Resuscitatio or, bringing into publick light several pieces of the works, civil, historical, philosophical, and theological, hitherto sleeping of the right honourable Francis Bacon : Baron of Verulam, Viscount Saint Alban. In two parts. The third edition, according to the best corrected copies, together with his Lordships life. / By William Rawley, doctor in divinity, his lordships first and last Chaplain. And lately his Majesties Chaplain in Ordinary.

  • Francis Bacon
Date:
Anno Domini 1671
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Credit: Resuscitatio or, bringing into publick light several pieces of the works, civil, historical, philosophical, and theological, hitherto sleeping of the right honourable Francis Bacon : Baron of Verulam, Viscount Saint Alban. In two parts. The third edition, according to the best corrected copies, together with his Lordships life. / By William Rawley, doctor in divinity, his lordships first and last Chaplain. And lately his Majesties Chaplain in Ordinary. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    years of age, as his Lordfhip hath been pleas'd to impart unto my felf, he firft fell into the-diflike of the Philofophy ofjrijlotle^ not 'for the worthlcfnefs of the Author, to whom he would ever afcribe all high> Attributes, but for the unfruitfulriefs of the Way, being a Philofophy (as his Lordfhip ufed to fay) onely ftrong for Difputations and Contenti¬ ons, but barren of the produdtion of Works, for the benefit of the Life of Man ; in which mind he con¬ tinued to his dying Day. - ‘ After he had paffed the Circle of the Liberal Arts, his Father thought fit to frame and mould him for the Arts of State ^ and for that end fent him over into France with Sir Jmyas F^aulet^ then em¬ ployed Ambaffador Lieger into France. by whom he was after a while held fit to be entrufted with fome Meffage or Advertifement to the Queeti ^ which having performed with great Approbation, he returned back into France again,with intention to continue for fome years therci In his abfence in France his Father the Lord-Keeper died, having col- lefted (as I have heard of knovving Perfons) a con* fiderable fum o^f Money, which he had feparated With intention to have made a competent Purehafe of Land, for the Livdihood of this his youngell Son, who was onely unprovided for ; and though he Was the yoiingeft in Years, yet he was not the loweft in his Fathers Affedion; but the faid l^ur- chafe being unaccompliflied at his Fathers Deathj there came no greater fliare to him, than his fingle part and portion of the Money, dividable amongft five Brethren ; by which means he lived in foriie Straits and ISSeceifities in his younger Years. For as for that pleafant Seite and Manner of Gorhamhurj] ^ - he