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INDEX

THE ENGLISH PART,

ΤΟ

THE SIX FIRST VOLUMES.

COMPRISED IN

The Marks i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. denote the Volumes, and the
Figures the Pages.

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ABATOR, who is so called, iv. 99, how and when he may become lawful owner of another's lands ibid. vi. 92, 113, 117 ii. 15 iv. 389

Abbot, George, archbishop of Canterbury
Abecedarium naturæ

ii. 374

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ibid.

Abettor, several ways of becoming so Abilities, natural, like plants, want pruning Abjuration, in what cases a man shall be obliged to abjure the realm, iv. 300, several cases thereof, with the proceedings relatibid. 301 ing to them Absolution, whether that in our liturgy is not improper, ii. 539, is of two sorts only Absque impetitione vasti, the sense and meaning of this clause cleared up, and stated by the words themselves, by reason, by authorities, by removing contrary authorities, by practice, iv. 226 to 232, it gives no grant of property, iv. 227, how this clause came first to be used ii. 233 Academics, acknowledged by all sects to be the best Acceleration of time in works of nature, i. 355, in clarification of liquor, ibid. in several maturations, i. 358, as of fruits, ibid. of drinks, ibid. of metals, i. 362. Acceleration of putrefaction, i. 364. Acceleration of birth, 372, of growth or stature, ibid. three means of it, 372, 373. Acceleration of germination, i. 391, by three means, namely, mending the nourishment, i. 393, comforting the spirits of the plant, ibid. making way for the easy coming to the nourishment, ibid. Several pregnant instances thereof, i. 518 i. 394, et seq. Acceleration of clarification in wine Accessary, how one man may become so to the act of another done

iv. 228

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by his order

V.

79

Aches in men's bodies foreshew rain and frost
Acquests, new ones, more burden thau strength
Act, not to be confounded with the execution of the act, nor the
iv. 18

intire act with the last part of it, instances Act of parliament, a rule to be observed where that is donor, iv. 195, five acts relating to the distinction of the body natural and po

iv. 57

ii. 8

litic of the king explained, iv. 351, et seq. of 1 Jac. I. relating
to the punishment of witchcraft

iv. 386
ii. 346

Acting in song graceful

ii. 371

ii. 329

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 proper virtue
ibid.
Advice, how to be given and taken
Advice to Sir George Villiers

ii. 427

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Vide 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
Ægypt hath little rain, i. 511, Ægyptian conserving bodies, i. 513,

ibid.
iv. 16, 45, 50

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

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i. 388,

Equinoctial more tolerable for heat than the torrid zone,

three causes thereof

i. 389

ii. 240
i. 389

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
Aëtites, or eagle-stone
Ætna compensateth the adjacent countries for the damages it doth,

i. 312

i. 446
i. 519

Etna 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
Ayάлŋ, is always rightly translated charity in the Rhemish version,
ii. 539

ii. 371

iii. 429

Agaric works most on phlegm, i. 433, a spongy excrescence on the
roots of trees, ibid. 450, 459, a putrefaction
Agathocles

i. 480

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ii. 413

Age. See Youth.

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
ii. 355, 356
Agesilaus.
ii. 414

ii. 316

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Agrippa raised by Augustus
Agues cured by applications to the wrist, i. 289, proceed mostly
from obstruction of the humours
i. 366
iv. 104

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
Air and fire foreshew winds
Air, the causes of heat and cold in it, ii. 30, hath some degree of
light in it
ibid.
Air poisoned by art, ii. 50,why the middle region of it coldest, ii. 241
Albert Durer

ii. 55

ii.

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ii. 357

Alchemy, some remarks upon it

v. 312

Alchemists censured

i. 362

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Alcibiades, his advice to Pericles about giving in his accounts, ii.
449, beautiful

ii. 357

i. 247

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
laws
iii. 272, 273

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v. 141