Beads of several sorts commended Beaks of birds cast ii. 66 i. 504 Bearing in the womb, in some creatures longer, in some shorter, i. 508 Bears, their sleeping, i. 270, ii. 41, breed during their sleeping, ii. 41. Bear big with young seldom seen ibid. Beasts, why their hairs have less lively colours than birds' feathers, i. 246, 247, 287. Beasts do not imitate man's speech as birds do, whence, i. 335, 336. Beasts communicating species with or resembling one another, i. 472, the comparative greatness of beasts and birds with regard to fishes, ii. 23, 24, greater than birds, whence ibid. Beasts that yield the taste or virtue of the herb they feed on, i. 417, their bearing in the womb i. 507 Beauty and deformity, ii. 357, 358, the relation of beauty to virtue, ii. 357, when good things appear in full beauty ii. 240 Becher, Sir William, vi. 116, resigns his pretensions to the provostship of Eton vi. 345, note (a) v. 436 Bedford, duke of, v. 12. See Jasper. Bedford, lady, some account of her Beer, how fined, i. 356, 357, 358, improved by burying, i. 383, capon beer, how made, i. 266, 267, a very nourishing drink ibid. Bees humming, an unequal sound, i. 317, their age, i.483, whether they sleep all winter Beggars, the ill effects from them i. 504 iii. 391 Behaviour of some men like verse, in which every syllable is measured, ii. 377, should be like the apparel, not too strait ii. 378 Belfast, lord vi. 360, 363, and note (ƒ) Bells, why they sound so long after the percussion, i. 303, 304, ringing of them said to have chased away thunder and dissipated pestilent air, 305. See i. 343, Bells, what helps the clearness of their sound ii. 190 Bellum sociale, between the Romans and Latins, with the occasion of it iii. 302 Benevolence, a contribution so called, made of money, plate, &c. to king James I. with the occasion of it, iv. 429, v. 81, 172, &c. letters sent to the sheriffs, to bring the country into it, iv. 431, great care taken to prevent its being looked on as a tax, or being drawn into precedent; with reasons in justification thereof, iv.431, 432, 433. Oliver St. John's complaints against it, with his papers relating thereto condemned in several particulars iv. 433, 434 Benbow, Mr. vi. 301 Bennet, Sir John Bernardi, Philip Bertram, concerning his murdering of Tyndal, v. 452, his case,v. 554 Bertram, John, his case, vi. 133 Bevers, lord, admiral of the arch-duke and note (e) v. 127 ii. 416 Bill of review, in what cases to be admitted in chancery, iv. 509, &c. of an immoderate length, is to be fined in chancery, iv. 517, that is libellous, or slanderous, or impertinent, to be punished, iv. 518 Bills and beaks sometimes cast. i. 504 vi. 245 iii. 337 Bingley, Sir John, his answer in the star-chamber Bingley turns pirate, and his ship is taken in Ireland Bion, his reproof to an envious man, ii. 418, esteemed an atheist, ii. 437, reprimands the dissolute mariners in a tempest ii. 448 Birds, why their feathers have more orient colours than the hairs of .. i. 247, 287 beasts Birds have another manner in their quickening than men or beasts, i. 288. Birds only imitate human voice, whence, i. 336, why swifter in motion than beasts, i. 474, in their kinds, why less than beasts or fishes, ii. 23, 24. Birds have no instruments of urine, i. 473, the swiftness of their motion, i. 474, have no teeth, i. 504, among singing birds the best, ii. 23, birds carnivorous, not eaten, ii. 27 Birth of living creatures, how many ways it may be accelerated, i. 372 ii. 427 Bishop taken armed in battle • Bishops, their wrong conduct often occasions controversies in the church, ii. 506, of England answered, ii. 507, 512, ought not lightly to be spoken ill of, ii. 506, 507, when any were anciently excommunicated, their offence was buried in oblivion, ii. 508, ill ones censured by the fathers, ibid. whether the present practice of exercising their authority alone by themselves be right, ii. 531, how they came by this authority, ii. 532, 533. Government of the church by bishops commended, ii. 531, in causes that come before them they should