[f. 21, b.]

Carta assignationis.
Fractionem corporū, sive resistentiā contra fractionem et separa-

tionem, assignamus sub Motu Integritatis.
Modum tamen fractionis in nonnullis aut prohibitionis fractio-

nis in quo situs partiū valet, assignamus sub motu applica

tionis primo.
Reductionem ad statum quo, as when urine or blowd is broken

and by fier reduced, assiguamus sub Motu cohibitionis, vel

regio.
Conservationem, Mansionem in statu, Non exituram Spiritus in

corporibus porosis, sive terris siccis assignamus sub Motu

Regio.
All ripenings, coction, assation, the gathering perfection of

wynes, beers, syders, &c. by age and tyme, assignamus sub

Motu Maturationis.
Etiam multiplicationem virtutis per unionem quantitatis, vel

conservationem status per unionem quantitatis, assignamus

sub Motu Maturationis vel exaltationis.
[f. 22.] Liquefactionem, Mollificationem, liquiditatem, consistentiā, du-

ritiem, indurationem, contractionem, or closeness of parts,
Ampliacionem, Congelationem, constipationem, assignamus

sub motu hyles interiore.
Residence, flowring, woorking owt a skymme, defecacion, refy-

nyng, cieering and lees, dissolving or breaking as in blowde
or urine, Coagulation or turnyng to Curdes or whaye, hæc

assiguamus sub motu separationis in se.
Etiam disordinationem partiū, as when pears rowled gett a

sweetness, when roses crushed alter there smell, hæc assigna

mus Motui separationis in se.
Evaporationem, exhalationem, emissionē, consumptionem, dimi-

nutionem, arefactionem, assignamus sub Motu separationis in

aliud.
Corruptionem, rust, mould, assignamus motui separationis

altæ.
[f. 22, b.] Motum soliditatis sive expulsionis corporis dissimilis, et attrac-

tionem similis, assignamus sub rotu mistionis.
Exuctionem, depastionem, deprædationem, Intumescentiam, In-

tenerationem, Augmentationem, sine vegetatione seu accre

tionem, assignamus Motui generationis Jovis. Fermentationem et infectionem assignamus generationis fictæ.

Destillationem, sublimationem, assignamus Motui metamor

phoseos placidæ. turnyng into woormes, flies, etc., assignamus Motui triumvi.

ratus.

Poll.

[f. 23.]

The bring. ye K. low by pov. and empt. Cof.
The revolt or troub. first in Sco. for till yt be no dang. of Eng.

discont. in dowt of a warre fro thence. The greatness of some part. subj.

pop. Salsb. Accept. to Lo. h. of parl. qu.
The great. of the priv. Col.
The ord. of sitt. and manage of thinges in Co. as a state, that

y bowle may goe alone.
The greatn, of the lower hows in parlamt.
Qu. of the off of Lieut. Cupst:
The absce of the P. yf he come to ye Cr. by warres.
Confederacy and more straight Amity wth ye low Countries.
Limiting all Jurisdictions. More regular.
Qu. wt use of the presbyt.
Qu. wt use may be made of ye greatn. of ye Nob. of Scotl.
Bookes in comendac. of Mon, mixt or Aristoc.
Perswad. the K. in glory, Aurea condet sæcula.

generationis ficta. So in MS. : Motui having probably been omitted.

triumviratus. Here a line is drawn across the page ; a new subject begins with a new pen and apparently fresh fingers; and the next page is headed Transportat. Jul. 28, 1608. I conclude thereforo that the third day's work ended here, and that what follows was begun the next morning.

Poll. Policy. Of the notes under this head I have already in my introduction explained the general import, as far as I could collect it. "But the abbreviations are here so many and so perplexing, and yet the meaning would be so well worth having if we could get at it, that a full interpretation (as far as conjecture can supply it) will probably be found convenient; and being thus placed side by side with the original, it will assist other conjecturers without the danger of misleading them. The words within brackets are my own commentary; the rest are what I suppose Bacon intended.

“The bringing the King low by poverty and empty coffers. “The revolt or trouble first in Scotland : for till that be, no danger of English discontent: in doubt of a war from thence.” [It is always interesting to compare the anticipations of the philosophic statesman looking forward, with the reflexions of the philosophic historian looking back. This opinion was recorded by Bacon in 1608, but never publicly uttered. David Hume, after describing the causes and progress of English discontent in 1637, and showing that they were not sufficient to provoke an outbreak, proceeds thus: “It seemed probable, therefore, that affairs might long have continued on the same footing in England, had it not been for the neighbourhood of Scotland; a country more turbulent, and less disposed

New lawes to be compounded and collected ; Lawgyver perpetuus

princeps. Restor. the Church to ye trew limits of Authority since H. gths

confusion.
Choyse of persons act. and in their nat. stir. and assure them.
Advt to a gen. Mem. of Aff. Succ. Salsb. and amuz the K and

P. wth pasty. and glory.
It is like S. hath some furd. intent. upw. to wyn him to the po.

of pol. Surdis modis. cave aliter.
Finishing my treat. of ye great. of Br. wth aspect ad pol.

Chem. pop. Nav. Yelv. Sans. Harb. Cro / Barkly. [f. 23, b.] The fairest, wthout dis. or per, is the gener. perswad. to K and

peop. and cours. of infusing every whear the foundat. in this Ile of a Mon. in ye west, as an apt seat state people for it; so cyvylizing Ireland, furder coloniz. the wild of Scotl. Annexing

ye Lowe Countries. Yf any thing be questio. touch. Pol. to be turned upon ye Amplia

cion of a Mon. in ye Royalty.

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to submission and obedience. It was thence the commotion first arose : and it is, therefore, time for us to return thither, and to give an account of the state of affairs in that kingdom.” Hist. of Eng. c. 53.]

