CONTENTS.

Preface by B. Montagu, Esq.

Introductory Notice of the Life and Writings of Bacon,
by A. Spiers, Ph. D.

ESSAYS; OR, COUNSELS CIVIL AND MORAL.

1. Of Truth..........1625;

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49

2. Of Death............1612; enlarged 1625............. 53

10. Of Love...1612; rewritten 1625........ 81

...

70

9. Of Envy ............1625; ......................... 75

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11. Of Great Place......1612; slightly enlarged 1625..... 84

12. Of Boldness...1625;

88

13. Of Goodness, and Good-

ness of Nature.....1612; enlarged 1625........... 90

28. Of Expense .........1597; enlarged 1612; and again

1625...

153

29. Of the true Greatness

of Kingdoms and Es-

tates..............1612; enlarged 1625............ 154

30. Of Regimen of Health 1597; enlarged 1612; again 1625 166

81. Of Suspicion

1625;

168

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32. Of Discourse.......1597; slightly enlarged 1612;

again 1625

170

33. Of Plantations.......1625;

172

34. Of Riches ...........1612; much enlarged 1625...... 176

40. Of Fortune..........1612; slightly enlarged 1625.... 194

41. Of Usury ...........1625;

197

42. Of Youth and Age...1612; slightly enlarged 1625.... 202

44. Of Deformity........1612; somewhat altered 1625.... 206

47. Of Negotiating.......1597; enlarged 1612; very slight-

48. Of Followers & Friends 1597; slightly enlarged 1625.... 222

THE WISDOM OF THE ANCIENTS; A SERIES OF

MYTHOLOGICAL FABLES.

Preface.

269

1. Cassandra, or Divination. Explained of too free and

unseasonable Advice...

274

...

2. Typhon, or a Rebel. Explained of Rebellion.

275

3. The Cyclops, or the Ministers of Terror. Explained of

base Court Officers.

277

4. Narcissus, or Self-Love...

279

5. The River Styx, or Leagues. Explained of Necessity,

in the Oaths or Solemn Leagues of Princes......... 280

6. Pan, or Nature. Explained of Natural Philosophy.... 282

7. Perseus, or War. Explained of the Preparation and

Conduct necessary to War.........

291

8. Endymion, or a Favorite. Explained of Court Favor-

ites

295

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9. The Sister of the Giants, or Fame. Explained of Pub-

lic Detraction.....

296

10. Acteon and Pentheus, or a Curious Man. Explained

of Curiosity, or Prying into the Secrets of Princes

and Divine Mysteries.

297

11. Orpheus, or Philosophy. Explained of Natural and

Moral Philosophy.

299

12. Cœlum, or Beginnings. Explained of the Creation, or

Origin of all Things.....

302

13. Proteus, or Matter. Explained of Matter and its

Changes.

305

14. Memnon, or a Youth too forward. Explained of the

fatal Precipitancy of Youth...

307

15. Tythonus, or Satiety. Explained of Predominant Pas-

sions...

308

16. Juno's Suitor, or Baseness. Explained of Submission

and Abjection

309

17. Cupid, or an Atom. Explained of the Corpuscular

Philosophy

310

18. Diomed, or Zeal. Explained of Persecution, or Zeal

for Religion.

314

19. Dædalus, or Mechanical Skill. Explained of Arts and

Artists in Kingdoms and States...

317

20. Ericthonius, or Imposture. Explained of the improper

Use of Force in Natural Philosophy.......

320

21. Deucalion, or Restitution. Explained of a useful Hint

in Natural Philosophy.

321

22. Nemesis, or the Vicissitude of Things. Explained of

the Reverses of Fortune

322