War, when lawful.

War, notes of a speech concerning a war with Spain

War, incited by music

ii. 298

iii. 493

i. 299

War, holy, ii. 472, the schoolmen want words to defend it, when
St. Bernard wanted words to commend it, iii. 512, for the pro-
pagation of the faith, whether lawful or obligatory, iii. 479, seve-
ral questions touching the lawfulness
iii. 482
Warbeck, Perkin, his adventures, v. 92, the supposed godson of
Edward IV. ibid. called Peter, whence Peterkin, Osbeck, v. 93,
closetted by the lady Margaret, ibid. his letters to the earls of
Desmond and Kildare upon his landing at Cork, v. 95, invited
into France by Charles VIII. ibid. generally believed to be the
duke of York, v. 96, his friends and favourers, ibid. discouraged
at the beheading of his friends and the defection of Clifford, v.
109, 110, lands at Sandwich in Kent, v. 113, goes into Scotland,
on the advice of Charles and Maximilian, v. 118, his address to
the king of Scots, v. 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, he is married by
that king's approbation to the lady Catharine Gordon, his near
kinswoman, v. 122, his declaration to the people of England,
ibid. abandoned by Scotland, v. 140, sails into Ireland, ibid. his
cabinet council there, v. 142, lands in Cornwall with about seven
score men, ibid. publishes an invective proclamation against the
king, in style of Richard IV. ibid. besieges Exeter, though with-
out artillery, v. 143, raises the siege, and flies, v. 145, surrenders
himself out of sanctuary, on promise of life, v. 147, his former
false honours plentifully repaid with scorn, ibid. the account of
his examination, v. 148, makes his escape, and gets into the
priory of Shene, v, 152, set in the stocks twice, where he reads
his confession, and then sent to the Tower, v. 153, where he se-
duces the earl of Warwick into a plot against the fieutenant, v.
153, 154, arraigned for treasons committed since his coming into
this kingdom, condemned and executed at Tyburn, v. 154,

155

Wards, commission of in Ireland, its vast advance in one year, v.
503, a speech to obtain leave of the king to treat of a composition
with him for them
iii. 359
Wards, a frame of declaration for the master of the wards at his first
setting, iii. 364, directions for the master of the wards to observe
for his majesty's better service, and the general good. iii. 366
Warham, Sir William, LL.D. sent to the arch-duke Philip against
Perkin, v. 102, his speech, ibid. master of the rolls and commis-
sioner for trade
Warlike people, their importance, ii. 323, 324, profession of arms
necessary to a warlike nation, ii. 327, 328, 329, 330. England
warlike
• v. 62,63
iv. 346

v. 127

Warlike nations most liberal of naturalization
Warm water sounds less than cold, i. 313, whether good for plants,
i. 404, makes a fruit with little or no core
Warmth, a special means to make ground fruitful
Warren, his declaration about some affairs in Essex's treason, ini.

i. 424

i. 447

Warwick, earl of, v. 21. See Plantagenet.

Waste, case of impeachment of waste, iv. 212, &c. very difficult to
resolve this case

ibid.

Water, salt, how made fresh, i. 245, foul, how clarified, i. 247, how
separated from wine, i. 249, turned into ice, by snow, nitre, and
salt.
i. 255
Water thickened in a cave, i. 280, changed suddenly into air, i. 286,
more difficult to turn water into oil, than silver into gold, i. 374,
choice of waters, by weight, i. 387, by boiling, ibid. by longest
lasting unputrified, ibid. by making drinks stronger, ibid. by
bearing soap, ibid. by the places where they are congregated,
i. 388, by the soil, ibid. Waters sweet not to be trusted, ibid.
Well-water, ibid. whether water putteth forth herbs without roots,
i. 436, water alone will cause plants to sprout, ibid. well-water
warmer in winter than summer, ii. 36, water rising in a bason by
means of flame, ibid. hot water and fire heat differently, i. 474,
475, water cooleth air, and moisteneth it not
ii. 29
Water may be the medium of sound, i. 522, watry moisture in-
duceth putrefaction, i. 365, turning watry substances into oily,
a great work in nature, i. 374, for instances thereof, ibid.
wrought by digestion, i. 374, 375, watering of grounds a great
help to fruitfulness, i. 447, cautions therein, ibid. means to water
them
Water-cresses

ibid.

i. 373

ii. 7

Water-fowls flocking to the shore portend` rain
Waving, how a property in goods may be got thereby iv. 127
Wealth of England under queen Elizabeth
Wealth of Spain, whence

iii. 52
iii. 496, 497

Wealth, excess of, hurtful to a state, and to private persons, iii. 423
Wealth, in whose custody it is of most advantage to a state, iii.
424, inconveniences of its being lodged in few hands . ibid.
Weapon anointed, ii. 75, 76, weapons and ammunition of all sorts
should be stored up

Weapons of war

iii. 451

ii. 392

Weights and measures, prerogative of the king relating thereto, iii.

