Francis Bacon 
Essays, or Counsels Civil and Moral and Wisdom of the Ancients 

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The firfi Edition is a diminutive volume in the title ofwhich runs as follows Effaies. Re ligious Meditations, Places of perfwafion and dif fwafion. Seene and allowed. London Printed for Humfrey Hooper, and are to be folde at the blacke Beare in Chancery Lane. Then follows the Dedication.