its generation and the first percussion, iii. 535; parison of the state of England and Spain in 1588.
whether its form is any local and perceptible motion ii. 212; king of, endeavours to alienale the King
of the air, iii. 535; three experiments wherein of Scotland from Queen Elizabeth, ii. 216; solicits
sound is generated contrarily to the perceptible mo- an English nobleman to rise against hei, ii. 216;
tion of the air, iii. 536; is generated by percus- endeavours to take her life by violence of poison,
sions, iii. 536; air required for its generation, ii. 216.
iii. 536; whether flame would suffice instead of air, Sparta, jealous of imparting naturalization to their
iii. 536 ; lasting of, and its perishing, iii. 537 ; confederales, ii. 155; the evil effects of it, ii. 153;
confusion and perturbations of sounds, iii. 537; the surprise of 'Thebes by Phæbidas drew a war to
compared with light, why many visibles seen at the walls of, ii. 202.
once do not confound one another, and many Spartan boys, their fortitude, i. 105.
sounds heard at once do, iii. 537; of the variety of Spartans, of small despatch, i. 32 ; their dislike of
bodies yielding it, instruinents producing it, iii. 540 ; naturalization the cause of their fall, i. 37 ; their
species of sounds, iii. 540; circumstances regulating state wholly framed for arms, i. 38; their forti-
the pitch in various sonorous bodies, iii. 540; tude, i. 46.
multiplication, majoration, diminution, and fraction Species, visible, experiment touching, ii. 102.
of, iii. 540; time in which its generation, extinction, Speculum regale, work touching the death of the
and transmission, are effected, iii. 543 ; less quick- king, ii. 510.
ly transmitted than light, iii. 543; of its affinity Speech, length and ornament of, to be read for persua-
with the motion of the air in which it is carried, sion of multitudes, not for information of kings, ii.
iii. 543; aids and impediments of, stay of, iii. 538 ; 142; must be either sweet or short, ji. 486; arts
diversity of mediums of, iii. 538; and hearing, of, university lectures on, advice to raise the pension
history and first inquisition of, iii. 535; commu- out of the Sutton Estate, ii. 241; in the Star
nion of the air percussed with the ambient air and Chamber against Sir H. Yelverton, ii. 525; on
bodies, iii. 544; penetration of, iii, 538; whether grievances of commons, ii. 272; to Sir William
heard under water, iii. 538; whether it can be Jones, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, ii. 476 ; on
generated except there be air between the percuss- taking place in chancery, ii. 471; to Justice Hut.
ing and percussed body, iïi. 538; carriage, direc- ton, ii. 478; to Sir J. Denbam, on his being made
tion, and spreading of the area it fills, iii. 539; com- Baron of the Exchequer, ii. 477.
pared with light, the former may be conveyed in Speeches, hurt done to men by their, i. 24 ; long
curved lines, iii. 539.

speeches not fit for despatch, i. 32 ; differences be.
Sounds, water may be the medium of, ii. 107 ; passage tween speech and thought, i. 34; of a man's self

and interception of, ii. 37 ; mixture of, ii. 38; ma- ought to be but seldom, i. 40; better to deal by
joration of, ii. 31; the motion of, ii. 36; how the speeches than letter, i. 53; the three forms of
figure through which sounds pass vary the, ii. 38 ; speaking which are the style of imposture, i. 70 ;
melioration of, ii. 39; spiritual and fine nature of, notes of, on a war with Spain, ii. 199; on the natu-
ii. 44; do not makc impressions on air, ii. 44; the ralization of the Scotch, ii. 150; on the union of
reflection of, ii. 40; generation and perishing of, laws with Scotland, ii. 158; on the post-nati of Scol-
ii. 44; antipathy or sympathy of, ii. 43; imitation land, ii. 166; drawn up for the Earl of Essex, ii. 533.
of, ii. 39; causes of variation in, ii. 38 ; conserva. Spencer, Hugh, his banishment, and the doctrine of
tion and dilatation of, ii. 28; nullity and entity of, ii. the homage due to the crown then expressed,
26 ; exility and damps of, ii. 29; dilatation of, ii. ii. 178.
29; created without air, ii. 29; carriage of, to Statement, legitimate mode of, iii. 534
distance, ii. 32; quality and inequality of, ii. 32 ; Sphynx, or science, i. 309.
communication of, ii. 32 ; loudness or softness of, Spiders, the poison of great, ii. 318; and flies get a
ii. 32 ; go farthest in the forelines, ii. 36; the sepulchre in amber, iv. 66.
medium of, ii. 37; lasting and perishing of, ii. 36 ; Spirit, of wine, with water, ii. 465; concerning the
in inanimate bodies, ii. 35; exterior and interior, mode of expansion of matter in, ii. 369 ; of the
ii. 34; in waters, ii. 33; different sorts of, ii. 24; earth, i. 311; of man and of nature, how differing,
strange secret in, ii. 35; and air, ii. 28; motion of, i. 211.

