Capel, Sir William, alderman of London, an instance of the king's extortion, i. 767.
Capital to conspire the death of a lord, or any of the king's council, i.,748.
Capite, lands held in capite in knight's service, in what manner and parcels they may be devised, i. 626, 627. Capon drink for a consumption, i. 89.
Caracalla, famous for driving chariots, i. 275.
Cardinal, whence so called, i. 534.
Cardinals of Rome, their affected wisdom, i. 303.
Carew, Sir George, some account of him, ii. 37 note §. Carrying of foreign roots with safety, i. 152. Carvajal, i. 319.
Cary, Mr. Henry, his letter to lord Falkland, ii. 243. Cary, under-keeper of the Tower, displaced, and is suc- cceded by Weston, in order to effect the poisoning of Overbury, i. 707.
Casaubon, Isaac, letter to him from Sir Francis Bacon, ii.
Case of Marwood, Sanders, Foster, and Spencer, relating
to property in timber-trees, i. 619, of Sir Moyle Finch, of the statute of Marlbridge, Littleton, and Culpeper on the same, 622. Of Carr, relating to tenures in capite, 626, of the bishop of Salisbury upon the same, 627, of Fitz-Williams, 628, of Colthurst about the sense of si and ita quod, 629, of Diggs on the same, ib. of Jermin and Askew about the interpretation of some words in devising of lands, 630, of Corbet about uses, 600, of De- lamer on the same, 601, of Calvin about his freedom in England, 652, of 8th of Henry VI. 660, of Sir Hugh Cholm- ley and Houlford, that the law does not respect remote possibilities, 660, of lord Berkley brought to prove that the body natural and politic of the king are not to be confounded, 662, of Wharton, concerning challenges to duelling, 682, of Saunders upon poisoning, 696. Cassia, an odd account of it from one of the ancients, i. 152.
Cassius in the defeat of Crassus by the Parthians, i. 326. Cassytas, a superplant of Syria, i. 156.
Castello, Adrian de, pope's legate, i. 750.
Castile, Philip, king of, driven on the English shore, i. 789. Casting of the skin or shell, i. 166, the creatures that cast either, ib.
Casting down of the eyes proceedeth of reverence, i. 164. Catalonia, a name compounded of Goth and Alan, i. 467. Cataracts of the eye, i. 115, of Nile, said to strike men deaf, ib. remedy for those of the eyes, 153.
Caterpillars, their produce and growth, i. 165, several kinds of them, ib.
Catharine. See Katharine.
Cato Major compares the Romans to sheep, i. 322, his reason to his son for bringing in a step-mother, 323, says, wise men profit more by fools than fools by wise men, 326, his character, 293.
Catullus, his sarcasm upon Clodius, i. 322.
Causes dismissed in chancery, after full hearing, are not to be retained again, i. 717.
Cecil, Sir Robert, some account of him, i. 396, ii. 31 note||, letters to him from Sir Francis Bacon, ii. 154, 155, 156, character of him by the same, 153, his letter to Mr. Francis Bacon, 142, his answer to Mr. Bacon's let- ter, 144.
Cecile, Duchess of York, mother of Edward IV. her death, i. 769.
Celsus, his great precept of health, i. 287.
Cements that grow hard, i. 182. Cement as hard as stone, 173.
Cephalus, an Athenian, a saying of his upon himself, i. 394. Ceremonies and respects, i. 302, their slight use and great abuse, ib. often raise envy, and obstruct business, ib. Certainty, there be three degrees of it; first, of presence, which the law holds of greatest dignity; secondly, of name, which is the second degree; thirdly, of demonstration or reference, which is the lowest degree, i. 568. There is a certainty of representation also, cases of which see, ib. what the greatest kind in the naming of lands, 569, what sort is greatest in demonstrations of persons, ib. of reference, two difficult questions relating thereto answer- ed, ib.
Cestuy que use, cases relating thereto, i. 598, had no
remedy till Augustus's time, if the heir did not perform as he ought, 602. cases concerning him in statute of uses, 607, 608, 609, 611, what person may be so, 613. See Use.
Charonea, battle of, won by Philip of Macedon, ii. 443. Chalcites, or vitriol, i. 161.
Chalk, a good compost, i. 149, good for pasture as well as for arable, ib.
Challenges to duelling punishable, though never acted, i. 682.
Chaloner, Sir Thomas, some account of him, ii. 26 note ¶. Chamberlain, John. Esq. a correspondent of Sir Dudley Carleton, ii. 154 note +.
