driven by a storm into Wey-
mouth, i. 343.
interview with Henry VII. at
Windsor, i. 344.
concludes a treaty, the Itercur-
sus malus, with him, i. 346.
dies soon after his arrival in
Spain, i. 347.
Plutarch on base conceptions of the
Deity, ii. 135.
of Timoleon, iii. 117.
Pluto, helmet of, is secrecy in coun-
sel, and celerity in execution,
ii. 163.
better to Ferdinando than Pal-
las, i. 341.
Plutus timidus, jii. 78.
Philosophy, a little inclineth man's Poco di matto, ii. 216.
mind to Atheism, ii 132.
Philosopher's stone, ii. 170.
Physic, rules for the use of, ii. 188,
189.
Physicians, how to select one, ii.
189.
Pilate, jesting, said, What is Truth?
Pillars of government, four, ii. 125.
Pine-apple trees, ii. 236.
Pirates, of Algiers, iii. 6, 7.
lawfulness of wars on, iii. 42, 43.
Pisistratus, correction in Camden's
report of Bacon's speech, compar-
ing Essex with him, ii. 63.
Piso, his solemnity of countenance,
ii. 164.
Pius Quintus, worthy to be canon-
ized, iii. 24.
Place, great, essay on, ii. 111-115.
Plague in the 15th of Henry VII. in
London and elsewhere, i. 307.
Planets, princes should resemble in
their motions, ii. 125.
Plantagenet, Edward, son to the
Duke of Clarence, created
Earl of Warwick by Edward
IV., i. 72.
confined by Richard III., Ib.
reported to have escaped from
the Tower, i. 75.
counterfeited by Lambert Sym-
nell, 16.
paraded through the streets of
London, i. 80.
arraigned of treason and be-
headed, i. 305. See War-
wick.
Plantations, essay on, ii. 194-198.
Plato, his character of Prodicus, ii.
165.
his great year, ii. 275.
all knowledge is but remem-
brance, ii. 273.
Plautianus. favourite of Septimius
Severus, ii. 169.
Pliny on the arts of self-commenda-
tion, ii. 263,
Poesy, vinum Dæmonum, ii. 82.
Poets, those much conversant with,
become conceited, i. 34.
Poland, cause of its martial great-
ness, ii. 180.
Politique, Eupolis a, iii. 21.
malignant men make great pol-
itiques, ii. 120.
Polycrates, his daughter's dream, ii.
203.
Polydore Vergil, character of his
History, i. 15, 25.
his mistake of a Great Council
for a meeting of Parliament,
i. 114, 176.
Pompey, Julius Cæsar's mode of
dealing with him, ii. 38.
his treatment of Sylla, ii. 167,
his war on the Cilician pirates,
iii. 42.
Pons, Gaspar, emissary from Pope
Alexander to Henry VII., i. 312.
Pope likes no Tramontanes in Italy,
i. 180.
Population, effect of inclosures on,
i. 142-145.
ordinance respecting houses of
husbandry, i. 143.
should not exceed the stock of
the kingdom, ii. 127.
Portugal, Perkin Warbeck sent to,
i. 205.
Postilled in the margent in the
king's hand, i. 328.
Postcript, most important matter in,
ii. 155.
Poverty, the origin of seditions, ii.
126.
its removal their cure, ii. 127.
the foundation of all great mon-
archies, iii. 52, 54, 55.
Power, a good thing, iii. 104.
knowledge itself is, iii. 179.
Poynings, Sir Edward, sent with
forces into Flanders by Henry
VII. to aid Maximilian, i. 188.
sent as ambassador by Henry
Poynings-continued.
VII. to the Archduke Philip
in Flanders, i. 218.
sent by Henry VII. to subdue
the Wild Irish, i. 233.
sends the Earl of Kildare pris-
oner to England, 1b.
introduces the law of England
into Ireland, Ib.
Ireland quieted by his commis-
sion, i. 243.
Pragmatical Sanction, ii. 182.
Praise, essay on, ii. 258-260.
the reflection of virtue, ii. 258.
arising from flattery, ii. 259.
from good wishes, Ib.
from malice, lb.
Prayer, a great office in the church,
iii. 173
Prayers composed by Bacon, iii.
Homer's of the Roman empire,
lb.
Seneca's of the discovery of
America, Ib.
of Tiberius to Galba, ii. 204.
of Christ in the time of Vespa-
sian, Ib.
Henry VI. of Henry VII., Ib.
when hemp is spun, England's
done, Ib.
of the Spanish fleet, ii. 205.
of Regiomontanus, Пb.
three causes which have given
them credit with men, ii. 206.
Prelates, when dangerous to kings, Proselytism by the sword, ii. 90.
