Foresight, the wisdom of it

V. 458

Forest and chases, much good land recoverable from them, iii. 454
Forfeitures, how a property in goods is gained thereby iv. 128
Forfeitures, or fines, not to be anticipated or farmed out, iii. 464
Forgiveness is natural to generous minds
iv. 396

Forma pauperis, when to be admitted as a proper plea iv. 525
Forming of parts in young creatures

i. 256

ii. 314

Formalist worse for business than an absurd man
Fornication, the guilt and odiousness of it represented. ii. 107
Fortescue, Sir John, under-treasurer and chancellor of the ex-
chequer.
iv. 154, vi. 40
Fortitude, the true notions of it are lost, iv. 402, distinguishes
rightly between the grounds of quarrels
Fortune, like a market

ibid.

ii. 304

ii. 351

Fortune, ii. 350, though blind is not invisible, ibid. confidence and
reputation the daughters of Fortune
Fortunes, inequality between those of England and Scotland, iii. 298
Fossils, how they differ from plants, i. 450, their many medicinal

uses •

Foundations and gifts

i. 486

ii. 340

Fountains, with regard to the beauty and refreshment in gardens,

Fowle, Mr.

ii. 366

vi. 200

Fowls, water-fowls foreshew rain
Fowlys, Sir David, some account of him
Fox, bishop of Exeter, made counsellor to Henry VII. v. 17, made
lord privy-seal, and successively bishop of Bath and Wells,
Durham, Winchester, ibid. sent on embassage to James III. of
Scotland, v. 36, one of the commissioners of trade, v. 127, his
great diligence in opposing the king of Scots, v. 137, takes a
journey to Scotland about the breach of truce, v. 151, his cha-
racter,. v. 162, the main instrument of the marriage between the
lady Margaret and the king of Scots, v. 165, concludes the
match between Charles prince of Castile, and Mary second
daughter of Henry VII.

v. 184

ii. 17

Fragil bodies, ii. 16. Fragility, its cause
France, its flourishing state, v. 36. Vide Charles VIII.
France, the union of its duchies, &c. iii. 259, 260, king of, changes
his religion, iii. 236, its afflicted condition

iii. 55
Francis, duke of Britany, loses his memory, aud is under the direc-
tion of the duke of Orleans, v. 42, his death after his army was
beaten

Francis I. ii. 412, his noble nature

Francis, Matthew, serjeant at arms, has a quarrel with Mr.
Colles
Franckalmoigne, a sort of tenure, iv. 235, its origin and dignity,

Freedoms, of four kinds among the Romans, iii. 265,
managed after the union of England and Scotland
Freeholders of some manors, do hold by suit of court
French disease, its supposed original

Frenchmen hurt in the head, hard to cure, i. 519, wiser than they

seem

ii. 313
ii. 239

French king's titles, how they rival the emperor's
Friction, a furtherer of nourishment, i. 272, why it maketh the parts
more fleshy, ii. 33, why it impinguateth more than exercise,
ii. 34

Friends ought not to be forgiven, according to Cosmos duke of Flo-
rence, ii. 261, 262, the world a wilderness without Friends, ii. 315,
the manifold fruits of Friendship, ii. 317, 318, 319, 320, a false
friend more dangerous than an open enemy
Friendship.

Frier Bacon's illusion

iii. 431

ii. 314

i. 510

95,

Frion, Stephen, secretary in the French tongue to Henry VII. v.
gained by lady Margaret, v. 96, deserts Perkin

v. 142

Frogs in excess, why a sign of a pestilential year, i. 499, 500, the
fable of the frogs in a drought
ii. 236
Fruits, causes of their maturation, i. 358, several instances thereof,
i. 359, 360, 361, the dulcoration thereof by other means, ii. 26.
Fruit cut or pierced, rots sooner, i. 365, inlarged, how, 397, et
seq. Fruit pricked as it groweth, ripens sooner, i. 403, made
fairer by plucking off some blossoms, ibid. Fruit tree grafted
upon a wild tree, i. 404. Fruit, why dulcorated by applying of
swine's-dung, i. 407, also by chaff and swine's-dung mingled,
i. 408, enlarged by being covered with a pot, as it groweth, ibid.
Fruits compound, i. 410, 411. Fruits of divers kinds upon one
tree, i. 419. Fruits of divers shapes and figures, ibid. Fruits
with inscriptions upon them, i. 420. Fruits that are red within,
i. 422. Fruits coming twice a year, i. 439. Fruits made with-
out core or stone, i. 424. Trees with and without flowers and
fruits, i. 444, preserved, how, i. 455, 456. Fruits that have
juices fit and unfit for drink, i. 458. Fruits sweet before they be
ripe, i. 461, which never sweeten, ibid. Fruit blossoming hurt
by south winds

Fuel consuming little

Fuel consuming fast, i. 516. Fuel cheap

i. 467

i. 515

ibid.

