and received of, i. 85; like water, never arises higher dower, ii. 176; where a prince's title is by law he can
than the level from which it fell, i. 85; its end never change the laws, for they create his title, ii. 181;
generally mistaken, i. 87; on the errors in the as mixed as our language, ji. 230, 235; the objec-
mind in the inquisition of, i. 91; Bacon's thoughts tions to our laws, ii. 230; university lectures, advice
of, i. 96; generales pride, i. 162; is power, i. 182 ; to raise the pension of out of the Sutton Estate,
of man like water, springing from below, descending ii. 241; elements of the common, iii. 219; maxims
from above, i. 193; divided into divinity and philo- of, iii. 219–247; use of the, iii. 247; arguments
sophy, i. 193; Plato's opinion of, i. 161; advantages in, iii, 267; the civil, not to be neglected, ii. 380;
of to its possessor, i. 182 ; insures immortality, i. the just use to be made of, ii. 486.
183; pleasures of the greatest, i. 183; not the Laws, the treatise de regulis juris most important to
quality of, that can swell the mind, i. 162; not the health of the, ii. 232 ; good laws some bridle to
like lines, i. 193; like branches of a tree, i. 193; bad princes, ii. 234; execution of the old, ii. 257,
desire of perfect, the cause of the fall of man, i. 286 ; English second to none, ii. 378 ; multiplicity
175; dignity of, is to be sought in the archetype, of, evil, ii. 285; against usury, i. 333; against man-
i. 174; true, is wisdom, i. 174; uses of, i. 163; slaughter, i. 333; various improvements in, i. 333;
objections to advancement of, i. 162; praise of, in the their three natures, jura, leges, and mores, ii, 141;
Scriptures, i. 176 ; aspiring to the cause of the fall, several laws are of the internal points of separation
i. 162; contemplation God's creatures produceth, with Scotland, ii. 146; considerations touching them,
i. 163; delivery of, by aphorisms, i. 214; critical, and touching a digest of them, ii. 147; Sir Francis
i. 217; pedantical, i. 217; is pabulum animi, i. 207; Bacou's speech in the House of Conimons for the
as pyramids, whereof history is the basis, i. 197; union of the laws of England and Scotland, ii. 158;
is a representation of truth, i. 171; of ourselves, i. a preparation towards the union of those laws, ii.
233 ; Solomon's observations on the nature of, i. 160; the division of jus publicum, ii. 161; the
163; when a cause of anxiety, i. 163; increases great organ by which the sovereign power moves,
anxiety, Solomon says, i. 163; limits of, i. 163; ii. 168; although the king is solutus legibus, his
humanizes men's minds, i. 181; improves private acts are limited by law, ii. 169; penal, during
virtues, i. 181; removes temerity, levity, and inso- James I., ii. 306; work on, ii. 435.
lency, i. 182; and vain admiration, i. 182; miti- Laws of England, i. 239; their dignity, i. 239; their
gates the fear of death or adverse fortune, i. 182 ; defect, i. 239; civil, i. 239; how pressed, i. 238;
tradition of, not ingenuous but magistral, i. 173; how expounded, i. 238; proposal for amendment
erroneous motives for the acquisition of, i. 174; of, ii. 229 ; objections to, and answers to those ob-
error of too early reducing into method, i. 173; jections, ii. 230; offer of digest of, ii. 233.
advantages of, i. 174; true end of, i. 174; civil, i. Laws written upon by philosophers or lawyers, not
228 ; of others, i. 232; advancement of, interrupted statesmen, ii. 238.
by being applied to professions, i. 174; improves Lawyers, not judged by the issue of their causes,
morals, i. 182.

i. 203; not always the best statesmen, i. 164; not

the best lawmakers, i. 238 ; write what is, not what
Labour encouraged by reward, i. 184.

ought to be, law, i. 238; fees of, ii. 474.
Labyrinth of Dedalus, i. 300.

Lawgivers are kings after their decease, ii. 230.
Labyrinthi filum, i. 96.

