An ornate rectangular woodcut headpiece features symmetrical floral scrolls and foliage, with two animals resembling foxes or dogs on the left and right, facing toward a central floral ornament.

OF THE

DIGNITY

AND OF THE

ADVANCEMENT

OF SCIENCES

By Francis, Baron of Verulam & Viscount of St. Albans.

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BOOK I.

A large decorative drop cap "S" within a square frame is intricately decorated with floral and vine patterns.

There were in the ancient Law voluntary offerings that depended on the devotion of each person, and daily sacrifices that one had to necessarily make by duty of Religion. I would readily believe that Sovereigns might desire from their subjects one thing