“ The greatness of some particular subjects. pop. (popularity ? i.e. opposition to the Crown.] Salisbury acceptable to the Lower House of Parliament. qu.

"The greatness of the Privy Council.

“ The order of sitting and manage of things in Council as a state, that the bowl may go alone.

“The greatness of the Lower House in Parliament.
“Qu. of the oflice of Lieutenant Constable.
“ The absence of the Prince if he come to the Crown by wars.
“Confederacy and more strait amity with the Low Countries.

Limiting all Jurisdictions, more regularity.
“Qu. what use of the presbytery.
“Qu. what use may be made of the greatness of the nobility of Scotland.
“ Books in commendation of monarchy mixed, or aristocracy.
“ Persuade the K. in glory, aurea condet sæcula.
“New laws to be compounded and collected : Lawgiver perpetuus princeps.

Restoring the Church to the true limits of authority, since Henry the 8th confusion.

“Choice of persons active and in their nature stirring, and assure them.

“Advertisement to a general memorial of affairs [?]. Succeed Salisbury, and amuse the King and Prince with pastime and glory." [I am not at all satisfied that I have interpreted the first sentence rightly : but Bacon did, after Salisbury's death, distinctly intimate to the King his readiness to be “removed to business of State," if his services were wanted in that department rather than in his profession.]

“ It is like Salisbury hath some furder intention upwards : To win him to the point of policy. Surdis modis, cave aliter.

Finishing my treatise of the Greatness of Britain with aspect ad politiam. “Chem (qu. Cheut.), Popliam, Neville, Yelverton, Sandys, Herbert, Crofts, Barkley.

[Sir Walter Chute: member for Whitchurch (Southamptonshire), in the Parliament of 1614, and one of the 'undertakers,' who got into trouble for the

:

fo. In rege beatissimum non cogi miserrimum non suaderi.
fo. Liberius peccat qui libenter ignorat.
fo. Your wytness is a reed shaken wth ye wynd / */ yet so as when

the reed standes upright it is for us, and when it bendes it is

for yow.

Of great men it is best yf a man speak in deteriorē partē rather

to towch their extern by fashons (wch nevertheless may induce men to think what is, then their dispraises, natures or conditions, and their natures and conditions much rather then their actions, for the one is but opynions the other is a

kynd of Accusacion. Qu. Wt is the direction towching recusants goodes, wr the for- (f. 24.]

feture be wholy dispensed wth or passe by graunt and is

compounded for. Q. Wt order and direction is towching yê poynt of Law in plead

ing excomun, to recusants. Making some collection touching ye authority of the pr. Councell,

as it appeareth in owr bookes of Lawe, and acquainting my

L. Chancellor and L. Treasorer therewth obiter.
Making other collections and shewing them obiter, spec. fitt for

an Att. and to make them think they shall find an alteracion
to their coutentmt over that which now is.

part he took. Sir Francis Popham, member for Wilts in James's first Parliament, which was still in existence. Sir Henry Neville (I think) member for Lewes. Henry Yelverton, member for Northampton. Sir Edwin Sandys (a distinguished member of that Parliament, see Book III. c. 5, § 5, though not named in Willis's list). Sir William Herbert, member for Montgomery County. Sir Herbert Crofts, member for co. Hereford : a strong opponent of the jurisdiction of the Council of the Marches over the 4 shires. Sir Maurice Berkley, member for Minehead, in Somersetshire :--all prominent members of the Lower House, inclining to the popular side, but good men, and worth conciliating. We shall find hereafter four out of the eight referred to by Bacon as having belonged to the opposition party in this Parliament.]

The fairest, without disorder or peril, is the general persuading to King and people, and course of infusing everywhere the foundation in this isle of a monarchy in the west, as an apt seat, state, people for it; so civilizing Ireland, further colonizing the wild of Scotland. Annexing the Low Countries.

“If anything be questioned touching policy, to be turned upon the ampliation of a Monarchy in the Royalty.”

Still to consider how to make use both in state and for my par

ticular of my project of Amendmt of Lawes. fo. I have put yow in comission / * / gladd to be putt in a

comiss" to doe you service. [f. 24, b.) To consyder of the matter of Annexacion how it stands and what

is fitt to be advised. To parfite Pembertons assurance from his sonne. To give directions of a plott to be made to turn ye pond yard

into a place of pleasure, and to speak of them to my L. of

Salsbury.
The grownd to be inclosed square wth a bricke wall, and frute

trees plashed upon it; on the owt side of it to sett fayre
straite byrches on 2 sides and lyme trees on 2 sides, some
x foote distante from the wall, so that the wall may hide
most of the shaft of the tree and onely the tufts appear

above. From ye wall to have a waulk of some 25 foote on a higher

levell. Under that waulke some 4 foote to have a fyne littell stream

rune upon gravell and fyne peppell to be putt into ye bottome, of a yard and an half over, wch shall make the whole residue of the grownd an Iland; the banque to be turfed and kept cutt; the banq I mean of the ascent to ye upper waulk: no hedg hear but some fyne standerds

well kept. [f. 25.] Within that stream upon a lower levell to make another waulk

of 25 foote, the border to be sett wth tagges of all sortes

of flower de Luces and lylyes. All the grownd within this waulk to be cast into a laque, wth

a fayre raile wth Images gilt rownd about it and some low

flowres specially violetts and strawberies along qu. Then a fayre hedg of Tymber woorke till it towch the water,

wth some glasses colored hear and there for the ey. In ye Middle of the laque where the howse now stands to

make an Iland of 100 broad; An in the Middle thereof to build a howse for freshnes with an upper galery open upon the water, a tarace above that, and a supping roome