ii. 49, persons least apt to take it, ibid. Plagues caused by great putrefactions, ii. 50, preservatives against it ii. 49 Plagues from the putrefaction of grasshoppers and locusts, ii. 50, a great one in London
Plaister as hard as marble, its composition, i. 519, rooms newly plaistered, dangerous ii. 51 Plantagenet, Edward, son of George, duke of Clarence, v. 9, had been confined at Sheriff Hutton, by Richard III. ibid. shut up in the Tower, ibid. rumour that he was to be murdered in the tower, v. 19, 20, had not his father's title, but created earl of Warwick, v. 21, carried through London streets in procession on a Sunday, v. 26, seduced into a plot by Perkin to murder the lieutenant of the Tower, v. 153, 154, arraigned and executed on Tower-hill, v. 155, the male line of the Plantagenets ends with him ibid. Plantations of colonies encouraged by the Romans, ii. 326, the wis- dom of that conduct ibid. Plantations, ii. 335, how to be regulated with regard to speedy profit, and the people with whom you plant, ibid. with regard to soil, minerals, and produce, ii. 336, how the government, cus- toms, and buildings are to be directed, ii. 337, when to be planted with women, ibid. Plantations at home with regard to orchards, gardens, hop-yards, woods, &c. iii. 454, a farther regulation of foreign ones, iii. 456, fixing of them should proceed rather from the king's leave than command, iii. 457. See Ireland. Plantianus
Plane-tree watered with wine Plants, why of greater age than living creatures, i. 271, dignity of plants, i. 391, acceleration of their germination, ibid. et seq. the melioration of them divers ways, i. 397, et seq. cause why some die in winter, i. 403, sympathy and antipathy of plants, i. 411, et seq. utterly mistaken, i. 411. Plants drawing the same juices out of the earth thrive not together, i. 412, drawers of much nourish- ment hurt their neighbour plants, ibid. drawing several juices thrive well together, ibid. several instances of each, ibid. designations for further trials hereof, i. 413, 414, trial in herbs poisonous and purgative, ibid. Plants that die placed together, ibid. trial whe- ther plants will attract water at some distance, i. 416, 417, how rendered medicinable, i. 417, curiosities touching plants, i. 419, et seq. Plants will degenerate, i. 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, the several causes thereof, ibid. transmutation of plants, i. 425, 426, six designations thereof, i. 426, 427, 428, their several excres- cences, i. 429, et seq. prickles of trees, i. 434. Plants growing without seed, i. 435, 436, growing out of stone, i. 437. Plants foreign, i. 437, 438, removed out of hot countries will keep their seasons, i. 438, set in the summer season will prosper in colder countries, ibid. seasons of several plants, i. 438, 439, 440. Plants bearing blossoms, and young fruits and ripe fruits together, i. 440. Plants with joints and knuckles in the stalks, i. 442, the causes thereof, ibid. differences of plants, i. 443, some putting forth blossoms before leaves, ibid. others, leaves before blossoms, ibid. the cause of each, ibid. Plants green all winter, ibid. the cause, ibid. and 444. Plants not supporting themselves, i. 444, 445, the
cause of their slenderness, i. 445. Plants and inanimate bodies differ in four things, i. 449, 450. Plants and metals in three, i. 450. Plants and mouldiness, or putrefactions, wherein they differ, ibid. Plants and living creatures, their differences, i. 451, male and female in plants, ibid. Plants whereof garments are made, i. 453, 454. Plants sleeping, i. 454. Plants with bearded roots, ibid. Plants esculent, i. 456, 457, parts in plants that are nou- rishing, i. 457, seeds in plants more strong than either leaf or root, the cause, ibid. in some not, ibid. Plants with milk in them, i. 460. Plants with red juice, ibid. few plants have a salt taste, i. 461. Plants with curled leaves, i. 463. Plants may be translated into other regions, i. 466, yet they like some soils more than others, ibid. several instances thereof, ibid. Plants without leaves, i. 512, singularities in several plants i. 471, 472 Plates of metal assuage swelling ii. 28 Plato, ii. 436, taxes Diogenes's pride, ii. 438, his comparing So- crates to the apothecaries' drugs, ii. 443, his ridicule of Prodicus, ii. 313, 343
Plato, his notion that all knowledge was but remembrance Plea, what is properly the matter of one Pleadings, reasons for their being published.