Chambletted paper, i. 167.
Chameleons, their description, i. 125, their nourishment of flies as well as air, ib. their raising a tempest if burnt, a fond tradition, 126.
Chancery, one formerly in all counties palatine, i. 637, rules proper to be observed for the direction of that court, 709, 710, its excess in what particulars to be amended, 712, some disagreement between that court and King's Bench, ii. 61, letter upon the same to Sir George Villiers, 62, the ground of their disagreement, 61, our author's advice relating thereto, 63, more pro- ceedings between them, 75.
Chandos of Britain made earl of Bath, i. 735.
Change in medicines and aliments, why good, i. 93, vide 287.
Chanteries, statute of, explained, i. 559.
Chaplains to noblemen's families, should have no other benefice, i. 358.
Charcoal vapour, in a close room, often mortal, i. 192. Charge against lord Sanquhar, i. 677, against duels, 679, against Priest and Wright concerning duels, 683, against Talbot, 686, against Oliver St. John for traducing the letters touching the benevolence, with the sum of his offence, 689, against Owen for high treason, 693, against several persons for traducing the king's justice in the proceedings against Weston for poisoning Overbury, 695, with an enumeration of their particular offences, 697, against the countess of Somerset for poisoning Overbury, 699, against the earl of Somerset for the same, 704. Charges warily to be entered upon, i. 284.
Charities, why not to be deferred till death, i. 290. Charlemaign, i. 307.
Charles, duke of Burgundy, slain at the battle of Granson, i. 199.
Charles, king of Sweden, a great enemy to the Jesuits, i. 318, hanging the old ones, and sending the young to the mines, ib.
Charles V. emperor, passes unarmed through France, i. 320, has the fate of great conquerors, to grow supersti- tious and melancholy, 275, married the second daughter of Henry VII. i. 791. See i. 535.
Charles, prince of Wales, our author's dedication to him, i. 731, another, 532, a Charles who brought the empire first into France and Spain, ib.
Charles VIII. of France, marries Anne, inheritress of Bri- tany, i. 733, fortunate in his two predecessors, 742, his character and conduct in re-annexing Britany, ib. treats with great art and dissimulation, 744, 753, resolved upon the war of Naples and a holy war, how, 754, marries the heir of Britany, though both parties were contracted to others, 753, 756, restores Russignon and Perpignan to Ferdinando, 760, besides present money, grants an annual pension or tribute to Henry VII. for a peace, ib. despatches Lucas and Frion in embassy to Perkin, 762, to invite him into France, ib. conquers and loses Naples, 768, his ill conduct recapitulated, ib.
Charles IX. advice given him by Jasper Coligni, to dis- charge the ill humours of his state in a foreign war, i. 535.
Charter-house, what sort of persons most proper to be re- lieved by that foundation, i. 495, no grammar school to be there, but readers in the arts and sciences, 495, 496 should be a college for controversies, 496, a receptacle for converts to the reformed religion, ib. See Sutton. Cheap fuel, i. 172. Cheerfulness, a preservative of health, i. 287.
Cheshire, exempted from the jurisdiction of the court of Marches, i. 635.
Childless men authors of the noblest works and founda- tions, i. 265.
Children, a foolish pride in having none, from covetousness and a fondness to be thought rich, i. 266. Children born in the seventh month, vital; in the eighth not, why, i. 124, over-much nourishment ill for children, ib. what nourishment hurtful, ib. what nourishment good for them, ib. sitting much, why hurtful for them, 125, cold things, why hurtful, ib. long sucking, why hurtful, ib. sweeten labours, imbitter misfortunes, 266. Chilon, his saying of kings, &c. i. 321, his saying of men and gold, 325.
Chinese commended for attempting to make silver, rather than gold, i. 121, paint their cheeks scarlet, 167, eat horse flesh, 184, had ordnance two thousand years ago, 307.
Choleric creatures, why not edible, i. 184. Christ Jesus, sent by God according to promise, i. 338, his incarnation, ib. is God and man, ib. his sufferings are satisfactory for sin, 339, to what persons they are appli- cable, ib. the time of his birth and suffering, 338. Christendom, its disturbances what owing to, i. 388. Christian priest, a description of a good one, i. 204. Christianity, how commended by Æneas Sylvius, i. 320. Chronicles, i. 29.
