[56] In another part of the same scene: "They that thinke so dreame," i. e. they who believe in witchcraft.
[57] First published in 1621—I use, however, Shilleto's ed. of London, 1893, which follows that of 1651-1652; see pt. I, sect. II, memb. I, sub-sect. 3.
[58] James Howell, Familiar Letters, II, 548.
[59] His Advice to a Son, first published in 1656-1658, went through edition after edition. It is very entertaining. His strongly enforced advice not to marry made a sensation among young Oxford men.
[60] Works of Francis Osborne (London, 1673), 551-553.
[61] Works of Bacon (ed. Spedding, London, 1857-1858), II, 642-643.
[62] "The ointment that witches use is reported to be made of the fat of children digged out of their graves; of the juices of smallage, wolf-bane, and cinque-foil, mingled with the meal of fine wheat; but I suppose that the soporiferous medicines are likest to do it." See Sylva Sylvarum, cent. X, 975, in Works, ed. Spedding, II, 664. But even this passage shows Bacon a skeptic. His suggestion that the soporiferous medicines are likest to do it means that he thinks the delusions of witches subjective and produced by drugs. For other references to the subject see Works, II, 658, 660; VII, 738.
[63] De Argumentis, bk. II, ch. II, in Works, IV, 296; see also ibid., III, 490.
[64] Advancement of Learning, bk. II; ibid., III, 490.
[65] Works, IV, 400-401.