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FRANCIS BACON the Glory, of his
Age and Nation; The Adorner, and Orna-
ment of Learning; Was born in York-houſe
or York-Place, in the Strand, On the 22th,
Day of January; in the Year of our Lord, 1560.
His Father was that famous Councellor to Queen Elizabeth;
The ſecond Prop of the Kingdom in his Time, Sir Nicholas
Bacon, Knight, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of Eng-
land; a Lord of known Prudence, Sufficiency, Moderation,
and Integrity. His Mother was Ann, one of the Daugh-
ters of Sir Anthony Cook; unto whom the Erudition, of
King Edward the Sixth; had been committed: A choyce
Lady, and Eminent for Piety, Vertue, and Learning; Being
exquiſitely skilled, for a Woman, in the Greek, and Latine,
Tongues. Theſe being the Parents, you may eaſily
Age and Nation; The Adorner, and Orna-
ment of Learning; Was born in York-houſe
or York-Place, in the Strand, On the 22th,
Day of January; in the Year of our Lord, 1560.
His Father was that famous Councellor to Queen Elizabeth;
The ſecond Prop of the Kingdom in his Time, Sir Nicholas
Bacon, Knight, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of Eng-
land; a Lord of known Prudence, Sufficiency, Moderation,
and Integrity. His Mother was Ann, one of the Daugh-
ters of Sir Anthony Cook; unto whom the Erudition, of
King Edward the Sixth; had been committed: A choyce
Lady, and Eminent for Piety, Vertue, and Learning; Being
exquiſitely skilled, for a Woman, in the Greek, and Latine,
Tongues. Theſe being the Parents, you may eaſily