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

VOL. II. OF THE LITERARY AND PROFESSIONAL WORKS.

BOSTON: PUBLISHED BY BROWN AND TAGGARD.

MDCCCLX.

PUBLIC LIBRARY

157081

ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS R 1921

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RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE:

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IN HENRICUM PRINCIPEM WALLIÆ ELOGIUM .

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The same translated into English

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IMAGO CIVILIS JULII CÆSARIS .

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IMAGO CIVILIS AUGUSTI CÆSARIS

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The same translated into English

43

ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS INSERTED BY BACON IN

A MANUSCRIPT COPY OF CAMDEN'S ANNALES

45

ESSAYS OR COUNSELS CIVIL AND MORAL

67

PREFACE

69

Of Truth

81

Of Death

84

Of Unity in Religion

86

Of Revenge

92

Of Adversity :

93

Of Simulation and Dissimulation

95

Of Parents and Children

99

Of Marriage and Single Life

. 101

Of Envy

103

Of Love

109

Of Great Place

111

Of Boldness

116

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Essays OR COUNSELS CIVIL AND MORAL — (continued.)

Of Goodness and Goodness of Nature

118

Of Nobility

121

Of Seditions and Troubles

123

Of Atheism

131

Of Superstition

135

Of Travel

137

Of Empire

140

Of Counsel

. 146

Of Delays

152

Of Cunning

153

Of Wisdom for a Man's self

158

Of Innovations

. 160

Of Dispatch

161

Of Seeming Wise

. 164

Of Friendship

165

Of Expense

174

Of the True Greatness of Kingdoms and Estates 176

Of Regiment of Health

188

Of Suspicion

190

Of Discourse

· 191

Of Plantations

191

Of Riches

. 198

Of Prophecies

203

Of Ambition

206

Of Masques and Triumphs

209

Of Nature in Men

211

Of Custom and Education

213

Of Fortune

215

Of Usury

218

Of Youth and Age

223

Of Beauty

225

Of Deformity

227

Of Building

228

Of Gardens

235

Of Negociating

245

Of Followers and Friends

247

Of Suitors

249

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EssAYS OR COUNSELS CIVIL AND MORAL — (continued.)

Of Studies

252

Of Faction

254

Of Ceremonies and Respects

256

Of Praise

258

Of Vain-Glory:

. 260

Of Honour and Reputation

263

Of Judicature

265

Of Anger

271

Of Vicissitude of Things .

273

APPENDIX TO THE ESSAYS ::

I. Fragment of an Essay on Fame .

283

II. Early Editions of the Essays :

Edition of 1597

287

Manuscript Collection

305

Edition of 1612 .

309

III. Essays attributed to Bacon without authority 383

DE SAPIENTIA VETERUM

. 403

PREFACE

405

Cassandra, sive Parrhesia

433

Typhon, sive Rebellis

434

Cyclopes, sive Ministri Terroris

. 436

Narcissus, sive Philautia .

438

Styx, sive Fædera

439

Pan, sive Natura

441

Perseus, sive Bellum

. 449

Endymion, sive Gratiosus

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