worthy to be received, though not confirmed by miracles,
Chudleigh's case, xiv. 279, 282, 284, 293, 302, 354-356.
Bacon's argument in, xv. 159-
limitations in, xv. 159. Church, unity in the, xii. 87. controversies in, xii. 89, 90, 315, 316.
Catholic, xiv. 55, 56. visible, xiv. 56.
the keeper of the Scriptures, xiv. 96.
penalties for dissuading from at- tendance at, xv. 333. Churmne of reproaches and taunts, xi. 292.
Chymista theorica eorum sine fun- damento, practica sine certo pig- nore, xiii. 61.
Cicadam, Tithonus cur versus in, xiii. 21.
Cicero on the piety of the Romans,
xii. 134, 135, 339.
of the self-love of Pompey, xii.
Civil law and English, diversities be- tween, xiv. 182.
Uses in time of Augustus, xiv. 301.
Claudius Appius, only two men great in history carried away by love, he one, xii. 110. Clarence, Duke of, xi. 72. Clausula derogatoria, xiv. 251-255. vel dispositio inutilis, per præ- sumptionem remotain, vel cau- sam ex post facto, non fulcitur, xiv. 258-264.
Clerks convict, to be burned in the hand, xi. 133.
and ministers of law courts, xii. 268, 269, 373.
Clement, Pope, his reply to the car- dinal represented in M. Angelo's picture, xiii. 336.
Clement VIII. xiii. 194. Clement, James, murderer of the Duke of Guise, correction by Ba- con in Camden, xii. 51. Cleon, his dream, xii. 205. Clergy, benefit of, xiv. 247, 248, 388, 389.
curtailed by statute of Henry VII. xi. 133.
an overgrown, brings a state to necessity, xii. 128. Clifford, Sir Robert, xi. 375.
joins Perkin Warbeck in Flan- ders, xi. 212.
declares him to be the Duke of York, xi. 213.
won over by King Henry's spies, xi. 217, 218.
gives information to Henry VII. of the partizans of Perkin Warbeck, xi. 225. pardoned by the king, ib. impeaches Sir William Stanley,
Clipping coins, statute of Henry VII. relating to, xi. 334.
Clodius to Cicero, xiii. 333. Closeness, xii. 95, 96.
Cloth of estate, the king sat under, xi. 177.
Coape, Sir Walter, carried the mas- tership of the wards against Ba- con, xiii. 410.
Cobali, attendants of Bacchus, xiii.
circa Bacchum subsultabant, xiii. 37.
Cobham, Lord, firm to Henry VII.
Cobham, Lord-continued.
against the Cornish rebels, xi. 266, 267. Cocks may be made capons, but ca- pons not cocks, xiii. 387. Codification of the law, xv. 317-334. Cœlum, or the origin of things, the fable interpreted, xiii. 113-116. his genitals cut off by Saturn, xiii. 113.
is the concave which encloses all matter, xiii. 114. interpretatio fabulæ, xiii. 15, 16. genitalia ejus a Saturno demessa, xiii. 15.
concavum quod materiam com- plectitur, ib.
Coinage, regulated by statute of Hen- ry VII. xi. 334.
his profitable recoinages, xi. 335. statutes of Henry VII. respect- ing, xi. 146. counterfeiting foreign coin cur- rent, ib. Coke, Sir Edward, mentions the Great Council, but not its func- tions, xi. 369.
what he knew about the death
of Prince Henry, xii. 11-13. to an unexpected guest, xiii.
his argument in Chudleigh's case, xiv. 293. Cokers, a name given to labourers from Shires on the Welsh borders, xv. 149. Collyweston, Henry VII. brings his daughter Margaret so far on her way to Scotland, xi. 323. Colonization, essay on, xii. 194–198. who fit for colonists, xii. 195. choice of site, ib. government of, xii. 197. support of, by the parent coun- try, ib. by the Romans, xv. 221, 222. Colour, beauty of, inferior to beauty of favour, and of motion, xii. 226, 352.
Colours that show best by candle- light, xii. 210.
of good and evil, xiii. 270-290. preface, xiii. 259-264.
Colthurst's case, xv. 83.
Columbus sends his brother Barthol- omæus to Henry VII. xi. 296. his offer of the Indies to Henry VII. xv. 219.
Columbina innocentia, et serpentina
Comets, their influences, xii. 275. Comineus, on Duke Charles the Har- dy, xii. 169.
Commandments, the old woman's answer to the minister, xiii. 408. Commission of Union between Eng- land and Scotland, xii. 151. standing commissions commend- ed, ib. Commissions of the Judges, Oyer and Terminer, xiv. 386. gaol delivery, ib. assize, xiv. 389.
nisi prius, xiv. 389-391. of the peace, xiv. 392. examinations and depositions in Chancery, xv. 364–366. Committing a cause, Lord Keeper Egerton's saying, xiii. 395. Common, grants of, xiv. 211. Common Place, Court of, its juris- diction, xi. 130.
