| 1. | The first chapter
entire. {Of the ends and limits of knowledge.}
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| 2. | A portion of the 11th chapter. {Of the scale.}
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| 3. | A small portion of the 9th chapter
{being an Inducement to the Inventory.}
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| 4. | A small portion of the 10th chapter
{being the preface to the Inventory.}
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| 5. | A small portion of the 16th chapter
{being a preface to the inward elenches of the mind.}
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| 6. | A small portion of the 4th chapter. {Of
the impediments of knowledge in general.}
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| 7. | A small portion of the 5th chapter. {Of
the diversion of wits.}
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| 8. | The 6th chapter entire. {Of}
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| 9. | A portion of the 7th chapter.
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| 10. | The 8th chapter entire.
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| 11. | Another portion of the 9th chapter.
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| 12. | The Abridgment of the 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 21. 22. 25. 26th
chapters of the first book.
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| 13. | The first chapter of {the} a book of the same
argument written in Latin and destined {for} to be
{traditionary} separate and not public. |
[The title] is written in the transcriber's hand: all
that follows in Bacon's. The words between brackets have a line drawn
through them. For an exact facsimile of the whole [see Contents pages 1 and 2].
[13.] refers to the first chapter of the Temporis
Partus Masculus; which follows in the MS. volume, but not here. It is
important as bearing upon the date of that fragment.
[@ Works III, 215-6]
