his secrecy in matters of state, ii. 149.
his law respecting houses of hus- bandry, ii. 180. Henry VIII., his birth, i. 172. beginning of a history of his reign, i. 33-40, 395-397. his divorce from Katherine of Arragon, i. 320. undertaken by Bacon at the re- quest of Prince Charles, i. 393.
his purchases of Tournay and Bulloigne, iii. 71. Henry, Duke of York, son of Henry VII, contracted to the Princess Katherine of Spain, i. 322. Henry, Prince of Wales, memorial of him, ii. 19-22.
possibly intended to be sent to De Thou, ii. 11.
died on the 6th Nov. 1612, ii. 19.
rumour of poison at his death unfounded, ii. 22.
Henry III. of France, effect of his league against the Protestants, ii. 124.
Heraclitus, his saying, that dry light is the best soul, ii. 171. Herbert, George, Bacon's translation of the Psalms dedicated to, iii. 205.
Hercules, sailing in an earthen pot, ii. 94.
his labours, iii. 46.
Heresies and schisms the greatest scandals, ii. 87.
how to be avoided, ii. 89. the origin of, ii. 276. twofold origin of, iii. 178. three degrees of heresies deny- ing the power of God, Ib. Heretics in England, dealt with by Henry VII., i. 315.
one converted by him, Ib. Herne, a mercer, one of Perkin War- beck's counsellors, i. 283. Hermogenes, the rhetorician, ii. 225. Hialas, Peter, ambassador to Henry
VII. from Ferdinando and Isabella, i. 277.
employed by him to treat with James IV. of Scotland, i. 278. Historian, his office compared with that of a judge summing up, i. 30.
Honour hath three things in it, ii. 208.
and Reputation, essay on, ii. 263-265.
gained upon another, hath quickest reflexion, ii. 264. degrees of sovereign honour, ii. 264, 265.
conditores imperiorum, ii. 264. legislatores, b. liberatores, lb.
propugnatores imperii, 16. patres patriæ, ii. 265.
degrees of honour in subjects, ii. 265.
participes curarum, ii. 265. duces belli, ii. 265. gratiosi, lb.
negotiis pares, Ib.
Hope, earthly, meditation on, ii. 162, 170, 171.
all to be employed upon the life to come, iii. 172. Hortensius, idem manebat, neque idem decebat, ii. 225.
Hosea on the government of the Jews, iii. 41.
Hostages to Fortune, wife and chil- dren, are, ii. 101.
Houses of husbandry, statute of Henry VII to maintain, i. 143 ; ii. 180.
Hucks and foldings, worn in Ire- land, i. 297.
Huntley, Earl of, proposed marriage
of his daughter to Perkin War- beck, i. 250.
Husbandry, a profitable profession for rich men, ii. 200. Husbands and Wives, ii. 101-103.
women never complain of hus-
Hyperbole, speaking in a perpetual, comely in nothing but in love, ii. 110.
Hypocrisy of Atheism, ii. 133. Hypocrites detected in the works of mercy, iii. 173.
compared with heretics, iii. 174. characteristics of, iii. 174, 175.
Idolatry, what, iii. 28.
of the Jews and of the heathen, iii. 41.
Idols, Henry VII. vexed with, i. 290. Ifs and Ands, to qualify words of treason, i. 228.
Ignorance, trick to make it seem judgment, ii. 165.
Ill is strongest in continuance, good at first, ii. 160.
Image of God, what, iii. 40. Imitation is a globe of precepts, ii.
Imports, prohibition of foreign man- ufactures, i. 333.
Impostors and hypocrites, character- istics of, iii. 174, 175. Imposture, three kinds of, iii. 175. Inbowed widows, ii. 233.
Incaes of Peru, their government, iii. 28.
Incarnation, the, iii. 152, 153. Indies, West, burnings by lightnings there, ii. 274.
former inhabitants perished, how, Ib.
tortures the Indians will under- go, ii. 214.
Indian emblem, the hand on the centre of a bladder, i. 268. Industry, its gains sweet, why, iii.
Innovations, essay on, ii. 160, 161. Inquisitive people commonly envi- ous, ii. 104.
Insolert, the most subject to envy, ii. 107.
Instauration, the work Bacon him- self most esteemed, iii. 16. his motive in writing, iii. 18. Insurrection in Yorkshire against the commissioners appointed by Henry VII. to raise a subsidy, i.
Intellectual powers, helps to the, iii. 125-134.
Intercursus magnus, treaty between Henry VII. and the Achduke Philip, i. 260.
Intercursus malus, treaty between Henry VII. and Philip King of Castile, i. 260, 346.
Intestate, why men die, ii. 398. Intrusions, informations of, falsely charged by Empson and Dudley, ti. 326.
Invidia, translated discontentment, ii. 108.
Ira hominis non implet justiciam Dei, ii. 91.
Ireland, Simnell's rebellion in, i. 74-84.
