CHAPTER Vn.

The Winter's Tale — Incorporation of the Central Myth of Eleusis in this Play — The meaning of the DemSter and Persephone Allegory — Bacon's interpretation of the Fable - - Choice of the Poet of Names for his Characters — Hermione identical with Harmonia — Daughter of Venus and Mars—Bacon's Strife and Friendship — Perditathe Flower Girl, or Cinderella — ^The Sleeping Persephone ..... 139