and the Notes to Drayton's Polyolbion; but upon such evidence it is impossible to decide.

There are strong indications of Bacon's supervision in the translation of the Essays "Of Plantations," "Of Building," and "Of Gardens," in which there are alterations and additions which none but the author himself would have ventured to make. In the other Essays the deviations from the English are not so remarkable, though even in these there are variations which are worthy of notice.

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IV. Of Revenge.

V. Of Adversity

VI. Of Simulation and Dis-

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VIII. Of Marriage and Single

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IX. Of Envy.

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Of Love.

XI. Of Great Place.

XII. Of Boldness

XIII. Of Goodness, and Good-

ness of Nature

XIV. Of Nobility

XV. Of Seditions and Trou-

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XVI. Of Atheism

XVII. Of Superstition

XVIII. Of Travel

XIX. Of Empire

XX. Of Counsel

XXI. Of Delays

XXII. Of Cunning.

XXIII. Of Wisdom for a Man's

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