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214 themselves what they could in the pulpit against these scandalous speeches, but with little fruit."

Even Bacon was not above publishing a new edition of his essays, "where," says Chamberlain, "in a chapter of 'Deformity' the world takes note that he paints his little cousin to the life." It will be remembered that this very spiteful essay begins as follows:—

When James asked Bacon for his opinion of Salisbury, he replied:—

At another time Bacon described him as "doing little with much formality and protestation," and (expressing the same idea in other