Part 99

P. 290, l. 26. A fructibus eorum. Matt. vii. 16.

P. 291, l. 6. Lessius, Leonard, a Jesuit born at Brecht, near Antwerp, 1554, died 1623, a pupil of Suarez. He was censured by the Faculty of Louvain in 1584. He wrote, among others, a treatise, De licito usu æquivocationum et mentalium restrictionum.

P. 291, l. 9. Bauny. Pascal in his Eighth Provincial quotes an opinion of Father Bauny on the question of restitution to be made by one who has caused the burning of his neighbour's barn.

P. 291, l. 10. quam primum. A reference to the rule that if a priest personally disqualified from saying Mass on account of any mortal sin is yet obliged to do so for the sake of his parishioners, it is sufficient that he make an act of contrition, and as soon as possible "quam primum" seek the Sacrament of Penance.

P. 292, l. 18. State super vias. A partial quotation from Jer. vi. 16.

P. 293, l. 20. Vince in bono malum. Ad Rom. xii. 21.

P. 297, l. 5. Bibite ex hoc omnes. Matt xvii. 27.

P. 297, l. 7. In quo omnes peccaverunt. Ad Rom. v. 12.

P. 298, l. 10. Ne timeas, pusillus grex. Luc. xii. 32.

P. 298, l. 13. Qui me recipit. Matt. x. 40.

P. 298, l. 14. Nemo scit neque Filius. Luc. x. 22.

P. 298, l. 15. Nemo lucida obumbravit. Matt. xvii. v.

P. 303, l. 6. plus poetice quam humane locutus es. Petronius, c. 90, where the words have not the turn that Pascal here gives them.

P. 304, l. 2. The part that I take in your sorrow. The Chevalier de Méré, in his Discours de la Conversation, says, that he had been witness to a bet, that on opening a letter of condolence the set phrase condemned above would occur, and that the lady to whom the letter was addressed could not help laughing in spite of her distress. Pascal's note is against writing mere formal phrases which can thus be easily guessed. The Cardinal is Mazarin.

P. 304, l. 9. M. le M. Le Maistre, Antoine, 1608-1658. The allusion is to Les Plaidoyers et Harangues de M. le Maistre, Paris, 1657. On the first page of Plaidoyer VI., Pour un fils mis en religion par force, we find "Dieu qui répand des aveuglements et des ténèbres sur les passions illégitimes," and Pascal probably refers to this passage as one in which the word répandre could not be replaced by verser.

P. 305, l. 23. I judge by my watch. Mlle. Perier says, that Pascal always wore a watch attached to his left wrist-band.

P. 309, l. 27. An example may be taken from the circulation of the blood. Apparently taken from Descartes, Discours de la Méthode, pt. v., in which Descartes speaks of Harvey's discovery.

P. 309, l. 33. M. de Roannez. Gouffier, Duc de Roannez, was a friend of Pascal, some seven or eight years younger than he. He was a devoted adherent of Port Royal, and died unmarried.

P. 312, l. 23. Salomon de Tultie. An anagram for Louis de Montalte, see p. 290, l. 9.

P. 313, l. 11. The story of the pike and frog. This story has hitherto escaped research.

P. 313, l. 17. conatus recedendi. Centrifugal force.

P. 316, l. 3. When a strong man armed. Luke xi. 21.

INDEX.

INDEX.

Abel and Cain, 267

Abraham, 197

---- stones can become the children of, 137

---- promises made to, 169