Full of the moon, several effects of it, ii. 39, 40, trials for farther
observations

ibid.

Fullerton, Sir James, letter to him from the lord-keeper Bacon,

GABATO, Sebastian, a native of Venice living at Bristol, v. 149,
his reflections on the discoveries of Columbus, ibid. obtaining
a ship manned of Henry VII. the course he steered
Gad-fly

Gagvien, prior of Trinity in France, his speech to the council of
Henry VII. v. 69, disperses a libel in Latin verse against the
king at his going home

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v. 77

Galba, ii. 434, 256, 289, was thought fit for government till he had
power

Galen, his cure for the schirrhus of the liver
Galeot slain

ii. 278

i. 417

v. 53

i. 522

vi. 93, vi. 217

Galilæus; his opinion of the ebbing and flowing of the sea
Galileo

Galley-slaves, why generally fleshy

i. 499

Gaol delivery, the course of executing it, iv. 93, the office of
gaolers

Game, destroying of it, how to be punished
Gaping, a motion of imitation

Garcilazzo de Viega, descended of the race of the Incaes,

iii. 489

ibid.

Gardens, ii. 363, for all months in the year

Gardiner, bishop, ii. 425, a saying of his.

Gardiner, Sir Robert, a commendation of him

Garments, of what plants they be made

Garners, under ground, the best preservatives of corn
Garter, order of

Gavelkind, a custom in Kent, iv. 100. Gavelkind land is not
escheatable for felony

Gaul, a nation of, made capable of bearing offices, &c. in Rome,

iii. 263
Gaunt, the honourable retreat there by Sir John Norris. iii. 516
Gawen, Sir John

General words, that they ought not to be stretched too far in in-
tendments, is a good rule in law

Generation opposed to corruption, i. 364, they are nature's two
boundaries

Generating of some creatures, at set times only, of some

ibid.

at all

ibid.

ii. 56

i. 108

George, order of Saint, should do more than robe and feast, iii. 473,

Gerrard, Sir Thomas, vi. 177, recommended by the marquis of
Buckingham to the lord chancellor.

German mines having vegetables in the bottom

Germination of plants accelerated by several means, i. 391, 392,

393, 394, retarded by several means,

Giddiness why, after long sitting

Glass, why pressure upon the lip of it makes

Glass, the materials thereof in Venice, i. 513. Glass

water frisk,
i. 247, 248
out of the

sand, i. 517. Glass whether remolten it keepeth weight i. 526

the

Glass, how to be improved.
Globes at a distance appearing flat

i. 517
ii. 34

Glocester, statute of, relating to wastes of timber-trees, and pro-
perty in them explained
Glow-worms shine longer than they live, i. 370. Glow-worm, its
iv. 216, 224
nature and properties, i. 490. Glow-worms put in glasses under
the water, their use
i. 509
God, how many ways he is dishonoured in his church, iv. 384,
385, he only is eternal, ii. 481, is Father, Son, and Spirit, ibid.
his design of uniting his Son to man, and the wonderfulness of
that dispensation, ii. 482, resolved to create the world, ibid. cre-
ated all things good at first, ibid. governs all things by his pro-
vidence, ii. 483, revealed his will, in different degrees and man-
ners, at different times
Godfrey, bishop of Luca
Godfrey's case

