Marriage and single life, ii. 107. Marriage despised by the Turks, ibid. Marriage by the book, and not by the sword, v. 75, between the crowns of England and Scotland, how caused Marriage of wards, a political reservation of William the Conqueror,
Marrow more nourishing than fat, i. 266, of two kinds Marshal's office, what it is Marshalsea first erected, iv. 85, its design, jurisdiction, and extent thereof
Mart, letters thereof, how vain and dangerous a remedy of the Spa- iii. 338 nish grievances. Martin, Richard, esq. his letter to Sir Francis Bacon, vi. 120, ac- count of him ibid. note (a) Martin, lady, widow of Sir Richard Martin, her cause recommended to the lord chancellor by the marquis of Buckingham vi. 270 Martyrdom miraculous, because it exceeds the power of human ii. 391 Mary, second daughter of Henry VII. v. 176, married to Charles prince of Castile, afterwards Charles V.
Mary, queen, a conspiracy against her to kill her by a burning-glass,
Matrimony, what tempers best disposed for it Matthew, Mr. some account of him Matthew, Dr. Tobie, archbishop of York Matthew, Tobie, acts the part of the squire in the earl of Essex's device, vi. 22, note (b), letter to Sir Francis Bacon, vi. 91, ac- count of him, ibid. note (a), letters to Sir Francis Bacon, vi. 112, 115, 117, 200, 217, 241, 246, he advertises his lordship of a design of the Roman Catholics, vi. 327, a good friend of lord viscount St. Alban, vi. 348, letters to him from that lord, vi. 348, 352, 354, 355, arrives at Madrid, vi. 348, a petition of lord vis- count St. Alban put into his hands, vi. 372, letters to him from lord viscount St. Alban, vi. 394, 395, 396, his letter to that lord, vi. 395, his letter to him when attorney-general, vi. 91, he was son to the archbishop of York ibid. Maturation, i. 358, of drinks, ii. 14, of fruits, i. 358, 359, 360, 361, ii. 25. Maturation or digestion, how best promoted by heat, i. 359, 360, 361 Maule, Patrick vi. 188, 262 Maximilian, king of the Romans, v. 37, 40, unstable and necessitous, v. 46, encouraged by Henry VII. to proceed to a match with Ann, heir of Britainy, v. 65, and married to her by proxy, v. 67, but when defeated, his behaviour, v. 77, 78, disappoints king Henry VII. v. 88, his league with Henry VII. Maxims in law, several advantages of a collection of them, iv. 16, the method followed by our author in this collection, which is set down and explained by instances; doubtful cases in them cleared
up, where they take place, and in what cases they fail, iv. 16 to 81
Maxwell, James, wishes lord viscount St. Albans well vi. 371 Maxwell, Robert
vi. 192 May, Sir Humphry, chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, vi. 255, letters to him from the lord Bacon vi. 278, 374 Maynwaring, Sir Arthur. Mayor and companies of London receive Henry VII, at Shoreditch, v. 10, meet pope Alexander's nuncio at London-bridge, v. 141 Meats inducing satiety Meautys, Thomas, brought to kiss the king's hand, vi. 288, letters to the lord St. Alban, vi. 300, 302, 304, 314, 315, 319, 327,
Mecænas, his advice to Augustus, touching Agrippa Mechanics Mediator, the necessity thereof, ii. 482, the mystery of this dispen- sation
Medicines which affect the bladder, i. 288. Medicines condensing
which relieve the spirits
Medicinable herbs, i. 417, soporiferous medicines
Melancholy, preservative against it
Melancholy persons dispose the company to the like Melioration of fruits, trees, and plants
Melo-cotones, i. 400, grow best without grafting, i. 404, the cause thereof
Melting of metals, observations thereon Memory, the art of, i. 132, ii. 63, persons better places than words, ibid. Memory, how strengthened Men, are all by nature naturalized towards one another, Mendoza
Merchandises, an argument proving the king's right of impositions on them Merchandising, how to be ordered after the union of England and Scotland.