Lea, Sir James, temper and gravity of, ii. 477.
Lace, making it in England, ii. 384.

Learned men, discredit to learning from their errors,
Lacedæmon, their niceness in admitting naturalization, i. 166; are not slothful, i. 165; patriotism of, i.

ii. 224; its strength compared to a river, stronger at 168; objections to learning by, i. 162; morigeration
a distance, but weak at the fountain, ii. 224.

of not disallowed, i. 169 ; negligence of, i. 168;
Lakes, artificial, i. 266.

sometimes fail in exact application, i. 168 ; poverty
Lamech, his boast of murder, ii. 298.

of, i. 166; meanness of their employment, i. 167;
Land improved by draining, ii, 394 ; statute for aliena- would impose ancient precepts, i. 167; should be
tion of, i. 343.

rewarded, i. 185; works relating to, i. 185; should
Lands, how to improve, ii. 384; no such usury as be countenanced, i. 185; influence of studies on
from improving, ii. 387.

the manners of, i. 167 ; in obscurity in states com,
Lancaster, court of the duchy of, ii. 513.

pared to Cassius and Brutus in the funeral of Junia.
Lancashire being backward in religion, Queen Eliza- i. 167; errors in their studies, i. 169; have preferred

beth erected four stipends for preachers therein, their countries' good to their own interest, i. 168.
ii. 241.

Learned kings, &c., advantages of, i. 164, 165.
Lantern of justice evidence, ii. 321.

Learning, will defend the mind against idleness, i.
Lard, its use in removing warts, ii. 136.

t

contentious, i. 169, 170; unprofitable, i. 171; times Letters from Lord Bacon, continued.
most renowned for arms most admired for, i. 164; Cary, to Sir George, iii. 33.
olijections of politicians to, answered, i. 164; ad- Cecil, to Sir Robert, ii. 187; iii. 9, 51, 54, 55, 61, 92,
vantages of, proficiency of, i. 174 ; teaches the use 93, 162, 192, 203, 206.
of distinctions and exceptions, i. 165; human proofs Challoner, to Sir Thomas, iii. 37.
of the advantages of, i. 177; advantages of in Chancellor, to the Lord, iii. 23, 26, 35.
kings, governors, and senators, i. 177; endues the Chancellor of Ireland, to the Lord, iii. 113.
inind with tender sense, i. 168; erroneous, and dif- Chief Justice of Ireland, to the, iii. 114.
ferent errors of, i. 169; advantages of, in princes Clifford, to Larly, iii, 118.
and governors, i. 164, 165; takes away levity, te- Coke, to Sir Edward, ii. 485; iii. 34.
merity, and insolency, i. 182; and vain admiration, Conway, to Mr. Secretary, iii. 148, 149
i. 182 ; and mitigates the fear of death or adverse Cottington, to Sir Francis, iii. 148, 149.
fortune, i. 182; flourishes in the middle of a state, Cotton, to Sir Robert, iii. 165.
i. 62 ; has its infancy, youth, strength, and old age, i. Davis, to Sir J., iïi. 38, 200.
62; why learning now has the curse of barrenness, Devonshire, to the Earl of, ii. 333.
i. 87; Antisthenes's opinion to unlearn what is Digby, to Lord, iii. 138.
naught was the most necessary thing, i. 120; of Eliza- Dorset, to the Earl of, ii. 156.

beth, i. 166; excellence of and propagation of, i. 162. Effiat, to the Marquis of, iii. 65, 158.
Learning and arms, instances of concurrence in, i. Egerton, to Sir Thomas, iii. 91, 207.

164, 165; comparison of, in advancing men, i. 183. Ely, to the Bishop of, iii. 30.
Lead incorporates with copper, ii. 459; mixed with Essex, to the Earl of, iii. 3, 5, 6, 8, 51, 53, 55, 59, 61,

silver, ii. 108; salt of, with lead, ii. 460; weight 62, 200, 202, 203, 209, 210.
of, in water, ii. 464.

