Elizabeth-continued.

Bull of excommunication against
her, 3 note. 36. 98. 179.
Negotiation for her projected mar-
riage with Anjou, 7. 28.
Bacon commended to her by Sir
Amias Paulet, 8.

Her art in bestowing favours, 11.
Association in defence of her life, 37.
Her policy relative to the Noncon-
formists, 38.

Its results, 39.

Contents of the Book entitled 'The
Felicity of Queen Elizabeth,' 44
note.

Letter of advice to her, touching

the course to be taken for protec-
tion against enemies at home and
abroad, 47-56.

Provisions of Act for her safety, 61.
Reflections upon her conduct rela-

tive to the execution of Mary,
Queen of Scots, 63, 64.

Offer of benevolence from the House
of Commons declined, 66, 130,
177.

Her proceedings towards the oppo-

site religious factions, 97-101.
177-183.

Her early patronage of Essex, 104.
Her cares confined to her own
people and her own times, 105.
Bacon's discourse in praise of her,
126-142.

Her courage, 126, 127.
Her disinterestedness, 127.

The benefits of her reign to her sub-
jects, 129-132.

To her neighbours, 132-137.
Her person and accomplishments,
138, 139.

Her felicity, 130–143.
Father Parson's invectives against
her, 143.

Answered by Bacon, 146-208.
Her conduct towards enemy princes,
147.

Number, origin, and character of
the libels upon her, 147-149.
Blessings enjoyed by England under
her rule, 155-160. See England.
Her moderation in the levy of taxes,
130. 177.

Her proceedings towards the Ca-
tholics, 98-100. 177-182.
Lenity used at first, 98. 178.
Measures taken after the issue of the

bull of excommunication, 99. 179.
Severer laws made about the
twentieth year of her reign, on
what occasion, 99, 100. 179, 180.
Conditions on which the penalties
against Papists were mitigated,
100. 181.

Her attempt in the Parliament of
1593 to settle in favour of the
Crown certain unsettled ques-
tions of constitutional practice,
210, 211. 215, 216. 219, 220.
225, 226.

Her displeasure at the course taken

by Bacon in the matter, 225. 232.
234. 239, 240, 254. 288, 289. 361.
369, 370.

Why she hesitated so long to make

Coke Attorney-General, 232.
Her feeling towards Essex, 254.
Essex's reports of interviews with

her on Bacon's behalf, 254, 255.

258, 259. 289. 290. 294. 297, 298.
Her translations from Boetius, 255.
Her incredulity in the matter of

Dr. Lopez, 272.

Quarrel and reconciliation with
Essex, 225-297.

Her opinion with regard to Bacon's
abilities, 297.

Reported to be more gracious to
him, 298.

Begins to employ him in examina-
tions, 301.

Dispatches him to the North on
business, 302.

Fragment of a discourse touching
intelligence and the safety of her
person, 305, 306.

Her negotiation with Archduke
Ernest, 307.

Interests involved in her safety,308.
Condition of her Council-table, 309.
Another plot against her life, 318
note.

Her manner of speech when pressed
about the Solicitorship, 348.
Will not hear of Bacon's travelling,
350, 351.

Still gravelled upon her offence at
his speech in Parliament, 362.

Elizabeth-continued.

Finally rejects his suit, and then
withdraws her displeasure: re-
capitulation of the case, 369,
370.

Her relations with Essex, 373, 374.
Celebration of the anniversary of
her accession, 374-386.
England: effects of government in, as
compared with France.
Prosperity of, under Elizabeth,
153-177.

Compared with former times, as to
Length of the reign, 155.
Health of the people, 156.
Freedom from invasions and in-

ternal dissensions, 157.
Increase of material comforts
and population, 158, 159.
Reformation of religion, 159, 160.
Regulation of the coinage, 160.
Encouragement to maritime

State of the common people, 174.
Relations with neighbour States,
particularly with Spain, 182-197.
Englefield the rebel, comforted by
Philip of Spain, 195.

Ernest, Archduke, Elizabeth's negotia-
tion with, 306, 307.

Escovedo, Secretary to Philip II., 195.
Espes, Don Guerres de, Spanish Am-

bassador, part taken in the Eng-
lish rebellions and Irish inva-
sions by, 194, 195.

Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, com-
mencement of Bacon's acquaint-
ance with, 104.

His early military services abroad,
ibid.

Promise of his youth, 104, 105.
His character. Bacon's anticipa-
tions regarding him, 105, 106.
His zeal in the matter of intelli-
gence, 118. 250. 252 note.
His court "Device", 120.
Not a leader of a Parliamentary
opposition, 210.
Resolves to procure the Attorney-
Generalship for Bacon, 232.
Dissuades him from retiring, 235.
236.

His intercession recommended by
Robert Cecil, 238.
Earnestness of his efforts in Bacon's
behalf, 239, 253.

Essex-continued.

His reports of his progress, 241.
254. 258. 269. 289. 290. 294.
321. 345. 354.

Appointed a Privy Councillor, 250.
Assisted by the Bacons in his fo-

reign correspondence, 250-252.
His over-confidence in regard to
his influence with the Queen, and
its results, 253, 254.

"Drives in a nail" for the negative
of Coke, 258. 262 note.
His conversation with Cecil, 269.
His successful investigation of the
Lopez conspiracy, 271-273. See
Lopez.

His miscarriage in Bacon's busi-
ness, 295.

His defects as a councillor, 309.
Engaged in a new investigation, ib.
His relations with Sir Antonio
Perez, 324 note.

Further letter from Bacon, 344, 345.
Letters from him to the Lord Keeper

urging Bacon's claims, 345. 354.
His unsuccessful endeavour to
bring on a crisis, 347.
Another quarrel and reconciliation
between him and the Queen,
359, 360.

Lady Bacon's judgment of his
management of her son's case,
364 note. 370.

His palliative letter to the Lord
Keeper on Bacon's behalf, 366.
His mortification at the Queen's
final decision with regard to the
Solicitorship, 370.

Balance of obligations between him
and Bacon, 370, 371.

His gift of a piece of land to Bacon,
371.

Bacon's letter defining the limits of
the service which he could offer,
372.

Danger of the game at which he

was playing with the Queen, 373.
On good terms with her for the
present, 374.
Description of a "Device" pre-
sented by him to the Queen, 374,
375. See Bacon.

Sir Henry Wotton on his skill in
"Devices", 386.

The Indian Prince," 388.
Resemblance between his style and
Bacon's, 391.

Fully reinstated in the Queen's fa-
vour, 391. See also 348. 349 note.
351. 353. 357. 365. 367. 368.369.
386. 387.388.

Este, Alfonso d', Duke of Ferrara, rela-
tions of European States with, 20.

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188.

Her counsel to the king, 134.
Strange accident" by which one
of its kings [Henry II.] was
removed, 140.

Miseries wrought by the Spanish
faction, 160, 161.

Designs of Philip of Spain on the
kingdom, 184, 185.

His counsels and succours, 186,
187.

See Henry III. and Henry IV.
of France.

Francis II. of France, proceedings of
the Guises during the reign of, 188.
Frederic II., King of Denmark and
Norway, 29.

His wars with Sweden, naval force,
and revenues, 29, 30.
Frederick II., Emperor, use made of
Saracen soldiers by, 50.

Fuentes, Count de: his share in the
Lopez conspiracy 280. 284. 285. 286.
See Lopez.

Germany-continued.

Levies by Philip in, why broken,
186. See Rodolphe.

Gerrard, Sir Gilbert, Master of the Rolls,
death of, 226.

Gerrard, Mr. William, of Gray's Inn, 324.
Gesta Grayorum, pamphlet entitled, 343.
See Gray's Inn revels.

Gomez, sharer in the Lopez plot, 285.
Gosnold, Henry, letter from, to Anthony
Bacon, 121.

Gregory XIII continued.

Date of his death, 46. 54 note.
Gresham, Sir Thomas, country house
built by, 368 note.

Greville, Foulke, commends Bacon's
claims to the Queen, 298.

Letter from Bacon to him on the
progress of the suit, 359.
Grey, Lord, Deputy of Ireland, 205.
Grindal, Archbishop of Canterbury,
out of favour with the Queen for coun-
tenancing the Nonconformists, 39.
Guicciardini on Ferdinand of Spain, 186.
Guise, doings of the faction of, 132. 133.
134.