Church of England, the eye of England, i. 330, the disputes about the policy, government, and ceremonies of it car- ried very high, 346, considerations touching its pacifica- tion, 351, the faults of those who have attempted to re- form its abuses, 353, is commended, 352, yet wants reformation in some things, 353, that there should be only one form of discipline alike in all, an erroneous con- ceit, ib. want of patrimony therein, 359, methods of sup- plying its decayed maintenance, ib. parliaments are obliged in conscience to enlarge its patrimony, ib. its affectation of imitating foreign churches condemned as a cause of schism and heresy, 347.
Church catholic, that there is one, i. 339, that there is a visible one, ib.
Church of Rome, the ill effects of our condemning every thing alike therein, i. 347.
Church-livings, caution necessary in presenting persons to them, i. 511.
Cicero, i. 310, 321, gives an evidence upon oath against Clodius, 322, what he observes of the bribery of the pro- vinces, 325, his character of Piso, 281, his letter to Atti- cus about Pompey's preparations at sea, 286, his com- mendation of Rabirius Posthumus, 289, his observation upon Cæsar, 258.
Cider ripeneth under the line, i. 189.
Cincas, how he checked Pyrrhus's ambition, i. 315. Cinnamon dry, properties of that tree,
Cion overruleth the stock, i. 133, 135, 137, must be su- perior to it, 136, regrafting often the same cions may enlarge the fruit, 135, grafted the small end downwards, 183.
Circuit, counties divided into six of them, i. 574, times ap- pointed for the judges to go them, ib.
Circuits of judges, how rendered more serviceable to crown and country, i. 512.
Citron grafted on a quince, i. 142.
Civil history, i. 29.
Civil war prevails in Gascoigne, Languedoc, &c. i. 468. Civil war like the heat of a fever, i. 286. Clammy bodies, i. 117.
Clarence, duke of, his death contrived by his brother Richard, i. 731.
Clarification of liquors, by adhesion, i. 83, 119, three causes thereof, 119, several instances of clarification, ib. rification by whites of eggs, 171, of the Nile water, ib. Claudius, a conspiracy against him, i. 326. "Clausula derogatoria," called also "clausula non ob- stante," is of two sorts, i. 564, &c. its force explained by several instances, ib.
Clay grounds produce moss in trees, i. 144.
Cleon's dream, i. 291.
Cleopatra, her death, i. 154.
all cases except treason and robbing of churches; but is now much limited, ib. to what cases now confined, ib. their maintenance is "jure divino," 359, equality in their order condemned, ib. an assembly of them much com- mended, 357.
Clergy pared by Henry VII. i. 748. Clerk and inferior ministers of justice, i. 651. Clerk of the crown, his office, i. 650, of the peace, his office, 651, is appointed by the Custos Rotulorum, ib. Clifford, Sir Robert, embarks for Flanders, in favour of Perkin, i. 763, deserts him, 764, returns and impeaches Sir William Stanley, lord chamberlain, who had saved the king's life, and set the crown upon his head, 765. Clifford thought to have been a spy from the beginning, 767.
Clifford, lady, letter from her to the lord chancellor, ii. 210.
Clifford, Nicholas, queen Elizabeth much displeased at him, ii. 143.
Clifton, lord, how to be proceeded against, ii. 104, to be punished for speaking against the chancellor, 105. Climates, i. 255.
Clodius acquitted by a corrupted jury, i. 322. Clothing business at a stay, ii. 86, a remedy hereof pro- posed, 86, 87, some further thoughts upon the same, 87, the new company not to be encouraged in the clothing trade, ib.
Cloves attractive of water, i. 94. Coasting of plants, i. 136.
Cocks may be made capons, but capons never cocks, ap- plied to the Epicureans, i. 325. Coffee, its virtues, i. 167.
"Cogitata et Visa," Bodley's opinion of that book, ii. 39. Coke, Sir Edward, i. 317, 318, an account of his errors in law, ii. 71-73, his Reports much commended, i. 668, ii. 95, are thought to contain matters against the preroga- tive, ib. note +.
Coke, when attorney-general, insults Mr. Francis Bacon, ii. 155, knighted, ib. note †, and made lord chief justice of the Common Pleas, ib. called the Huddler by Mr. Bacon, 143, innovations introduced by him into the laws and go- vernment, 168, fills part of the charge against the earl of Somerset with many frivolous things, 172, answers for the earl's jewels, 174, active in examining into the poison- ing of Sir Thomas Overbury, 175, cited before the coun- cil, 180, and forbid to sit at Westminster, ib. letter of lord viscount Villiers concerning him, ib. remembrances of the king's declaration against him, 181, his letter to the king concerning the case of murder or felony committed by one Englishman upon another in a foreign kingdom, 184, exasperates the earl of Buckingham against the lord keeper Bacon, 194, 195, his Reports examined by the judges, 196, he attends the council, but is in a bad state of health, 215, the marquis of Buckingham has no power with him, 229.