Common Pleas, institution of, xiv. 385, 386. Commons, House of, substituted for "Lower House" in 2nd edi- tion of Apophthegms, xiii. 320. little danger to be apprehended from, in a state, except, &c., xii. 145.
Comnenus, Manuel, his heresy, xiii. 199.
Comparative Mythology, Max Mül- ler's Essay on, xii. 409-415. his theory contrasted with Ba- con's, xii. 410. Composition implies neediness, xiii.
Concordia, Lionel, Bishop of, nuncio from Pope Alexander VI. to France and England, xi. 171. Condition, collateral, xiv. 228. Conditores imperiorum, xii. 264, 300. Confession, proof of the antiquity of in the Church, xiii. 373. of faith, xiv. 47-57. Confidence daughter of Fortune, xii. 217, 359.
Conflict of rules of law, xiv. 202. Confusion maketh things muster more, xiii. 276.
Congresall, Captain of Perkin War- beck's French guard, xi. 208 Conqueror, tenures of land instituted by, xiv. 399-403.
our laws derived from, xiv. 375.
Conquest, the right of civilised na- Constantinople-continued.
tions to encroach on savages, xiii. 197.
Cineas to Pyrrhus, of the value of, xiii. 368, 369. appropriation of lands at the, xiv. 392.
the naturalization of conquered subjects, xv. 218-222.
a remitter to the ancient right, xv. 239.
Consalvo, of a soldier's honour, xii. 272; xiii. 366.
of the gentleman who came after the fight, xiii. 358. Conservation of life, necessity of, when a good plea, xiv. 213. Conservators of the Peace, their of- fice, xiv. 380, 381. Consideration of blood, when good,
in a deed, xiv. 295, 296. Consilium magnum, xi. 370.
regum, fabula Metis, xiii. 62. Consolation derived from examples of others in misfortune, xiii. 183- 185.
Conspiracy, severe laws of Henry VII. against, xi. 131. Constable, the office of, xiv. 375.
two high constables for every hundred, one petty constable for every village, xiv. 376. appointed by the lord of the hundred, xiv. 378.
answers to questions touching the office of, xv. 339-346. origin and election of, xv. 339- 341.
office annual, xv. 341.
from what rank of men, xv. 341, 342.
duties performed gratis, xv. 342. their authority, xv. 342-345, 381. for matter of peace, xv. 343. of peace and the crown, xv. 344. for matter of nuisance, disturb- ance, and disorder, xv. 344, 345.
their oath, xv. 345.
difference between high and pet- ty constables, xv. 346. may appoint deputies, ib. Constantinople, Henry VII. called on
by the Pope to invade, xi. 314. Elizabeth's agent at, correction by Bacon in Camden respect- ing, xii. 54.
Christian boy like to have been stoned at, xii. 118.
Contemplationes in vitam activam translatas nonnihil novi vigoris ac- quirere, xii. 423.
Contempt putteth an edge on anger, xii. 272.
Contibald, James, Maximilian's am- bassador to England and Spain, xi. 174-176, 192.
Contracts, dissolution of, xiv. 256, 257. Contraries, xiii. 280. Controversies in the Church, how to avoid, xii. 89, 315. two classes of, ib. Conversation, the art of, xii. 191– 194, 345-347.
notes for civil, xiii. 309, 310. Coparceners, lease by, xiv. 236. Copulatio verborum inclinat accep- tionem eodem sensu, xiv. 204. Copyholds forfeited to the lord, and not to the crown, xiv. 407. uses compared to, xiv. 302, 303. Cor ne edito, xii. 169. Coranus the Spaniard, xiii. 365, 366. Corbet's case, xiv. 293.
Cord breaketh at the last by the weakest pull, xii. 127.
Cordal, Master of the Rolls, xiii. 395. Cordes, Lord, aids the rebels in Flan- ders against Maximilian, xi.
besieges Newport in vain, xi. 152.
his hatred of the English, ib. brings overtures of peace from Charles VIII. to Henry VII. xi. 194, 195. Cork, Perkin Warbeck lands at, xi. 206.
mayor of, executed with Perkin Warbeck, xi. 304.
Cornage, tenure by, xv. 148. Cornish men, a hardy race, xi. 264.
rebel against a subsidy levied by Henry VII. xi. 264-275. march up to London, xi. 265- 269.
defeated at Blackheath, xi. 273. strength of their bows, xi. 273. invite Perkin Warbeck over from Ireland, xi. 284. Cornua Panis, quid referunt, xii. 444. Coronation of Henry VII. on Bos- worth field, xi. 49, 50. in London, xi. 54, 56.
of Lambert Symnell at Dublin, xi. 85.
of Elizabeth, Queen of Henry VII. xi. 94.
Coroner, office of, xv. 380, 381. Corporalis injuria non recipit æsti- mationem de futuro, xiv. 217- 219.
Corporations, by-laws of, restrained by statute of Henry VII. xi. 333.
cannot be seized to a use, xiv. 340.
may take a use, xiv. 343.
may not limit a use without a deed, xiv. 350.
do not take by descent, xv. 232. Corruptio unius, generatio alterius, xiii. 288.
