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238 FRANCIS BACON'S CRYPTIC RHYMES<br />

the pig represented stupidity. But Bacon's verselet<br />

resembles still more closely the other " dictum " cited by<br />

Erasmus :<br />

" Sus cum Minerva certamen suscepit<br />

"<br />

(" The<br />

pig enters the lists against Minerva"). Bacon's play on the<br />

words " sus " and " swspicabere " corresponds to Erasmus'<br />

pun on " sus " and " swscepit." This affords us an excellent<br />

instance, by the bye, of what secretary Rawley means when<br />

he " says<br />

: Bacon clothed the thoughts of others in more<br />

beautiful garbs."

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