Merchants, their importance, ii. 299, how they convey blessings to any country, ii. 352, promoted by Henry VII. v. 51, 127, &c. negociations about them directed by queen Elizabeth, iii. 448 Merchants, several errors in their complaints about trade, iii. 332, &c. the hardships of those who trade to Spain and the Levant, ibid. they ought not to urge to a direct war upon account of their particular sufferings by the enemy, iii. 334, their injuries farther shewn to be not so great as represented, iii. 335, a report of the earl of Salisbury and earl of Northampton's speeches con- cerning their petition upon the Spanish grievances, iii. 330, to 347, are divided into two sorts, iii. 331, several considerations relating to them iii. 331, &c. Mercurial and sulphureous bodies i. 373
Mercy and justice the two supports of the crown, iii. 437, 443, iii. 452 Merick, Sir Gilly, the effect of what passed at his arraignment,
Meroë, the metropolis of Ethiopia Messages of the king, whether to be received from the body of the council, or from the king's person only, iii. 369, how far the authority of the king is concerned in this question, iii. 370, how far the house of commons is concerned in it also, ibid. from the king to the commons are to be received by their speaker, iii. 372 Metals, the colours they give in dissolution, i. 350, the causes thereof
Metals and plants, wherein they differ, i. 450, growing of metals, i. 524, drowning of metals, i. 525, refining of metals not sufficiently attended to, ii. 21. Metalline vapours hurtful to the brain, ii. 51 Metals, an inquisition touching the compounding of them, ii. 187, for magnificence and delicacy, ii. 189, drowning of metals, ii. 190, separation of them, ii. 199, 200, 201, variation of them, ii. 201, 202, 203, all metals may be dissolved, ii. 205, often fired and quenched grow churlish, and will sooner break than bow, v. 145. Bell-metal, how compounded, ii. 198, sprouting of metals, ii. 202, 205, tinging of metal, ii. 201, volatility of metals, its degrees, ii. 203, fixation of metals
Meverel, his answer touching minerals
Military men, when dangerous to a state, ii. 289, 300, love danger better than labour, ii. 327, had greater encouragement from the ancients than the moderns, ii. 330, how improved here, v. 62, 63 Military men, how to be punished if they go abroad without proper leave Military puissance consists of men, money, and confederates, iii. 531 Milk, warm from the cow, a great nourisher, i. 268, a remedy in consumptions, ibid. how to be used, ibid. cow's milk better than ass's or woman's milk, ibid. Milk in beasts how to be increased, i. 517. Milk used for clarification of liquors, i. 357, good to steep divers seeds in, i. 406, preserving of milk, i. 385. Milk in plants i. 460 Mildew on corn from closeness of air, i. 416, 469, but seldom comes on hills and champaign grounds Minced meat a great nourisher, i. 269, how to be used Mind, cultivation of i. 161, 177, 192 Minerals, i. 486, ii. 194, should be industriously followed, iii. 455 Minerals, questions and solutions about incorporating them, ii. 194 Mines, a law case relating to them between lessor and lessee, iv. 222 are part of an inheritance iv. 214
Ministry, equality therein in the church is condemned, ii. 512, an able one to be chosen, ii. 541, a very good method in training them up ii. 542, 548 Minorities, states often best governed under minorities, whence, i. 13
Minos, in what his laws were famous
Mint, a certificate relating to the scarcity of silver there
Miracles to be distinguished from impostures and illusions, ii. 91, the end of them, ibid. were never wrought but with a view to man's redemption
Misadventure, what it is, iv. 405, in case thereof cities of refuge prepared Misprision of treason, how a man becomes guilty thereof, iv. 293, the method of trial, punishment, and other proceedings relating thereto
Misseltoe, a particular account of it Mithridates
Mixture of solids and fluids diminishes their bulk, i. 261, what bo- dies mix best together i. 350, 353 Mixture of earth and water in plants, i. 374. Mixture of kinds in plants not found out, i. 410. Mixture imperfectly made, ii. 13, of liquors by simple composition ii. 213 Mixtures, concerning perfect and imperfect ones, iii. 264, two con- ditions of perfect mixture