Pleasure of the eye and ears, the effect of equality and good pro- portion
Pleasure and displeasure of the senses
Plenty in England remarkable in queen Elizabeth's time iii. 52 Plessis, Monsieur du, his book against the papal authority com- mended
Pliny's mixtures of metals almost forgotten, ii. 189, his account of the Roman mirrour, commonly looking-glass Plot, the powder-plot taken notice of
Plough followed, healthful
Plumb, of what colour the best, i. 421, the drier the better sort,
Pluralities, in what cases allowable, and in what not so, ii. 547, some remedies proposed to this abuse ii. 547, 548 Plutarch did not write the discourse De primo frigido, i. 278, his account of Augustus's visiting Alexander's sepulchre, i. 514, several observations of his, ii. 460, of fame and superstition, ii. 292, what he saith of Timoleon's fortune
Poisons, why attended with swellings, i. 366, of asps Poisoning of air
Poisoning, the particular heinousness of this sin set forth, iv. 473, uo example of this sin is to be found in Scripture, iv. 448, is made high treason, iv. 449, the great difficulty of getting clear proofs in cases thereof, as is shewn by examples, iv. 474, &c. the mon-
strous impiety of this sin, iii. 107, a design to poison queen Elizabeth is discovered
Poisonings by smells, ii. 50, caution touching poisoning Poisonous creatures love to lie under odorate herbs Poisons externally used draw venom
Poland, its state considered
Poor, concerning the ways of relieving them
Pole, William de la, brother to the earl of Suffolk, seized by Henry
VII. Politicians of the weaker sort great dissemblers, ii. 263, composition
of a complete one
Polycrates's daughter, her dream
Polyphemus's courtesy, to be last eaten up
Pomanders, or knots of powders, their uses Pompey, ii. 433, says duty is more necessary than life, ii. 440. Vide Cæsar, and ii. 375, how ruined by Cæsar Pons, Jasper, a Spaniard, the pope's commissioner in the jubilee year
Pont Charenton, the echo there Pope, that he has power of deposing and murdering kings, is a dan- gerous doctrine, iv. 421, the ill effects of this doctrine shewn in many instances, iv. 422, the little respect some princes have shewn to the pope, iv. 423, 424. Suarez's doctrine concerning his power over kings iv. 424, 425
Popes, what expected from them, when they affect the title of Pa- dre commune
Popham, speaker of the house of commons, and afterward chief
Post nati, of Scotland, their case argued, iv. 319, &c. the state of the question concerning them explained, ibid. their case, and that of the ante-nati, different, iv. 329, must be either alien, or natural born, iv. 329, confutation of the objections against them, as drawn from statutes, iv. 330, 331, or from book-cases, iv. 335, more argu- ments in defence of their being by law natural subjects of Eng- land, iv. 344, 345, a query whether they are natural-born sub- jects, iii. 299, though they are naturalized ipso jure, yet it is pro- per they should be so likewise by act of parliament iii. 301, 302 Postures of the body, i. 499, to be altered every half hour ii. 224 Potatoe roots, i. 267, potted, grow larger
Powder, white, without noise, seems impossible
Powders and liquors, their incorporation
Powder-treason surpasses all the barbarities of the heathens ii. 260
Powder and ammunition of all sorts we have at home iii. 451 Power sought by the loss of liberty, ii. 275. Power absolute and cannot conclude itself
Poynings, Sir Edward, sent with a navy in aid of Flanders, v. 84, takes Sluice and Bruges, ibid. sent to the archduke Philip to dis- miss Perkin, v. 102, sent to Ireland with a martial commission above the deputy, the earl of Kildare, iii. 298, v. 111, his famous law Praise, the reflection of virtue, ii. 378. Praise in excess raises envy, contradiction, &c. ii. 379 Prayer of the clergy, benefit thereof in cases of felony, iv. 109, the book of common-prayer, how to be respected, iv. 386, is compared with preaching, ii. 537, 538, a set form thereof commended, ii. 538, of what it ought to consist, ibid. of lord Bacon's, ii. 489, for a student, ii. 493, for an author, ibid. one made by Bacon when chancellor ii. 490 Præmunire, cases thereof, iv. 299, the proceedings, trial, punish- ment, &c. therein Prætors of Rome, great affinity between their office and our chan- cellor's iv. 487 Preachers, a proposal for sending some into the most ignorant parts of England, iii. 394, unfit ones not to be allowed, ii. 542, if want- ing, what remedies must be sought for, ii. 542, 543, not sufficient for every parish, ii. 647, stipends allotted for some in Lancashire,
Precious stones comfort the spirits Precipitation of metals, what. Prelates, when dangerous
Preparation of saffron, ii. 218, of garlic, ibid. of damask roses for smell ibid. Prerogative of the king in parliaments, iv. 301, in matters of war and peace, iv. 302, in matters of money, ibid. in trade and traffic, iv. 303, in his subjects persons, ibid. of the king and law, not to be considered separately, iv. 504, of the king, incommunicable, iv. 305, &c. what persons they ought to be who have this power committed to them, ibid, such authority delegated is derogatory to the king, iv. 306, and also very dangerous, iv. 307. See Ma- gistrate.
