THE

WORKS

OF

FRANCIS BACON,

BARON OF VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST. ALBANS, AND

LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND.

Collected and Edited

BY

JAMES SPEDDING, M. A.

OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE;

ROBERT LESLIE ELLIS, M. A.

LATE FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE;

AND

DOUGLAS DENON HEATH,

BARRISTER-AT-LAW; LATE FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE

VOLUME XII.

BEING

VOL. II. OF THE LITERARY AND PROFESSIONAL WORKS.

BOSTON:

PUBLISHED BY BROWN AND TAGGARD.

M DCCC LX.

PUBLIC LIBRARY 15708A

ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS R

1921

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RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE:

STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY

H. O. HOUGHTON.

CONTENTS

OF

THE TWELFTH VOLUME.

LITERARY WORKS-CONTINUED.

IN HENRICUM PRINCIPEM WALLIE ELOGIUM .

The same translated into English

IMAGO CIVILIS JULII CÆSARIS.

The same translated into English

IMAGO CIVILIS AUGUSTI CÆSARIS

The same translated into English

ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS INSERTED BY BACON IN

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ESSAYS OR COUNSELS CIVIL AND MORAL-(continued.)

Of Goodness and Goodness of Nature

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ESSAYS OR COUNSELS CIVIL AND MORAL (continued.)

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III. Essays attributed to Bacon without authority

DE SAPIENTIA VETERUM .