litic of the king explained, iv. 351, et seq. of 1 Jac. I. relating
to the punishment of witchcraft
Acting in song graceful
Active men, wherein preferred to virtuous
Actium, battle of, decided the empire of the world
Administration, how a property in goods, &c. may be gained by letters thereof, iv. 128, 129, what bishop shall have the power of granting them in disputable cases, ibid. two cases in the deaths of executors and administrators where the ordinary shall admi- nister iv. 130 Administrators, their office and authority in some particulars, iv. 130, in what cases the ordinary is to commit administration, ibid. they must execute their authority jointly, ibid. may retain ibid. Admiralty, how to be ordered after the union iii. 284 Adrian VI. Adrian the emperor, ii. 441, mortally envied in others the qualities he excelled in, ii. 270, instances of his misplaced bounty and ex- pense iv. 376 Adversity, ii. 262, resembles miracles in its command over nature, ibid. fortitude its virtue Advice, how to be given and taken
Advice to Sir George Villiers
Advocates, ii. 384, surprising that their confidence should prevail with judges, ibid. what is due to and from them Advowsons, cases relating thereto explained. .. iv. 16, 45, 50 Ægypt hath little rain, i. 511. Ægyptian conserving bodies, i. 513, their mummies
ibid. Eneas Sylvius, his remark on the conduct of the popes and lawyers, ii. 432, says, that had not Christianity been supported by mi- racles, it ought to be received for its honesty ii. 433 Equinoctial more tolerable for heat than the torrid zone, i. 388, three causes thereof
Esop, his fable of the frogs in a great drought, ii. 236, of the cat and the fox, ii. 238, of the fainting man and death Æthiopes, fleshy and plump, why
Ætna compensateth the adjacent countries for the damages it doth,
Ætna and Vesuvius, why they shoot forth no water Affectation of tyranny over men's understandings and beliefs ii. 78 Affections of beasts impressed upon inanimate things, ii. 69, three affections which tie subjects to sovereigns, v. 190, no heat of af- fection without idleness iii. 499 Affidavits in chancery, in what cases not to be allowed iv. 521 Africa, why so fruitful of monsters, i. 410, the people there never stir out after the first showers . ii. 2 Ayán, is always rightly translated charity in the Rhemish version,
Agaric works most on phlegm, i. 433, a spongy excrescence on the roots of trees, ibid. 450, 459, a putrefaction Agathocles
Age of discretion, at what time allowed to be by our law v. 414 Age, its excellency in four things, ii. 428, its inconveniencies and difficulties with regard to action
Agues cured by applications to the wrist, i. 289, proceed mostly from obstruction of the humours
Aid, a certain sum of money so called, its uses Air turned into water, i. 254, by four several ways, i. 255, 256, in- stances tending thereto, i. 280, converted into a dense body, a rarity in nature, i. 255, 256, increases in weight, and yields nou- rishment, i. 257, hath an antipathy with tangible bodies, i. 281, converted into water by repercussion from hard bodies, ibid. Air turned into water by the same means that ice, i. 282, meddles little with the moisture of oil, i. 286, elision of air a term of igno- rance, i. 303. Air condensed into weight, i. 257, 503. Air pent the cause of sounds, i. 300, 301, 302, eruptions thereof cause sounds, i. 300. Air not always necessary to sounds, i. 304, 307, thickness of the air in night, contributes to the increasing and our better hearing of sounds, than in the day, as well as the ge- neral silence, i. 309. Air excluded in some bodies, prohibiteth putrefaction, i. 368, in some causeth it, ibid. the causes of each, ibid. Air compressed and blown, prohibiteth putrefaction, i. 370, congealing of air, i. 376. Airs wholesome, how found out, i. 516, 517, the putrefaction of air to be discerned aforehand, ii. 2, 3. Airs good to recover consumptions, ii. 54. Air healthful within doors, how procured ii. 55 Air and fire foreshew winds ii. 6
Air, the causes of heat and cold in it, ii. 30, hath some degree of light in it.
