Brief Lives, Vol. 1

by John Aubrey

[282] MS. Aubr. 6, fol. 69^v.

[283] MS. Aubr. 6, fol. 70.

[284] Horat., Ars Poet. 346.

[285] MS. Aubr. 6, fol. 67^v.

[286] Subst. for 'will.'

[287] Subst. for 'had been.'

[288] MS. Aubr. 6, fol. 68.

[289] His brother-in-law, Mervyn Touchet, second earl of Castlehaven, was executed on this charge, May 14, 1631.

[290] Alice, daughter and co-heir of Bennet Barnham.

[291] Over 'delicate,' Aubrey has written 'T. Hobbes,' either as his authority for the statement, or comparing Bacon's eyes with Hobbes', which were 'hazell' and 'ful of life.'