THE

WORKS

OF

FRANCIS BACON.

VOL. XIV.

BARRISTER-AT-LAW ; LATE FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

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VOL. XIV.

THE LETTERS AND THE LIFE, VOL. VII.

LONDON:
LONGMANS, GREEN, READER, AND DYER.

1874.

The right of translation is reserred.

THE LETTERS AND THE LIFE

ОР

FRANCIS BACON

INCLUDING ALL HIS

OCCASIONAL WORKS

NAMELY

LETTERS SPEECHES TRACTS STATE PAPERS MEMORIALS DEVICES
AND ALL AUTHENTIC WRITINGS NOT ALREADY PRINTED AMONG HIS

PHILOSOPHICAL LITERARY OR PROFESSIONAL WORKS

NEWLY COLLECTED AND SET FORTH

IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

WITH A

COMMENTARY BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL

BY

JAMES SPEDDING

HONORARY FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

VOL. VII.

LONDON:
LONGMANS, GREEN, READER, AND DYER,

1874.