ii. 28; cause of, ii. 8; cold weather best for, ii. 39. Spirits, wine for the, ii. 466 ; bracelets to comfort, ii.
Southampton, Earl of, his examination after his 132 ; medicines that relieve the, ii. 99; transmission
arraignment, ii. 373; confession of, ii. 352.

of, ii. 124; emission of, in vapour, ii. 126, flight of,
Southern wind, healthfulness of the, ii. 106.

upon odious objects, ii. 107; evacuation of, i. 92 ;
Sovereignty, of the king's, ii. 276.

next to God, i. 175.
Spalato, Archbishop, Bishop Andrews's opinion of Sponge and water, weight of, ii. 464.
him, i. 121.

Sponges, the growth of, ii. 94.
Spaniards, ill success of their encounters with the Spots of grease; how to take out, ii. 22.

English, ii. 200, 207; their attacks upon England, Sprat’s notice of Bacon, i. 278.
ii. 206; where they once get in they will seldom Springs, where generated, ii. 10; their powerful
be got out, an erroneous observation, ii. 200, 213; qualities, ii. 462 ; on high hills the best, ii. 58.
seem wiser than they are, i. 33; do not naturalize Sprouting of metals, ii. 461, 462.
liberally, i. 37; proud, and therefore dilatory, č. St. John, Mr. Oliver, charge against, for slander,
195; their ill successes, ii. 200.

ii. 303.
Spain, alliance with, no security against its ambition, St. Paul, speech of himself and his calling, i. 57; the
ii. 214; speech of a counsellor of state to the use of his learning, i. 176 ; his admonition against
king of, ii. 214; Queen Elizabeth's subjects refuge vain philosophy, i. 163.
in, and conspire against her person, ii. 215; report Stag, bone sometimes in the heart of a, ii. 101.
on the grievances of the merchants of, ii. 193; Stage, allusion to the writers for, in Queen Eliza-
notes of a speech concerning a war with, ii. 199 ; beth's time, ii. 307; beholden to love, i. 18
considerations touching a war with, ii. 201; com- Stanching of blood, experiment on, ii. 18

use, i. 55.

Stanford, Sir William, reports of, ii. 502.

Studies, set hours proper for, not agreeable, i. 45; essay
Star Chamber, against levying damages, ii. 513; on, 55; their use, i. 55; they teach not their own

speech in the, ii. 475; decree against duels, ii. 300;
forfeitures of the, ii. 388; its severity in suppressing Studies of learned men, discredit to learned from, i. 166

force and fraud, ii. 253; formalities in, ii. 343. Study, mode of, adopted by Queen Elizabeth, i. 179.
Star, what is meant by the opinion that it is the Stutting, experiment touching ii. 57.
Jenser part of its own sphere, ii. 584.

Style of the king, suggestions relating to, ii. 145.
Stars, their beams have no heat, i. 100; old ones, not Style of religious controversy, ii. 413.

true that they are not subject to change, ii. 582 ; Style of delivery, i. 214.
question respecting the substance of, ii. 585 ; whe- Style, not to be neglected in philosophy, i. 170.
ther kept alive by sustentation, ii. 587; whether Styptic to stay fuxes, ii. 467.
increased or lessened, generated, extinguished, ii. Styx, or league, i. 289; to swear by the sacrament of
587 ; whether, during long lapses of ages, stars are the ancients, i. 289.
produced and decomposed, ii. 586; should be in. Suarez, his treasonable letter, ü. 390.
quired whether give light of themselves, or whether Sublimation of metals, ii. 461, 462.
received from the sun, ii. 586; whether that be Subsidies, statutes of, ii. 280.
the true number of them which is visible, ii. 588; Subsidy, speech on the motion of a, ii. 286.
what are the real dimensions of each star, ii. 588; Substances, hard ones in the bodies of living creatures,
what data there are for determining them, ii. 588; ji. 100.
true distances of, for determining, if possible, if not Subdivision of labours, its produce on the mind, i. 86.
comparative should be ascertained, ü. 689.