Colchester oysters how improved, i. 162.
Cold contracts the skin, and causes defluxions, i. 88, how it relaxeth, ib. stanches blood, 92, heat and cold Nature's two hands, 93, intense cold sometimes causeth mortifica- tion, 122, 173. Cold in feet, why it hindereth sleep, 168. Cold the greatest enemy to putrefaction, 180.
Cold, the production of it a noble work, i. 93, seven means to produce it, ib. the earth" primum frigidum," ib. tran- sitive into bodies adjacent as well as heat, ib. all tangible bodies of themselves cold, ib. density cause of cold, ib. quick spirit in a cold body increaseth cold, ib. chasing away the warm spirit, increaseth cold, 94, exhaling the warm spirit doth the same, ib. Cold causeth induration, 95, and quickens liquors, 120, hinders putrefaction, 123, irritateth flame, 128. Cold sweats often mortal, 163, how to help a mortification arising from cold, 178. Coleworts furthered in their growth by sea-weed, i. 135, by being watered with salt water, 136, apple grafted on them in the Low Countries, 135, hurt neighbouring plants, 138, apples grafted on them produce fruit without core, 183.
Colic cured by application of wolf's guts, i. 198. Coligni, Jasper, admiral of France, his advice, i. 595.
Clergy, benefit thereof, its first rise, i. 575, was allowed in College for controversies proposed, i. 496.
Conquest, distinction between conquest and descent in the case of naturalization confuted, i. 659, subjects gained thereby are esteemed naturalized, ib.
Colles, Mr. recommended by lord viscount St. Alban to Conquerors grow superstitious and melancholy, when, i. Edward earl of Dorset, ii. 263. Colliquation, whence it proceedeth, i. 122. Coloquintida, being stamped, purges by vapour, i. 192. Coloration of flowers, i. 141, different colours of flowers from the same seed, whence, ib. Colours of herbs, ib. Colours vanish not by degrees as sounds do, 110, the causes thereof, ib. mixture of many colours disagreeable to the eye, 179. Colour of the sea and other water, 186, light and colours, 214, which show best by candle light, 292.
Colours in birds and beasts, i. 83, the nature of, 96. lours orient in dissolved metals, 117. Colours of good and evil, i. 254. Colthurst's case, i. 629.
Columbus, Christopher, his discovery of America, i. 780. Columbus's offer to Henry VII. relating to the Indies, i. 659.
Combats of two sorts seem to have been looked upon as authorized, i. 681, by way of judicial trial of right, by whom introduced, ib.
Comets rather gazed upon than wisely observed, i. 306. Comforting the spirits of men by several things, i. 167. Commendams, ii. 196, letter to the king about them, 77, 78, some proceedings therein give offence to the king, 76, king denied to have a power of granting them, 78, judges proceed therein without the king's leave, 79, the king writes to them upon it, ib. he charges them with several faults therein, 80, the judges submit, ib. and commen- dams are allowed to be in the king's power, 82. Commineus, Philip, his observation of Charles the Hardy, i. 199.
Commissioners for plantation of Ireland how to act. Ireland. Commissions for examinations of witnesses, i. 720, for cha- ritable uses, 722, suits thereupon how to proceed, ib. of sewers, ib. of delegates, when to be awarded, ib. Committees for ripening of business in affairs of state, i. 278.
Common law, what method to be observed in the digesting of it, i. 669, what points chiefly to be minded in the re- duction of it, ib.
Common people, state of them in queen Elizabeth's time,
Common Pleas, court of, erected in Henry III.'s time, i. 574, its institution and design, ib. its jurisdiction, 716. Common vouchee, who he is, and in what cases made use of, i. 583.
Comparison between Philip of Macedon and the king of Spain, i. 388.
Compositio et mistio, the difference naturalists make be- tween them, i. 451.
Composts to enrich ground, i. 149, the ordering of them for several grounds, ib. six kinds of them, ib. Compound fruits, how they may be made, i. 137. Compression in solid bodies, cause of all violent motion, i. 83, not hitherto inquired, ib. worketh first in round, then in progress, ib. easily discernible in liquors, in solid bodies not, ib. Compression in a brittle body, ib. in powder, in shot, ib. Compression of liquors, 185. Compton, Spencer, lord, ii. 219.
