[80] P. 50, l. 20. Unconscious of approaching fever.—­Compare
     Montaigne, Essais, i, 19.

[81] P. 50, l. 22. Cromwell.—­Cromwell died in 1658 of a fever, and
     not of the gravel.  The Restoration took place in 1660, and this
     fragment was written about that date.

[82] P. 50, l. 28. The three hosts.—­Charles I was beheaded in 1649;
     Queen Christina of Sweden abdicated in 1654; Jean Casimir, King of
     Poland, was deposed in 1656.

[83] P. 50, l. 32. Macrobius.—­A Latin writer of the fifth century.  He
     was a Neo-Platonist in philosophy.  One of his works is entitled
     Saturnalia.

[84] P. 51, l. 5. The great and the humble, etc.—­See Montaigne,
     Essais, ii, 12.

[85] P. 53, l. 5. Miton.—­A man of fashion in Paris known to Pascal.

[86] P. 53, l. 15. Deus absconditus.—­Is. xiv, 15.

[87] P. 60, l. 26. Fascinatio nugacitatis.—­Book of Wisdom iv, 12.

[88] P. 61, l. 10. Memoria hospitis, etc.—­Book of Wisdom v, 15.

[89] P. 62, l. 5. Instability.—­Compare Montaigne, Essais, iii, 12.

[90] P. 66, l. 19. Foolishness, stultitium.—­I Cor. i, 18.

[91] P. 71, l. 5. To prove Divinity from the works of nature.—­A
     traditional argument of the Stoics like Cicero and Seneca, and of
     rationalist theologians like Raymond Sebond, Charron, etc.  It is
     the argument from Design in modern philosophy.

[92] P. 71, l. 27. Nemo novit, etc.—­Matthew xi, 27.  In the Vulgate,
     it is Neque patrem quis novit, etc.  Pascal’s biblical quotations
     are often incorrect.  Many seem to have been made from memory.

[93] P. 71, l. 30. Those who seek God find Him.—­Matthew vii, 7.

[94] P. 72, l. 3. Vere tu es Deus absconditus.—­Is. xiv, 15.

[95] P. 72, l. 22. Ne evacuetur crux Christi.—­I Cor. i, 17.  In the
     Vulgate we have_ut non_ instead of ne.

[96] P. 72, l. 25. The machine.—­A Cartesian expression.  Descartes
     considered animals as mere automata.  According to Pascal, whatever
     does not proceed in us from reflective thought is a product of a
     necessary mechanism, which has its root in the body, and which is
     continued into the mind in imagination and the passions.  It is
     therefore necessary for man so to alter, and adjust this mechanism,
     that it will always follow, and not obstruct, the good will.

[97] P. 73, l. 3. Justus ex fide vivit.—­Romans i, 17.

[98] P. 73, l. 5. Fides ex auditu.—­Romans x, 17.

[99] P. 73, l. 12. The creature.—­What is purely natural in us.

[100] P. 74, l. 15. Inclina cor meum, Deus.—­Ps. cxix, 36.