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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01043	Apophthegmes new and old. Collected by the Right Honourable, Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount St. Alban	Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.	1625 (1625)	STC 1115; ESTC S113684	32,001	310

of his Friends did represent it vnto him that hee had transgressed the Law because that priuiledge was not to be granted but by the People Whereto Marius answered That for the noyse of Armes hee could not heare the Lawes 243. Aeneas Syluius would say That the Christian Faith and Law though it had not ●…eene confirmed by Miracles yet was worthy to bee receiued for the Honesty thereof 244 Henry Noel would say That Courtiers were like Fasting Daies They were next the Holy-daies but in themselues they were the most meager Daies of the weeke 245. Mr. Bacon would say That it was in Businesse as it is commonly in wayes That the next way is commonly the foulest and that if a Man will goe the fairest way hee must goe somewhat about 246. Augustus Caesar out of great indignation against his two Daughters and Post●…umus Agrippa his Grand-child whereof the first two were infamous and the last otherwise vnworthy would fay That they were not his Seed but some Impostumes that ●…ad broken from him 247. Catosaid The best way to keepe good Acts in memory was to refresh them with now 248. Poni●…ey did consum●…e the warre against Sertorius When M●…ellus had brought the Enemi●… some what low H●… did also consummat the w●… against the Fugitiues whom Crassus had before defeated in a great B●…taile So when Lu●…llus had had great ●…nd glorious Victo●…ies against Mithri●…ates and Tigranes ●…er Pompey by ●…eanes his Friends ●…ade was sent to ●…ut an end to that ●…arre Whereupon Lucullus taking indignation as a disgrace offered to himselfe said That Pompey was a carrion 〈◊〉 that when others had strooken downe Bodies he came to prey vpon them 249. Diogenes when Mice came about him as he was eating said I see that euen Diogenes nourisheth Parafites 250. Epictetus vsed to say That one of the vulgar in any ill that happens to him blames ●…hers A Nouice in ●…hilosophy blames himselfe And a philo●…opher blames neither the one nor the other 251. Hiero visited by Pythagoras askthim Of what condition he was Pythagoras answered Sir I kno●… you haue beene at the Olympian Games Yes saith Hiero. Thither faith Pythagoras come some to win the Prizes Some come to sell their Merchandize because it is a kinde of Mart of all Greece Some come to meet their Friends and make merry because of the great confluence of all sorts Others come onely to looke on I am one of them that come to looke on Meaning it of Philosophy and the Contemplatiue Life 252. Mr. Bettenham vsed to say That Riches were like Mucke When it lay vpon an heape it gaue but a stench and ill odour but when it was spread vpon the ground then it was cause of much fruit 253. The same Mr. Bettenham said That tuous Men were like some Herbs and Spices that giue not their sweet smell till they bee broken and crushed 254. There was a Painter became a Physician Whereupon one said to him You haue done well For before the faults of your work were seene but now they are vnseene 255. One of the Philosophers was askt What a wise Man differed from a Foole He answered Send them both naked to those that know them not and you shall perceiue 256. Caesar in his Booke that he made against Cato which is lost did write to shew the force of Opinion and Reuerence of a Man that had once obtained a popular reputation That there were some that found Cato drunke and they were ashamed in stead of Cato 257. Aristippus sayling in a Tempest shewed signes of Feare One of the Sea-men said to him in an insulting manner Wee that are Plebeians are not troubled you that are a Philosopher are afraid Aristippus answered There is not the like wager vpon it for me to perish and you 258. There was an Oratour that defended a cause of Aristippus and preuailed Afterwards he askt Aristippus Now in your distresse what did Socrates doe you good Aristippus answered Thus in making true that good which you said of me 259. Aristippus said He tooke money of his Friends not so much to vse it himselfe as to teach them how to bestow their money 260. A Strumpet said to Aristippus That she was with child by him Hee answered You know that no more than if you went through a Hedge of Thornes you could say This Thorne prickt me 