Nisi prius, is a commission directed to two judges, iv. 95, the me-
thod that is holden in taking Nisi prius, ibid. the jurisdiction of
the justices of Nisi prius, iv. 96, the advantages of trials this way,
ibid.

Nitre, or salt-petre, i. 255, 258, whence cold, i. 279. Nitre, good
for men grown, ill for children, i. 373. Nitrous water, i. 376,
scoureth of itself, ibid. Nitre mingled with water maketh vines

sprout

i. 402

Nitre, upon the sea-sands
i. 515
Nobility, the depression of them makes a king more absolute, and
less safe, ii. 299, 470. Nobility, ii. 282, attempers sovereignty,
ibid. should not be too great for sovereignty or justice, ibid. too
numerous causeth poverty and inconvenience to a state, ii. 283,
reason why they should not multiply too fast, ii. 325, 326, their
retinues and hospitality conduce to martial greatness, ii. 325.
Nobility, how to be ordered after the union of England and Scot-
land, iii. 280, the state of them in queen Elizabeth's time, iii. 67,
their possessions how diminished, ibid. how to be raised and ma-
naged in Ireland after its plantation
Noises, some promote sleep

Non-claim statute ⚫

iii. 323

i. 503

v. 61

Non-residence, is condemned, ii. 546, the usual pleas for it, ibid.
&c. the pretence of attending study thereby more in the univer-
sities, removed, ii. 547, several other pleas removed ". ibid.
Norfolk, duke of, plots with the duke of Alva and Don Guerres, to
land an army at Harwich

v. 286

iii. 88
Norris, Sir John, makes an honourable retreat at Gaunt, iii. 516
Northampton, earl of, some account of him
Northumberland, earl of, slain for demanding the subsidy granted
to Henry VII.
Northumberland, earl of, conveys the lady Margaret into Scotland,

• v. 57, 58

v. 165

Northumberland destroyed with fire and sword by James IV. in
favour of Pekin
Notices, doctrine of

v. 126
i. 115, 116

Notions, all our common ones are not to be removed, as some ad-
vise

Nourishing meats and drinks, i. 266, et seq.
plants

Nourishment, five several means to help it, i.
Nourishment mended, a great help

v. 313

Nourishing parts in

i. 457

Novum Organam, Wotton's commendation of that book, v. 542,
presented to the king, with a letter, v. 535, the king's and Mr.
Cuffe's remarks upon it

Numa's two coffins, i. 514, a lover of retirement

Nurseries for plants should not be rich land

vi. 253

ii. 314

i. 401

Nuisance, matters of, how to be punished by the constable, iv. 312,
several instances thereof, and how they are to be punished, iv. 393

OAK-LEAVES have honey-dews, probably from the closeness of
the surface, i. 416, an old tradition, that oak-boughs put into the
earth bring forth wild vines, i. 425. Oak-apples, an excrescence
with putrefaction.

i. 435
ibid. our

iii. 450

Oak bears the most fruits amongst trees, i. 458, the cause,
oaken timber for shipping not to be equalled
Oath ex officio, is condemned, ii. 536, 537, a new oath of allegiance,

v. 308,

Obedience, two means of retaining conquered countries in it, iv. 342
Objects of the sight cause great delight in the spirits, but no great
offence, ii. 32, the cause

.

. ibid.

Ocampo, the Spanish general in Ireland, iii. 526, taken prisoner,

Odours, infusions in air, i, 252. Odours in some degree nourishing,

ii. 54

Officers in court, ministerial, how to be treated, iii. 463. See Great
Officers.

Officers of the crown, how to be ordered after the union of Eng-
land and Scotland

Oil, whether it can be formed out of water

iii. 279, 280

i. 373, 374
Oily substances and watery, i. 369, commixture of oily substances
prohibiteth putrefaction, i. 369,370, turning of watery substances
into oily, i. 374, a great work in nature, ibid. some instances
thereof, ibid. Oil of sweet almonds a great nourisher, i. 268,
how to be used
. ibid.
Ointment, fragrant, ii. 226. Ointments shut in the vapours, and
send them powerfully to the head, ii. 46, said to be used by
witches, ii. 69, preserving ointments

Old trees bearing better than the same young

Old men conversing with young company live long

Onions shoot in the air

ii. 217

i. 459

ii. 56

i. 257

Onions made to wax greater, i. 408, in growing carry the seed to

Opium, how to abate its poisonous quality, i. 252, inquired into,
i. 279, hath divers parts, i. 290, causes mortification, i. 366.
Vide i. 461.

