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

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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$yi Speech in Parliament touching the Natural^ z-ation of the Scotijh Nation I mull conlcll'e 5 Mr. speaker y thac, as the Gentleman faid, when y^i^ra- hamy and Lot , in regard of the Greatnefs of their Families, grew pent, and llraicencd; it is true, that (Brethren though they were ) they grew to difference, and to thofe words ; ade tu ad Dextram: ego a-d [ini. Bram y &c. But certainly) I fl^ou'd never have brought that example ow that fide. For we fee what followed of it; How that this Separation, ad Dextram) and ad Sinijlram, caufed the miferable Captivity of the one Brother, and the Dangerous j though profperous V\ ar, of the other,for his Refcous and Recovery. But to this Objcdlion, ^t.Speaker y being fo weighty, and fo p*inci pa'l, I mean to give three feverall Anfwcrs j every one of them, being , to mine underRanding, by it felf fufficient. ^ The lirft is, that this Opinion of the Numbers of the Scotujh Nationy that ihould be likely, to plant themfcBes here amongR us, will be found to be a Thing, rather in Conceit, then in Event. For (Mr, speaker) yon fhall finde this plaufible Similitudes, of a Tree, that will thrive the better, if it be removed into a more fruitfull Soyl, And of Sheep, or Cattle.- that if they find a Gap, or palfage open , will leave the more barren Pafture, and get into the more Rich, and plentifully To be but Arguments meerJy fupcrficiall, and to have no found Refemblance, with the Tranlplanting, or Transferring of Families. For the Tree, we know, by nature, asfooa asitbfetin the better Ground, canfaften upon it, and take Nutriment from it: And a fheep as fpon as he gets into the better PaRure, what fliould let him to graze, and feed ? ^ut there belongeth more, (I take it)' to a Family 9 or particular Perfon, that fnall remove from one Nation, to another. For if (Mr. Speaker ) they have not Stock, means. Acquaintance and CuRome, Habitation, Trades, Countenance, and the like y I hope,' you doubt not, but they will Rarve, in the.midR of the rich PaRure y And ^'are far enough off, from grazing, at their pleafure. And therefore! in this point, which is conjcaurall, Experience is the bcR Guide : For I the Time paR, is a Pattern , of the Time to come. I think , no Man doubteth, Mr. speaker) but his Ma/efties fitfk comming in, was as the greateR Spring-tide, for the Confluence, and Entrance', of that Nation] Now I would fain underRand , in thefe four years fpace, and in the fuRi nefs and Strength, of the Current and Tide, how many Families, of the Scottifh Men y are planted, in the cities y Boroughs, and Towns, of this Kingdom} For I do alTure my felf, that more then feme Perfonsof (^a- lity/ about his Perfon, here at the Court, and in London, And fome other inferiour Perfons,that have a Dependancy upon them ; The Re¬ turn and Certificate, if fuch a Survey, iTouId be made, w'ould be of a Number extremely fmall. 1 report me, to all your private knowledges, of the places where you inhabit. , • ^ Now Mr. Speaker,) as I faid, Si in Ligno ^jiridi id fit, quid fiet in aridol I am* fure there will be no more fuch Spring-Tides. /;ut you will tell me , of a multitude of Families' of the Scottiflo Nation in TohnU: And if they multiply in a Coiihtrey, fo far off, how much more here at hand ? For that (Mr. speaker ) you muR impute it, of nccelfity , to fome fpccisll Accident of Time, and place, that draweth them thither. For you fee plainly before yo.ureyes, that in Germanj, which is much near¬ er y And in France, where they are invited with priviledges,And with this very priviiedge, of Naturalization, yet no fuch Number can be found. Sc jas It cannot be, either nearncTs of place, or priviiedge of Perfon, that i*$

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