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moment, and communicable to the public, save only 

 some few Latin works, which, by God s favour and 

 sufferance, shall soon after follow.&quot; And in another 

 part of the same address he says, &quot; I thought myself 

 in a sort tied to vindicate these injuries and wrongs 

 done to the monuments of his Lordship s pen ; and 

 at once, by setting forth the true and genuine writ 

 ings themselves, to prevent the like invasions for the 

 time to come/ 3dly, It is not noticed by Archbishop 

 Tenison, who published the Eaconiana in 1679, in 

 which he says, &quot; His lordship s writings upon pious 

 subjects are only these : his Confession of Faith, the 

 Questions about an Holy War, and the Prayers in 

 these Remains ; and a translation of certain of 

 Davids Psalms, into English verse.( 4thly, There 

 is not any MSS. of these Paradoxes.^) 



The external reasons in favor of their authen 

 ticity are, 1st, They are published in the Remains, 

 in 1648, and, although they are not recognised, 

 they are not expressly disowned either in 1657 

 by Dr. Rawley, or in 1670 by Archbishop Teni 

 son, who does expressly repudiate (c) other works 

 ascribed to Lord Bacon. Whether this silence is 

 negative evidence that the Paradoxes are authentic, 

 or that the friend and admirer of Lord Bacon, 

 after having discredited the Remains, did not deem 

 the Paradoxes entitled to a particular refutation, is 



(a) Baconiana, page 72. 



(6) I venture to assert this for I have not been able to find a 

 MSS. I should be happy to have my error corrected, 

 (r) See note (6) ante xxviii. 