Subordinate magistrates, ii. 293. ·
Statute, reading on the, iii. 295.

Succession to the crown, instances where they were
Stalesmen, government most prosperous under learn- not declared, ii. 251.

ed, i. 165 : the greatest have not only seemed but Succession, hereditary, ii. 424.
been religious, i. 70; those who ascribe all things Suckling, Sir John, ii. 526.

to their own cunning have been counterfeit, i. 71. Suffocations, the most dangerous diseases in the body,
State of Europe, i. 282; máxims in, that all countries and also in the mind, i. 33.

of new acquest till settled are rather matters of Sugar, where found, ii. 82; experiment touching, ji.
burden than strength, ii. 212 ; the just estimate 116; with oil of almonds, ii. 466.
of the power of a state subject to error, and that Suggestion and preparation, i. 209.
error subject to perilous consequences, ii. 222; Suit, demurrers for discharging the, ii. 482 ; pleas for
greatness of, ii. 222, 228; (see Greutness ;) con- discharging, ii. 482.
lained in the two words, præmium and pæna, Suitors, to a minister, advice how to behave towards,
ii. 189.

ii. 376 ; essay on, i. 54; different motives for under-
States, embassies to foreign, ii. 382.

taking suits, i. 54; in the courts of chancery, ii. 472.
Statue, metal, ii. 456.

Suits, what sort of, dismissed, ii. 480; injunctions for
Stature and growth, acceleration of, ii. 53.

stay of, ii. 482 ; commission of, advice to the king
Statute of Carlisle, ii. 506.

for reviving, ii. 520; on commissions for charitable
Statutes, accumulation of, create uncertainty in law,

uses, ji. 485.
ii. 231; the reformation of, consists of four parts, Sulphur, salt, and mercury, separation of, ii. 460.
ii. 233; suggestion for the reform and recompiling Sulphur and mercury, experiments on, ii. 53; and salt,
of, ii. 233; for repeal of, touching Scotland whilst history of, iii. 466.
the kingdoms stood severed, ii. 233.

Sulpitins Galba's persuasions for the Romans to war
Stephen's remarks on the publication of the apoph- with the late Philip, King of Macedon, ii. 204.
thegms, i. 10.

Summer, great droughts in, ii. 109.
Stercoration, help of ground, ii. 79.

Summary philosophy, its principles, i. 196.
Sieward, Dr., letter concerning, from Buckingham to Sun, magnetical of moisture, ii. 19; hotter when be-
Lord Chancellor Bacon, ii. 525.

tween clouds than in the open sky, i. 100; pheno
Stillicides of water, ii. 10.

mena in the year 790, and after the death of Julius
Stillatories, compression of vapours in, ii. 10.

Cæsar, ii. 582.
Stilpo, saying of him, i. 120.

Sun, Venus, Mercury, and the Moon, their relative
Stobæus's apophthegms draw much dregs, i. 107. situations doubted by the ancients, ii. 579.
Stoics, their bravery in seeking to extinguish anger, Sunbeams, heat by reflection, i. 101; collection of,
ii. 59.

multiplies heat, i. 101; their effect, i. 101.
Stomach, the nature of appetite in the, ii. 112; a Superfætation, how it comes, ii. 75.

secret for the, ii. 472 ; a manus Christi, for the, Superficial learning, conceit of, i. 182.
ii. 470.

Supernatation of bodies, ii. 107.
Scone, in man's body, ii. 463; in a toad's head, ii. Superflexion of echoes, ii. 107.

463; elder flowers proper for the, ii. 91; herbs Superstition, its effect, i. 46; as powerful as custom,
which grow out of. ii. 76 ; receipt for cure of, ii. i. 46; great opponent to natural philosophy, i. 97;
470; weight of, in water, ii. 464; exudation of

essay of, i. 25.
some are diamonds, ii. 7.

