THe Prophet saith, Pluet super eos Laqueos; now there are no worse snares than the snares of Lawes, specially Pe∣nall; if they be immense for number; and through the alterati∣ons of times unprofitable; they doe not present a torch, but spread a net to our Feet.
Of the advancement and proficience of learning; or, The partitions of sciences· Nine books. Written in Latin by the most eminent, illustrious, and famous Lord Francis Bacon Baron of Verulam, Vicount St. Alban, Councellor of Estate, and Lord Chancellor of England. Interpreted by Gilbert Watts.
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- Of the advancement and proficience of learning; or, The partitions of sciences· Nine books. Written in Latin by the most eminent, illustrious, and famous Lord Francis Bacon Baron of Verulam, Vicount St. Alban, Councellor of Estate, and Lord Chancellor of England. Interpreted by Gilbert Watts.
- Author
- Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.
- Publication
- Oxford :: printed by Leon Lichfield printer to the University, for Robert Young and Edward Forrest,
- 1640.
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- Science -- Methodology -- Early works to 1800.
- Logic -- Early works to 1800.
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"Of the advancement and proficience of learning; or, The partitions of sciences· Nine books. Written in Latin by the most eminent, illustrious, and famous Lord Francis Bacon Baron of Verulam, Vicount St. Alban, Councellor of Estate, and Lord Chancellor of England. Interpreted by Gilbert Watts." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A72146.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 2, 2024.
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APHORISME. LIII.