Moisture adventitious, cause of putrefaction, i. 365. Moisture qua- lifying heat, the effect, i. 489. Moisture, the symptom of its abounding in human bodies, i. 478, 479. Moisture increased by the moon, ii. 38, 39, trial of it in seeds, ii. 39, in men's bodies, ii. 39, 40, force of it in vegetables i. 414 Mompesson, Sir Giles, censured for his severe oppressions, v. 451, vi. 187, 194 Monarchy without nobility absolute, ii. 282. Nebuchadnezzar's tree of monarchy, ii. 325, abridgment of monarchy to be master of the sea, ii. 329, elective and hereditary. iii. 500 Monarchical government, difference between it and commonwealths, iv. 322, commended, iii. 404, iv. 322, is founded in nature, iv. 322, two arguments in proof thereof taken from the patterns of it, found in nature and original submissions, with motives thereto ibid, &c. Monarchies, the poor beginnings of several taken notice of, iii. 307,
Money, like muck, not good, except it be spread, ii. 287, how far
ii. 324 Monies, upon the union of England and Scotland, to have the same image, superscription, &c. iii. 277, to counterfeit, clip, &c. the king's money, is high treason, iv. 388, the fineness of it an ad- vantage of queen Elizabeth's reign
Monopolies, their improvement, ii. 340, the cankers of all trading
Monopoly, a company so called, dissolved.
Monsters in Africa, their original
Montagu, Sir Henry, vi. 97, made lord chief justice of the king's bench, vi. 131, 189, 203, 226, made lord treasurer Montagu, Dr. James, bishop of Winchester
Montagu, bishop of Bath and Wells, some account of him v. 436 Montgomery, Philip earl of, vi. 302, commended for his honesty
Moon attractive of heat out of bodies, i. 279, means of the trial of ibid. it . Moon's influences, ii. 38, 39, 40, it increaseth moisture ii. 39 Moors eat no hares' flesh, ii. 454, of Valentia, their extirpation iii. 474 More, Sir Thomas, ii. 425, his pleasant way of repressing bribery, ii. 426. See ii. 451, 455.
Morley, lord, sent with 1000 men to aid Maximilian, v. 66, raises the siege of Dixmude, and is slain Morley, acts the part of the secretary of state, in the earl of Essex's device
Morrice-dance of heretics, a feigned title. Morsus diaboli, an herb, why so called Mortification proceeding from opiates, or intense colds. i. 366 Mortified parts by cold must not approach the fire, i. 520, eured ibid. by applying snow, ibid. or warm water Morton, John, bishop of Ely, made counsellor to Henry VII. v. 17, and archbishop of Canterbury, v. 17, his speech to the parlia- ment as chancellor about the affair of Brittany, v. 46, thought to advise a law for his own preservation, v. 55, grows odious to court and country, ibid. his answer to the French king's ambas- sadors, v. 74, his crotch or fork to raise the benevolence, v. 81, created cardinal, v. 85, reckoned a grievance by the people, v. 120, his death, v. 158, an inveterate enemy of the house of York ibid. Moss, a kind of mouldiness of earth and trees, i. 367, 450. Vide 429, 430, where it groweth most, i. 430, 431, the cause of it, ibid. what it is, ibid. Moss, sweet, ibid. in apple-trees, sweet, i. 431, ii. 12, in some other trees, i. 461, of a dead man's skull stanched blood potently ii. 70
Moth Mother, suppressed by burning feathers, and things of ill odour
Mother's diet affecteth the infant in the womb Motion hindereth putrefaction. Motion of bodies caused by pressure, i. 247. Motion of liberty, i. 248. Motion of gravity, i. 510. Motion of consent, i. 262, 274, ii. 30, 47. Motion in men by imitation, &c. i. 352. Motion after death, i. 389. Motion of attraction would prevail, if mo- tion of gravity hindered not, i. 487, a body in motion moved more easily than one at rest, why, i. 510. Motion of nexe, ii. 37, projectile motion, its cause
Montaigne, his reason why the lie given is so odious a charge, namely, because it implies a man's being brave towards 'God, and a coward towards men
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