261. The La. Paget that was very priuate with Queene Elizabeth declared her selfe much against her Match with Monsieur After Monsieurs Death the Queene tooke extreame griefe at least as shee made shew And kept within her Bed-Chamber and one Ante-Chamber for 3. weekes space in token of Mourning At last shee came forth into her Priuy-Chamber and admitted her Ladies to haue accesse vnto her And amongst the rest my La. Paget presented her selfe and came to her with a smiling countenace The Queene bent her browes and seem'd to bee highly displeased and said to her Madam you are not ignorant of my extreme griefe and do you come to mee with a countenance of ioy My Lady Paget answered Alas and it please your Maiesty it is impossible for me to be absent from you 3 weekes but that when I see you I must looke cheerefully No no said the Queene not forgetting her former auerlenesse from the Match You haue some other conceit in it Tell me plainely My Lady answered I must obey you It is this I was thinking how happy your Maiesty was in that you married not Monsieur For seeing you take such thought for his Death being but your Friend if he had beene your Husband sure it would haue cost you your life 262. Sir Edward Dyer a graue and wise Gentleman did much beleeue in Kelley the Alchymist That hee did indeed the worke and made Gold Insomuch as hee went himselfe into Germany where Kelly then was to informe himselfe fully thereof After his returne he dined with my Lord of Canterbury where at that time was at the Table Dr. Browne the Phifician They fell in talke of Kelley Sir Edward Dyer turning to the Archbishop said I doe assure your Grace that that I shall tell you is truth I am an Eie-witnesse thereof and if I had not seene it I should not haue beleeued it I saw Master Kelly put of the base Mettall into the Chrusible and after it was set a little vpon the fire and a verie small quantitie of the Medicine put in and ●…tirr'd with a sticke of wood it came forth in great proportion perfect Gold to the Touch to the Hammer to the Test. Said the Bishop You had need take heed what you say Sir Edward Dier for heere is an Infidel at the Board Sir Edward Dier said againe pleasantly I would haue lookt for in Infidell sooner in any place than at your Graces table What say you Doctor Browne Saith the Bishop Dr. Browne answered after his blunt and hudling manner The Gentleman hath spoken enough for me Why ●…aith the Bishop What hath hee said Marry saith Doctor

rest were little ones So they made her two or three good prices of the first particulars but fell straight-wayes 55. Queene Elizabeth was wont to say of her instructions to great Officers That they were like to garments straight at the first putting on but did by and by weare loose enough 56. Mr. Marburie the Preacher would say That God was faine to deale with wicked men as men do with frisking jades in a pasture that cannot take them vp till they get them at a gate So wicked men will not bee taken vp till the boure of death 57. Thales as he lookt vpon the starres fell into the water Whereupon it was after said That if hee had lookt into the water he might haue seene the starres but looking vp to the starres hee could not see the water 58. The Booke of Deposing Richard the second and the comming in of Henrie the fourth supposed to bee written by Dr. Hayward who was committed to the Tower for it had much incensed Q. Elizabeth And she asked Mr. Bacon being then of her learned Counsell Whether there were no treason contained in it Mr. Bacon intending to doe him a pleasure and to take off the Queenes bitternesse with a jest answered No Madam for treason I cannot deliuer opinion that there is any but verie much felonie The Queene apprehending it gladly asked How and wherein Mr. Bacon answered Because he had stollen many of his sentences and conceits out of Cornelius Tacitus 59. Mr. Popham when hee was Speaker and the Lower House had sate long and done in effect nothing comming one day to Queene Elizabeth she said to him Now Mr. Speaker what hath passed in the Lower House He answered If it please your Maiestie seuen weekes 60. Pope Xystus the fifth who was a pooremansson his fathers house ill-thatched so that the Sunne came in in many places would sport with his ignobilitie say He was Nato di Casa illustre Sonne of an illustrious House 61. When the King of Spaine conquered Portugall hee gaue speciall charge to his Lieutenant that the Souldiers should not spoile lest hee should alienate the hearts