[Footnote 2: "_Martial._--The name of a famous French perfumer, emulating
the Frangipani of Rome."--_Miscellaneous Writings of John Evelyn_, pp. 705.
711. 4to. edit. 1825.]
_Cum Grano Salis._--Sometime ago I asked from what figure is borrowed the
expression of "Cum grano salis," and have had no reply. I can't find it in
Erasmus. Once a very clever Cambridge man said that it meant "the thing
must be swallowed with a little Attic salt to make it go down pleasantly."
I don't think that he was right.