"Septimus Severus in despatch, 'Adeste si quid mihi restat agendum.'">[ No such dying words are attributed to Severus, either in Dio Cassius, lxxvi. 15., the passage cited by Mr. Markby, or in Spartian. Sever. c. 23.
In the passage of Juvenal, the words are, "qui spatium vitæ," and not "qui finem vitæ," as quoted by Lord Bacon. Length of life is meant.
Essay III. Of Unity in Religion.—
"Certain Laodiceans and lukewarm persons.">[ The allusion is to Rev. iii. 14-16.
"It is noted by one of the Fathers, Christ's coat indeed had no seam, but the Church's vesture was of divers colours; whereupon he saith, 'in veste varietas sit, scissura non sit.'">[ Query, Who is the Father alluded to?
"The massacre in France.">[ I. e. the massacre of St. Bartholomew.
Essay IV. Of Revenge.—See Antitheta, No. 39. vol. viii. p. 374.
The saying of Cosmo, Duke of Florence, as to not forgiving friends, recurs in the Apophthegms, vol. i. p. 394. ed. Montagu.
Essay V. Of Adversity.—