Oquenda, Michael de, the Spanish admiral, lost .. iii. 520
Orange-flowers infused, i. 251. Orange-seeds sown in April will
bring forth an excellent sallad-herb

Orange, prince of, is murdered by the papists

Orators, were as counsellors of state among the Athenians
Orbilius

i. 438

iv. 446

iii. 76

ii. 56

ibid.

Order in curing diseases
i. 272
Orders in chancery, are to be registered, iv. 515, a copy of them is
to be kept by the register, ibid. where they vary from general
rules, they are to be set down with great care
Ordinances made for the court of chancery
Ordinary, in what cases he shall administer
Ordination, more care ought to be taken therein

iv. 509, &c.

iv. 130

ii. 544

Ordnance, its antiquity, ii. 392, called by the Macedonians, thun-
der, lightning, and magic

Orleans, duke of, v. 42, routed and taken
Ormond, earl of, v. 76. Thomas, earl of .
Ormond, Walter, earl of

ibid
V. 52

V. 88

vi. 207, 208, 213, 214

ii. 430

ii. 29

v. 283

Ormus taken from the Spaniard by the Persian
Orpheus

Orris, only sweet in the root
D'Ossat, cardinal, a writing of his upon king James's accession

Ostrich, ran some space after her head was struck off, i. 390, lays
her eggs in the sand to be hatched by the sun's heat ii. 25
Otho, when he slew himself, many followed the example, whence,
ii. 256

Ottomans, when they first shaved the beard, ii. 432, when divided,
v. 73, without nobles, gentlemen, freemen, or inheritance, iii. 477
Overbury, Sir Thomas, several charges relating to his murder, iv.
447, some account of him, iv. 449, of the manner of his being
poisoned, iv. 450, the proceedings of the king in the discovery
and punishment of his murder, commended, iv. 450, 458, some
account of his death, iv. 459, how it came to be discovered, ibid.
a narrative of the proceedings in poisoning him, iv. 478, great
friendship between him and the earl of Somerset, and the occa-
sion of the breach that was made between them, iv. 447, he was a
mau of no religion, iv. 478, he deters Somerset from marrying the
countess of Essex, ibid. the proofs urged of Somerset's guilt in
poisoning him, iv. 479, 480, 481, he had all the king's business
put into his hands by Somerset, iv. 483, he is murdered rather for
fear of revealing secrets, than from shewing his dislike to Somer-
set's marrying lady Essex, ibid. the plot to murder him, iv. 483,
484, 485, letter to him from the earl of Somerset, vi. 69, passages
of his letter to the earl, vi. 98, insolent to the queen and prince,
ibid. his cypher with the earl, vi. 99, poisoned
vi. 106
Outlawry, of an attainder thereby, and its consequences, iv. 108, how
far the lord's title by escheat in this case shall relate back, iv. 110
Owen, condemned for traitorous speeches
vi. 80, note (a)
Owen, the charge against him for maintaining the doctrine of kill-
ing excommunicated kings, iv. 440, some farther particulars con-
cerning his cause

v. 351
i. 432

Ox-horn, whether it will ripen seeds
Oxford, John earl of, designed general, v. 30, created such under
the king for the French expedition, v. 88, commands in chief at
Blackheath, v. 133, made high steward for the trial of the earl of
Warwick, v. 155, a monstrous account of the king's usage of him,

v. 163

Oxford, Mr. Bacon's letter to that university

vi. 142

vi. 368

Oxford, Henry Vere, earl of, letter to him from the lord viscount
St. Alban
Oxidraces, a people of India, ii. 392, had ordnance in the time of
the Macedonians

ibid

P.