Falkland, to Henry Cary, Lord, iii. 142.
Leaf of burrage, its virtue, ii. 9.

Fenton, to Lord, iii. 104.
Leagues typified in the fable of Styx, i. 289. Feoffees of St. Aldat's, Oxon, to the, iii. 171.
Leaves not so nourishing as roots, ii. 14.

Foules, to Mr. David, iii. 9, 38.
Lecturers should be the ablest men, i. 185; inade- Friend, to a, iii. 189, 190.
quacy of rewards for, i. 185.

Fulgentio, to Father, iii. 64.
Lee, Sir Thomas, suffered for rebellion, ii. 350; his Fullerton, to Sir James, ii. 111.
confession, ii. 365.

Gondomar, to Count, iii. 170, 216, 217.
Lee, Sir John, notes upon the case of, ii. 527. Grevil, to Foulk, iii. 52.
Left side, experiment touching the, ii. 121.

Hickes, to Mr. Michael, iii. 162, 164, 165, 166.
Legacies, suits for, ii. 514.

Howard, to Lord Henry, iii. 56.
Legal questions for the judges in the case of Earl and Jones, to Dr. Thomas, iii. 113.
Countess of Somerset, ii. 516.

Keeper, to the Lord, iii. 105, 145, 192, 193, 194, 195,
Legends, their origin, i. 70.

196.
Legs, how to form the calves of the, ii. 11.

Kemp, to Robert, iii. 8, 201.
Leicester, 'Thomas, Earl of, his library, ii. 508. King, to the, ii. 233, 326, 328, 331, 488, 498, 499,
Lepanto, battle of, arrested the greatness of the Turk, 500, 501, 502, 510, 511, 512, 519, 524, 526, 527;
i. 38.

iii. 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 32,
Leprosy most contagious before maturity, i. 175. 33, 36, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 72,
Lethe, the river, runs as well above ground as below, 76, 78, 82, 87, 93, 94, 95, 96, 100, 101, 125, 129,
i. 60.

131, 134, 136, 148, 152, 158, 177, 180, 183, 184,
Letters, in business, when good, i. 53; relating to

198.
Chief Justice Coke, ii. 497.

Kinloss, to the Lord, iii. 34.
Letters patent, exemplification of, ii. 485.

Lea, to the Lord Treasurer, iii. 169.

Lenox, to the Duke of, iii. 140.
Letters from Lord Bacon.

Lords, to the, ïïi25, 137.
Arundel, to the Earl of, iii. 91.

Lucy, to Sir Thomas, ini. 53.
Bacon, to Sir Anthony, iii. 205, 210.

Master of the Horse, to the, ii. 19.
Barnham, to Sir Francis, iii. 155.

Matthew, to Mr. Tobie, iii. 10, 21, 31, 70, 71, 143,
Bodley, to Sir Thomas, iii. 27, 31, 198.

149, 151, 152, 160, 168.
Bristol, to the Earl of, iii. 79, 149.

Maxey, to Mr., iii. 211.
Buckburst, to Lord, iii. 26.

May, to Sir Humphrey, iii. 135, 156, 158.
Buckingham, to the Countess of, iii. 146.

Maynard and Hickes, to, iii. 163.
Buckingham, to the Duke of, ii. 375, 504, 521, 525, Mayor, to the Lord, iii. 39.

526 ; iii. 26, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, Meautys, to Thomas, Esq, iii. 143.
86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 104, 106, 107, 108, 109, 111, Morison, to Dr., iii. 197.
112, 113, 115, 116, 117, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, Murray, to Mr., ii. 511; iii. 97, 197.
124, 127, 128, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 138, Niece, to his, iii. 102.
140, 141, 145, 146, 147, 148, 150, 151, 152, 153, Northampton, to the Earl of, iii. 27.
154, 155, 156, 157, 159, 167, 168, 169, 171, 172, Northumberland, to the Earl of, iii. 8, 16, 34, 38.
173, 174, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 184, 185, Oxford, to the Earl of, iii. 154.
186, 187, 194.

