"One while I think, and then I am in pain,
To think, how to unthink that thought again."
W. M. M.
Lord Bacon.—Has the very discreditable attack made on the moral character of the great Lord Chancellor Bacon, by his cotemporary Sir Simon D'Ewes, and related by Hearne the historian at the end of his Life and Reign of King Richard II., been investigated, and either established or disproved by later historians?
Cestriensis.
Society for burning the Dead.—Wanted information as to the "Society for burning the Dead," which existed a few years ago in London. A reference to any reports or papers of them would oblige
D. L.
Cui Bono.—What is the true rendering of the Latin phrase Cui Bono? Most text-books say it means "For what good?" or, "What use was it?" But Francis Newman, in p. 316. of Hebrew Monarchy, says it means "who gained by (the crime)," and quotes Cicero pro Milone, xii. § 32., in favour of his meaning.
T. R.
Dublin.