ingham, to the lord chancellor, approving the proclamation for a
parliament, v. 548, Buckingham to the same, of the king's speech
to his parliament, ibid. Ihree to the king, imploring favour, v. 549.
et seq. to the prince of Wales, returning thanks for his favours, v.
552, to the king, returning thanks for his liberty, v. 553, to the
marquis of Buckingham, returning thanks for his good offices, v.
554, a memorial for his majesty's service, ibid, to the marquis of
Buckingham, soliciting him to stay at London, v. 556, to the king,
soliciting to be restored to favour, v. 558, Buckingham to the lord
St. Alban, with his majesty's warraut for his pardon, v. 559,
Buckingham writes three familiar letters to the lord St. Alban, v.
560, 561, the lord St. Alban to Buckingham, professing great
affection, and begging a kind construction of bis letters, v. 561, to
the marquis of Buckingham, concerning the staying his pardon
at the seal, v. 559, to the king, with his History of Henry the
Seventh, v. 562, to the marquis of Buckingham, high admiral of
England, with the History of Henry the Seventh, v. 563, lord St.
Alban to a Barnabite monk, about points in philosophy, v. 564,
to tbe king, imploring assistance, v. 566, to Mr. Matthew, em-
ploying him to do a good office with a great man, v. 571, to the
lord Digby, on his going to Spain, v. 572, to Mr. Matthew, con-
cerning sincere friendship, ibid. an expostulation to the marquis
of Buckingham, v. 573, Buckingham to the lord St. Alban, con-
cerning his warrant and access to the king, v. 575, to the mar-
quis of Buckingham, recommending Mr. Matthew, ibid. to the
duke of Buckingham, soliciting his favour, v. 577, Buckingham's
answer, ibid. to the duke of Buckingham, presenting the De aug-
mentis scientiarum, v. 578, Buckingham's answer, ibid. to the
duke of Buckingham, concerning his suit to his majesty for a full
pardon, and a translation of his honours after his death, v. 579,
Buckingham's answer, v.580, to the lord treasurer Marlborough,
expostulating about his unkindness and injustice, v. 582, to the
king, petitioning for a total remission of his sentence, ibid. answer
to the foregoing, by king James, v. 584, the lord viscount St. Al-
ban to Dr. Williams, bishop of Lincoln, concerning his writings,
&c. ibid. the bishop's answer, v. 585, to the queen of Bohemia,
with a discourse on a war with Spain, v. 587, to the marquis de
Fiat, relating to his Essays, v. 588, to the earl of Arundel and
Surry, just before his death, being the last letter he ever wrote,

v. 588
Letters patent, whether they might be given of the dignity of earl-

dom, without delivery by the king's own hand, v. 465, Brackley's
case relating to this query, with the other nearest precedents to
it

v. 474
Levant, concerning the trade thither, iii. 337, account of our mer-
chants sufferings therein

iii. 338
Leucadians, a superstitious usage among them

ii. 36
Lewis XI. of France, ii, 72, his secresy, ii. 317, makes peace with

Edward IV. v. 6, a design of his about their laws, iv. 368, 379
Lewis XII. stamped coins of gold with a motto, upon the kingdom's
being interdicted by the pope :

iv. 423
Lewis XII, notifies to Heory VII. his conquest of Milan, v. 158

.

.

.

.

Lewis, Mr. license granted to him

vi. 222
Lex regia, what it was

iv. 63
Ley, Sir James, lord Ley, lord treasurer, well affected to lord
viscount St. Alban's interest

vi. 379, and nole (6)
Libels, the females of sedition, and gusts of restrained liberty of
speech