Πρεσβύτερος, is always distinguished from ἱερεὺς Presence, the advantage of a good one Preservation of bodies from corruption, i. 293. Preservation of fruits in syrups, i. 455, also in powders, 456, when to gather fruits for preservation, i. 456, also in bottles in a well, ibid. Pre- serving grapes long, ibid. another thereof way
Preservation is the chief law of nature.
Precedents, instances of the great reverence paid to them iv. 283 Pressure, what motion it causes in bodies
Prickles of trees and shrubs, i. 434, and animals
Priest, Christian ii. 89 Priest, the word to be changed to minister in our liturgy. ii. 539 Princes leaning to party, like a boat overset by uneven weight on one side, ii. 284, advice to them, ii. 289, resemble the heavenly bo- dies ii. 300 Princes cannot perpetuate their memory better, than by making good laws, as is shewn by comparison with their other works, and by examples, iv. 375, should take care to preserve each other's iii. 40 life and reputation, even in times of hostility. Principation of metals, ii. 200, whether any such thing or no, ibid. none such as sal, sulphur, and mercury Privileged officers, an interruption to justice as much as privileged places, v. 171. Privileges of members of parliament, when bur- densome
Privy counsellor's duty, iii. 445, 446. Privy council how to be
Privy counsellor, conspiring against his life how to be punished,
Probus, his scheme to reduce the army Procession, a pleasant observation upon one Proclamation of king James before the book of common prayer,
Proclamation drawn for his first coming in, iii. 239, touching his style,
Proclamation for a parliament, a draught of one Procreations by copulation and by putrefaction, ii. 41, the cause of each Profanations, how to be punished Prognostics for plenty or scarcity, i. 471, of pestilential years, i. 477, 499, ii. 2, 3, 4, and cold and long winters, ii. 4, 5, by birds, ii. 7, 8, of a hot and dry summer, ii. 4, 5, by the birds also, ii. 5, of winds, ii. 7, of great tempests, ii. 6, of rain, ii. 7, from living creatures, ibid, from water-fowls and land-fowls, from fishes, ii. 8, from beasts, ibid. from herbs, ibid. from aches in men's bodies, ibid. from worms and vermin, ibid. from the sweating of solid ibid. bodies Prolonging life, i. 266, what state of life conduceth most to its pro- longation, i. 350. Prolonging of life and restitution of youth, i. 237, four precepts for the prolongation of life, ii. 223, 224, 225 ii. 262, 288 Prometheus, an emblem of human nature Promises of God, concerning the redemption of man, manifested many ways Property in lands, how gained, iv. 97, by entry how gained, ibid. by descent how gained, iv. 99, 100, by escheat how gained, iv. 102, by conveyance how gained, iv. 117, several ways of gaining it in goods and chattels, iv. 125, three arguments of property, iv. 219 Prophecies, exclusive of revelation and heathen oracles, ii. 341,342, whence they derive their credit
Prophecies, spreaders thereof how to be punished Prophesying, what it was, ii. 543, much commended
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