The Lord Chancellour Bacon loved to converse with him.  He assisted his Lo’p:  in translating severall of his Essayes into Latin, one I well remember is[1] that, of the Greatnes of Cities. the rest I have forgott.  His Lo’p:  was a very Contemplative person, and was wont to contemplate in his delicious walkes at Gorambery, and dictate to M’r Thomas Bushell or some other of his Gentlemen, that attended him with inke & paper ready, to sett downe presently his thoughts.  His Lo’p:  would often say that he better liked M’r Hobbes’s taking his Notions[2], then any of the other, because he understood what he wrote; which the others not understanding my Lord would many times have a hard taske to make sense of what they writt.

[Footnote 1:  ‘is’ above ’was’.]

[Footnote 2:  ‘Notions’ above ’thoughts’.]

It is to be remembred that about these times, M’r T.H. was much addicted to Musique, and practised on the Base-Violl.

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...  LEVIATHAN, the manner of writing of which Booke (he told me) was thus.  He walked much and contemplated, and he had in the head of his staffe[1] a pen and inkehorne; carried alwayes a Note-booke in his pocket, and as soon as a though[t][2] darted, he presently entred it into his Booke, or otherwise[3] he might perhaps[4] have lost it.  He had drawne the Designe of the Booke into Chapters &c; so he knew where about it would come in.  Thus that Booke was made.

[Footnote 1:  ‘staffe’ above ’Cane’.]

[Footnote 2:  ‘though’ above ’notion’.]

[Footnote 3:  ‘otherwise’ above ’els’.]

[Footnote 4:  ‘might perhaps’ above ’should’.]

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He was marvellous happy and ready in his replies; and Replies that without rancor, (except provoked). but now I speake of his readinesse in replies as to witt & drollery, he would say that, he did not care to give, neither was he adroit[1] at a present answer to a serious quaere; he had as lieve they should have expected a[n] extemporary solution[2] to an Arithmeticall probleme, for he turned and winded & compounded in philosophy, politiques &c. as if he had been at Analyticall[3] worke. he alwayes avoided as much as he could, to conclude hastily.

[Footnote 1:  ‘adroit’ above ’good’.]

[Footnote 2:  ‘extemporary’ above ‘present’, ‘solution’ in place of ’answer’.]

[Footnote 3:  ‘Analyticall’ above ’Mathematicall’.]

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[Sidenote:  His manner[1] of thinking]

He sayd that he sometimes would sett his thoughts upon researching and contemplating, always with this Rule[2], that he very much & deeply considered one thing at a time.  Sc. a weeke, or sometimes a fortnight.

[Footnote 1:  ‘manner’ above ’way’.]

[Footnote 2:  ‘Rule:  Observation’ above ’proviso’.]

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