THE

WORKS

OF

FRANCIS BACON

BARON OF VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST. ALBAN,

AND

LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND.

COLLECTED AND EDITED BY

JAMES SPEDDING, M.A.,

OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE;

ROBERT LESLIE ELLIS, M.A.,

LATE FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE ;

AND

DOUGLAS DENON HEATH,

BARRISTER-AT-LAW ; LATE FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

VOL. XI.

THE LETTERS AND THE LIFE, VOL. IV.

LONDON:

LONGMANS, GREEN, READER, AND DYER.

1868.

The right of translation is rescrred.

PRINTED BY

J. E. TAYLOR AND CO., LITTLE QUEEN STREET,

LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS.