Note 5 — INTRODUCTION
Reading edition
IV, 184. The footnote could have come, contrary to the assertion of Sir Walter Raleigh (Six Essays [Oxford, 1910], p. 94), from either the original French (Conversations sur Divers Sujets [Paris, 1680], II, 586-587) or the English translation (1683, II, 102). In both editions, the passage appears soon after the dialogue on how to compose a romance. I am indebted to Dr. Arthur M. Eastman for help in tracing Raleigh's vague reference.