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Kemp, Mr. Robert, a letter from Mr. Bacon to him, ii. 142.
Kendal, prior of St. John's, i. 772.

Kermes, i. 198.

Kernels of grapes applied to the roots of vines, make them more early and prosperous, i. 88. Kernels put into a squill come up earlier, 135, some fruits come up more happily from the kernel than the graft, ib. Kernels of apples will produce coleworts. i. 136.

Knowd, his confession relating to Essex's treason, i. 411,
412.

Knowledge, human, general distribution of, i. 25, 26, 27.
Knowledge, its limits and ends, i. 218, impediments, 221.
Knowledge, when indigested, i. 180, discourse in praise of
it, 216.

Knowledge ought to be purged of two things, ii. 2.

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LACEDÆMONIANS, i. 321, 322, besieged by the Athenians,
322, causes of their wars, 286.
Laces, i. 518.

Lake, Sir Thomas some account of him, ii. 57 note §,
secretary of state, ii. 170, 178, sworn of the council of
Scotland, 191.

Kildare, deputy of Ireland, i. 767, seized, acquitted, and Lake, lady, her submission, ii. 216. replaced, ib.

Killigrew, Sir Robert, ii. 216.

Killigrew, Sir Henry, ii. 147.

Lambert Simnel, the impostor. See Simnel.
Lamia, the courtesan, i. 315.

Lamps of sundry sorts, i. 127, burn a long time in tombs, ib.

Killing of others, the several degrees and manners of it, Land, the value of it sunk by usury, i. 291.
with the punishment due to each, i. 684.
King, a description of one, i. 207, 208.

King, an essay of one, i. 308. God doth most for kings,
and they least for him, ib. the fountain of honour, which
should not run with a waste pipe, ib. a prodigal one next
a tyrant, ib. ought to have five things under his special
care, ib. have few things to desire, and many to fear, 275,
with whom they have to deal, 276, the value they set
upon friendship, 282, should not side with factions,
302, his proper title in our laws, 654, ought to be called
natural liege sovereign, in opposition to rightful or lawful
sovereign, ib. his natural politic capacity should not be
confounded, 662, his natural person, different from those
of his subjects, ib. privileges belonging to his person and
crown, ib. offences committed against his person, how
punishable, 675. King takes to him and his heirs, and
not to his successors, 662, his natural person operates
not only on his wife, &c. but also on his subjects, ib. five
acts of parliament explained, relating to a distinction
that homage followeth the crown, rather than the person
of the king, ib. perilous consequences of this distinction,
663, precedents examined relating to the same, 664, how
often he has other dominions united by descent of blood,
ib. when he obtains a country by war, to which he hath
right by birth, he holdeth it by this latter, ib. his person
represented in three things, 675, the great heinousness
of conspiring against their lives, 694, his sovereignty to
be held sacred, 487. James I. the sum of his charge to
Sir Francis Bacon, upon delivery of the great seal to
him, 709. Enumeration of those kings whose reigns have
been most happy, 379, why they administer by their
judges, when they themselves are supreme judges, 354.
Kings are distinguished in hell, by Menippus in Lucian,
only by their louder cries, &c. 335. There are four ways
by which the death of the king is said to be compassed,
ii. 51.

Kingdoms, the foundations of them are of two sorts, i. 470. King's bench, first instituted by William the Conqueror, i. 573, its jurisdiction, ib. dealt formerly in crown matters, ib.

Kinsale taken by the English, i. 540.

Kirkham, Mr. ii. 217.

Knighthood, a new order to be erected upon the union of England and Scotland, i. 456, to be conferred with some difference and precedence upon the planting of Ireland,

472.

Knights of the bath, i. 765.

Knight's service, "in capite," first instituted, what reserva-
tions the Conqueror kept to himself in the institution of
this tenure, i. 578, tenants by this service vowed homage
and fealty to the king, ib. every heir succeeding his
ancestors, paid one year's profit of the land to the king,
ib. it is a tenure "de persona regis," ib. tenures held this
way cannot be alienated by the tenant without licence
of the king, 579, a tenant to a lord by it, why first in-
stituted, ib. a tenant to a lord by this service, is not such
of the person of the lord, but of his manor, ib.
Knights of the shire were required to be "milites gladio
cincti," i. 624.

Lands, all in England were in the hands of the Conqueror, except religious and church lands, and what belonged to the men of Kent, i. 576, left by the sea are the king's, ib. are all holden of the crown, 577, in what cases only a man is attainted, to lose them, 580, that are entailed, escheat to the king by treason, ib. when forfeited to the lord, and when to the crown, ib. not passed from one to another upon payment of money, unless there be a deed indented and inrolled, 584, how many ways conveyed, 583, settle according to the intent of the parties upon fines, feoffments, recoveries, ib. held in " 'capite" or socage," can be devised only two parts of the whole, 585, the rest descends to the heir, and for what uses, ib. the whole may be conveyed by act, executed in the lifetime of the party, ib. entailed, are reckoned part of the third, ib. how a supply is to be made, when the heir has not the full thirds, ib. the power of the testator in this case, ib. 586, no lands are charged by way of tribute, but all by way of tenure, 624, were by the common law formerly not devisable, 602.

