NOT THE AUTHOR OF

"THE CHRISTIAN PARADOXES:"

BEING A REPRINT OF

Memorials of Godliness and Christianity,"

BY

HERBERT PALMER, B.D.

WITH

INTRODUCTION, MEMOIR, AND NOTES,

BY THE

REV. ALEXANDER B. GROSART,

(COR. MEMB. SOC. ANTIQ. OF SCOT.)
KINROSS.

"Out of the new fieldes, as men saith,

Cometh all this new corn fro' gear to year;

And out of old bookes, in good faith,

Cometh all this new science that men lere."

CHAUCER.

PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION.

1864.

To

Fames Spedding Esq.,

Editor,

in association with

R. L. Ellis Esq., and Douglas D. Heath Esq.,

of

The Edition facile princeps

of

The Works of Bacon,

I offer

This confirmation of his suspicion concerning the
Non-Baconian authorship of

"The Christian Paradoxes."

""Tis

my venture

On your retentive wisdom."-Ben Jonson.

With much esteem and gratitude,

ALEXANDER B. GROSART.

PREFATORY NOTE.

N "Introduction" I have given account of the

remarkable little discovery that it has fallen to me to make, to wit, the non-Baconian, and actual, authorship of "The Christian Paradoxes." I briefly describe the different editions. Thereafter will be found illustrations of the evil influence against Bacon of his supposed authorship of these "Paradoxes,” as misunderstood, more especially in France and Germany and also of how the real authorship sweeps away the abounding guess-work as to their meaning and design. In a "Memoir" of Herbert Palmer, I have brought together, from all accessible sources, such facts and memorials as remain. In Appendix A there is given a verbatim et literatim et punctatim reprint of the surreptitious anonymous edition of the

Paradoxes," 1645; and in B the various readings as they appeared in "The Remaines," under the name. of Bacon, 1648. Throughout the "Memorials otherwise we have altered only the punctuation,