Perkin Warbeck makes a sec- ond vain attempt to raise re- bellion, i. 243.
quieted by Sir E. Poyning's commission, i. 233, 243, 244. Henry VII. attempts to intro-
duce English manners, i. 297. Irish rebel, petitioned to be hanged in a withy, ii. 214.
Isabella, Queen of Castile, her death, i. 336.
policy of Henry VII. thereupon, i. 336, 337.
her saying concerning good manners, ii. 257.
James I, whether Bacon wrote the History of Henry VII. to flat- ter him, i. 21-32.
his alterations in Bacon's manu- script of the reign of Henry VII., i. 48, 55, 61. his dependence on the House of Commons for supplies, iii. 54-57. James III. of Scotland, Henry VII. sends an embassy to, i. 96. his death, i. 137.
killed at Bannocksbourn, i. 139. James IV. of Scotland, devoted to France, i. 181.
Hialas sent by Henry with pro- posals of peace, i. 277. refuses to give up Perkin, i. 279. dismisses him, i. 281.
demands reparation for the mur- der of the Scots at Norham, i. 298. makes peace with Henry VII., i. 300.
marries Margaret, daughter of Henry VII., i. 322.
Jason the Thessalian, iii. 65. Jest, some subjects privileged from, ii. 192.
Jesuits, cunning of, ii. 154. Jews, their idolatries, iii. 41. Joan, or Juanna, daughter of Ferdi- nando of Spain, wife of Philip king of Castile, i. 347. her marriage with Henry VII. of England thought of, i. 351. dies insane, i. 347. John a Chamber, heads the rising in Yorkshire and Durham against Henry VII., i. 136. hanged at York, 16. John, king of Arragon, mortgages Ruscignon and Perpignian to Frauce, i. 195.
Joseph, Michael, a farrier of Bod-
min, leader of the insurrec- tion in Cornwall, against Henry VII., i. 264.
Joseph-continued.
taken prisoner at Blackheath, i. 273.
executed at Tyburn, i. 274. Juanna. See Joan. Jubilee at Rome, A. D. 1500, i. 312. Judah and Issachar, the blessing of,
will never meet in one state, ii.179. Judges, their office is, jus dicere, not jus dare, ii. 265.
should be more learned than witty, more reverend than plausible, more advised than confident, lb.
the unjust, is the capital re- mover of landmarks, ii. 266. their principal duty, to suppress force and fraud,"ĺb.
must beware of harsh construc- tions, ii 267.
ought to have regard to time as well as matter, ii. 267. ought in justice to remember mercy, ii. 267.
their parts in hearing causes are four, Ib.
conduct towards advocates, ii. 268.
in relation to the sovereign, ii. 269, 270. Judicature, essay on, ii. 265–270. duties of judges -
towards the parties sueing, ii. 266, 267.
towards advocates and coun- sel, ii. 267, 268. towards clerks and ministers, ii. 268, 269.
towards the sovereign, ii. 269,
Julius II., Pope, requested to can- onize Henry VI. of England, i.
338. Julius Cæsar. See Cæsar, Julius. Jurisdiction, stir not questions of, ii.
114. Justices, statute of Henry VII. re- specting, monitory and minatory, i. 146.
Justs and tourneys, ii. 211, 212.
Katharine, daughter of Ferdinando and Isabella, i. 277, 316. her ill-omened marriage with Arthur, son of Henry VII., i. 305, 306, 316.
her dowry, i. 319. whether bedded, i. 320, 321.
Kendal, prior of St. John's, in Hen- ry VIIth's reign, i. 259. Kent, Perkin Warbeck lands near Sandwich, i. 236.
never conquered, i. 266. Earl of, firm to Henry VII. against the Cornish rebels, i. 266, 267.
Kentish men loyal to Henry VII. against Perkin Warbeck, i. 236.
Cornish rebels desire to join with them against Henry VII., i. 266. Kildare, Earl of, Deputy of Ireland, i. 233.
sent prisoner to England by Sir Edward Poynings, Ib.
his attainder reversed, i. 297. Kings not envied but by kings, ii. 106.
have few things to desire, and many to fear, ii. 140. sometimes set their hearts on toys, why, Ib.
great conquerors superstitious in their latter years, ii. 141. often will contradictories, ii. 142. dangers to, from their neigh- bours, Ib. wives, ii. 143. children, lb. prelates, ii. 144. nobles, 1b.
second nobles, ii. 145. merchants, lb. commons, Ib.
men of war, ii. 146. resemble heavenly bodies, Ib. triumvirate of, Henry VIII., Francis I., and Charles V., ii. 142.
their favourites, ii. 167. Kingdoms, essay on the true great- ness of, ii. 176–188. causes of their true greatness, iii. 61-64.
King's Bench, institution and juris- diction of, i. 130. Knee-timber for ships, some men re- semble, ii. 120. Knesworth, Mayor of London, fined 1400/, by Henry VII., i. 352. Knights-bannerets, twelve made by Henry VII., i. 56. Knowledge is but remembrance, ii. 273.
itself is power, iii. 179.
