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THE

WORKS

OF

FRANCIS BACON.

BARON OF VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST. ALBANS, AND

LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND.

Collected and Edited

University of
MICHIGAN

NERAL LIBRARY

BY

JAMES SPEDDING, M. A.

OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE;

ROBERT LESLIE ELLIS, M. A.

LATE FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE;

AND

DOUGLAS DENON HEATH,

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

PUBLISHED BY HURD AND HOUGHTON.

Cambridge: Riverside Press.

1869.

RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE:

STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY

H. O. HOUGHTON.

WORKS PUBLISHED, OR DESIGNED FOR PUBLICATION, AS

PARTS OF THE INSTAURATIO MAGNA.

PREFACE to the HISTORIA VENTORUM, by ROBERT LES-

LIE ELLIS.

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NORMA HISTORIÆ PRÆSENTIS

211

HISTORIA VITÆ ET MORTIS.

PREFACE to the HISTORIA VITE ET MORTIS, by ROB-