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Language: the being of one language a mark of union,

i. 529.

Lanthony, prior of, made chancellor of Ireland, i. 767.
Lard put to waste taketh away warts, i. 200.
Larrey, Monsieur De, his history commended, ii. 33 note .
Lassitude, why remedied by anointing, and warm water, i.
166.

Lasting trees and herbs, i. 147, designation to make plants
more lasting than ordinary, ib.

Late flowers and plants, i. 147.
Latimer, bishop, his way to enrich the king, i. 326.
Latimer, notes on his case, ii. 233.
Laud, Dr. his saying of hypocrites, i. 316.
Laughing, a continued expulsion of the breath, i. 164, is
always preceded by a conceit of something ridiculous,
ib. whence its several effects proceed, 165.
Lawgivers much commended, i. 670, 672, were long after
kings, 654.

Laws like cobwebs, i. 327, tortured, the worst of tortures,
304, of Henry VII. 748, 750, breaches of the law of na-
ture and nations, 527, of England, second to none in the
christian world, 511.

Laws, penal, Sir Stephen Proctor's project relating to them, i. 480, et seq.

Laws of England, a proposal for amending them, i. 666, commended, 667, are made up of customs of several nations, ib. are not to be altered as to the matter, so much as the manner of them, ib. the dignity of such a performance, ib. and the convenience of it, ib. the inconveniences of our laws, ib. what sort of them want most amending, 668, a good direction concerning any doubts that happen in the law, ib. whether the form of statute or common law be best, ib. the advantage of good laws, 671, ours commended as to the matter of them, 672, the civilians' saying, that law intends no wrong, 561, the use of law, which consists in three things chiefly-to secure men's persons from death and violence, to dispose the property of their goods and lands, and for the preservation of their good names from shame and infamy,

570, very much favour life, liberty, and dower, 606, 660, | what effects they have upon the king, 654, they operate in foreign parts, 656, are not superinduced upon any country by conquest, 659, all national ones that abridge the law of nature, are to be construed strictly, 661, of England and Scotland are diverse and several, this is urged as an objection against the naturalization of the Scots, and answered, 660, are rather "figura reipublicæ," than" forma," 463, our common laws are not in force in Guernsey and Jersey, ib. statute ones are not in force in Ireland, ib. do not alter the nature of climates, 464, the wisdom of them in the distribution of benefits and protections suitable to the conditions of persons, ib. a review of our laws much recommended, 468, those of Scotland have the same ground as of England, ib. in general, may be divided into three kinds, 452, how they are to be ordered upon the union of England and Scotland, 457, 458, are divided into criminal and civil, ib. criminal ones are divided into capital and penal, ib. were well maintained by king James, 692, the rigour of them complained of by foreigners, relating to traffic, i. 477, of nations, not to be violated by wars, 376, of God, obscurely known by the light of nature, but more fully discovered by revelation, 338. See Case.

Law-suits, most frequent in times of peace, with the reason of it, i. 545.

Lawyers and popes, i. 320, the study of lawyers' cases recommended, 302. Lawyers and clergymen more obsequious to their prince in employments, 794, civil lawyers should not be discountenanced, i. 513.

Lead will multiply and grow, i. 175, an observation on mixing it with silver, ib. 243.

Leagues within the state pernicious to monarchies, i. 302. League with the Hollanders for mutual strength, 516. Leaning long upon any part, why it causeth numbness, i. 166.

Leaping helped by weights in the hands, i. 161. Learning, objections against it considered, i. 2-7, its diseases, 9, the dignity of learning, 13, public obstacles to it, 23, 24.

Learning, concerning the advancement thereof in the universities, i. 495, &c.

Leases for years, how made, i. 581, they go to the execu tors, ib. are forfeited by attainder, in treason, felony, præmunire, killing himself, for flying, for standing out against being tried by the country, by conviction of felony, petty larceny, going beyond sea without licence, ib. &c.

Leases for lives, how made, i. 581, in what cases forfeitable, and to whom they are so, ib.

Leaves nourish not, i. 89, 136, 152, how enlarged, 137, the cause why they nourish not, 152, 153.

Leaves three cubits long and two broad, i. 151, plants without leaves, i. 171.

Lectures for philosophy, two erected in perpetuum of two hundred pounds per annum, by our author, at the universities, ii. 135.

Lee, employed between Essex and Tyrone, i. 411, his confession relating to Essex's treason, 412.

