eut la premiere alarme. J etois avec le due ayant 

 disne avec lui, le Chancellier suivint, et 1 entretint de 1 accusation qu un de 

 ceux de la chambre basse avoit presentee centre lui, et il supplia le due 

 d employer son credit aupres du roi pour le maintenir toujours dans son esprit. 

 Le due lui r6pondit, qu il etoit si bien avec le roi leur maitre qu il n etoit pas 

 besoin de lui rendre de bons offices aupres de sa majeste, ce qu il disont, non 

 pas pour le refuser, car il aimoit beaucoup, mais pour lui faire plus d honneur. 

 Le Chancelier lui repondit de tres bonne grace, &quot; Qu en il croyoit etre parfaite- 

 ment bien dans 1 esprit de son maitre, mais aussi qu il avoit toujours remarque 

 que pour si grand que soit un feu, et pour si fortement qu il brule de lui meme, 

 il ne laissera pourtant pas de bruler mieux, et d etre plus beau et plus clair si 

 on le suffle comme il faut.&quot; 



Assuming that it was customary for the suitors to solicit and to make presents 

 to the judges out of court, the observations made by Mr. Butler with respect to 

 this custom in France, may, therefore, as it seems, be applied to the custom in 

 England : &quot; But it all amounted to nothing. To all their solicitations the 

 judges listened with equal external reverence and internal indifference ; and they 

 availed themselves of the first moment when it could be done with decency, to 

 bow the parties respectfully out of the room.&quot; 



NOTE A A A. 



The Advancement of Learning. 



The Advancement of Learning was published in the year 1605. The fol 

 lowing is a copy of the title page : The Tvvoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the 

 projicience and adnancement of Learning, diuine and humane. To the King. 

 At London, printed for Henry Tomes, and are to be sould at his shop at Gruies 

 Inne Gate in Holborne. 1605. It is a small thin quarto of 119 pages, double 

 paged, that is, one page relates to two sides, so that there are according to the 

 modern mode of paging, 238 pages. The subjects are distinguished by capitals 

 and italics introduced into the text, with a few marginal notes in Latin. 



Of this work he sent copies to the Earl of Northampton, to present the book 

 to the King ; to Sir Thomas Bodley ; to Lord Chancellor Egerton ; to the Earl 

 of Salisbury ; to the Lord Treasurer Buckhurst ; to Mr. Matthews. The fol 

 lowing are copies of the several presentation letters : 



Sir Francis Bacon, of the like Argument, to the Earl of Northampton, with 

 request to present the book to his Majesty. 



It may please your good Lordship, Having finished a work touching the 

 Advancement of Learning, and dedicated the same to his sacred majesty, whom 

 I dare avouch (if the records of time err not) to be the learnededst king that 

 hath reigned ; I was desirous in a kind of congruity, to present it by the 

 learnedest counsellor in this kingdom, to the end, that so good an argument, 

 lightening upon so bad an author, might receive some reparation by the hands 