Concoction, what, i. 180, not the work of heat alone, ib. its periods, ib.
Concord final upon any writ of covenant, i. 592. Concords in music, i. 99.
Concretion of bodies dissolved by the contrary, i. 181. Condensing medicines to relieve the spirits, i. 167. Condensing of air into weight, i. 167.
Condition, its significancy in statute of uses, i. 610. Confederates, their great importance to any state, i. 543. Confederation, tacit, i. 529.
Conference between the lords and commons upon petition- ing the king to treat of a composition for wards and tenures, i. 484.
Confession of faith, i. 337.
Conquest, the inconveniences of that claim in the person of Henry VII. i. 732.
Consalvo, i. 319, his saying of honour, 306, 682. Conscience, how persons are to be treated in religious matters upon pretence thereof, i. 387. Conservation of bodies long time, i. 171, the causes and helps thereof, ib.
Conservation of bodies in quicksilver, i. 174. Conservators of the peace, their origin, office, and continu- ance thereof, i. 573, who are such by office, ib. were succeeded by justices of the peace, ib.
Conservatory of snow and ice, i. 93, great uses to be made thereof in philosophy, ib. and likewise in profit, 95. Consiliarii nati, who, i. 514.
Consistencies of bodies how divers, i. 180. Consistory at Rome, whereof it consists, i. 354, performs all ecclesiastical jurisdiction, ib.
Conspiracies against princes, the peculiar heinousness of them, i. 694.
Constable, his office, i. 571, was settled by William the Conqueror, ib. two high constables appointed for every hundred by the sheriff, ib. a petty one appointed for every village, ib. the original of their authority very dark, 648, original of their office still more obscure, ib. whether the high constable was ab origine, ib. by whom elected, and where, 649, of what condition they ought to be in estate, ib. their office, ib. their authority, ib. et seq. their original power reducible to three heads, ib. by whom they are punishable, ib. their oath, 650, their office summed up, ib.
Constable, Sir John, ii. 219.
Contiguous things, or such once, their operation, i. 191. Continuity, solution of it, causes putrefaction, i. 122. Contract, the difference of dissolving a contract and making a lease of the thing contracted for, i, 565. Contraction of bodies in bulk, by mixing solids and fluids, i. 88, of the eye, 185.
Controversies are no ill sign in a church, i. 343, college for
controversies proposed, 496, are to be expected, 343, those of the Church of England not about great mat- ters, ib. by what means they are easily prevented, 344, are carried on amongst us with great indecency, 345, five points wherein both the controverting parties are to blame in these matters, ib. the occasions of them, ib. their progress, 347, they grow about the form of church government, 353, unbrotherly proceedings on both sides in these controversies, 347, should not be discussed be- fore the people, 350, few are qualified enough to judge of them impartially, 351.
Conversation, some observations relating thereto, i. 334. Converts to the reformed religion, a proposal for making a receptacle to encourage them, i. 496.
Conveyance, property of land gained thereby in estates in fee, in tail, for life, for years, i. 581, of lands is made six ways; by feoffment, by fine, by recovery, by use, by covenant, by will, 583, 584, these ways are all explain- ed, ib. by way of use ought to be construed favourably, 630. Conway, secretary, letter to him from lord viscount St. Al- ban, ii. 251, to lord viscount St. Alban, 252, wishes that lord well, 260.
Copies in chancery, how to be regulated, i. 720.
Confirmation, whether we are not in our church mistaken Copper-mines, case relating to them determined by re-
Coral participates of the nature of plants and metals, i. 150. Coral much found on the south-west of Sicily, 172, its description, ib. Coral said to wax pale when the party wearing it is ill, 197.
Coranus, answered by Sir Henry Savil, i. 320.
Cordes, lord, would lie in hell seven years to win Calais from the English, i. 752, appointed to manage the treaty, 760.
Core in fruits, want of it how obtained, i. 142.
Corn changed by sowing often in the same ground, i. 142, changed into a baser kind by the sterility of the year, ib. the diseases thereof, 156, 157, their remedy, 157, choice of the best corn, ib.
Cornish insurrection, i. 773.
Corns, why most painful towards rain or frost, i. 178. Coronation of our kings, where to be held after the union of England and Scotland, i. 455.
