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202 FRANCIS BACON'S CRYPTIC RHYMES<br />

Be so true to thy Selfe,<br />

as thou be not false to Others.<br />

23rd Essay.<br />

to thine owne selfe be true :<br />

And it must follow, as the Night the Day,<br />

Thou canst not then be false to any man.<br />

Hamlet, i. 3.<br />

it<br />

Rats,<br />

fall.<br />

that will be sure to leave a House,<br />

somewhat before<br />

the very rats<br />

23rd Essay.<br />

Instinctively have quit<br />

it.<br />

The Tempest,<br />

i. 2.<br />

The Stile of Emperour, which the Great Kings<br />

World have borrowed.<br />

The borrowed Majesty.<br />

King John,<br />

i. i.<br />

2Qth Essay.<br />

of the<br />

him practise with Helps, as Swimmers doe with<br />

Bladders.<br />

I<br />

have ventured<br />

38th Essay.<br />

Like little wanton Boyes that swim on bladders.<br />

A Rich Stone, best plain set.<br />

Henry VIII.,<br />

43rd Essay.<br />

iii. 2.<br />

A base foule Stone, made precious by the foyle.<br />

Richard III, v. 3.<br />

The Breath of Flowers, is farre Sweeter in the Aire (where<br />

it comes and Goes, like the Warbling of Musick).<br />

46th Essay.<br />

O, it came ore my eare, like the sweet sound<br />

That breathes upon a banke of Violets ;<br />

Stealing and giving Odour.<br />

What you will, i. i.

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