Oxford, to the University of, wi. 211.
Burghley, to Lady, iii. 161; to Lord, iii. 1, 2, 53, 161, Packington, to Lady, iii. 197.
164.

Palatine of the Rhine, to the Count, iii. 161.
Calvert, to the Secretary, iii. 125.

Palmer, to Mr. Roger, iii, 157.
Cambridge, to the Mayor of, iii. 168.

Petition intended for the House of Lords, iii. 137.
('ambridge, to the University of, iii. 50, 63, 64, 166; Pierce, to Mr., iii. 39.
to Trinity College, iii. 64.

Play fer, to Dr., iii. 27.
Canterbury, to the Archbishop of, iii. 62.

President, to the Lord, iii. 168.

a

Letters from Lord Bacon, continued. Libel, observations on one published in 1592, ii. 242.
Prince, to the, sii. 136, 152, 183, 191,

Libels, when frequent the signs of troubles, i. 22;
Puckering, to Sir John, iii. 91, 172.

always favoured, ii. 413.
Pye, to Sir Robert, iii. 156.

Liberators the third in honour, i. 58.
Queen of Bohemia, to the, iii. 63, 144.

Liberty, motion of, what, ii. 8.
Queen, to the, iii. 37, 54, 55, 56, 201, 205.

Licenses, good certificate required for granting, ii. 485.
Salisbury, to the Earl of, iii. 5, 21, 25, 39, 40, 164. Lie, enormity of giving the, rose from opinion of
Saville, to Sir Henry, i. 104 ; iii. 71.

Francis I., ii. 293; ancients did not consider it deep
Servant, to his, iii. 191.

offence, ii. 298.
Skinner, to Sir Vincent, iii. 35.

Lies, why men love them, i. 11; why it is such a dis.
Southampton, to the Earl of, iii. 38.

grace, i. 11; great effect of cross, i. 57; breed opi-
Stanhope, to Sir John, iii. 51.

nion, and opinion brings on substance, i. 57.
Treasurer, to the Lord, iii. 1, 9, 52, 142, 162, 163. Lieutenants, lord of counties, choice of, ii. 380.
Villiers, to Lord, iii. 73, 74, 75, 171.

Life, prolongation of, Aristotle's remarks concerning, ii.
Villiers, to Sir George, ii. 326, 328, 330, 518; iii. 12, 16; prolongation of, ii. 47; iii. 467; and death, history

15, 19, 20, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 72, 97, 194, 199. of, iii. 467 ; length and shortness of, in animals, ji.
Wake, to Mr. Isaac, iii. 115.

475 ; in man, iii. 479 ; medicines for long, ii. 488 ;
Weston, to Sir Richard, iii. 155.

canons of the duration of, iii. 512.
Williams, to Dr., iii. 64, 137, 145.

Light, topics of inquiry concerning, i. 452; kindling
Winchester, to the Bishop of, ii. 435.

of natural, i. 454; by refraction, ii. 402; moves
Wotton, to Sir Henry, iii. 522.

quicker than sound, ii. 37.
York, to the Archbishop of, iii. 160.

Light and sound, the agreements and disagreements
York, to the Lord President of, iii. 168.

of the phenomena of, iii. 537, 539, 541, 542.

Light of nature, i. 239.
Letters to Lord Bacon.

Light on water like music, i. 194.
Bacon, from Sir Edmund, iii. 101.

Limits of reason, i. 240.
Bodley, from Sir Thomas, iii. 28.

Lincoln, Earl of, joins in Simnell's conspiracy, i. 322 ;
Buckingham, from the Duke of, ii. 54, 522, 523, 524, his design upon the crown, i. 322; departs for

525 ; iii. 102, 103, 104, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, Flanders, i. 323; slain at Newark, 325.
111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, Lincoln, case of the Bishop of, ii. 490.
121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, Lincostis, herb growing in the water, ii. 85.
1:33, 138, 150, 171, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, Liquefiable bodies, which are not, ii. 114.
179, 180, 182, 184, 185, 187, 188, 211.