Lee, notes on his case, ii. 232.

Leet: court-leet, its institution was for three ends, i. 649, the power of this court, ib.

Leets, stewards of leets and law-days, i. 572. Left side and right, senses alike strong on each side, limbs strongest on the right, i. 186, the cause of each, ib. Legacy, how property may be gained thereby, i. 588, what debts must first be discharged before they are to be paid, ib. may be sold to pay debts upon any deficiency, ib. "Leges," how far a union in them is desirable, i. 452. Leicester, i. 312, earl of, had the lease of the alienation office, 595.

Leigh, Barnaby, ii. 198.

Lemnos of old, dedicated to Vulcan, i. 162.

Lenox, duke of, lord steward of the king's household, employed in the inquiry into the poisoning of Sir Thomas Overbury, ii. 176, sent to the lord chancellor, 214, his letter to lord St. Alban, 239.

Lepanto, victory of, i. 523, put a hook into the nostrils of the Mahometans, ib.

Lerma, duke of, ii. 218.

Lessee, cases wherein he has discovered damages in trees being cut down, and yet no property is from thence proved to be in him, i. 616.

Letter relating to the poisoning of queen Elizabeth, &c. taken and deciphered, i. 401. Letters, an appendix of history, i. 32. Letters, when best for persons in business, i. 300. Letters of favour, so much out of the writer's reputation, 301. Letters in the reign of queen Elizabeth. To a noble lord, ii. 1, to the queen, with a new year's gift, ib. another on the same, ib. to the same, concerning a star-chamber cause, ib. to the same, with a present, 2, to the same, in excuse of his absenting from court, ib. to lord treasurer Burghley, upon determining his course of life, ib. to the same, thanking him for a promise obtained from the queen, 3, another on the same, ib. to the same, offering service, 4, to the same, in excuse of his speech in parliament against the triple subsidy, ib. to the lord keeper Puckering, concerning the solicitorship, 5, to the same, from lord Essex, upon the same subject, ib. seven more from Mr. Bacon, upon the same, 5, 6, to the lord treasurer Burghley, recommending his first suit for the solicitor's place, 7, seven to the lord keeper, 7-9, to the same from the earl of Essex, in favour of Mr. Bacon, 10, to the earl of Essex, with advice how to behave himself towards the queen, ib. to the same, upon the queen's refusal of the author's service, 12, to the same, concerning the author's marriage, ib. to Sir John Stanhope, complaining of his neglect of him, 13, three to the earl of Essex, ib. from Essex to the queen, about her usage of him, 13, 14, to Sir Robert Cecil, intimating suspicion of unfair practices, 14, to the same, expostulating upon his conduct towards the author, ib. to Foulk Grevil, complaining of the queen's neglect, 14, 15, to lord Essex, desiring he would excuse to the queen his intention of going abroad, ib. two to Sir Robert Cecil in France, ib. of advice to Essex, to take upon him the care of Irish causes, when Mr. Secretary Cecil was in France, 15, 16, of advice to Essex, upon the first treaty with Tyrone, before the earl was nominated for the charge of Ireland, 16, of advice to Essex, immediately before his going into Ireland, 17, to Essex, 18, to the same, offering his service when he was first enlarged to Essex-house, 18, 19, answer of Essex to the preceding letter of Mr. Bacon, ib. to Essex, upon his being reconciled to the queen, ib. to the same, ib. to Sir Robert Cecil, clearing himself of aspersions in the case of the earl of Essex, ib. to the lord Henry Howard, on the same subject, 20, two letters framed, the one as from Mr. Antony Bacon to the earl of Essex, the other as the earl's answer thereunto, to be shown to the queen in order to induce her to receive Essex again into favour, 20, 21, to Secretary Cecil, after the defeating of the Spanish forces in Ireland, inciting him to embrace the care of reducing that kingdom to civility, 22, considerations touching the queen's service in Ireland, 22, 23, to my lord of Canterbury, 25, to Sir Thomas Lucy, thanking him for his assistance to his kinsman, ib. to the earl of Northumberland, a few days before queen Elizabeth's death, tendering service, ib. Letters in the reign of king James, ii. 26, to Mr. Fowlys, desiring his acquaintance, ib. to the same, on the king's coming in, ib. to Sir Thomas Chaloner, then in Scotland, before the king's entrance, desiring recommendation to his majesty, ib. to the king, offering service upon his first coming, 27. to the lord Kinlosse, upon the king's entrance, desiring recommendation to him, ib. to Dr. Morison, on the same subject, 28, to Mr. Davis, gone to meet the king, on the same subject, ib. to Mr. Kempe, of the situation of affairs upon the death of the queen, ib. to the earl of Northumberland, recommending a proclamation to be made by the king at his entrance, 28, 29, to the earl of Southampton, upon the king's coming in, ib. to Mr. Matthew, signifying the proceedings of king James at his first entrance, ib. to the earl of Northumberland, giving some character of the king at his arrival, 30, to Mr. Murray, of the king's bedchamber, about knighting a gentleman, ib. to Mr. Pierce, secretary to the lord deputy of Ireland, desiring an account of the Irish affairs, ib. to the earl of Northampton, desiring him to present the "Advancement of Learning" to the king,

