9. Interpretation.

10. The opinion that one’s reputation has been impugned.

11. Gonzalo, Hernandez de Cordova, Spanish general, d. 1515.

12. A thicker web of honour (the saying is untraced, but Bacon quotes it elsewhere: see Works, VII.150).

13. Restrain.

14. Stinging and personal.

15. General revilings.

16. From any implication of contempt.