of the people The Armie also suffered much scarsitie of victuall Whereupon the Spanish Souldiers would afterwards say That they had won the King a Kingdome ●…s the Kingdome of Heauen vseth to bee wonne 〈◊〉 fasting and abstainning from tha●… that is another mans 62. Cicero married his Daughter to Dolabella th●… hold Caesars pattie Pompey had married Iulia ●…at wa●… Caesars Daughter After whē Caesar and Pompey tooke Armes one against the other and Pompey had passed the seas and Caesar possessed Italy Cicero stay'd somewhat long in Italy but at last sailed ouer to ioyne with Pompey who when hee came vnto him Pompey said You are welcome but where left you your Sonne in Law Cicero answered With your Father in law 63. Nero was wont to say of his Master Seneca That his stile was like mortar of sand without lime 64. Sir Henrie Wotton vsed to say That Critticks are like Brushers of Noble-mens cloaths 65. Queene Elizabeth being to resolue vpon a great Officer and being by some that canuassed for others put in some doubt of that person whō she meant to aduance called for Mr. Bacon and told him Shee was like one with a lanthorne seeking a man and seemed vnsarisfied in the choyce she had of men for that place Mr. Bacon answered her That hee had heard that in old time there was vsually painted on the Church walls the Day of Doome and God sitting in judgement and Saint Michael by him with apaire of ballance and the soule and the good deeds in the one ballance and the faults and the euill deeds in the other and the soules ballance went vp farre too light Then was our Ladie painted with a great paire of beads casting them into the light ballance to make vp the weight So hee said place and authoritie which were in her hands to giue were like our Ladies beads which though Men through diuerse imperfections were too light before yet when they were cast in made weight competent 66. Mr. Sauill was asked by my Lo. of Essex his opinion touching Poets who answered my Lo. He thought them the best writers next to those that write prose 67. Mr. Mason of Trinitie Colledge sent his Pupill to another of the Fellowes to borrow a booke of him who told him I am loth to lend my bookes out of my chamber but if it please thy Tutour to come and reade vpon it in my chamber hee shall as long as he will It was Winter and some dayes after the same Fellow sent to Mr. ●…son to borrow his bellowes But Mr. Mason said to his Pupill I am loth to lend my bellowes out of my chamber but if thy Tutor would come and blow the fire in my chamber hee shall as long as he will 68. Nero did cut a youth as if he would haue transformed him into a woman call'd him Wife There was a Senator of Rome that said secretly to his Frend It was pittie Nero's father had not such a wife 69. Galba succeeded Nero and his age being much despised there was much licence and confusion in Rome Whereupon a Senatour said in full Senate It were better liue where nothing is lawfull then where all things are lawfull 70. In Flaunders by accident a Flemmish Tiler fell from the top of a house vpon a Spaniard and killed him though he escaped himselfe The next of the bloud prosecuted his death with great violence against the Tiler And when hee was offered pecuniarie recompence nothing would serue him but Lex Talionis Whereupon the Iudge said to him That if hee did vrge that kinde of sentence it must bee that hee should goe vp to the top of the house and thence fall downe vpon the Tiler 71. Queene Elizabeth was dilatorie enough in sutes of her owne nature And the Lo. Threasurer Burleigh to feed her humour would say to her Madam you doe well to let Suters stay for I shall tell you Bis dat qui citò dat If you grant them speedily they will come againe the sooner 72. They faigne a tale of Sixtus Quintus that after his death he went to Hell And the Porter of Hell said to him You haue some reason to offer your selfe to this place but yet I haue order not to receiue you you haue a place of your owne Purgatorie you may goe thither So he went away sought Purgatorie a great while could finde no such place Vpon that hee tooke heart and went to Heau●… and knocked and 〈◊〉 Peter asked Who w●… there He said Sixtus Pope Whereunto St. Peter said Why doe you knocke you haue the keyes Sixtus answered It is true but it is so long since they were giuen as I doubt the wards of the locke be altred 73. Charles King of Swede a great enemie of the Iesuites when hee tooke any of their Colledges he would hang the old Iesuites and put