Liquids, separation of, by weight, appetite of, conti-
Burghley, from Lord, iii. 201.

nuation in, ii. 10; effects of percussion on, ii. 8.
Cambridge, from the University of, iii. 166, 167. Liquors, clarifying of, ii. 7; commixture of, ii. 465;
Cecil, from Sir Robert, iii. 201.

preservation of in wells, ii. 57; alteration of in
Coventry, from Sir Thomas, iii. 157.

deep vaults, ii. 57; experiments touching the clari-
Englefyld, from Sir Francis, iii. 107.

fication of, ii. 47; operation of time upon, ii. 119;
Essex, from the Earl of, iii. 37, 196, 200, 202, 203, touching the compression of, ii. 119.
204, 205, 209; to the queen, iii. 55.

Liquor and powders, incorporation of, ii. 46.
Franklin, from Edward, iii. 169.

Lisbon, expedition to, ii. 200.
Friend, from some, iii. 105.

Literary history, deficiency of i. 187; uses of, i. 187.
Grevil, from Foulke, iii. 204.

Littleton's advice to the professors of the law, ii. 167;
Keeper, from the Lord, iii. 147.

his book not of the nature of an institution, ii. 232.
King, from the, ii. 502 ; iii. 50, 167.

Littleton and Fitzherbert, peculiarities of their writ-
Lenox, from the Duke of, iii. 140.

ings, iii. 222.
Martin, from Richard, iii. 100.

Liturgy, i. 243; ii. 425.
Matthew, from Mr. Tobie, iii. 97, 98, 99, 114, 118, Liver, a purge for opening the, ii. 466.
126, 127, 160.

Livia settled Tiberius's succession by giving out that
Meautys, from Thomas, Esq., iii. 138, 140, 141, 142, Augustus was recovering, i. 62 ; her speech to Au-
145, 146, 170.

gustus on being met by naked men, i. 113; impoi.
Oxford, from the University of, iii. 65.

soning figs on the tree, ii. 322.
Sackville, from Sir Edward, iii. 144.

Living creatures and plants, affinities and differences
Selden, from John, Esq., ii. 530.

in, ii. 81.
Villiers, from Sir George, ii. 498; ïï. 101, 173. Livius, Titus, his censure against Perseus's, King of
Williams, from Dr., iii. 137.

Macedon, mode of carrying on war, ii. 216; his
Yelverton, from Sir Henry, ii. 503, 528.

the queen's person, ii. 216; the means he had to Mahometans, propagation of religion of, ii. 314.
poison the queen and to conceal his crime, ii. 217; Mahomet, ii. 439.
à Portuguese and secretly a Jew, sworn physician Maize, Indian, its use, ii. 467.
of the household, ii. 217; gives intelligence to the Majoration of sounds, ii. 31.
King of Spain, ii. 217; his conduct with Andrada, Majors, alterations which may be called, ii. 114.
ii. 218; assents to poison the queen, ii. 218; sends Maleficiating, experiment on, ii. 122.
Andrada to Spain to contract about the reward, ii. Male and female, differences between, ii. 117.
218; communicates with Ferrera thereon, ii. 219; Mallet's Life of Bacon, notice of wisdom of the ancients,
his manner of corresponding, ji. 219; demands i. 273.
50,000 crowns, ii. 219; asks the queen whether a Malmsey, what nitre good for when dissolved in,
deceiver might not be deceived, ii. 219; Ferrera ii. 128.
discovered to have intelligence, ii. 219; Lopez called Malt, experiments touching, ii. 86.
in question, ii. 220; denies his conferences, ii. 220; Man, fall of, induced by desire of perfect knowledge, i.
confronted by Ferrera, ii. 220; falsehood of his er. 175; knowledge of, i. 201; as an individual, i. 201;
cuses, ji. 220 ; justice of his condemnation, ii. 220; a member of society, i. 201; divided state of the
executed, ii. 220, (note.)