Air poisoned by art, ii. 50,why the middle region of it coldest, ii. 241 Albert Durer
Alchemy, some remarks upon it
Alcibiades, his advice to Pericles about giving in his accounts, ii. 449, beautiful
Alexander, why his body sweet
Alexander's body preserved till Cæsar Augustus's time, i. 514, his character of Antipater, ii. 439, of Hephæstion and Craterus, ibid. censured by Augustus, ii. 441, by Parmenio, ii. 442, contemned by Diogenes, ii. 446, would run with kings when advised by Philip to the olympic games, ii. 452, his saying to Callisthenes upon his two orations on the Macedonians, iv. 364, a smart reply of his to Parmenio iii. 291 Alexander VI, sends the bishop of Concordia to mediate between the kings of England and France, v. 76, thanks Henry VII. for entering into a league in defence of Italy Alga marina applied to roots of plants furthers their growth i. 403 Alien, enemy, how considered by our laws, iv. 326, 327. Alien friend, how considered, ibid. Littleton's definition of an alien, iv. 346, how the several degrees of aliens are considered by our
Alienation office, history of it, iv. 132, the reason of its name, with its uses, iv. 105, 133, the parts of each officer therein, iv. 141, how its profits might increase without damage to the subject, iv. 154, 155, 156 i. 277 . ii. 67
Alkermes Allegiance, does not follow the law or kingdom, but the person of the king, iv. 330, 332, 346, 347, is due to sovereigns by the law of nature, iv. 325, 326, statutes explained relating thereto, iv. 331, 332, is more ancient than any laws, iv. 347, continueth after laws, ibid. is in vigour even where laws are suspended, ibid. must be independent, and not conditional, iv. 427, oath of it altered, with disputes following thereupon between the reformed and papists v. 308 Allen, cardinal, is mentioned for the popedom, iii. 98, a stage actor of the same name, with an epigram upon him Alleys close gravelled, what they bring forth Almonds, how used in clarifying the Nile water.
Alonso Cartilio, his pleasant speech concerning his servants ii. 423 Alphonso Petrucci, his plot against the life of pope Leo. v. 60 Alphonso duke of Calabria, eldest son to the king of Naples, has the order of the garter from Henry VII.
Altering the colours of hairs and feathers Altham, baron of the exchequer, a grave and reverend judge iv. 504 Amalgamation, ii. 204, mixing mercury with other metals in a hot crucible
Amber formed from a soft substance, i. 283, its virtue ii. 53 Ambiguitas patens, what is meant thereby in law, iv. 79, how to be holpen, ibid. latens, what meant by it, ibid. how to be holpen, 80, another sort of it. Ambition, ii. 343, to take a soldier without it, is to pull off his spurs, ii. 344, the mischiefs of it, ibid. the use of ambitious
Andrews, bishop, his account of Spalato
Andrews, Dr. Lancelot, bishop of Ely, vi. 189, 233, knew early of the lord chancellor's being engaged in writing his Novum Or- ganum
Angelo, Michael, the famous painter
Anger, the impressions and various effects thereof, i. 492, causeth the eyes to look red, why, ii. 32. Anger not to be extinguished, only confined, ii. 386, compared by Seneca to ruin, which breaks
itself on what it falls, ii. 387, its great weakness, from the sub- jects in whom it most reigns, ibid. remedies of it. . ii. 388 Animals and plants, that put forth prickles, generally dry ii. 70 Animate and inanimate bodies, wherein they differ Anne of Denmark, wife of king James I.
Anne of Bullen, what she said at her death
Anne, inheritress of the duchy of Britain, intended for Henry VII. v. 10, but married to Charles VIII. of France
Annesley, Sir Francis, secretary of Ireland
Annihilation, not possible in nature
Annual herbs may be prolonged by seasonable cutting. Annuity given pro consilio impenso et impendendo, is not void, if the grantee is hindered from giving it by imprisonment iv. 16 Anointing of birds and beasts, whether it alters their colour, i. 287. Anointing the body a preservative of health, i. 502. Anointing of the weapon said to heal. ii. 75 Answers insufficient, how to be punished in chancery, iv. 518, in what case they must be direct.