PACKER, John, vi. 101, and note, (c) an ancient friend of lord
Bacon

Paget, lady

Pain and grief, the impressions thereof

Painting of the body, barbarous people much given to it
Palace, one described

vi. 297

ii. 404

i. 491

i. 501

ii. 360, 361, 362, 363
Palatine, Frederic count, letter to him from the lord chancellor,

Palatinate, king James seems resolved to recover it.
Paleness proceeds from the blood running to the heart
Palliation in diseases

Palm-tree, a strange relation of its growth

vi. 221

i. 451, 452

Pamphlets, advice to suppress several scandalous ones about reli-

Pantomimi, their exact imitation
Paper chambletted .
Papists, concerning the proceedings against them under queen Eli-
zabeth, iii, 72, laws made against them, with the reasons thereof,
iii. 73, have been guilty of frequent treasons, conspiracies, &c.

Paradoxes relating to the belief and practice of every good Chris-

tian

ii. 494, &c.

Parents finding an alteration upon the approach of their children,
though unknown to them

ii. 56
Parents and children, ii. 266, their faults in their education, ii. 267,
those that have children have the greatest regard to future
times

Paris, our author there at his father's death, ii. 72. Paris, our au-
thor there when he was about sixteen, ii. 75, the massacre there,
ii. 407, 260
Parisatis, poisoned a lady by poisoning one side of a knife, and
keeping the other clean

Parker, Sir James, slain by Hugh Vaughan, at tilts
Parliament court superlative, iii. 443, by the king's authority alone
assembled, ibid. their bills are but embryos till the king gives
them life
Parliament, consultations in it in the first year of king Charles I.
vi. 375-379
Parliaments, how to be managed after the union of England and

iii. 520

i. 278

Scotland, iii. 278, the difference between those of England and
Scotland in the manner of making propositions, iii. 278, 279, are
the great intercourse of grace between king and people, et vice
versa, iv. 430, several things relating to their institution and use,
iii. 407, four points considered relating to the business of them,
v. 532, liberty of them necessary
. iii. 369
Parma, prince of, attacks Sir John Norris, iii. 516, one of the best
commanders of his time, iii. 518, blamed by the Spaniards, iii.
519, was to have been feudatory king of England
Parmenides's tenet, that the earth is primum frigidum
Parmenio, his rough interrogatory to Alexander
Parrots, their power of imitation
Parts in living creatures easily reparable, and parts hardly repar-
able, i. 272. Parts of living creatures severed, their virtues in
natural magic, ii. 74, four parts of a judge
ii. 384
Passions of the mind, their several impressions upon the body, i.
490, et seq. all passions resort to the part that labours most, i.
494, all passions conquer the fear of death, ii. 255, in excess de-
structive of health

Pastimes and disports, how far allowable in courts
Patents, the freest

ii. 441, 442

i. 336

ii. 331

iii. 464

ii. 244

v. 503, 504

ibid.

Patents, some proceedings in the passing them
Patrick, an Augustin friar, makes a counterfeit earl of Warwick, v.
154, condemned to perpetual imprisonment.
Patrimony of the church, not to be sacrilegiously diverted iii. 437
Patrimonies of the crown, how to be managed after the union of
England and Scotland

iii. 283

iii. 263

Paul, St. a Roman by descent
Pawlet, Sir Amyas, his censure of too much haste ii. 427, 428
Peace containeth infinite blessings, ii. 258, two instances of a false

one ·

ii, 259

Peace, what care is taken by our laws to preserve it among the sub-
jects, iv. 83, 84, the breach of it how to be punished, iv. 312,
king James's care to maintain it, iv, 437, of England, was remark-
able in queen Elizabeth's times, iii. 51, mock articles relating to
one, imagined to be proposed by England to Spain, in a libel, iii.
91, articles relating to one that would be just between England
and Spain, ibid. has very often ill effects flowing from it iii. 319
Peacham, Edmund, interrogatories of his examination about his
reflections on king James, v. 336, his denial in and after torture,
v. 337, his case similar to Algeruon Sydney's, v. 338, his exami-
nation at the Tower, v. 356, whether his case be treason or not,
v. 357, vi. 78, 79

i. 404, 422

Peaches prove worse with grafting, why
Peacock, Mr. examined, vi. 239, personates Atkins
Pearl, said to recover colour by burial in earth
Peers of England are to be trusted without oath or

Pembroke, lord, some account of him

vi. 241

i. 383

challenge,
iii. 168

ii. 417

iii. 504

v. 362

Pembroke, William earl of, sworn of the council in Scotland, vi. 155,

his character

vi. 362