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ib. to Sir Thomas Bodley, upon sending his book of Advancement of Learning," ib. to the earl of Salisbury, upon the same, ib. to the lord treasurer Buckhurst, on the same subject, 32, to the lord chancellor Egerton, on the same subject, ib. to Mr. Matthew, on the same subject, ib. to Dr. Playfere, desiring him to translate the "Advancement" into Latin, ib. to the lord chancellor, touching the " History of Britain," 33, to the king, touching the "History of his Times," 34, of expostulation to Sir Edward Coke, ib. to the earl of Salisbury, concerning the solicitor's place, 35, another to him suing for the solicitor's place, ib. to the lord chancellor, about the same, ib. to my lady Packington, in answer to a message by her sent, 36, to the king, touching the solicitor's place, ib. to the earl of Salisbury, upon a new year's tide, 37, to Mr. Matthew, imprisoned for religion, ib. to Mr. Matthew, with some of his writings, ib. to Sir George Carew, on sending him the treatise," In Felicem Memoriam Elizabethæ," 37, 38, to the king, upon presenting the Discourse touching the Plantation of Ireland." 38, to the bishop of Ely, upon sending his writing, entitled," Cogitata et Visa," 39, to Sir Thomas Bodley, desiring him to return the "Cogitata et Visa," ib. Sir Thomas Bodley's letter to Sir Francis Bacon about his "Cogitata et Visa," 39-41, to Mr. Matthew, upon sending to him a part of the "Instauratio Magna," 42, to Mr. Matthew, concerning his treatise of the felicities of queen Elizabeth, and the "Instauratio Magna," ib. to the same, with a memorial of queen Elizabeth, ib. to the same, upon sending his book, "De Sapientia Veterum," 43, to the king, asking a promise to succeed to the attorney's place, ib. another on the same subject, 44, to the prince of Wales, dedicating his "Essays" to him, ib. to the earl of Salisbury, requesting a place, ib. to the lord mayor of London, complaining of his usage of Mr. Bernard, ib. to Sir Vincent Skinner, complaining of his non-payment of some monies, 45, to Sir Henry Saville, concerning a discourse upon the intellectual powers, 45-47, to Mr. Matthew, about his writings, and the death of a friend, 47, 48, two to the king, concerning Peacham, 49, 50, to the king, concerning the lord chancellor's recovery, ib. to the king, touching Peacham, 50-52, to the king, touching my lord chancellor's amendment, &c. 53, to the king, concerning Owen's cause, &c. ib. to the king, with lord Coke's answers, concerning Peacham's case, 54, to the king, about Peacham's papers, ib. another on the same subject, 55, to the king, about his majesty's revenue, 56, to the king, with an account of Mr. St. John's trial, 57, to the king, concerning the new company, 57, 58, to Sir George Villiers, about Roper's place, ib. to the king, concerning Murray, ib. to the king, against the new company, 59, to the king, touching the chancellor's sickness, 60, to the king, relating to the chancellor's place, ib. to the king, of the chancellor's amendment, and the difference begun between the chancery and king's bench, 61, to Sir George Villiers, on the same subject, 62, to Sir George Villiers, about swearing him into the privy council, ib. to the king, concerning the præmunire in the king's bench against the chancery, 62, 63, to the king, on the breach of the new company, 64, to Sir George Villiers, soliciting to be sworn of the privy council, 65, to his majesty, about the earl of Somerset, 66, to his majesty, about the chancellor's place, ib. two to Sir George Villiers, about the earl of Somerset, 67, 68, a letter to the king, relating to Somerset's trial, with his majesty's observation upon it, 68, 69, to Sir George Villiers, about the earl of Somerset, 70, to Sir George Villiers, of Somerset's arraignment, ib. to the king, about Somerset's examination, 71, an expostulation to the lord chief justice Coke, 71-73, to Sir George Villiers, putting him in mind of a former suit, 74, to the king, about the commendams, 74-77, to Sir George Villiers, upon accepting a place in council, ib. to the same, concerning the affair of the commendams, 77, 78, two to Sir George Villiers, about restoring Dr. Burgess to preach, 82, 83, to the same, of lady Somerset's pardon, ib. to the same, recommending a gentleman to be solicitor in Ireland, ib. to the same, about Irish affairs, ib. to the king, with the preface of Sir George Villiers's patent, 84, to Sir George Villiers,