body of, i. 202 ; the mind of, i. 202; faculties of, use
Love, vain, and divine, i. 227; Xenophon's opinion of, and object of, i. 206; ir society, i. 228; delights in

i. 227; without love faces but pictures, and talk a generalities, i. 198; nature of mind of, i. 161; as an
tinkling cymbal, i. 33; is goodness put in motion, individual undivided stale, i. 201; ancient opinion
i. 81; his attributes, i. 298.

that man was microcosmus, i. 202 ; aliment of, i.
Lovel, Viscount, his attainder, i. 318; his rebellion, i. 202 ; condition of, ii. 543.

319; his flight to Flanders, i. 319; drowned near Man's understanding, i. 187; knowledge like water,
Newark, i. 325.

i. 193; flesh, venomous quality of, ii. 10; body, in-
Low Countries, ii. 451; their state in the time of stances how it may be moulded, i. 105.

Queen Elizabeth, ii. 247 ; observation that the same Man, Doctor, Ambassailor of Queen Elizabeth, ill

weather in, returns every thirty-five years, i. 60. treated by Philip of Spain, ii. 260.
Low's case of tenures, iii. 276.

Manlius, his protestation, ii. 364.
Lucius, Commodus Verus, a learned prince, i. 178. Manna, gathering of, ii. 105.
Lucretius's praise of knowledge, i. 183; his verse on Manners of learned men, objections to learning from

Agamemnon's sacrificing his daughter, i. 13; makes the, answered, i. 167; less corrupted by vicious,
his invectives against religion the burden of his other than half evil, men, i. 175; of learned men, discredit
discourses, i. 70.

to learning from, i. 166.
Lucky, some men are. ii. 129, 132.

Manus Christi for the stomach, ii. 470.
Lucullus's answer to Pompey's remark on his rooms, i. Manufactures, sedentary manufactures contrary to a
50, 113; his saying of Pompey, i. 121.

military disposition, i. 38; advantage of ancient
Lumsden, Mr., charge against, ii. 307.

states, that they had slaves to do the manufactures,
Lungs the most spongy part of the body, ii. 35.

i. 38.
Lust, effect of, ii. 97.

Marble, plaster growing as hard as, ii. 106.
Luson, Sir John, commands a body of pikemen against Marcasite of metals, ii. 460.
the Earl of Essex, ii. 359.

Marcellus, humour of, ii. 487.
Luther praised for awakening human learning, i. 98. March, a dry one portends a wholesome summer,
Lycurgus, saying of his, i. 109, 119.

ü. 110.
Lycurgus's answer to one who counselled him to dis. Marches, jurisdiction of the, iii. 285.
solve the kingdom, ii. 168; his laws spoken of by Margaret of Burgundy sets up a counterfeit Duke of
grammar scholars, ii. 231, 234 ; continued longest York, i. 346.
without alteration, ii. 234.

Mariners, how furnished, ii. 383.
Lysimachus, remark on Lamia, power over Demetrius, Mariners' needle, i. 207.
i. 118.

Marius Caius, his conduct to the Cadurcians and de-

fence of it, i. 121.
Machiavel, I. 235, 236, 237; his saying of custom, Marriage and high life, Essay of, i. 16.

i. 45; his opinion on the cause of the greatness of Marrow more nourishing than fat, ii. 14.
the Roman Empire, ii. 140; his saying touching the Marseilles, Spaniards had it and left it, ii. 213.
true sinews of war, ii. 157, 225; his saying on Mart, letters of, against the Spaniards desired by the
the Christian Faith, i. 21; on partial princes, i. 22; English merchants, ii. 195; considerations thereon,
on the effects of the jealousy of sects, i. 60; his ob- ii. 196.
servation on the poverty of friars, i. 166.

Martial law, useful in plantations, i. 41
Macrocephali esteemed, ii. 11.