.

342
Weight of the dissolution of iron, in aqua fortis
. i. 521
Weight, how it causes separation of bodies, i. 249, weight in air and

water.
i. 521, 522
Wentworth, Sir John, his cause recommended to the lord chancel-
lor by the marquis of Buckingham .
vi. 216
West-Indies, concerning the trade thither, iii. 336, France and Por-
tugal debarred trading thither, ibid. trade thither carried on by
the English, iii. 336, 337, it ought to be free
West-Indies, the gold and silver, drawn by Spain from thence, how
consumed by king Philip

iii. 91

iii. 18

Weston, his confession of Overbury's death, his trial and condem-
nation
iv. 447, 455, vi. 108
Weston, Sir Richard, chancellor of the exchequer, letter to him from

lord viscount St. Alban

Weymouth, king of Castile puts in there

vi. 372

v. 177

Wheat set

i. 402

i. 321

Whispering place, i. 310, you cannot make a tone, or sing in
whispering
White, a penurious colour, i. 287, 421, in flowers commonly more
White more deli-
inodorate than other colours, whence, i. 421.

cate in berries, whence, ibid. not so commonly in fruits, whence,

White gun-powder

ibid.
i. 302

ii. 419

Whitehead favoured by queen Elizabeth
Whiteness, directions for inquiring into its nature, ii. 148, 149,

White rose, the clearness of that title
White, Richard

V.

150, 151
7

vi. 217

vi. 68, note (b)
vi. 102

Whitelocke, James, charge against him by Sir Francis Bacon, vi. 65,
some account of him, note (a), set at liberty
Whiting, Dr. John
Wholesome seats, i. 516, 517, trial for them, ii. 4, moist air not good,
ibid.
ibid. inequality of air naught
Wife, excused by law, if she acts in obedience to her husband in
felony, iv. 34, but not in treason, and why, iv. 35, loseth no dower,
. iv. 110
though the husband be attainted of felony
Wife and children hostages to fortune, ii. 267, reckoned only as bills
of charges by some, ii. 268. Wives good and bad, ibid. are
mistresses, companions, nurses, ii. 269. Wives of kings, ii. 298
Wilbraham, Sir Roger

vi. 111
i. 518, 519

i. 466

v. 154

Wildfires, why water will not quench them
Wild herbs shew the nature of the ground
Wilford, Ralph, counterfeit earl of Warwick
Will, conveyance of lands thereby, iv. 121, 122, the want of this
before 32 Henry VIII. was justly thought to be a defect of the
common law, iv. 121, what shifts people were forced to make be-
fore this method, iv. 122, the inconveniences therefrom of put-
ting lands into use, as they then did, ibid. the method of prevent-
ing this by several statutes, iv. 123, how lands are to be disposed
of by will, by statute of 27 Henry VIII. ibid. what limitations
several lands are under in this way of disposing, ibid. what it is to
have one proved, iv. 128, how a man's goods were formerly dis-
posed of when he died without a will, iv. 128, 129, what bishop
shall have the right of proving them, how determined . iv. 129
Will of man, branches of knowledge which refer to it. i. 163
William I. declines the title of Conqueror, in the beginning of his
reign, v. 8, and claims by the will of Edward the Confessor,

Williams, Dr. John, bishop of Lincoln, and lord keeper, receives
many applications from the marquis of Buckingham relating to
causes in his court, vi. 142, note (b) his letter to lord Bacon, vi.

293, letter to him from lord Bacon, vi. 325, his letter to lord Ba-

Williams, Mr. licence granted to him,

Williams, Sir Roger

vi. 337

vi. 222

vi. 23

vi. 74

Williams, John, discovered to be author of a libel against king
James I. vi. 73, 74, note (a), executed
Willoughby, Sir Robert, sent to sheriff Hutton, v. 9, conveys Ed-
ward Plantagenet, and shuts him up in the tower, ibid. created
lord Brook

Winch, Sir Humphry, commended

Winds vary sounds

V. 16

iv. 501

i. 342

Winds, southern, dispose men's bodies to heaviness, i. 383. Winds,
southern, without rain, feverish, i. 520. Winds gathered for fresh-
ness, i. 516, breathing out of the earth, ii. 5, 6, prognostics of
winds from animals

