"Cinnameos cumulos, Nabathaei munera _veris_;" and this is probably the sense in which the place has generally been understood. But let any one read the preceding quotations, and reflect on what a diligent student Pope was of the works of his predecessors, and perhaps he will think with me. THOMAS KEIGHTLEY. * * * * * NOTES AND QUERIES ON BACON'S ESSAYS, NO. III. (Vol. vii., pp. 6. 80.) Essay IX. p. 21. (note _a_). "They used the word 'praefiscini.'" See _e. g._, Plaut. _Asin._, ii. 4. 84. (Weise): "Praefiscini hoc nunc dixerim: nemo etiam me adcusavit Merito meo." (Leonida boasts of his integrity.) Ditto, p. 22. (note _c_). "From the _Stichus_ of Plautus," ii. 1. 54. Ditto, p. 23. "Which has the character of Adrian the Emperor." See _Hist. Aug. Script._, i. 149., _ut supr._ (Spartian. _Vit. Hadrian._ cap. 15.) Ditto p. 26. "It was well said." By whom? Essay X. ditto. "A poor saying of Epicurus." Where recorded? Ditto, p. 27. "It hath been well said, 'That the arch flatterer,'" &c. By whom, and where? Ditto, ditto. "It hath been well said, 'That it is impossible,'" &c. By whom and where? Ditto, ditto. "The poet's relation." Ovid. _Heroid._ xvi. 163. Essay XI. p. 28. "Cum non sis qui fueris," &c. Whence? Ditto, p 29. "Illi mors gravis incubat," &c. Seneca, _Thyest._ 401. (ed. Lemaire), Act II. extrem. Ditto, p. 31. "That was anciently spoken." By whom? Ditto, ditto. "Tacitus of Galba." Tac. _Hist._, i. 49. Ditto, ditto. "Of Vespasian." Tac. _Hist._, i. 50. Essay XII. ditto. "Question was asked of Demosthenes." See Cic. _De Orat._, III. 56. Sec. 213. Ditto, p. 32. "Mahomet's miracle." Where recorded? Essay XIII. p. 33. "The desire of power," &c. Cf. Shaksp. _Hen. VIII._, III. 2. "By that sin (ambition) fell the angels," &c. {449} Essay XIII. p. 33. "Busbechius." In Busbequii _Legationes Turciae Epist. Quatuor_ (Hanoviae, 1605), p. 133., we find this told of "Aurifex quidam Venetus."--N. B. In the Index (_s. v._ Canis) of an edition of the same work, printed in London for R. Daniel (1660), _for_ 206 _read_ 106. Ditto, ditto (note _b_). Gibbon (_Miscellaneous Works_, iii., 544., ed. 1815) says, "B. is my old and familiar acquaintance, a frequent companion in my post-chaise. His Latinity is eloquent, his manner is lively, his remarks are judicious." Ditto, p. 34. "Nicholas Machiavel." Where? Ditto, p. 35. "AEsop's cock." See Phaedrus, iii. 12. Essay XV. p. 38. "Ille etiam caecos," &c., Virg. _Georg_. i. 464. Ditto, ditto. "Virgil, giving the pedigree," &c. _AEn_. iv. 178. Ditto, p. 39. "That kind of obedience which Tacitus speaketh of." Bacon quotes, from memory, Tac. _Hist_., ii. 39., "Miles alacer, qui tamen jussa ducum interpretari, quam exsequi, mallet." Ditto, ditto. "As Machiavel noteth well." Where? Ditto, p. 40. "As Tacitus expresseth it well." Where? Ditto, p. 41. "Lucan," i. 181. Ditto, ditto. "Dolendi modus, timendi non item." Whence?