V. 110
Libel, observations on one published anno Domini 1592, iii. 40,

the design of the author of it, iii. 45, would infuse groundless
fears of Spain into us, iii. 63, endeavours to stir up discontent in
the nation, on account of the uncertainty of succession to the
crown at that time, iii. 65, &c. many instances of the untruths
and abuses contained therein, iii. 92, &c. the great impudence
manifested therein ·

jii. 101
Libellers, are condemned by the law of nations

jj. 40
Liberties, what sort proper to allow to the uudertakers for the plan-
tation of Ireland

ii. 324
Licences for losses, are to be granted cautiously

iv. 525
Life, the taking it away how to be punished in several cases, iv. 390,
391, perpetual continuance of it no ways desirable

ji. 478
Life, by what courses prolonged

i. 350
Light, by refraction shews greater

i. 509
Lights over great, offend the eyes

ji. 31
Light comforteth the spirits, ii. 65, especially light varied, ibid.
Lignum aloes

ii. 39
Lincoln, Jobn, earl of, son of John de la Pole duke of Suffolk, aud

Elizabeth eldest sister of Edward IV. v. 27, intended for the
crown by Richard III. ibid. carefully watched by Henry VII.ibid.
sails into Flanders, ibid. lands in Lancashire, v. 30, slain in the
batile near Newark

v. 32,

33
Lincostis, an herb growing in the water

i. 462
Liquefaction, its cause

ji. 16
Liquetiable and not liquetiable, ii. 16, bodies that liquefy by fire,
ibid. others by water, ibid. some liquefy by both

ibid.
Liquors, infusions in them, i. 250, appetite of continuation in them,

i. 253, 350
Liquors, their clarification, i. 355,356, 357, 358, three causes there-

of, ibid. preservation of liquors in wells or vaults, i. 385. Liquors
compressed, ii. 29, their incorporation with powders i. 353
Liturgy, to be used with reverence, ii. 537, how to be composed,
ii. 538, the exceptions against ours are trifling,

ibid.
Liver, how to cure a schirrus of it, i. 417, huw opened,

ii. 217
Lives, a branch of civil history

i. 84
Livia, ii. 434, 439, sorted well with the policy of her husband,

and the dissimulation of her son, ii. 263, poisoned her husband,
ii. 298, iv. 475, secured her son's succession by false fames of
Augustus's recovery

ii. 396
Living creatures that generate at certain seasons only, i. 507, others

.

ji. 47

.

ii, 108

V. 33

Livy, bis description of Cato Major, ii. 350, his remark on Antio-
chus and the Ætolians

ii. 379, 380
Loadstone, its operation by consent
Logic

i. 132
London, contributed more than 9000l. to the benevolence of Henry
VII.

v. 81
Lopez, his design of poisoning queen Elizabeth, iii. 108, 109, holds

a correspondence with several in Spain on that account, iii. 109,
the method of his proceeding in that affair, iii. 109, 110, 111,
agrees to poison the queen for 50,000 crowns, iii, 114, his con-
trivances to keep concealed, ibid. a letter intercepted relating to

his plot, iii. 116, is discovered and convicted . iii, 116, &c.
Lopping trees, makes them spread and bushy

i. 398
Lot's offer
Love, the Platonist's opinion of it, ii. 57, procured by sudden
glances and dartings of the eye, ibid. without ends lasting, ii. 415,

V. 572
Love, who least liable to extravagant love, ii. 274, its tides, ibid.
nuptial, friendly, and wanton love

ii. 275
Lovelace, Leonard

vi. 246, 247
Lovel, viscount, attainted, v. 15, heads the forces against Henry

VII. v. 18, Aies into Lancashire, and sails to Flanders to the
lady Margaret, ibid. invades England with Irish and Dutch, v.

28, various accounts of his death
Low Countries, said to have the same succession of weather every
thirty-five years :

ii. 390
Low Countries, their afflicted condition, iii. 55, their defection from
the king of Spain

iii. 79, iii. 83
Low's case of tenures, iv. 233, whether his tenancy was in capite,

or io socage, ibid. arguments for its being in capile, iv. 233 10

242, the cases seemingly against it answered iv. 242, &c.
Lowder, Mr., solicitor to the queen, made one of the barons of the
exchequer in Ireland

vi. 156, 163
Lucciole, a fly in Italy shining like glow-worms.

i. 490
Lucky and unlucky

ü. 56
Lucretius's exclamation against religion, upon the sacrifice of Aga-
memnon

ii. 260
Lucullus entertains Pompey, îi. 440, why he calls Pompey a car-

rion crow, ii. 445, 446. Vide ii. 360.
Lunacy in children, how occasioned .
Lupins help both roots and grain
Lust, the impressions thereof .

ii. 70
i. 468

.

and find a truth, says the Spaniard, ii. 265, in transacting em.
bassies

ii. 380
Lye, our law condemned as not having provided a sufficient pu-
nishment for those wbo use this word, iv. 407. Francis I. of
France, made this word so disgraceful as it now is, ibid. Solon's
answer to one who asked him why he made no punishment for
this word, ibid. the civilians dispute whether an action of injury
will lie for it.

ibid.
Lying, in what kind of posture healthful

i. 499

M.