Martial men given to love, i. 19.
Mecerias, his advice to Augustus Cæsar about the Mascardus de interpretatione statutorum, ii. 528.
marriage of his daughter Julia, i. 34.

Mason, Mr., witty answer of his, i. 111.
Magic, Persian, i. 194; Persian, the secret literature Masques and triumphs, essay on, i. 44.

of the kings, ii. 138; natural, is defective, i. 199; Masques, when to be given at court, ii. 388.
ceremonial, i. 206.

Master of chancery taking affidavits, ii. 483.
Magicians, means used by, more monstrous than the Masters of the chancery, ii. 472.
end, i. 199.

Masters, reference to, ii. 482; certifying state of cause,
Magistrates, of subordinate, ii. 293.

ii. 482.
Magistrates, considerations touching the recusant ma- Marvels, history of, deficient, i. 187; uses of, i. 188.

gistrates of the towns of Ireland, ii. 191; advice not Mathematical and logical part of inen's minds, i. 236.

to tender the oath of supremacy to them, ii. 191. Mathematical house, i. 269.
Magnificence, a regal virtue, i. 63.

Mathematics, no deficience reported, i. 199; pure, i.
Magnanimity, its nature, ii. 445.

199; sharpen the doll wit, i. 199; if wandering,
Magnetical, sun and moon of what, ii. 19.

fix the mind, i. 199; if too coherent in the sense,
abstract it, i. 199; University lectures, advice to Men's natures and ends, i. 233.
raise the pension of, out of the Sution Estate, ii. 241; Men's minds, logical and mathematical, i. 236.
make men subtile, i. 35; a position in, that there is Men's spirits, the general sympathy of, ii. 137.

no proportion between somewhat and nothing, i. 77. Menander of vain love, i. 227.
Mathematic, the subject of it, quantity determined, i. Mercenaries not to be relied on, i. 37.
198.

Merchandises, king's right of impositions on, ii. 278;
Matrimony, oojections to our form of, ii. 426.

argument concerning impositions on, ii. 278.
Matter of divinity, i. 243.

Merchandise, foreign, ii. 385; ever despised by the
Matter, a fixed sum of, i. 410; characters of, ii, 115; kings of this realm as ignoble, ii. 228; flourishes in

like a common strumpet, ii. 109; alteration of, ii. the decline of a state, i. 62.
114; quantity of, whether always measured by Merchants, speeches on their petition respecting Spa-
weight, ii, 560, 562; a table of the conjunction and nish grievances, ii. 193; grants of, ii. 279.
expansion of, in tangible bodies, with a calculation Mercury, mixture of metals with, ii. 459.
of their ratios in different bodies, ii. 561; account of Mercury and sulphur, experiments on, ii. 53; and salt,
the experiments from which the table was made, ii. history of, iii. 466.
561.

Mercy, of despatch, ii. 487; its works are the distinc.
Matthew, Mr. Tobie, letters to, i. 277; letter to, con- tion to find out hypocrites, i. 69 ; examples of, fur

cerning the Latin translation of his essays, i. 5. comfort, ii. 380; the white robe of, ii. 319; to what
Matthews, Mr., letter to, with the book De Sapientia extent bonourable, ii. 384; in a king when cruelly,
Veterum, i. 4.

ii. 384 ; its variation, ii. 446.
Maturation, of drinks and fruits, ii. 48; of metals, Merick, Sir Gilly, left guard at Essex House, ii. 353;
ii. 49.

pays forty shillings to the players to act Richard
May dew, for medicine, ïi. 106.

the Second, ii. 365; evidence against, ii. 236,
Maximilian, assisted by Henry, i. 337; marries the Messages, speech on receiving the king's, ii. 276.
Duchess of Brittany, i. 337.

Metal trumpet, ii. 456.
Maxims of the common laws, iii. 219.

