[52] P. 27, l. 12. Source of error in diseases.—Montaigne, Essais, ii, 12.
[53] P. 27, l. 27. They rival each other, etc.—Ibid.
[54] P. 28, l. 31. Næ iste, etc.—Terence, Heaut., IV, i, 8. Montaigne, Essais, iii, 1.
[55] P. 28, l. 15. Quasi quidquam, etc.—Plin., ii, 7. Montaigne, ibid.
[56] P. 28, l. 29. Quod crebro, etc.—Cicero, De Divin., ii, 49.
[57] P. 29, l. 1. Spongia solis.—The spots on the sun. Pascal sees in them the beginning of the darkening of the sun, and thinks that there will therefore come a day when there will be no sun.
[58] P. 29, l. 15. Custom is a second nature, etc.—Montaigne, Essais, i, 22.
[59] P. 29, l. 19. Omne animal.—See Genesis vii, 14.
[60] P. 30, l. 22. Hence savages, etc.—Montaigne, Essais, i, 22.
[61] P. 32, l. 3. A great part of Europe, etc.—An allusion to the Reformation.