Superstitions and natural causes, i. 188.
Stores of tackling, laying up, ii. 383.

Superstitious divination, i. 206.
Straining water, difference where the water rises or Suplicavit, upon what granted, ii. 484.
falls, ii. 7.

Supply, speech concerning the king's, ii. 281.
Strawberries, how to accelerate the growth of, ii. 60. Surplice, ii. 426.
String-metal, ii. 456.

Susa, the winter parlour of the King of Persia, ii. 228.'
Strings, sounds of different, ii. 32; tones of different Suspicion, essay on, i. 40; ignorance, its cause, i. 40.
sizes of, ii. 33.

Sution, Mr., advice to the king touching his estate de-
Stroud's
's case, ii. 507.

vised for founding the Charter House, ii. 239; his
Strumpet, matter is like a common, ii. 109.

hospital, ii. 463

a

Sweat, experiments touching, ii. 95 ; putrefied smell of, | Thales, as he looked on the stars, fell in the water,
ii. 126; use of restraining, ii. 16.

saying thereon, i. 111; his theory that water is the
Sweating sickness, i. 317.

prime element, i. 438; his monopoly of olives, ii. 89.
Sweats, of different men, ii. 8; cold often mortal, ii. 95. Thebes, invested by Phæbidas insidiously, ii. 202; de-
Swelling and dilatation in boiling, ii. 118.

crees on a war even to the walls of Sparta, ii. 202.
Swiftness, i. 205.

Themistocles, pertinent answer of, i. 168; his saying
Swisses, first ruined the Duke of Burgundy, ii. 157, respecting the difference between speech and thought,

226; the ruin of Louis XII.; affairs in Italy in re- i. 34 ; his speech on being asked to touch a lute, i.
venge of a scorn put upon them by him, ii. 157– 36; made Xerxes quit Greece by a false report, i.
226 ; in them the authority of iron over gold, ii. 226; 62 ; saying and reply of bis, i. 109, 115, 118.
the reputation of their arms, ii. 226.

Theodosius, saying of, ii. 473 ; his answer to a suitor,
Sylla, reformed the laws of Rome, ii. 234; his three i. 114.
singularities, ii. 234 ; Cicero's attribute to him, ii. Theogenes, his moral verses, iii. 222.
234 ; his friendship to Pompey, i. 34 ; his choice of Theology, natural, the contemplation of God in his
a name, i. 46.

creatures, i. 194.
Sympathy of mind and body, i. 202.

Theological tracts, ii. 405.
Sympathy and antipathy, secret virtue of, ii. 132, 134; Theories and common notions to be done away with,
of plants, ii. 67; of things, iii. 465.

opinions, i. 433; universal, the invention of, by per-
Sympathy, in different parts of the body, ii. 22; in- sons ignorant of particulars, ii. 548 ; of astronomers,
duration by, ii. 116.

the object of the, ii. 575.
Sympathy of men's spirits, ii. 137.

Thomas, St., the largest heart of the school divines, ii.
Syrups, clarifying of, ii. 8.

205; his definition of a just cause of war, ii. 205.
System, whether there be different centres around the, Thorough lights in the world, i. 191.
theories of Tycho and Galileo, ii. 580; may exist Thorpe's case, observations upon, ii. 527.
consistently with opinions that the earth revolves, Thoughts accord with inclination, i. 45; men who
and that planets are solid, ii. 576.

place their thoughts without themselves not fortu-

nate, i. 46; on the nature of things, i. 406.
Tacitus, i. 233; his observation on Augustus Cæsar, Thunder, the Grecians, who first gave the reason of it,

i. 161; his observation as to the obscurity of learned condemned of impiety, i. 97.
men, i. 167; his account of Vibulenus the actor, i. Throne, supported by justice and mercy, ii. 380.
218; his wise opinion, i. 196; his character of Ner- Thuanus, as to Pope Julius's coin, ii. 390.
va, i. 177; his exposition of the eastern prophecy Tiberius, i. 203, 233, 294 ; his death, i. 12; dissimu-
in Vespasian's time, i. 43; account of Musianus, i. lation attributed to him by Livia, i. 14.
57; saying of, changes, ii. 501; his works breathe Tiberius Cæsar, his friendship for Sejanus, i. 34; his
more living observation of manners than those of prophecy of the empire to Galba, i. 43.
Aristotle and Plato, ii. 549.