Metal, weight of, in water, ii. 464; drowning of the
Maxims of the law, iii. 223-247.

base in the more precious, ii. 108; statues, ii. 456 ;
Meats that induce satiety, ii. 46.

string, ii. 456; bell, ii. 456.
Mechanic arts, the first device in, comes short, but Metals and vegetables, mixture of, ii. 447.
refined by time, i. 85; the study of, ii. 558.

Metals and minerals, as to the union of, ii. 459 ; sepa-
Mechanical operations, the chief root of, ii. 8.

ration of, ii. 460.
Mechanical wisdom, story of Dæılalus applied to, i. 300. Metals, variation of, into different shapes, bodies, and
Mechanical history assists natural philosophy, i. 188. natures, ii. 460; touching the finer sort of base, ii.
Mechanics, history of, neglected, i. 188.

116; incorporation, uses of, ii. 456 ; drowning of, ii.
Medes painted their eyes, ii. 99.

457; which melt easiest, ii. 460; adulteration of, ii.
Medical receipts, ii. 469.

459; versions of, ii. 459 ; quenching of, in water,
Medical remains, ii. 466.

ii. 33; which contain different metals, ii. 460; ma-
Medicinal property of pepper, ii. 14.

turation of, ii. 49; orient colour in dissolution of,
Medicinal earth, veins of, ii. 94.

ii. 49.
Medicinal history is deficient, i. 203.

Metaphysic handleth that which supposeth in nature a
Medicinable, making herbs and fruits, ii. 69.

reason and understanding, i. 196.
Medicine, scammony a strong, ii. 9; its effect on cor. Metellus, Cæsar's noble answer to, i. 181.

rupt bodies, ii. 343; change of, ii. 18; separate from Methodical delivery, i. 214,
philosophy, mere empirical practice, i. 201; its power Methusalem water, use of, ii. 467.
on the mind, i. 202; deficiencies and want of reports, Methods and arts, error of over-early reduction of
defective anatomy and hasty conclusions, i. 203; knowledge into, i. 173.
office of, i. 203; and music conjoined in Apollo, Metis, or counsel, i. 312.
i. 203.

Meverel, Dr., his answer to questions on variation of
Medicines, Celsus's observations on, i. 207 ; prepara- metals, ii. 461; his answers touching restitutions of
tions of, i. 205; different qualities of, ii. 13; experi-

metals and minerals, ii. 462 ; his answer to ques.
ment touching purging, ii. 13; how purging ones tions on separation of metals and minerals, ii. 460;
lose their virtue, ii. 9; special simples for, ii. 91; his answers to questions concerning minerals and
that condense and relieve the spirits, ii. 99.

metals, ii. 459; his questions, ii. 458.
Mediocrity of athletics, i. 205.

Mezentius, his torment quoted, ii. 16.
Meditationes Sacræ, first edition of, i. 6; Sacræ, i. 67. Microcosmus, ancient opinion that man was, i. 202.
Medusa, i. 293.

Midas, judge between Apollo and Pan, i. 183.
Megrims, causes of, ii. 99.

Military commanders, vainglory an essential point in,
Melancholy, wine for preserving the spirit against ad-

i. 57.
verse, ii. 466 ; drink to dissipate, ii. 9.

Military puissance, its three main parts, men, money,
Melioration of fruits, trees, and plants, ii. 62.

and confederates, ï. 213.
Melocotone and peach, best from seed, ii. 64. Military disposition, greatness too often ascribed to.
Melting, gold easy metal for, ii. 108.

ii. 195.
Memnon, or a youth too forward, i. 297.

Military power, conjunction between learning and, i.
Memory, i. 212; the art of, visible images in, ii. 131 ; 179, 180; learning promotes, i. 179.

how strengthened, ii. 133; men's desire of, i. 190; Military virtues promoted, i. 181
that cell in the mind filled by history, i. 192; and Military arts flourish most while virtue grows, 1. 205.
invention, divorce between, i. 186; history relates Military greatness and excellence in learning united.
to the, i. 187.

i. 164, 165.
Men, their dispositions, i. 224; savage desires of, i. Milk, increasing of, in milch beasts, ii. 105; warm