LIB. I. 117, 118. 



quarta pars Instaurationis consistit) atque etiam exeni- 

 plis particularium, (qune 51 in secunda parte aclduximus) 

 atque insuper in observationibus nostris super histo- 

 riam, (qute in tertia parte operis descripta est) quivis 

 vel mediocris perspicaciae et solertise, complurium ope- 

 rum nobilium indicationes et designationes ubique no- 

 tabit ; ingenue tanien fatemur, historiain naturalem, 

 quam adhuc habemus, aut ex libris, ant ex inquisitione 

 propria, 11011 tarn copiosam esse et verificatam, ut legi- 

 timac interpretation! satisfacere aut ininistrare possit. 



Itaque si quis ad mechanica sit magis aptus et para- 

 tus, atque sagax ad venanda opera, ex conversatione 

 sola cum experiments, ei permittimus et relinquimus 

 illam industriam, ut ex bistoria nostra et tabulis multa, 

 tanquam in via, decerpat et applicet ad opera, ac veluti 

 foenus recipiat ad tenipus, donee sors baberi possit. 

 Nos vero, cum ad majora contendamus, moram omiiem 

 praeproperam et praematuram in istiusmodi rebus, tan 

 quam Atalantae pilas (ut sacpius solemns dicere) dam- 

 namus. Neque enim aurea poma pueriliter affectamus, 

 sed omnia in victoria cursus artis super naturam poni- 

 mus 52 ; neque museum aut segetem berbidam demetere 

 festinamus, sed messem tempestivarn expectamus. 



CXVIII. 



Occurret etiam alicui proculdubio, postquam ipsam 

 historian! nostram et inventionis tabulas perlegerit, ali- 



51 ]7 or &quot; quas&quot; depending on to make &quot; the course of Art outstrip 

 &quot; particularium,&quot; I read &quot; quse&quot; Nature.&quot; It seems to mean ; &quot; we 

 depending on &quot; exemplis,&quot; follow- do not hasten to gather unripe re- 

 ing the Errata to the Ed. 1620. suits, but rest everything upon the 



52 This is obscure. Some doubt victory which systematic Art (such 

 the correctness of the reading, but seems to be the sense of Cursus 

 there is no authority for any other. Artis) will gain over Nature ; so 

 Wood s translation of the passage shall we obtain not the unfit moss, 

 is absolutely opposed to the truth, or green blade of corn, but the per- 

 as though Bacon would ever wish feet and seasonable harvest.&quot; 