Prosperity, the blessing of the Old
Testament, ii. 94.
its virtue Temperance, Ib.
best discovers vice, ii. 95.
Protestantism in France, leagued
against by Henry III., ii. 124.
Provinces, the defence of, iii. 64.
must not be out of proportion to
the seat of government, iii.
67-70.
of Great Britain, iii. 71, 72.
Provost of Perin, killed at Taunton,
i. 266.
Proxy-marriage of Maximilian with
Anne Duchess of Brittaine, i. 153,
154.
Psalms translated by Lord Bacon,
iii. 207-219.
Psalm I., iii. 207, 208.
XII., iii. 208, 209.
XC., iii. 209, 211.
CIV., iii. 212–215.
CXXVI., iii. 216.
CXXXVII., iii. 195, 217,
Quarrels, the causes of, ii. 139.
Queen, Dowager, cloistered at Ber-
mondsey by Henry VII.,
i. 73, 77.
her dower whether restored,
i. 77.
her varied fortunes, i. 79.
foundress of Queen's Col-
lege, Cambridge, i. 80.
Queen's College, Cambridge, found-
ed, i. 80.
Ratcliffe, Robert, tried and beheaded
for Perkin Warbeck's rebellion, i.
223.
Ravenstein, Lord, heads the insur-
rection in Flanders against
Maximilian, ii. 150, 186.
surrenders the town and castles
of Sluice to the Duke of Sax-
ony and the English, i. 189.
Raw material, ii. 128.
Rawley, Dr., his edition of the Latin
translation of the Essays, ii. 72.
Rawlinson, Dr., his copy of Cam
den's Elizabetha, ii. 47.
Reading, modes of, ii. 252, 253.
maketh a full man, conference
a ready man, and writing an
exact man, ii. 253, 292.
Reasons, always give, when you
change your mind, ii. 114.
Rebellion of Lambert Symnell, i.
71-92.
Rebellions of the belly, ii. 126.
Recamera, ii. 234.
Referendaries, ii. 250.
Reform without bravery or scandal
of former times, ii. 113.
Regeneration, xiv. 54.
Regiomontanus, his prophecy, ii. 205.
Register of letters, Bacon's, iii. 124.
Religion of Bacon, iii. 141.
his creed, iii. 147-157.
a mean between superstition
and atheism, iii. 178.
essay on unity in, ii. 86-92.
origin of discords in, ii. 276.
Relligio tantum potuit suadere ma-
lorum, ii. 91. -
Remuant, ii. 217.
Remusat, M. Charles de, on Bacon's
confession of faith, iii. 142.
Reputation, daughter of Fortune, ii.
217.
essay on reputation and honour,
ii. 263-265.
Reputation-continued.
discreet servants a help to, li
264.
Reservation, ii. 95, 96.
Respect of persons, ii. 115.
Rest, the accomplishment of man's,
what, ii. 113.
Retainer unlawful, by the king's
farmers, i. 133.
Retainers and riots, statute of Henry
VII. against, i. 335.
Revelation, iii., 152.
Revenge, essay on, ii. 92, 93.
a kind of wild justice, ii. 92.
for wrongs which there is no
law to remedy, Ib.
public for the most part fortu-
nate, ii. 93.
Revenues of England, iii. 81.
Reverence, that wherewith princes
are girt by God, ii. 125.
Rhodes, knights of, make Henry
VII. protector of their order, i.
Sabbath, its nature, ii. 113.
at the end of the world, iii. 150.
Sabinian revived heathen learning,
ii. 275.
Saint Alban's, victory of Charles
VIII. at, i. 127.
Saint Aubin, victory of, i. 117.
Saints of God, iii. 149.
Salomon on cunning, ii. 158.
on riches, ii. 198, 348.
on novelty, ii. 273.
Salt, colonists should be provided
with store of, ii. 197.
Salus populi suprema lex, ii. 269.
Sanctuary, doubts of Henry VII. as
to violation of, i. 290.
privileges of, curtailed by him,
i. 95, 96.
not abolished by him until late
in his reign, i. 38.
Sandwich, Perkin Warbeck lands
at, i. 236.
Sarza, to open the liver, ii. 166.
Saturday, Henry VII.'s lucky day,
i. 272.
Saul, prophecy of the Pythonissa to,
ii. 203.
Savage, Sir John, killed before the
walls of Bulloigne, i. 195.
Savages, how colonists should deal
with, ii. 198.
Savill, Mr., letter to, touching helps
for the intellectual powers, iii, 125,
134.
Scene-shifting in masques, ii. 209,
Schisms, origin of, ii. 276, 277.
Scholars should be proportioned in
number to preferments, ii. 128.
