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THE PROMUS

OF

FORMULARIES AND ELEGANCIES

(Being Private Notes, circ. 1594, hitherto unpublished)

BY

FRANCIS BACON

ILLUSTRATED AND ELUCIDATED BY PASSAGES FROM

SHAKESPEARE

BY

MRS HENRY POTT

Bacon, Francis

WITH PREFACE BY

E. A. ABBOTT, D.D.

HEAD MASTER OF THE CITY OF LONDON SCHOOL

'Her Majesty being mightily incensed with that. . . story of the first
year of Henry IV. . . . would not be persuaded that it was his writing
whose name was to it.. and said. she would have him racked to
produce his author. I replied, "Nay, Madam, rack him not . . . rack his
stile'"
(BACON's Apologia)

...

BOSTON

HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN, & CO.

1883

TO

THE ONE WHO WILL MOST VALUE IT

AND TO

THE FEW WHO BY KIND HELP, CRITICISM, OR ENCOURAGEMENT

HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO ITS PRODUCTION

This Book is Dedicated

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