Winding trees

Windham, Sir John, beheaded by Henry VII.
Windsor treaty, with the king of Castile

ii. 7

i. 429

v. 170

v. 179, 180

Wine and water separated by weight, i. 250, trial thereof in two
glasses, ibid. when it will operate and when not, ibid. Spirit of
wine burned, i. 378, mingled with wax, the operation of it, ibid.
Wine, whether separated from water by passing through ivy-wood,
i. 246. Wine burnt inflameth less, because the finer spirit is eva-
porated, i. 252. Wine sparingly to be used in consumptions, i.
269, retards the germination of seeds, i. 392, said by the ancients
to make the plane-tree fruitful, i. 454. Wine best in a dry vintage,
i. 467, new wine let down into the sea presently made potable,
i. 473, for what bodies good, and for what hurtful, i. 496, how to
correct the Greek wines, that they may not fume or inebriate, i.
518. Wine for the spirits, ii. 217, against melancholy, ii. 218.
Wine in which gold is quenched, recommended, ii. 224. Wines
and woads not to be imported but upon English bottoms
Winter and summer sicknesses, i. 384, warm winters destroy trees,
i. 467, signs of a cold winter
i. 500, ii. 5
ii. 41

Winter sleepers
Winwood, Sir Ralph, reflected on by the lord keeper Bacon, vi. 162,
dies .
vi. 184
Wisdom for a man's self, or self-cunning, not to be over indulged, ii.
309, suits better with princes than private persons, ibid. no prime
officers to be chosen of this character, ibid. the self-cunning often
unfortunate.

ii. 310
Wise men learn more by fools, than fools by wise men, ii. 451, dif-
ference between a wise and cunning man, ii. 305, such as are wise
only in appearance

ii. 313

ii. 334

Wit, we should distinguish between the saltness and the bitterness
of it.
nished.

Witches and conjurors are guilty of felony, iv. 295, how to be pu-
. iv. 386
Witches said to eat man's flesh greedily, ii. 27, their confessions not
rashly to be credited, ii. 45, of what kind, ii. 46, work by ima-
gination, ii. 62, ointments said to be used by them
Witnesses, how to be examined in chancery

Woad, the sowing of it recommended

Wolf's guts applied to the belly, their virtue

iii. 454
ii. 69

vi. 291

i. 268

Wolsey, Thomas, employed to conclude a match for Henry VII.
with Margaret, duchess dowager of Savoy, v. 181, was then the
king's chaplain, ibid. his remarkable saying
Woman's milk, why only good for infants
Women making an ill choice generally maintain their conduct, ii.
244, 269, made capital to carry them away forcibly, v. 55, ad-
vanced by their husbands, should not alien, v. 117, the regiment
iii. 489
of them considered

Wonder, the impressions thereof, i. 493, in wonder the spirits fly
not as in fear, but settle

. ibid.

Wood shining in the dark, i. 370, bathed in hot ashes becometh
flexible

Wood's declaration relating to Essex's treason
Woodbine

Woods, especially of ship-timber, the planting and
recommended

Woodseare, found only on hot herbs

ii. 16

iii. 146, 185

i. 416, 472

preserving them,

. iii. 454

. i. 416

Woodvile, lord, uncle to the queen of Henry VII. v. 43, governor
of the Isle of Wight, v. 44, against the king's commandment
raises 400 men, and passes to the assistance of the duke of Bri-
tainy, v. 44, slain fighting valiantly for the Britains
Wool attractive of water through a vessel
Worcester, earl of, his declaration concerning Essex's treason, iii.

V. 52
. i. 281

197
Words are to be understood so as to work somewhat, and not to be
idle and frivolous, iv. 26, this explained by example, iv. 27, if
any ambiguity and uncertainty be in them in pleadings, the plea
shall be strictly against him that pleads, iv. 28, are so taken in
law, as no material part of the parties intent perish, iv. 251, rules
for the exposition of them, iv. 257, of reproach and contumely
frequent among the Greeks and Romans

World supposed by some to be a living creature
Worms foretell rain

iv. 407

ii. 43

ii. 8

Worsley, William, a Dominican, and dean of Paul's, not tried for
Perkin's treason

v. 105

Wotton, Sir Henry, his sentiment how contemptible critics were, ii.

. vi. 345
453, made provost of Eton
Wounds cured by skins of beasts newly pulled off, and whites of
eggs, i. 472. Wounds made with brass easier to cure than with
. . i. 520
Wrecks, statute relating thereto explained, iv. 48, how property is
gained in goods shipwrecked, iv. 127, what is properly a wreck,

iron

ibid.

i. 289
Writs of

Wrists have a sympathy with the head, and other parts ⚫
Writs original, no certain beginning of them, iv. 137.
covenant, and of entry, iv. 143. Writ of certiorari in the exche-
.. iv. 146
quer
Writs which are not to pass without warrant from the chancellor, iv.

Wyche, Mr.

522
vi. 208, 246