Labrador, Sebastian Gabato sails to, i. 295.
Lambert Simnell the Pretender, i. 71-91.
crowned at Dublin, i. 85.
ends as a scullion in the royal kitchen, i. 91.
Lancaster, House of, its title to the throne, i. 48-51. Landloper, i. 201.
Languages should be learnt before travelling, ii. 137.
Languedoc, wines and woads of, to be imported only in English bot- toms, i. 145.
Lanthony, Prior of, made Chancel- lor of Ireland, i. 232. Laodiceans and lukewarm persons, ii. 88.
Latham, Henry VII. goes in progress to, to make merry with Sir Thom- as Stanley, i. 234, 235. Laws, to be treated of at large by the historian, why, i. 147. administration of penal laws, ii. 267.
Laws of England, digest of, pur- posed by Bacon, iii. 17. Learning flourishes in the middle age of a state, ii. 280. Lepanto, battle of, ii. 186, 194. Lethe, runneth as well above ground as below, ii. 273.
Letters, from Henry VII. to the Mayor and Aldermen of Lon- don, i. 198, 353.
others from Calais, i. 310. Leucippus, his school charged with atheism, ii. 132.
Lewis XI. closeness his tormentor,
Lewis XII. to his Swiss mercenaries, iii. 76.
Libels against the state, ii. 123.
against Henry VII., i. 231. Liberatores imperiorum, ii. 264. Lie, why men love lies, ii. 81.
the shame of, ii. 84. Light, dry, the best soul, ii. 171. Lightnings in the West Indies, ii. 274. Likenesses of children to relations rather than parents, ii. 100. Limitation, a statute of, passed by Henry VII., i. 142.
Lincoln, Earl of, joins the Irish re- bellion against Henry VII., i.
joins battle at Newark, i. 88, 89.
Lingard, Dr, on the restoration of the Queen Dowager's dower, by Henry VII., i. 73.
Lions under Salomon's throne, ii. 270.
Liver, sarza taken for disease of, ii. 166.
Loan from the City of London to
Henry VII. of 4,000l., i. 148. loans borrowed from his subjects by Henry VII., i. 261. London, the city contributes 9,000l. to a benevolence, in the 7th year of Henry VII., i. 184. army of Henry VII. assembled at, for the invasion of France, i. 193.
letters sent by Henry VII. to the Mayor and Aldermen, an- nouncing the peace of Ésta ples, i. 198.
others from Calais, i. 310. bound for the performance of the treaty between Henry VII. and the Archduke Philip, i. 260. threatened by the Cornish rebels encamped at Blackheath, i 267, 270.
pays a benevolence of 5,000 marks to Henry VII., i. 335. Long robe, persons of the, i. 332. Long, Roger, plots Perkin War- beck's escape from the Tower, i. 302, 304.
Lopez, Roderigo, tried for a conspir- acy to poison Queen Elizabeth, ii, 54.
Louis XI. afraid of an able man, i. 361.
Ferdinando, and Henry VII., tres magi of kings, i. 364. Love compared with Envy, ii. 103. essay on, ii. 109-111.
the stage more beholden to, than the life of man, ii. 109. in extravagance, the excesses of it, ii. 110.
the ruin of business, ii. 111, 336.
nuptial, friendly, wanton, ii.
Lovell, Lord, his rebellion against Henry VII., i. 67, 68. sails to Flanders, i. 82. corresponds with Sir Thomas Broughton, 16.
lands at Fouldrey in Lancashire, i. 87.
mystery respecting his death, i. - 91.
Low Countries, excellence of their government, ii. 121.
eycle of weather observed in, ii. 276.
their wealth, iii. 80, 81.
have the best mines above ground in the world, ii. 128. Lucullus. his winter residence, ii. 230.
his faction of Optimates, ii. 255. Ludlow Castle, scene of the death of Prince Arthur, son of Henry VII., i. 320.
Lullius Typocosmia, iii. 132. Lungs, flower of sulphur taken for the, ii. 167.
Luxembourg, Francis Lord of, am- bassador to England from Charles VIII., i. 157.
Machiavel, object of "the Prince,"
saying of, that Christianity had given good men up in prey to tyrants, ii. 119.
on partizanship in princes, ii. 124.
on force of custom, ii. 213. traduceth Gregory the Great, ii. 275.
on the sinews of war, iii. 52, 73. Mackintosh, Sir James, his remarks
on Bacon's History of Henry VII., i. 21, 22.
his charges answered, i. 23–30. his bad habit of altering Bacon's phraseology, i. 325.
on the share of Ferdinand of Spain in the execution of the Earl of Warwick by Henry VII., i. 306, 307, 317. Madden, Sir Frederic, on Perkin Warbeck, i. 201.
Mæcenas on the marriage of Julia, ii. 168.
Magnanimity destroyed by atheism,
ii. 134. Mahomet, his sword not to be taken up, ii. 90.
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