Antalcidas the Spartan, ii. 448, rebukes an Athenian Antigonus.
Antiochia, its wholesome air, whence
Antipathy and Sympathy, i. 288, of plants, i. 411, et seq. instances of Antipathy in other kinds, ii. 65, et seq. Antipathy between enemies in absence
Antonius, his genius weak before Augustus, ii. 56, ambassadors of Asia Minor expostulate with him for imposing a double tax, ii. 452, his character, ii. 274, calls Brutus witch
ii. 316 Ape, its nature, ii. 70, virtue ascribed to the heart of an ape by the writers of natural magic
Apelles Apollonius of Tyana, ii. 43, the ebbing and flowing of the sea, what, according to him, ibid. tells Vespasian, that Nero let down the strings of government too low, or wound them up too high, ii. 297, 438, tires Vespasian at Alexandria with his insipid specu- lations, ii. 449, his affectation of retirement Apophthegms, an appendix of history Apophthegms, their use
Apothecaries, how they clarify their syrups, i. 247, their pots, how resembling Socrates ii. 443
Apothecaries incorporated by patent, vi. 278, and notes (a) and (b) Appetite, of continuation in liquid bodies. i. 253. Appetite of union in bodies, i. 350. Appetite in the stomach, ii. 9, what qua- lities provoke it ibid. Apple, inclosed in wax for speedy ripening, i. 360, hanged in smoke, ibid. covered in lime and ashes, ibid. covered with crabs and onions, ibid. Apple in hay and straw, i. 361, in a close box, ibid. Apple rolled, ibid. Apple in part cut besmeared with sack, i. 361, rotten apples contiguous to sound ones, putrefy them i. 365
Apple-cions grafted on the stock of a colewort . Apple-trees, some of them bring forth a sweet moss Aqua fortis dissolving iron
Aragon, kingdom of, is united with Castile, iii. 303, is at last natura- lized to prevent any revolts, iii. 304, causes of its revolt iii. 264 Archbishop of Vienna, his revelation to Lewis XI. Archbishops, how they came in use Archidamus retorts upon Philip that his shadow was no longer than before his victory
Arian heresy, the occasion thereof
Aristander, the soothsayer
Aristippus, his abject behaviour to Dionysius, ii. 439, his luxury. ii. 443, insulted by the mariners for shewing signs of fear in a tempest, ii. 447, his censure of those who are attached to parti- cular sciences . ii. 452 Aristotle mistakes the reason why the feathers of birds have more lively colours than the hairs of beasts, i. 246, his precept that wine be forborn in consumptions, i. 269, his reason why some plants are of greater age than animals, i. 271, his method of har- dening bodies with close pores, i. 284, full of vain-glory ii. 380 Arithmetic i. 108 Arms, the profession of them necessary to the grandeur of any
Army, a project of reinforcing it in Ireland, without any expense,
Arraignment of Blunt, Davers, Davis, Merick, and Cuffe, all con- cerned in lord Essex's treason; with their confessions, evidences against them, their defences, and answers thereto
iii. 179 Arrest, in what cases the constable has power to execute it iv. 313 Arrows, with wooden heads sharpened, pierce wood sooner than with iron heads, why
Arsenic used as a preservative against the plague
Art of war, its progress, improvement, and change
Arthur, prince, born, v. 19, married to Catherine, v. 156, v. 162,
dies at Ludlow-castle, v. 163, studious and learned beyond his years and the custom of princes
Artichokes, how made less prickly and more dainty, i. 405. Arti- choke only hath double leaves, one for the stalk, another for the fruit Arundel, lord, some account of him
Arundel, Thomas earl of, sworn of the council in Scotland, vi. 155, wishes lord viscount St. Alban well
Ashes in a vessel will not admit equal quantity of water, as in the vessel empty, i. 261. Ashes an excellent compost
Assassin, this word derived from the name of a Saracen prince,
Assimilation in bodies inanimate, i. 285, in vegetables
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