James I.--continued.

Receives their petition of Right

graciously and grants the prayer

of it, 184. Consents to abate something of his

former demands in matter of the

Contract, 201.
Receives the petition of Grievances,

203.
Causes his answers to some of the

articles to be read, and delivers
his answer concerning Imposi-
tions with his own mouth, 204

206.
Agrees to abate something more of
his demand, and accepts, in ex-
change for specified concessions,
a perpetual revenue of 200,0001.,

207.
Delivers his answers to the rest of

the articles in the petition of
Grievances, and prorogues Par-

liament, 208.
Beginning of a History of his Time

sent to him by Bacon, 218.
Consults the Judges as to the le-

gality of certain Proclamations
complained of in the petition of
grievances, and (upon their opi-
nion given) withdraws them, 219

-221.
Reasons for suspecting that he was

distasted on reflexion with the

terms of the Contract, 222.
Warning of a dying peer against

it, 222, 223.
Requires from the Commons a

speedy answer whether they will

proceed with it or no, 224.
Raises his terms again, thereby

provoking a refusal, and puts
an end to the negotiation, 225—

228.
His private remonstrance with cer-

tain members of the Lower
House, and letter to the Speaker,

230--232.
His resolution to dissolve the Par-

liament, and the reasons of it,

236, 237.
His financial condition, 238.
Promises Bacon the reversion of

the Attorney-Generalship, 240

243.
Advice touching Sutton's estate

tendered to him by Bacon, 247—

254.
His position and opportunity at

Salisbury's death, 276, 277.
Character of his Council, 277, 278.
Bacon's advice, and offer of service,

279-282.
Difficulties in the way, 282, 283.
Postpones the question of calling a

new Parliament and loses his
opportunity, 283.

liament tendered by Bacon and
by Sir H. Neville : contrast be-

tween the two, 364-378. Attempts to introduce Parlia

mentary government into Ireland : erects a number of new boroughs, 383. Hears the complaints of the Ca

tholic party, and sends Commis

sioners to investigate them, 385. His formal answer to the deputa

tion, and directions given in con

sequence of the enquiry, 389, 390. Acts upon Bacon's advice in raising

Coke to the King's Bench, Hobart to the Common Pleas, Ba. con to the place of Attorney, and Yelverton to that of Soli.

citor, 390.
Receives letter of thanks from

Bacon, 391.
Makes Coke a Privy Councillor,

ibid.
Draws up a proclamation against
duelling, 396. 398 note.

Sce 393.
Jesuits, the, 185.
Jones, Edward, 40 note.
Jonson, Ben, on Cecil Earl of Salis-

bury, 12 note.
Joubert, Laurens, anthor of Paradoxa

Medica,' 65 note.

6

Knights made freely in 1603, 1.
Knights' Service, annual compensation

offered to the King in lieu of,
167.

London-continued.

Mayor on a proceeding in a pri

vate cause, 260. Lords, House of, ready to join in cen

sure of Dr. Cowell, 162. Exchange memorials of the Great

Contract with the Commons,

208. Question asked on the occasion,

ibid. Their support of Salisbury, though

probably disliking the Contract

secretly, 222. Invite the Commons to join them

in a petition for measures of re-
lief to the people, 228.

See Commons.
Low Countries, cost to the King of the,

157.

Parliament, 365, 370.
Mary, Queen, inhibition sent to Parlia-

ment by, 183.
Unrepealed statute excluding her

from the Crown, 213. Master of the Wards, office of, vacant

by Salisbury's death, 284. Declaration and Directions for the

new master, drawn up by Bacon,

284-288. The office conferred first on Sir

George Carey, and afterwards

on Sir Walter Cope, 289, 342. Bacon's disappointment on both

occasions, 284, 311, 342.

Matthew, Sir Toby, son of the Arch

bishop of York, a convert to Romanism, committed to custody by the Archbishop of Canterbury,

but allowed to visit Bacon, 8. Refuses to take the oath of allegi

ance and is committed to the

Fleet, 9.
Bacon's letter to him when there,

and intercession for him, 10.
Is liberated on condition of quit-

ting England, ibid. Continues to correspond with Ba

con about literary matters, 9, 11.

132—139. 142. Bacon's Essay of Friendship writ

ten at his request, 11. His collection of letters :-the edi

tor's plan of obliterating or disguising names, dates, and par

ticulars, 132. 133. 135. 138. May, Sir Humphrey, 40 note.

Reports to Salisbury the King's

satisfaction with the proclamation concerning the value of

coins, 244. Miller of Huntingdon, prayer of the,

137. 140. Mint, certificate “touching the scarcity

of silver" at the, 255—259.

etc., against private combats,'

398. and note. Northamptonshire, occasion of serious

riots in, 90 note. Northumberland, Earl of, a patron of

Thomas Harriot, and now prisoner in the Tower, likely to help the great Instauration, 23,

63, notes. Nottingham, Charles Howard, Earl of,

Lord High Admiral, Commission
for reform of abuses in the Navy
resisted by, 346.
See 409.

110.

R. Ralegh, Sir Walter, inclined to experi- Rawley-continued. ments, 23.

lection of letters in the Resusci. Instructed in mathematics by Har

tatio, 59 note. riot, 63 note.

Recorder of London. See Montague, Rawley, Dr., 56 note.

Sir Henry. Whence he took the principal col. Recusants, 47 note. 56 note, 75. 91.

Redargutio Philosophiarum, piece by

Bacon so called, 136.
Reversions and remainders, as a source

of revenue to the King, 318.
Rochester, Earl of. See Carr,
Roman Catholics. See Papists. Recu-

sants.

Sackville, Edward, his duel with Lord

Bruce, 396.
Salisbury, Robert Cecil, Earl of, 3.

Bacon's unsuccessful endeavours

to establish a cordial intercourse

with him, 11, 12. 52. General character of his friend.

ships, 12. note. Memoranda of things which he

was to be reminded of, 26. 27.

45. 46. 47. Notes of his humours, 45. 50. 52.

53. 74. One of his financial projects, 46. His services in managing the re

lations of England and Scotland,

41. note. His note on the decrease in the

value of Subsidies, 149. His appointment and first proceed

ings as Lord Treasurer, 150—

152. His scheme of the Great Contract,

153. His way of opening the negotia

tion, 154. His speech at the Conference of the

two Houses, 155-157. Ambiguity of his language with

regard to the things offered in
way of retribution by the King,

159.
Ten things at length named by

him, 160, 161. His delay in answering the offer

of the Commons, and the pro

bable motive of it, 167, 168. His new version of the Govern

ment proposal, 169—-173.
His disappointment at the refusal

of the Commons to entertain it,
and intimation of a possible mo-

dification, 174, 175.
His use of the occasion of the death

of Henry IV. of France, 185. Invites a renewal of the negotia

tion, with promise of better
terms and urges expedition ;
hoping to anticipate the threat-

ened debate on Impositions, ibid. His sudden change of tactics, and

endeavour to get a grant of sub-
sidies at once, 186-189.

note.
Reports the part of Salisbury's

speech relating to "retribution,”

159. Reports, from the sub-committee,

Salisbury's answer to the first offer of the Commons in the

Great Contract, 169. Opposes a proposal to leave a demand of the King's unanswered,

174. Extract from his report of an

other speech of Salisbury's, 175 note.