on sending his bill for viscount, 85, to the same, on sending his patent, ib. to the king, of Sir George Villiers's patent, 86, to Sir George Villiers, on sending his patent sealed, ib. to the same, acknowledging the king's favour, ib. to the king, of the clothing business, ib. to the lord viscount Villiers, on the same subject, 87, to the lord viscount Villiers, concerning the patent for licensing inns, 88, to the same, with Bertram's case, ib. to Sir Francis Bacon, from lord Villiers, concerning Bertram, 89, to the lord viscount Villiers, of the improving his lands and the revenues of his places, 89, 90, to the same, about duels, 90, 91, to the same, concerning the farmers' cause, 91, 92, to the earl of Buckingham, on the author's being declared lord keeper of the great seal, 92, to the same, concerning the queen's household, ib. to the university of Cambridge, in answer to their congratulation, ib. to the earl of Buckingham, of lord Brackley's patent, 92, 93, to the same, concerning the queen's business, 93, to Mr. Matthew, censuring some astronomers in Italy, ib. to the king, about the Spanish match, 93, 94, to the earl of Buckingham, of his taking his place in chancery, 94, the earl of Buckingham's answer, 96, to the earl of Buckingham, recommending Mr. Lowder to be one of the barons in Ireland, ib. to the same, dissuading the match between his brother and lord Coke's daughter, 97, 98, to the king, on the same subject, ib. to the earl of Buckingham, of his brother's match, 99, a letter of thanks to the earl of Buckingham, 100, to the same, with the certificate touching the enrolment of apprentices, ib. four to the same, of retrenching the expenses of the king's household, 101, to the king, from the lords of the council, on the same subject, 102, 103, to Mr. Matthew, desiring his judgment of his writings, 103, to the marquis of Buckingham, of different affairs, 104, the marquis's answer, ib. to the king, asking his directions concerning the charge to be given the judges, before the circuits, 105, to the lord chancellor, from Buckingham, concerning the treatment of the papists, ib. to the marquis of Buckingham, concerning lord Clifton's traducing the author, ib. to the same, concerning the revenue, 106, to the same, of staying two grants at the seal, and of the commission of wards in Ireland, ib. to the same, of his mother's patent, ib. to the same, of staying a patent at the seal, 107, to the same, of the navy, ib. to the same, soliciting the farm of the profits of the alienations, ib. to the same, concerning the affair of the Dutch merchants, who had exported immense quantities of gold and silver, 108, Buckingham's answer, ib. two to the marquis of Buckingham, concerning the revenue, 108, 109, to the king, concerning the gold and silver thread business, 109, to the same, proposing to regulate his finances, 109, 110, to the marquis of Buckingham, giving him an account of several matters, 110, Buckingham's answer, ib. Buckingham to the lord chancellor, ib. to Sir Thomas Leigh, and Sir Thomas Puckeridge, in favour of a man whose house was burnt down, ib. to the marquis of Buckingham, concerning the pursevants, 111, two from Buckingham to the lord chancellor, ib. to the marquis of Buckingham, concerning the "ore tenus" against the Dutch, ib. Buckingham's answer, 112, to the marquis of Buckingham, concerning the earl of Suffolk's submission, ib. Buckingham's answer, ib. to the marquis of Buckingham, of Suffolk's sentence, 113, to the same, of the Dutchmen's cause, ib. to the same, concerning the revenue, ib. to the same, with Sir Thomas Lake's submission, 113, 114, Buckingham's answer, 114, to the marquis of Buckingham, concerning the Dutch cause, ib. Buckingham's answer, ib. to the marquis of Buckingham, of justice Croke's death, ib. to the same, of the revenue business, ib. to the marquis of Buckingham, of a remembrancer in chancery, 115, to the king, of preparing for a parliament, 116, to the marquis of Buckingham, of the parliament business, ib. Buckingham's answer, 117, from the king to my lord chancellor, upon his lordship's sending to his majesty his Novum Organum," ib. to the marquis of Buckingham, with a draught of a proclamation for a parliament, 118, Buckingham's answer, 119, to Sir Henry Wotton, with Novum Organum," 120, to Mr. Matthew, believing his danger less than he found it, ib. to the same, express

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ing great acknowledgment and kindness, ib. to the same, owning his impatient attention to do him service, ib. to the marquis of Buckingham, of summoning the prince to parliament, 121, to the same, of parliament business, ib. Buckingham to the lord chancellor, approving the proclamation for a parliament, 122, Buckingham to the same, of the king's speech to his parliament, ib. three to the king, imploring favour, 122, 123, to the prince of Wales, returning thanks for his favours, 123, to the king, returning thanks for his liberty, 124, to the marquis of Buckingham, returning thanks for his good offices, ib. a memorial for his majesty's service, ib. to the marquis of Buckingham, soliciting him to stay at London, 125, to the king, soliciting to be restored to favour, 125, 126, Buckingham to the lord St. Alban, with his majesty's warrant for his pardon, 126, Buckingham writes three familiar letters to the lord St. Alban, 126, 127, the lord St. Alban to Buckingham, professing great affection, and begging a kind construction of his letters, 127, to the marquis of Buckingham, concerning the staying his pardon at the seal, ib. to the king, with his "History of Henry the Seventh," ib. to the marquis of Buckingham, high admiral of England, with the "History of Henry the Seventh," ib. lord St. Alban to a Barnabite monk, about points in philosophy, 128, to the king, imploring assistance, 128, 129, to Mr. Matthew, employing him to do a good office with a great man, 130, to the lord Digby, on his going to Spain, ib. to Mr. Matthew, concerning sincere friendship, 130, 131, an expostulation to the marquis of Buckingham, 131, Buckingham to the lord St. Alban, concerning his warrant and access to the king, ib. to the marquis of Buckingham, recommending Mr. Matthew, 132, to the duke of Buckingham, soliciting his favour, ib. Buckingham's answer, ib. to the duke of Buckingham, presenting the "De Augmentis Scientiarum," ib. Buckingham's answer, 133, to the duke of Buckingham, concerning his suit to his majesty for a full pardon and a translation of his honours after his death, 133, Buckingham's answer, ib. to the lord treasurer Marlborough, expostulating about his unkindness and injustice, 134, to the king, petitioning for a total remission of his sentence, ib. answer to the foregoing, by king James, 135, the lord viscount St. Alban to Dr. Williams, bishop of Lincoln, concerning his writings, &c. ib. the bishops' answer, ib. to the queen of Bohemia, with a discourse on a war with Spain, 136, to the marquis de Fiat, relating to his " Essays," ib. to the earl of Arundel and Surrey, just before his death, being the last letter he ever wrote, ib.

Letters patents, whether they might be given of the dignity of earldom, without delivery by the king's own hand, ii. 93, Brackley's case relating to this query, with the other nearest precedents to it, 96. Leucadians, a superstitious usage among them, i. 187. Levant, concerning the trade thither, i. 477, account of our merchants' sufferings therein, ib.

Lewis XI. of France, i. 199, his secrecy, 282, makes peace with Edward IV. 732, a design of his about their laws, 668, 672.

Lewis XII. stamped coins of gold with a motto, upon the kingdom's being interdicted by the pope, i. 687.

Lewis XII. notifies to Henry VII. his conquest of Milan, i. 783.

Lewis, Mr. licence granted to him, ii. 212. "Lex regia," what it was, i. 564.

Ley, Sir James, lord Ley, lord treasurer, well affected to lord viscount St. Alban's interest, ii. 262. Libel, observation on one published anno Domini 1592, i. 376, the design of the author of it, 378, would infuse groundless fears of Spain into us, 384, endeavours to stir up discontent in the nation, on account of the uncertainty of succession to the crown at that time, 385, many instances of the untruths and abuses contained therein, 393, the great impudence manifested therein, 396. Libellers, are condemned by the law of nations, i. 376. Libels, the females of sedition, and gusts of restrained liberty of speech, i. 767.

Liberties, what sort proper to allow to the undertakers for the plantation of Ireland, i. 472.

Licences for losses, are to be granted cautiously, i. 722. ̧

Lie, implies a man's being brave towards God, and a coward towards men, i. 262, why the last appeal to judgment, ib. "Tell a lie and find a truth," says the Spaniard 265, in transacting embassies, 303.

Lie, our law condemned as not having provided a sufficient punishment for those who use this word, i. 681. Francis I. of France, made this word so disgraceful as it now is, 682. Solon's answer to one who asked him why he made no punishment for this word, ib. the civilians dispute whether an action of injury will lie for it, ib.

Lieger ambassadors, what, i. 515, their care and duty, ib. Life, the taking it away how to be punished in several cases, i. 676, perpetual continuance of it no way desirable, 335.

Life, by what courses prolonged, i. 117.
Light by refraction shows greater, i. 170.
Light comforteth the spirits, i. 197, especially light va-
ried, ib.

Lights over-great, offend the eyes, i. 186.
Lignum aloes, i. 188.
Lincoln, John, earl of, son of John de la Pole, duke of
Suffolk, and Elizabeth, eldest sister of Edward IV. i.
739, intended for the crown by Richard III. ib. carefully
watched by Henry VII. ib. sails into Flanders, ib. lands
in Lancashire, 740, slain in the battle near Newark, 741.
Lincostis, an herb growing in the water, i. 154.
Liquefaction, its cause, i. 180.

Liquefiable, and not liquefiable, i. 180, bodies that liquefy by fire, 181, others by water, ib. some liquefy by both, ib. Liquors, infusions in them, i. 84, appetite of continuation in them, 85, 117.

Liquors, their clarification, i. 119, 120, three causes thereof, 119, preservation of liquors in wells or vaults, 128. Liquors compressed, 185, their incorporation with powders, 118.

Liturgy, to be used with reverence, i. 355, how to be composed, ib. the exceptions against ours are trifling, ib. Liver, how to cure a scirrhus of it, i. 139, how opened, 250. Lives, a branch of civil history, i. 30.

Livia, i. 321, 323, sorted well with the policy of her husband, and the dissimulation of her son, 264, poisoned her husband, 276, 705, secured her son's succession by false fames of Augustus's recovery, 309.

Living creatures that generate at certain seasons only, i. 169, others at all seasons, ib. the cause of each, ib. their several times of bearing in the womb, ib. the causes thereof, ib. the several numbers which they bring forth at a burden, ib. the causes, ib. Living creatures that will be transmuted into another species, 142. Living creatures foreshow weather, 177, 178.

Livy, his description of Cato Major, i. 293, his remark on
Antiochus and the Etolians, 303.
Loadstone, its operation by consent, i. 191.
Logic, i. 46.

London, contributed more than 9000l. to the Benevolence of Henry VII. i. 757.

Lopez, his design of poisoning queen Elizabeth, i. 399, holds a correspondence with several in Spain on that account, ib. the method of his proceeding in that affair, 399, 400, agrees to poison the queen for 50,000 crowns, 401, his contrivances to keep concealed, ib. a letter intercepted relating to his plot, ib. is discovered and convicted, ib.

Lopping trees, makes them spread and bushy, i. 133.
Lot's offer, i. 211.

Love, the Platonists' opinion of it, i. 194, procured by sudden glances and dartings of the eye, ib. without ends lasting, 315, ii. 131.

Love, who least liable to extravagant love, i. 268, its tides, ib. nuptial, friendly, and wanton love, ib. Lovel, viscount, attainted, i. 735, heads the forces against Henry VII. 736, flies into Lancashire, and sails to Flanders to the lady Margaret, ib. invades England with Irish and Dutch, 740, various accounts of his death, 741. Lovelace, Leonard, ii. 220.

Low Countries, said to have the same succession of weather every thirty-five years, i. 307.

Low Countries, their afflicted condition, i. 381, their defection from the king of Spain, 389, 391.

Low's case of tenures, i. 623, whether his tenancy was in

"capite" or in "socage," ib. arguments for its being in "capite," 623-626, the cases seemingly against it answered, 626, et seq.

Lowder, Mr. solicitor to the queen, made one of the barons
of the exchequer in Ireland, ii. 191, 193.
Lucciole, a fly in Italy shining like glow-worms, i. 163.
Lucky and unlucky, i. 194.

Lucretius's exclamation against religion, upon the sacrifice of Agamemnon's daughter, i. 263.

Lucullus entertains Pompey, i. 323, why he calls Pompey
a carrion crow, 325, his answer to Pompey, 297.
Lunacy in children, how occasioned, i. 198.
Lupins help both roots and grain, i. 156.
Lust, the impressions thereof, i. 165.

Lutes, why old ones sound better than new, i. 112. Lycurgus advised to reduce the state of Sparta to a democracy, i. 322.

Lycurgus, his laws were of long continuance, i. 671, an answer of his to one who advised him to set aside kingly government, 653.

Lydia, near Pergamus, i. 94.

Lying, in what kind of posture healthful, i. 166.

M

MACEDON, its glory founded in poverty, 467, compared with Spain, 388.

Machiavel, i. 270, 293, 306.

Macro, i. 291.

Macrobius, i. 310.

Macrocephali, i. 86.

Mad dog, i. 118.

Madness, a remedy for it, i. 84. Magic, i. 38.

Magic, natural, i. 190-194.

Magic of the Persians, our author's opinion concerning it, i. 449.

Magical operations, i. 190, et seq.

Magistrates subordinate, directions for their conduct, i. 571, cannot be invested with the personal prerogative and power of the king, ib. Magnalia Naturæ, i. 81. Mahomet, i. 270.

Mahometans, who propagate religion by the sword, yet use therein no secret murders, i. 694. Maiz, i. 90.

Male birds, why the best singers, i. 183.

Male and female, the difference of them in several living creatures, i. 183, the causes thereof, ib. Male and female in plants, 151. Male piony good for the falling sickness, and incubus, 198.

Maleficiating, practised in Gascony, i. 188.

Malt, i. 154, its swelling and increase, ib. its sweetness, ib. Man, knowledge of, how divided, i. 41.

