| Printed source | Based on the standard translation of James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, and Douglas Denon Heath in The Works (Vol. VIII), published in Boston by Taggard and Thompson in 1863. |
| Source of the electronic transcription | The University of Adelaide Library - https://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/b/bacon/francis/ |
| ETML tagging | IntraText editorial staff |
| Publication details | In addition to some minor stylistic changes, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization have been revised to conform to current American usage. |