New Atlantis (utopian novel)

The drill of precision original: Subtilitatis Terebra; referring to Bacon's ability to pierce through complex layers of tradition to find truth.; the grandson of Time Bacon famously called Truth "the daughter of Time." If Truth is Bacon's mother, he is therefore Time's grandson.;
Born from Truth, his mother; a beehive of honey;
And the unique Priest of both the World and of Souls;
The axe that strikes down errors; sharp toward others, growing for himself.
Oh, how truly weary I am—help me, future generations! original: Oh, me probe lassum, iuvate posteri!; A plea for posterity to continue the massive scientific project Bacon began.

George Herbert's poem on Francis Bacon

George Herbert, Public Orator original: Orat. Publ.; the official spokesperson of the university.
at the University of Cambridge. original: in Acad. Cantab.

George Herbert (1593–1633) was a celebrated Welsh poet, orator, and priest, best known for his religious poems in The Temple. At the time of writing this, he served as the Public Orator for Cambridge University.