NOTE BUB. 



This book containeth three parts, the Preface ; the distribution of the work 



the great Instauration ; Aphorisms, guiding to the interpretation of nature. 



The preface considereth the present unhappy state of learning, together with 

 &amp;gt;unsels and advices to advance and improve it. To this preface therefore, are 



be reduced the Indicia, and the proem in Gruter, concerning the interpre- 

 ition of nature ; the first hook de Augmentis Scientiarum, which treateth 

 generally of their dignity and advancement ; and his lordship s &quot; Cogitata et 

 Visa&quot; written by him, in Latin, without intention of making them public in 

 that form, and sent to Dr. Andrews, as likew^e to Sir Thomas Bodley, with a 

 desire to receive their censures and emendations. The latter returned him a 

 free and friendly judgment of this work, in a large and learned letter, pub 

 lished in the Cabala, in the English tongue, and by Gruter in the Latin. 

 The like, perhaps, was done by the former, though his answer be not extant. 



To the distribution belongeth that Latin fragment in Gruter, called the 

 Delineation and Argument, of the second part of the Instauration. So doth 

 that of the philosophy of Parmenides and Telesius, and (especially) Demo- 

 critus. For, as he sheweth in the beginning of that part, he designed first to 

 consitler the learning of which the world was possessed ; and then to perfect 

 that ; and that being done, to open new ways to further discoveries. 



To the Aphorisms is reducible his letter to Sir Henry Savil, touching helps 

 for the intellectual powers, written by his lordship in the English tongue. A 

 part of knowledge then scarce broken, men believing that nature was here 

 rather to be followed than guided by art; and as necessary (in his lordship s 

 opinion) as the grinding and whetting of an instrument or the quenching it, 

 and giving it a stronger temper. 



Also there belong to this place, the fragment called &quot; Aphorismi et Consilia, 

 de Auxiliis Mentis,&quot; and &quot; Sententiae Duodecim de Interpretatione Naturae ;&quot; 

 both published by Gruter in the Latin tongue, in which his lordship wrote 

 them. 



Different Editions of Novum Organum. 



The first edition of the Novum Organum was published in folio in 1620, 

 when Lord Bacon was Chancellor ; annexed is the title page : Francisci de 

 Verulamio surnmi Anglice Cancellarii, Instauratio Magna. Londini. apud Jo- 

 annem Billium Typographum Regium. 



Another edition was published in Holland in 1645. 



Another edition was published in 1650. Annexed, is the title page : Fran- 

 cisci de Verulamio summi Anglite Cancellarii, Instauratio Magna. Lvgd. Batav, 

 r Officina Andriani IVyngaerden. 



Another edition was published in 1660. Annexed is the title page: Fran 

 cisci de Verulamio, summi Anglite Cancellarii, Instauratio Magna. Amstelg- 

 dami, sumptibus Joannis Ravesteing. 



Francisci Baconi Baronis de Verulamio Novum Organum Scientiarum. 

 Wirceburgi, apud Jo. Jac. Stahel. 1779. 



Another edition was published at Oxford in 1813. Annexed is the title 

 page : Francisci Buconi de Vervlamio, summi Angliae Cancellarii, Novum Orga 

 num, sive Indicia vera de Interpretatiojie Nature. Oxonii, e Typographeo 

 Clarendoniano. 



Translations. 

 Translation, 1640. From Watts Translation of De Augmentis. 



The introductory tract prefixed to the Novum Organum was translated in 

 lb 40 by Dr. Watts, and is prefixed to his translation of the treatise &quot; De 

 Augmentis.&quot; 



Translation, 1671. From the 3rd edition of Resuscitatio. 



In the third edition of the Resuscitatio, published in 1671, there are three 

 translated tracts from the Novum Organum, viz. 



