"As Machiavel noteth well, when princes, that ought to be common parents, make themselves as a party," &c.] Perhaps Lord Bacon alludes to Disc. iii. 27.
"As Tacitus expresseth it well, 'Liberius quam ut imperantium meminissent.'">[ Mr. Markby is at a loss to trace this quotation. I am unable to assist him.
The verses of Lucan are quoted from memory. The original has, "Avidumque in tempora," and "Et concussa fides."
"Dolendi modus, timendi non item.">[ Query, Whence are these words taken?
"Solvam cingula regum.">[ Mr. Markby refers to Job xii. 18.; but the passage alluded to seems to be Isaiah xlv. 1.
The story of Epimetheus is differently applied in Sap. Vet., vol. x. p. 342.
The saying of Cæsar on Sylla is inserted in the Apophthegms, No. 135. p. 379. That of Galba is likewise to be found in Suet. Galb. 16.
Essay XVI. Of Atheism.—See Antitheta, No. 13. vol. viii. p. 360.
"Who to him is instead of a god, or melior natura.">[ From Ovid, Met. 1. 21. "Hanc deus et melior litem natura diremit."
Essay XVII. Of Superstition.—See Antitheta, No. 13. vol. viii. p. 360.