334 NOVUM ORGANUM. 



tributionis, et digestionis, postquam commista sint; de- 

 uique et praedominantiae post misturam transactam. 



(7.) Superest ultimo loco ex modis septem operand! 

 Septimus et postremus ; operatio scilicet per altematio- 

 nem :i) , et vicissitudines priorum sex : de quo antequam 

 in singulos illos paulo altius fuerit inquisitum, tempes- 

 tivuin non foret exempla proj)onere. Series autem sivc 

 catena hujusinodi alternationis, prout ad singula effecta 

 accommodari possit, res est et cognitu niaxime difh cilis, 

 et ad opera niaxime valida. Suinina autem detinet et 

 occupat homines impatientia hujusinodi tarn inquisitio- 

 nis (juam praxeos; cum tamen sit instar tili labyrinth! 30 , 

 quoad opera inajora. Atque lure sutHciant ad exeni- 

 |&amp;gt;lum polychresti. 



LI. 



Inter prterogntivas in*taniiarui)t ponemus loco vice- 

 simo septinio atque ultimo instant ins magicas* 7 . Hoc 

 nomine illas appellamus, in (jiiibus materia, aut etti- 

 ciens, tenuis aut parva est, pro magnitudine operis ct 

 elfectus qui seijuitur; adeo ut etiamsi fuerint vulgares, 

 tamen sint instar miraculi, alia^ primo intuitu, alia) 

 etiam attentius contemplanti. lias vero natura ex sese 

 subministrat parce ; quid vero factura sit sinu excusso, 

 et post inventionem forniarum, et ])rocessuum, et sche- 

 matismorum, t uturis temporibus apparebit. At ista 



35 &quot; per alternationem,&quot; i. e. l)y ^ Twenty-seventh and last come 

 bringing these six different methods Magical Instances. Those cases in 

 to bear in judicious order on each which great and wonderful effects 

 subject, and so shifting that order are produced by small and appa- 

 as to gather different results as, rently inadequate causes. This class 

 e. g. using Heat before or after he seems to think the progress of 

 pressure, &c. science will reveal in greater abun- 



36 Filum Labyrinth* was the title dance, 

 of one of Bacon s lesser works. 