Execution of the Duke, 134. 189.
Their ambition nourished by Spain
for an instrument, 185.
Their intrigues in Scotland, 187,
188.

Their ambitious proceedings in
France, 188, 189.

Hacket, William, the fanatic, 164.
Number of his disciples, 166.
Saying of a poor woman on seeing
him pass to his execution, 166,
167.
Hamiltons, advice to Queen Elizabeth
regarding the, 54.

Hammond, Dr., Bacon's guest at Twick-
enham, 353.

Hatton, Sir Christopher, speeches in

Parliament of, 37, 65. 69.
Walsingham's interest with him
sought by Bacon, 57.
Attempted murder of, 203.
Haywood, Alderman, Bacon's letter on
the death of, 116, 117.

Heale, Mr., speech of, opposed by Bacon,
222.

Heneage, Sir Thomas, part taken by, in
the conference question, 220, 221.
Henry I., drawbacks to the happiness
of, 154.

Henry II., revolt of the sons of, 154.
Henry III.,disturbances during the reign
of, 154, 155.

Henry V., untimely end of, 155.

Henry III. of France, character and
habits of, 26.

Advice to Elizabeth how to deal
with him, 52, 53.

Thrown into the arms of the Pro-
testant party, 95.

Henry III. of France-continued.
Executes the Duke of Guise, 134.
189.

His own end, ib.

Henry IV. (of Navarre) accession to
French throne of, 95.

Support given to him by Elizabeth,

135. 189.

His apostasy, 250.

Hercules, son of Alexander, result of
over-confidence of, 52.

Heresies and schisms, how mostly pro-
duced, 83, 84.

Hicks, Michael, secretary to Burghley,
letter to, 256.

Hilliard, Nicholas, miniature-painter,
1547-1619, early portrait of Bacon
by, 7.

Hoby, Lady, Bacon's aunt, 117 note.
Holland and Zealand, "beer-brewers
and basket-makers of," 170.

Horsey, Sir Edward, ineffectual com-
plaint of, on behalf of English mer-
chants at the sack of Antwerp, 194.
Huguenots of France, of whom they
consist, 170.

Hosken, Sir John, 264.

Huit, Robert Bacon's complaint against,
299.

Hungary, garrisons, revenues, etc., of
(1582), 23.

Ruler desired by the people, 29.

Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of, com-
mander in the Low Country wars,
104.

Protector of the Low Countries, 195.
Bitterness of the Papists against
him, 198.

A man of great power and great
will, ib.

Rumoured match between his in-
fant son and the Lady Arabella,
205.

Lenox, Dawbeney [D'Aubigny], Duke
of, opportuneness of the death of, 142.
Lesdiguiers, M., a gentleman of Dau-
phiny, Charles Emanuel distressed
by, 162 note, 163.

Lewys, Thomas, outrage charged upon,
315.

Libel, Observations upon a, communi-

nicated to Anthony Bacon, 143. See
Bacon; Observations.
Livy, quotation from, 276.

K.

L.

Jewel, John-continued.

Popish slander with regard to his

dying words, 208.

Julius Cæsar, references to, 140. 157.

Killegrew, Sir Henry, Bacon's uncle,
349.

Applied to by Anthony Bacon for
a loan, 352.

Knowledge, Bacon's discourse in praise
of, 123-126.

Locker, John, editor of Stephens's Se-
cond Collection, 16. 119.

Lopez, Roderigo, Elizabeth's physician.
His conspiracy against her, 272-
274.
Aptness of his position for consum-
mating the plot, 277.

His artifices for screening himself,

277. 282. 283.

His position in the Court of Eliza-
beth, and obligations to her and
to Don Antonio, 278.
Offers his services to the King of
Spain, ib.

Craft by which he ensured the co-

operation of Manuel Andrada, 279.
Presents sent to him by Philip, ib.
His stratagems for disarming sus-
picion on the part of the Queen,
280. 283.

His negotiations with Count de
Fuentes and Ibarra, 280.
Manuel Louys imported into the
conspiracy oath and office im-
posed on him, 281.