Corruption and bribery of men in authority, xii. 114, 327. Cosmo de Medici, Italian translation of Bacon's Essays dedicated to, xii. 73.
his saying against perfidious friends, xii. 93.
of forgiveness of friends, xiii.
less liberal in that of Henry VIII. xi. 393. Cottonian library, manuscripts de- stroyed by fire, xi. 102. Council of the Marches, Bacon's argument on the jurisdiction, xv. 119-154. ancient, xv. 120, 123, 124. its objects,
to bridle the Welch, xv. 121.
to facilitate commerce be-
Council of York, xv. 96, 105, 106, 109, 110, 116.
Council-chamber, arrangement of seats in, xii. 152.
Counsel, essay on, xii. 146-152, 330– 333.
the greatest trust between men, xii. 146, 330.
legend of Metis, xii. 147; xiii. 167, 331. inconveniences of, are three,
want of secresy, xii. 148. weakening of authority, xii. 149.
unfaithful counsellors, xii. 149-151.
for these, cabinet counsels are a remedy worse than the disease, xii. 148, 149.
defects of the present mode of meeting, xii. 151.
ask of the ancient, what is best, and of the latter, what is fit- test, xii. 113, 326.
of two sorts, concerning manners, concerning business, xii. 171. behaviour of judges towards, xii. 267, 268, 372. Countebalt, ambassador from Maxi- milian to Henry VII. xi. 174-176, 192.
Countenance, necessary command of, xiii. 309.
Counterfeit coin, xv. 320, 321. Country people, Pan why god of, xiii.
County, charge of taken from the earls, xiv. 378. County-courts divided into hundreds, ib.; xv. 340, 341.
kept monthly by the sheriffs, xiv.
Court leets, origin and jurisdiction of, ib.; xv. 340, 341.
Court-yards for palaces, xii. 232- 235.
Courtesy, tenant by the, xiv. 320.
to dignify the Prince of Courtiers, like fasting days, xiii. 379.
Wales, xv. 123.
Great, what, xi. 115.
summoned by Henry VII. in his
seventh year, before calling his Parliament, xi. 177. called by Henry VII. xi. 261. distinct from Parliament, xi. 367-
its composition, xi. 371. matters referred to it, xi. 372.
bowing to lawyers and citizens, xiii. 400.
Courtney, Edward, created Earl of Devon, xi. 56.
William, Earl of Devonshire, committed to custody by Hen- ry VII. xi. 330.
Courts of Justice, the attendance of, subject to four bad instru- ments, xii. 269, 372.
Covenants to stand seized, xiv. 420.
Covin, a use no covin, xiv. 290, 357. Cranfield, Treasurer, xiii. 407.
his saying of men who shake their heads after others' speech, xiii. 334.
Crassus, on the death of his fish, to Domitius, xiii. 361.
Creation of the world, xiv. 49, 50. Cretine d'eau, xiv. 214.
Crispus murdered by his father Con-
stantine, xii. 143. Critics, brushers
clothes, xiii. 342. Croesus to Cambyses, of war, xiii. 359.
Croft, Sir Herbert, xv. 105-116. Crofts v. Lord Beauchamp, xv. 292.
v. Kemperden, xv. 291, 292. Cross set up by Ferdinando on the great tower of Grenada, xi. 190. Crusade meditated by Charles VIII. xi. 163.
Pope Alexander attempts to or- ganise one, xi. 313.
invites Henry VII. to join, ib. money for, raised in England, ib. against the Turks, xiii. 177. Bacon's opinions respecting, xiii.
a sinister or crooked wisdom, xii. 153, 319.
stratagems of, xii. 153-158, 320. Cupid challenged by Pan to fight, meaning of the fable, xiii. 99. meaning of the allegory, xiii. 122-125.
most antient of the gods, xiii. 122.
an egg of Night, ib.
the son of Venus, xiii. 122, 125. signifies the natural motion of the atom, xiii. 122. why a child, xiii. 124. why naked, ib. why blind, ib.
cur cæcus, xiii. 24, 25. cur sagittarius, xiii. 25. Curæ, mensura
curarum, xiv. 70,
excessus earum duplex, xiv. 71. Curiosity, its results illustrated, by the fables of Acteon and Pentheus, xiii. 108, 109. Cursitors for original writs, institut- ed, xv. 275.
Curson, Sir Robert, Governor at Hammes, joins the Earl of Suffolk as a spy, xi. 330. excommunicated together with the Earl, xi. 331. returns to England, ib.
Custom and education, essay on, xii. 213-216, 356-358.
examples of the force of, xii. 214, 357.
the principal magistrate of man's life, ib.
most perfect when begun in youth, ib.
Customs, law of Henry VII. for the security of, xi. 134. Customs of the Realm, xv. 11. Cyclopes, or ministers of terror, in- terpretation of the fable, xiii. 87, 88. ministri terroris, xii. 436, 437. Cycniæ cantiones, xiii. 28.
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