Scipio Africanus, of whom Livy
says, Ultima primis cedebant, ii.
225.
Scotland, a refuge for English mal-
contents, i. 96.
death of James III., i. 137.
declaration of war against by
Henry VII., i. 184, 185.
Henry VII., his preparations for
war with, averted by the Cor-
nish rebellion, i. 267, 268.
reception of Perkin Warbeck by
James IV. of, i. 244-250.
probability of a union with Eng-
land contemplated by Henry
VII., i. 323.
union with England, iii. 51, 52.
Scots invade Northumberland, i.
250, 258.
slain at Norham, i, 297.
Sea, the empire of, is an abridgment
of a monarchy, ii. 186.
naval power of Great Britain,
Ib.
Sebastian, King of Portugal, his ex-
pedition on Africk, iii. 24.
Second, place, that best to which all
assign the second place, iii.
100.
nobles, their value in a state, ii.
144, 145.
Secrecy, the virtue of a confessor,
ii. 96.
in matter of counsel in a state,
ii. 148.
a great means of obtaining suits,
ii. 251.
Sects, religious, the vicissitudes of,
ii. 276, 277.
new, planted in three manners,
ii. 277.
how to put an end to, Ib.
Seditions and troubles, essay on, ii.
123-131.
the materials of, ii. 125, 126.
poverty and discontent, ii. 126.
the causes and motives of, ii.
127.
remedies of, ii. 127.
to remove want and poverty, ii.
127.
Seeming wise, essay on, ii. 164, 165.
Seizins, premier, i. 326.
Sejanus, favourite of Tiberius, ii.
168.
Self, speech of a man's self ought to
be seldom, ii. 193.
wisdom for a man's self, essay
on, ii. 158-160.
Self-condemnation, ii. 262.
Selfishness, essay on, ii. 158-160.
Seneca, his prophecy of the discov-
ery of America, ii. 203, 206.
on anger, ii. 271.
his conduct in banishment, iii.
Septimius Severus, his dying speech,
ii. 85, 86.
Serjeant's feast in Ely Place, Henry
VII. present at, i. 237, 238.
a second in the reign of Henry
VII., i. 336.
Sermones Fideles, ii. 72.
Serpens, nisi serpentem comederit,
non fit draco, ii. 216.
Serpents, be ye wise as, iii. 168.
Servants, gambling by, prohibited
by a statute of Henry VII., i.
334.
Severus Septimius, his favourite
Plautianus, ii. 169.
madness of his youth, ii. 223.
Sfortza, Ludovico, services to
Charles VIII., i. 238.
Shakespeare, resemblance between
Perdita's list of flowers and Ba-
con's Essay on Gardens, ii. 235-
Sheriff, false return by, iii. 48.
Sheriffwicks, patents of gaols re-
annexed to, by Henry VII., i.
233.
Shine, Henry VII. calls a council at,
i. 77.
now Richmond, tournament at
the King's Palace, i. 192.
See Shyne, Richmond.
Shrewsbury, Earl of, joins Henry
VII. at Newark, i. 89.
Shyne, palace of Henry VII. at
Richmond burned down, i.
293.
Perkin Warbeck takes sanctu-
ary at, i. 301. See Shine.
Silk, manufactured, importation of,
prohibited by statute of Henry
VII., i. 333.
Simnell, Lambert, the Pretender, i.
70-92.
crowned at Dublin, i. 85.
ends as a scullion in the royal
kitchen, i. 91.
Simon, Richard, brings forward
Lambert Simnell, i. 71.
why never brought to trial, i.
74.
Simulation, essay on, ii. 95-99.
a vice, ii. 98.
advantages of it, Ib.
disadvantages, ii. 99.
Singer, his edition of Bacon's Es
says, ii. 71.
Single life, essay on, ii. 101-103.
doth well with churchmen, ii.
102.
Skeleton of Lord Lovell discovered,
Skelton, a tailor, one of Perkin War-
beck's councillors, i. 283.
Slavery, advantages of, in encour-
aging the military spirit of a na-
tion, ii. 182.
Sluice, held by Lord Ravenstein
against Maximilian, surrenders to
the English and the Duke of Sax-
ony, i. 188, 189.
Society, well ordered, is the basis of
the improvement of human na-
ture, ii. 215, 257.
Solitude, he who delights in is either
a wild beast or a god, ii. 166.
Solitudo, magna civitas, magna sol-
itudo, ii. 166.
Solon to Croesus, ii. 178.
Somerset, Earl and Countess
concerned in the murder of Sir
Thomas Overbury, ii. 12.
Somerset, Sir Charles, head of a
naval expedition in the reign of
Henry VII., i 104.
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