Ticinum, church at, in Italy, ii. 107.
Tackling, a store of, should be laid up against time of Tigranes, his speech respecting the small number of
need, ii. 383.

the Roman army, i. 36.
Talbot, William, charge against, ï. 389; his offence, Tillage, encouragement of, ii. 384.
ii. 389.

Titillation, experiment touching, ii. 103.
Talk, but a tinkling cymbal where there is no love, i. 33. Timber, how to try, ii. 87; as to the planting of, ii. 384.
Taste, experiment touching the, ii. 91.

Timber trees, touching the growth of, ii. 66.
Taxes and imports, several, one of the internal points Time, its operation in promoting discovery and inven-

of separation with Scotland, ii, 146; considerations tion, i. 431; masculine birth of, i. 223.
touching them, ii. 143.

Time seems to resemble a stream, i. 173.
Taxes, people overlaid with, not valiant, ii. 165; levied Time, Grecian orators' saying concerning, ii. 292 ; con-
by consent, abate men's courage less, ii. 165.

trary operation of on fruits and liquors, ii. 119; the
Teeth, on edge, ii. 30 ; snakes have venomous, ii. 101; greatest innovator, i. 32; innovateth quietly, i. 32;

experiment touching the tenderness of the, ii. 91; the measure of business, i. 32 ; iterating often the
have sense, ii. 101; some beasts have no upper, ii. state of the question a gain of, i. 32; like a river, i.
101; experiment touching hard substances in the 85, 99.
bodies of living creatures and, ii. 100; marrow of, Time and heat, like operations of, ii. 45.
ii. 101.

Time and fire, differing operations of, ii. 45.
Telesius, touching cold, ii. 19; opinion of, concerning Times, the present are the ancient, i. 172; iü. 358;
light in air, ii. 584 ; philosophy of, i. 435.

will facilitate reformation of religion in Ireland,
'Tellus, representing base counsellors, i. 288.

ii. 191.
'Tenison, Archbishop, his opinion of Sapientia Vete- Timoleon, Plutarch's saying of his fortunes, i. 47,77.

rum, i. 272 ; his statement of the nature of the es- Timotheus's denial of fortune's aid, i. 46.
says, i. 5; his notice of the lives of the Cæsars, i. Tin, the ancient alloy of gold, ii. 459.
284 ; opinion of Playfer, i. 277, 279.

Tin and copper, mixture of, ii. 456.
Tensure, motion upon, ii. 8.

Tin and silver, mixture of, ii. 456.
Temperance, the virtue of prosperity, i. 14.

Tincture of metals, how, ii. 460, 461.
Tenures, Low's case of, iii. 276; not regal only, ii. Tinoco, Manuel Louis, sworn to secrecy, and charged
274 ; no spur of honour, ii. 274.

to confer with Lopez and Ferrera respecting the poi
Tenures and wards, speech on, ii. 273.

soning of Queen Elizabeth, ii. 218; confers with
Terebration of trees, ii. 65.

Ferrera, ii. 218; sent back with a short answer by
Territory, greatness too often ascribed to largeness of, Lopez, ii. 219; sends letters by the name of De

ii. 222 ; large countries often rather a burden than Thores to Lopez, ii. 219; comes over with a resolu-
strength, ii. 223 ; illustrated by Alexander and the tion from Spain, ii. 220 ; his letters from De Fuentes
Roman empire, ii. 223 ; greatness of, when it adds to Ferrera won from him, in which mention was
strength, ii, 224.

made of the queen's death, ii. 220; his confession,

1

con, ii. 522.

üi. 220; avouching to Lopez on his arraignment, pediment to knowledge, i. 95; there must be a dis-
ii. 220.

solution of their state when their martial virtue shall
Tipping's case, ii. 522.

be further relaxed, ii. 225 ; their religion, ii. 438 ;
Tirrel, Sir James, his account of the murder of the Christians had always sufficient ground for just war
princes in the Tower, i. 349.

against them, not for religion, but upon a just fear,
Tithes, ii. 430; cause of, before Lord Chancellor Ba. ii. 204 ; their government, ii. 439; war against,

ii. 439.
Tithonus, or satiety, i. 298.