ii. 484

vi. 81

vi. 400, 404

Gold, the making of it, i. 361, a work if possible, yet not rightly
pursued, ibid. discourse of a stranger touching the making of it,
i. 362, directions for the making of it. i. 363, directions of a trial,
i. 363, 364, several properties of Gold, ibid. Gold hath in it
the least volatile of any metal, i. 525, the making Gold scarcely
possible, ii. 191, will incorporate with quicksilver, lead, copper,
brass, iron
ii. 197
Gondomar, count de, his resentment against Sir Walter Raleigh,
vi. 202, insulted by the apprentices of London, ibid, and note (a)
sends his compliments to the lord chancellor, vi. 243, writes a
letter to his lordship, vi. 287, letters to him from lord St. Alban,
vi. 287, 344, 347, a great friend of his lordship, in no credit
with the prince of Wales or duke of Buckingham
vi. 354
Gondomar, his tale when our author was advanced to the great seal,
ii. 422, 423. Vide ii. 461, 462.
Gonsalvo, his character of a soldier
Goodere, Sir Henry

ii. 416

vi. 91, 117

Goodness of nature, ii. 280, has no excess but error, ibid. the seve-
ral signs or symptoms of it
ii. 281, 282
Goods stolen, if forfeited to the crown by felony, &c. cannot be
recovered by the owner
iv. 126
Gordon, Catherine, married to Perkin, v. 122, her commendations,
v. 146, taken and sent to the queen, and had an honourable al-
lowance

ibid.
Gorge, his confession relating to lord Essex's treason, iii. 188, 189,
another confession

Gorgias.

190
ii. 56

iii. 308

iii. 453

Goths, &c. their descent upon Rome
Government, its four pillars, ii. 285. Vide ii. 375, its charter of
foundation, iii. 485, they who cannot govern themselves not fit
to govern others
Government, four original causes thereof, iv. 323, &c. heredetary,
iv. 325, good ones compared to fair crystals, iv. 499, that ob-
servable in the great universe, a proper pattern for government
in state, iii. 259, all kinds of it lawful
ii, 529

Gout, order in curing it in twenty-four hours, i. 272, 273.
ii. 225, mineral bath prescribed for its cure

Vide
i. 521

Grafting of roses, i. 396, 397, a late coming fruit upon an early
fruit tree, i. 395, 396, 397. Grafts in great plenty.
i. 400
Grafting, whence it meliorateth the fruit, i. 404, some trees come
better from the kernel than the Graft, ibid. Grafting of trees
that bear no fruit, enlargeth the leaves, i. 409. Grafting of se-
veral kinds maketh not compound fruits, i. 410, doubleth flowers,
but maketh not a new kind, ibid. Grafting vine upon vine,
i. 468, 469
Grains of youth
ii. 217
Grammar-schools, the inconveniences of a great number of them,

iii. 392

Granada, almost recovered from the Moors, v. 73, the final con-
quest of it, v. 85, had been in possession of the Moors 700 years,

v. 86

vi. 363

ii. 440

Grandison, viscount
Granicum, battle of.
Grants of the king are not to be construed, and taken to a special
intent, iv. 47, of a common person, how far to be extended, ibid.
A distinction made between them and declarations, iv. 53, does
not prove the lessee's property in timber-trees, iv. 47, several
cases relating to them, iv. 441, 442, some rules concerning the
staying them, as proper or not so
iv. 489, 490
Grapes, how they may be kept long
Graziers, why they remove their cattle from mean to better pas-

tures

i. 456, 464

i. 401

Gravity, its increase and decrease, i. 260, 261, motion of gravity
within or at distance from the earth, i. 261. Vide i. 510, opinion
of moving to the centre, a vanity

Gray, lord, takes the Spaniard's fort in Ireland

Great Britain, the beginning of a history thereof.

Great offices and officers

i. 261
iii. 515

v. 196

iii. 445

ii. 328

ii. 23, 24

vi. 405

i. 422

Green, the general colour of plants

Greencloth, court of, ordained for the provision of the king's house-

hold

Greenness in some plants all winter, whence

iii. 252, 462
i. 443

Grenvil, Sir Richard, his memorable action in the Revenge, against
the Spanish fleet.

Gregory the Great, why traduced by Machiavel.

Greville, Sir Fulke, an account of him, v. 361, chancellor of the
exchequer, vi. 236. See Brooke.

Grief and pain, the impressions thereof

Grindal, his censure of physicians

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i. 491
ii. 431, 432

Groves of bays hinder pestilent airs, ii. 54, the cause of the whole-
some air of Antiochia

ibid.

Growing of certain fruits and herbs after they are gathered, whence,
i. 257, trial whether they increase in weight, ibid. Growing or
multiplying of metals
i. 524