Man was created in the image of God, i. 338, judged falsely of the rules of good and evil, ib. his fall, and the ill effects thereof, ib. is compared to an Indian fig-tree, 335, is improvable in the mind, as well as body, ii. 47, how his body is improvable, in many instances, 46. Man, a plant turned upwards, i. 150.

Man's flesh eaten, i. 85, breedeth the French disease, ib. causeth high imaginations, ib. 184, not in itself edible, ib. the cause, ib. how eaten by cannibals, ib. wherefore eaten by witches, ib.

Mandeville, lord, a letter to him and lord chancellor Bacon from the marquis of Buckingham, ii. 227. Mandrakes, the ill use made of them, i. 151.

Manna, i. 139, of Calabria best and most plentiful, i. 172. Manners, how far a union of them in kingdoms is to be desired, i. 452.

Manors, how at first created, i. 579, whence they had their name, ib.

Mansell, Sir Robert, committed to the Marshalsea, and brought before the council-table, ii. 161 note ‡, 162, his account brought in slowly in the king's opinion, 208, 236. Manslaughter, what it is, and its punishment, i. 571, our law makes a difference very justly between it and murder in malice prepense, 681.

Manuel Andrada practised the death of Antonio king of

Portugal, comes into England, and is thereupon apprehended, i. 400.

Manufactures, workers thereof how punishable, unless they have served seven years' apprenticeship, i. 677. Manwaring, Sir Arthur, ii. 211.

Manufactures foreign, should be prohibited where the materials are superfluities, i. 787, our own should be encouraged, 517. Manufactures of old generally wrought by slaves, 286.

March, towards the end, the best discoverer of summer sickness, i. 176.

Marchers, lordships, abolished by statute of 27 Henry VIII. i. 632, court of marches maintained its jurisdiction, ib. what meant by the word marches, ib. is as old as Edward IVth's time, ib. the extent of it, ib. &c. the intention of the king in the election of it, ib. the sense of the word marches settled by several arguments, and its authority justified, 632, 633, arguments to prove that it signifies lordships marchers, ib. a confutation of those arguments, 634, different significations of marches with the arguments in defence of them, 633, the whole debate upon this matter summed up, 636, et seq. statute of 34 of Henry VIII. relating to the marches explained, 636, Marches distinguished from lordships marchers, 638, several arguments collected together on this head, which were unanswered, ib.

Marchio, a marquis, whence derived, i. 631. Margaret, lady, i. 736, second sister of Edward IV. and dowager of Charles the Hardy, duke of Burgundy, 739, had the spirit of a man, and the malice of a woman, ib. raises the ghost of the second son of Edward IV. 760, reflected on by Dr. Warham, 764, not mentioned in the account of Perkin's examination, 780. Margaret, eldest daughter of Henry VII. married to James IV. of Scotland, i. 785, her line succeeds to the crown, 796.

Maritime countries need not fear a surcharge of people, i. 463.

Markham, Gervase, Esq. his quarrel with lord Darcy, ii. 183, note .

Marlborough, lord, made treasurer, ii. 134.
Marle, why esteemed the best compost, i. 149.
Marriage recommended, i. 210, the laws and conditions of
marriage, 211.

Marriage and single life, i. 211. Marriage despised by the
Turks, 266.

Marriage by the book, and not by the sword, i. 755, between the crowns of England and Scotland, how caused, 776.

Marriage of wards, a political reservation of William the Conqueror, i. 578.

Marrow more nourishing than fat, i. 89, of two kinds, 168. Marshal's office, what it is, i. 650.

Marshalsea first erected, i. 671, its design, jurisdiction, and extent thereof, ib.

Mart, letters thereof, how vain and dangerous a remedy of the Spanish grievances, i. 477.

Martin, Richard, Esq. his letter to Sir Francis Bacon, ii. 179, account of him, ib. note ‡.

Martin, lady, widow of Sir Richard Martin, her cause recommended to the lord chancellor by the marquis of Buckingham, ii. 228.

Martyrdom, miraculous because it exceeds the power of human nature, i. 307.

Mary, second daughter of Henry VII. i. 789, married to Charles, prince of Castile, afterwards Charles V. 792. Mary, queen, a conspiracy against her to kill her by a burning-glass, i. 101.

Masques, i. 292.

Massacre in Paris, i. 263, 312.
Mathematics, i. 38.

Matrimony, what tempers best disposed for it, i. 266.
Matthew, Mr. some account of him, ii. 29.
Matthew, Dr. Tobie, archbishop of York, ii. 187, 268.
Matthew, Tobie, acts the part of the squire in the earl of
Essex's device, ii. 148, note, letter to Sir Francis Bacon,
170, account of him, ib. note*, letters to Sir Francis
Bacon, 147, 148, 205, 206, 211, 218, 220, he advertises
his lordship of a design of the Roman catholics, 246, a
good friend of lord viscount St. Alban, 253, letter to him

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