Tutelage, law of, ii. 274.
Tithonus and Aurora, fable of, i. 298.

Tyana, Apollonius of, ii. 124.
'Titles of the Roman emperors, ii. 266.

Typhon, i. 287.
'Titus Livius, observation of, on the poverty in the Ro- Tyrants, different sorts of, ii. 391.
man state, i. 167.

Tyrone, the arch-traitor, ii. 349.
Toad's head, stone in, ii. 133; stone engendered in, Tyrone and Odonnell's endeavour to rescue Kinsale,
ii. 463.

ii. 211.
Tobacco, uses of, ii. 127; melioration of, ii. 117.
Toleration warrantable by religion, and necessary to ULCERS, judgment of the cure of, ii. 106.
recover the hearts of the Irish, ii. 189.

Ulster, suggestion to add the earldom of to the Prince
Tones, different sorts of, ii. 24; bass and ble, experi- of Wales's titles, ii. 185.

ment on, ii. 33 ; proportions of, ii. 34; as to pro- Ulysses, i. 313; bis constancy, i. 16; his preference
ducing sleep by, ii. 26.

of custom before excellency, i. 184,
Tongue, experiment touching the, ii. 91.

Undertakers, different sorts of, ii. 269; speech on,
Tongues, vehicula scientiæ, i. 176.

ii. 13.
Touching Lady Vernon's case, ii. 523.

Understanding, the, produces decrees, i. 206; division
Tough and fragile bodies, ii. 114.

of, 1. Invention, 2. Judgment, 3. Memory, 4. Tradi-
Tough and brittle metals, ii. 461.

tion, ii. 207 ; division of learning among the three
Torture, of the laws the worst, i. 58.

parts of the, i. 187; the, is the highest part of the
Tournays not lawful without the king's license, ii. 302. mind, i. 182.
Tournies, their glories chiefly in the chariots, i. 45. Unguent, Roman, receipt for, ii. 469.
Towers in Solomon's house, i. 266.

Unison and diapason, ii. 25.
Tracts, relating to, ii. 496; relating to commendams, Union with Scotland, discourses on the, ii. 138 ; articles
į. 488.

and considerations touching, ii. 142; certificate or
Tracy slain, ii. 359.

return of the commissioners of, ii. 149; Sir Francis
Trade, home and foreign, č. 384; conjectures for the Bacon's speech, in the House of Commons, concern-
good of, ii. 386.

ing the general naturalization of the Scottish nation,
Tradition, magistral, and not ingenuous, i. 173.

ii. 150; touching the union of laws with Scotland,
Tragacanth gum, dissolution of, ii. 465.

ii. 158; preparation towards, ii. 160.
Trajan, sayings of his, i. 113, 114; name given him Union, discourse of the happy, between England and
by Constantine, i. 113.

Scotland, ii. 138 ; certain articles touching, collected
Translation of psalms, ii. 431.

and dispersed for his majesty's better service, ii. 142
Transmutation of metals, ii. 461, 462.

Union of England and Scotland, ii. 452, 454 ; witb
Transmutation of air into water, ii. 10.

Scotland, ii. 383.
Tranquillity of Elizabeth, ii. 445.

Union between all men, ii. 443.
Travel, essay of, i. 26.

Union, of flint and iron, ii. 455; of brass and iron, ii,
Treacle, use of, by Mithridates, ii. 324.

456 ; force of, ii. 22.
Treason, statute of, 25 Edward III., ii. 313; concern. Unity of belief and worship, ii. 412.

ing high, ii. 291; punishment, trial, and proceedings Universities, their orders and customs contrary to
in cases of, ii. 162; cases of misprision of, ii. 162; of science, i. 98; studies there confixed to certain au.

petit, ii. 162; charge against Mr. Owen for, ii. 313. thors, i. 98 ; prejudiced, ii. 415; defect of, the sys-
Treasons, stat. of 25 Edward III., ii. 512.

tems in, i. 186; logic and rhetoric too early taught
Treasure of the crown of England, ii. 228.

in, i. 186; dedications of, to professions, only injuri-
Treasure, greatness too often ascribed to, ii. 222, 225; ous to states, i. 185; uses and defects of, i. 184;

adds greatness to a state when accompanied with dedicated to professions, i. 185; want of experiments
valour, when it is rather in mediocrity than abun- in, i. 186; neglect in governors of, of consultation
dance, ii. 226; when it is the greatest strength to the and of superiors of visitation, i. 186 ; want of in.
state, ii, 227.

quiries into unlaboured parts of learning, i. 186;
Treble and bass strings, sounds of, ii. 33.

amendment of defects of, i. 186, 187; want of mn-
Trees, different soils for, ii. 87; gum is the juice tual intelligence between, i. 186.

straining through, ii. 7; melioration of, ii. 62 ; pro- Universality, men have abandoned, i. 173.
cevity and dwarfing of, ii. 73.

Urban the Second, Pope, to Godfrey, ii. 315.
Trees and herbs, experiment touching the lasting of, Urbin, Duke of, the injustice of his war against the
ii. 78.

pope did not destroy his right to recover Urbin,
Trial, the arrest of the ship so named in Sicily by the ii. 203.
Spaniards, ii. 196.

Usages, in the time of their beginning ought to be con-
Triumph, among the Romans, a noble institution, i. sidered, i. 186.
38; essay on masques and, i. 44.

Use of the law, iii. 247.
Troubles and sedition, essay of, i. 22.

Uses, reading on the statute of, iii. 295; cases of revo-
Trumpet, metal, ii. 456.

cation of, iii. 280.
Truth, essay of, i. 11; Democritus's opinion of, i. 122 ; Uses of incorporation of metals, ii. 456.
force of, i. 182.

Usury, laws against, i. 333; the most certain, thougla
Turkish emperor's censure of duels, ii. 298.

one of the worst means of gain, i. 42 ; ploughs on
Turks, their cause of war, i. 38; their religion an im- Sundays, i. 42, 47; essay on, i. 47; is a concessum
propter duritiem cordis, i. 47; its discommodities R. Cotton, ii, 515; letter to, upon Somerset's trial,
and commodities, i. 47; all states have had it, i. 47; ii. 518.
none such as that of improving lands, ii. 387. Vinegar, experiment touching, ii. 123; virtue of, ü.

127.
Vacuum, whether it exists at all, theory of, ii. 578. Vinegar with spirits of wine, ii. 465.
Vair-glory, essay on, i. 57.

Vines, grafting of, upon vines, ii. 88; on making them
Valerius Terminus, a rudiment of the advancement of more fruitful, ii. 13.

learning, i. 8; on the interpretation of nature, i. Vineyard, the arrest of the ship so named in Sardinia,
81.

by the Spaniards, ii. 196.
Vanities in studies, i. 169.

Viol and lute, use of the perforations made in them,
Vanity of matter is worse than vain words, i. 170. ii. 544.
Vanity in apparel should be avoided, ii, 386.

Violets, what an infusion of good for, ii. 9.
Valour, and military disposition, greatness too often Virginal string, sound of, ii. 8.

ascribed to, ii. 222; of the Spaniard lieth in the eye Virginia and Summer Islands, ii. 285.
of the looker on, ii. 222; English about the soldier's Virgil, his saying respecting courage, i. 36 ; his charac-
heart, ii. 213; of glory and of natural courage are ter of ancient Italy, i. 37 ; prophecy of the Roman
two things, ii. 213.

empire, i. 43; his Georgics, i. 219; his separation
Vapour, of charcoal, dangerous, ï. 127; emission of between policy and government, and arts and
spirits in, ii. 126.

sciences, i. 164; his opinion of causes and conquests
Vatican, scarce a very fair room in it, i. 50.

of all fears, i. 182.
Venetians, their sharing part of the duchy of Milan Virtue would lanquish without glory and honour,

a cause of much loss to them, ii. 202 ; confederacy i. 73.
against their power, ii. 205; their fear of the Virtues of bishops, ii. 414.
Spaniards sharpened by their enterprise upon the Virtues, private, improved by learning, i. 181; their
Valtoline and the Palatinate, ii. 213, 214.

multiplication rests upon well ordained societies, i.
Vegetables and metals, mixture of, ii. 459.

