THE

WORKS

OF

FRANCIS BACON,

BARON OF VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST. ALBANS, AND

LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND,

Collected and 30ited

BY

JAMES SPEDDING, M.A.

OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE;
ROBERT LESLIE ELLIS, M.A.

LATE FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE;

DOUGLAS DENON HEATH,
BARRISTER-AT-LAW; LATE FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE

NEW YORK:
PUBLISHED BY HURD AND HOUGHTON.
Cambridge: Riverside Press.

1872.

WORKS PUBLISHED, OR DESIGNED FOR PUBLICATION AS

PARTS OF THE INSTAURATIO MAGNA.

TIO, BUT NOT MEANT TO BE INCLUDED IN IT.

PREFACE to PART II.

187

COGITATIONES DE NATURA RERUM .

197

PREFACE to DE FLUXU ET REFLUXU MARIS, by ROB-

ERT LESLIE ELLIS

235

DE FLUXU ET REFLUXU MARIS

247