be assisted by the other clergy, ii. 533, should have no deputies to judge for them, ii. 534, the causes . ii. 536 which they are to judge of Bitumen, a mixture of fiery and watery substance, i. 519, mingled with lime, and put under water, will make an artificial rock, ibid. Black the best colour in plums i. 421 Blackheath, battle there between Henry VII. and the Cornish rebels .. Blacks, or tawny-moors, their coloration Blackstones, Sir Thomas. Bladders dry, will not blow, &c. v. 134 i. 389 vi. 181 i. 370 Blasphemy ought to be chastised by the temporal sword ii. 260, of the devil. Blear eyes infectious . ibid. ii. 52 Bleeding of the body at the approach of the murderer Blister on the tongue. i. 385 cold, i. 366, hath saltness i. 461 ii. 71 Blois, an experiment about improving milk there Blood, five means of stanching it, i. 276, why it separateth when Blood draweth salt . . Blood of the cuttle-fish, why black, i. 502, one who hath had his hands in blood, fit only for a desperate undertaking. Blood-stone, said to prevent bleeding at the nose VOL, VI. 2 F ii. 349 ii. 68 Blunt, the effect of what passed at his arraignment, iii. 179, &c. his confession relating to Essex's treason, iii. 144, 195, a second confession, iii. 196, another made at the bar, iii. 204, his speech at his death Blushing, how caused iii. 206 ii. 32, i. 493 Blushing causeth redness in the ears, not in the eyes, as anger doth, ii. 32, the cause of each ibid. v. 287 i. 117 Bodley, Sir Thomas, some account of him Boletus, an excrescence on the roots of oaks Bolus Armenus, coldest of medicinal earths i. 475 ii. 25, 26 ii. 280 i. 459 v. 89 i. 486 Bones, i. 476, 477, the most sensible of cold, i. 476, why brittle in sharp colds, i. 477, in what fishes none, i. 504, one in the heart of a stag Bonham, his case i. 505 vi. 400, 405 Books proper to assist students in reading the common law, much Bottles under water preserve fruit a long time i. 400 Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury, entertains Henry VII. V. 12 Bourchier, Sir John, one of the hostages left at Paris, by Henry VII. Bow, Turkish Bowling, good for the stone and reins V. 16 i. 487 ii. 374 Bracelets worn, which comfort the spirits, ii. 66, their three several . . ibid. Brackenbury, lieutenant of the Tower, refuses to murder Edward V. . v. 99, 100 vi. 144, 145 Brackley, viscount, created earl of Bridgewater Brass much heavier than iron Brass, sanative of wounds. Brass-plates assuage swelling. ii. 39 ii. 189 i. 520 ii. 28 Brass ordnance, the advantage of them, ii. 188. Brass plates less Bravery stands upon comparisons . ibid. ii. 379, 380 Bray, Sir Reginald, clamoured against, v. 130, noted to have the i. 347 Bremingham, his relation of what Tyrone said to him about con- Bresquet, jester to Francis I.. Brewing neglected in many countries iii. 146 ii. 430 i. 488 Bribery, our author is apprehensive of being charged therewith, iv. ibid. vi. 238 Brittle bodies, why they shiver at a distance from the pressure, i. 248 Brograve and Branthwayt, recommended by lord keeper Puck- vi. 5 Bromley, Edward, baron of the exchequer vi. 133 Brooke, Robert, lord, sent at the head of 8000 men in aid of Bri- v. 53 Brooke, Fulk Grevile, lord, looks over the manuscript of lord Ba- Bubbles rise swift in water from the pressure or percussion of the 2 F2 water, i. 253. Bubbles and white circles froth on the sea, ii. 6, meet on the top of water. Buchanan, his history of Scotland. i. 311 Bucket, its increase of sound in the bottom of a well v. 289 Buckingham, George, earl, &c. of. See Villiers. Bullet, its motion Bulls from the pope are forbid in England ii. 360 i. 302 iii. 73 Burgess, Dr., is restored to preach, and made rector of Sutton- v. 435 iv. 100 Burgh, English, a custom in Boroughs so called Burning some vegetables upon the ground enricheth it Burrage-leaf, infused, represses melancholy, and removes madness, Burying hard and soft bodies in earth, its effects i. 382 ii. 280 Business compared to the roads, ii. 433, how best forwarded, ii. 303, CABINET Counsels, their introduction |