Mad dog

.

.

.

.

MACEDON, its glory founded in poverty, iii. 307, compared with
Spain •

üi. 76
Machiavel

ii. 280, 348, 389
Macro

ii. 344
Macrobius

ii. 400
Macrocephali

i. 256
Madness, a remedy for it

i. 251

i. 353
Magical operations

ii. 43, et seq.
Magic

i. 109
Magic, natural ii. 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54
Magic of the Persians, our author's opinion concerning it, iii. 257
Magistrates subordinate, directions for their conduct, iv. 84, can.

not be invested with the personal prerogative and power of the
king

ibid, &c.
Magnalia naturæ .

i. 237
Mahomet

ii. 279
Mabometans, who propagate religion by the sword, yet use therein
no secret murders

.

Mandeville, lord, a letter to him and lord chancellor Bacon from the
marquis of Buckingham

vi. 264
Mandrakes, the ill use made of them

i. 454
Manna, i. 416, of Calabria best and most plentiful

i. 518
Manners, how far a union of them in kingdoms is to be desired,

iii. 265
Manors, how at first created, iv. 106, whence they had their name,

ibid.
Mansell, Sir Robert, committed to the Marshalsea, and brought

before the council-table, vi. 65, 68, and note (b), his account
brought in slowly in the king's opinion

vi, 208, 297
Manslaughter, what it is, and its punishment, iv. 83, our law makes

a difference very justly between it and murder in malice pre-
pense

iv. 404, 405
Manuel Andrada practised the death of Antonio king of Portugal,

comes into England, and is thereupon apprehended iii. 111
Manufactures, workers thereof how punishable, unless they have
served seven years' apprenticeship

iv. 394
Manufactures, foreign, should be prohibited where the materials are

superfluities, v. 171, our own should be encouraged, iii. 455.

Manufactures of old generally wrought by slaves • ii. 327
March, towards the end, the best discoverer of summer sickness, ii. 3
Marchers, lordships, abolished by statute of 27 Henry VIII. iv. 258,

court of Marches maintained its jurisdiction, ibid. what meant by
the word Marches, ibid. is as old as Edward IV th's time, iv. 259,
the extent of it, ibid, &c. the intention of the king in the election
of it, ibid, the sense of the word Marcbes settled by several ar-
guments, and its authority justified, iv. 260, 261, 262, argu-
ments to prove that it signifies lordships Marchers, iv. 261, 276, a
confutation of those arguments, iv. 262, 276, different significa-
tions of Marches, with the arguments in defence of them, iv. 262,
&c. the whole debate upon this matter summed up, iv. 271 to
284, statute of 34 of Henry VIII. relating to the Marches ex-
plained, iv. 271. Marches distinguished from lordships Marchers,
iv. 276, several arguments collected together on this head, which
were unanswered

iv, 277
Marcbio, a marquis, whence derived .

iv. 257
Margaret, lady, v. 18, second sister of Edward IV. and dowager of

Charles the Hardy, duke of Burgundy, v. 28, had the spirit of a
man, and the malice of a woman, ibid. raises the ghost of the se-
cond son of Edward IV. v. 91, reflected on by Dr. Warham,
v. 103, not mentioned in the account of Perkins's examination,

v. 148
Margaret, eldest daughter of Henry VII. married to James IV. of
Scotland, v. 165, her line succeeds to the crown

v. 196
Maritime countries need not fear a surcharge of people iii. 295
Markham, Gervase, esq. his quarrel with lord Darcy vi. 132
Marl, wby esteemed the best compost

i. 445
Marlborough, lord, made treasurer

582
Marriage recommended, ii. 106, the laws and conditions of mar-
riage