46 ; overt virtues bring forth praise, but there are
Vegetables in the mines of Germany, ii. 76.

secret virtues that bring forth fortune, i. 46; best
Velleius's ironical propensity to be avoided, i. 174. in a comely body, i. 48; praise the reflection of, i.
Venice, remark of a Spanish ambassador, on seeing 56 ; receives its due at the second hand, i. 57; called
their treasury of St. Mark, ii. 201, 213.

by the epicures bonum theatrale, i. 73; the answer
Ventriloquism, ii. 40.

to that, i. 73.
Venus and Mercury, a question which is higher than Visibles and audibles, consent and dissent between,

the other, ii. 580; Venus, change of its colour in ii. 41.
the reign of Ogyges, and in 1578, ii. 582.

Vitellius undone by a fame scattered by Mucianus,
Venus, i. 299; danger of abstinence to certain natures, i. 62.

ii. 92 ; experiments touching, ii. 91; when men Vitrification of earth, ii. 21.
most inclined to, ii. 92.

Vitrification of metals, ii. 461, 462.
Vercelles in Savoy, the Spaniards leave it, ii. 200. Vitriol, commixed with oil of cloves, ii. 465; sprouts
Vermilion, how made, ii. 461.

with moisture, ii. 81.
Vernon, Lady, her case before the Lord Chancellor Vivification, nature of, ii. 92.
Bacon, ii. 523.

Voice, divine, above the light of nature, i. 329.
Vere, Sir Francis, his private commentary of the Voices of eunuchs and children, ii. 33.

service in the Low Countries and of the battle of Volatility and fixation of metals, ii. 461, 462.
Newport, ii. 211; the direction of the army that Vorstius, the heretic, ii. 46.
day transmitted to him by the Prince of Orange, ii. Vulcan, compared with flame, ii. 12; a second nature
211.

working compendiously, i. 195.
Vere, Sir Horace, his service at the battle of Newport,
ii. 211.

WAADE, lieutenant of the Tower, removed, ii, 324.
Verge, subjects within jurisdiction of the, ii. 290. Wales, prince of, ii. 381.

jurisdiction of, ii. 290 ; charges judicial upon the Wales, prince of, Henry, letter to, in 1612, with the
commission for the, ii. 289; description of the, ii. third edition of the essays, i. 3.
290.

Walls, stone ones unwholesome, ii. 128.
Versatility of mind, i. 235.

Walsingham, Mr. Secretary, good intelligence received
Version of metals, ii. 459.

in his time, ii. 215.
Version of air into water, ii. 10.

Wandering mind fixed by mathematics, i. 199.
Vespasian, bis speech to Domitian, i. 112; his death, War, its true sinews, ii. 157, 225; generally causes

i. 12; Mucianus's encouragement to him to take of poverty and consumption, ii. 201; requisites to a
arms against Vitellius, i. 14; Tacitus's character of successful war, ii. 199, 202; defensive wars for
him, i. 20; saying of, i. 110, 117.

religion are just, ii. 202; unjust offensive wars, evil
Vibulenus, the actor, his device, i. 218.

effects of, illustrated by the insidious surprisal of
Vice avowed is least to be feared, i. 175.

Thebes by the Lacedæmonians, ii. 202; and by the
Vicious men, not so dangerous as half-corrupt, i. 175. Venetians sharing Milan, ii. 202; a voluntary
Vicious precepts, i. 237.

offensive war turned to a necessary defensive war,
Vicissitude of things, essay on, i. 60.

becomes just, ij. 203; fear a sufficient ground of
Villiers', Sir George, letters to Ireland, ii. 190, 191; preventive war, ii. 203—205; many illustrations

advice to, in the station of prime minister, ii. 375 ; of it, ii. 203—205; a secret war is ever between
letter to, on Somerset’s arraignment, ii. 330; letter all states, ii. 204; multis utile bellum, ii. 227; re-
of, to Sir F. Bacon, concerning Lord Chief Justice quisites typified, i. 293; lau ful cause of, i. 27;
Coke, ii. 498 ; letter to, about the Earl of Somerset, warlike people love danger better than travail, i. 38;
ii. 326 ; letter to, on Lady Somerset's pardon, ii. religious questions on, ii. 444; holy, advertisement
331 ; letter to, ii. 491: F. Bacon to, touching Sir touching, ii. 436; holy, extent of, ii. 440; holy, i

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