Coroners, their office, i. 651, how they came to be called so, ib. by whom they are chosen, ib.
Corporations, excluded from trust by statute of uses, i. 608.
Corruption and generation, Nature's two boundaries, i. 122. Corruption to be avoided in suitors as well as ministers, i. 269.
Cosmetics, i. 41.
Cosmography, i. 38.
Cosmus, duke of Florence, says, we no where read that we are to forgive our friends, i. 264, temperate in youth, 295.
Cottington, Sir Francis, letters to him from lord viscount St. Alban, ii. 250, 253.
Cotton, Sir John, ii. 201 note **, 202.
Cotton, Sir Robert, backward in furnishing lord Bacon with materials for his life of king Henry VIII. ii. 254. Cotton, Sir Rowland, ii. 204 note **.
Cotton, Mr. imprisoned on suspicion of being author of a libel against king James I. ii. 164 note +. Covenant, a manner of conveyance, i. 584, how it is effect- ed, ib.
Coventry, Sir Thomas, his character by Sir Francis Bacon, ii. 183, did his part well in the prosecution of the earl of Suffolk, 214, ordered to come well prepared for the king, 223, ordered to prepare a book for the king's signature, 227, made attorney-general, 228, his letter to the lord viscount St. Alban just before he was made lord-keeper of the great seal, 263.
Covin, how made and discharged, i. 601. Councils of state, how to be ordered after the union of England and Scotland, i. 457, one to be erected at Car- lisle or Berwick upon the union, with the extent of its jurisdiction, 454, in Ireland, whether they should be re- duced or not, ii. 84.
Counsel, to give it, is the greatest trust between man and man, i. 277.
Counsel to be asked of both times, ancient and present, i. 269.
Counsel, i. 277, for the persons and the matter, ib. incon- veniences attending it, ib. Counsel of manners and business, 283, scattered counsels distract and mislead, ib. Vide 284.
Countenance greatly to be guarded in secrecy, i. 265. Counties, the division of England into them, i. 571, lords | set over each, and their authority, 572, this authority given afterwards to the sheriff, ib. County court held by the sheriff monthly, ib. this dealt only in crown mat- ters, 573, its jurisdiction, 574. Court-barons, their original and use, i. 579. Court-rolls, their examination to be referred to two mas- ters in chancery, i. 719.
Court of Vulcan, near Puteoli, i. 173. Courts obnoxious, 305.
Courtney, Edward, made earl of Devon at the coronation of Henry VII. i. 734.
Courtney, William, earl of Devon, married to Catharine, daughter of Edward IV. i. 787, attached by the king his brother-in law, ib.
Courts of justice how to be ordered after the union of Eng- land and Scotland, i. 458.
Courts of justice, an account of them, i. 748.
Cox, Sir Richard, ii. 165 note .
Crafty cowards like the arrow flying in the dark, i. 264. Cramp, its cause and cure, i. 197.
Cranfield, Sir Lionel, some account of him, ii. 101 note †. Crassus wept for the death of a fish, i. 323, defeated by the Parthians, 326.
Creatures said to be bred of putrefaction, i. 122, 142, 160. Creatures moving after the severing of the head, the causes thereof, 130. Creatures that sleep much eat little, 161. Creatures that generate at certain seasons, 169, that renew their youth or cast their spoils, 198. Crew, Sir Randolph, ii. 172, 212.
Croesus's gold liable to be rifled by any man who had bet- ter iron, i. 285, 324.
Crollius, his dispensatory, i. 201.
Cromwell, lord, his examination relating to lord Essex's treason, i. 430, 431.
Crook, Sir John, some account of him, ii. 49 note §. Crowd is not company, i. 281.
Crown, the title to it descanted upon, i. 732.
Crown of England, goes by descent, i. 662, ceremonial of it, how to be framed after the union of England and Scotland, 455.
Crudity explained, i. 180.
Crystal in caves, i. 126, designation of a trial for making of it out of congealed water, ib. how made use of in Paris- work, 197, formed out of water, 247.
Cucumbers made to grow sooner, i. 135, to bear two years, ib. by steeping their seeds in milk prove more dainty, 136, made more delicate by throwing in chaff when they are set, ib. they exceedingly affect moisture, ib. will grow towards a pot of water, ib. may be as long as a cane, or moulded into any figure, 140.
Cuffe, Henry, his remark on lord Bacon's "Novum Or- ganum," ii. 222 note §.
Cuffe, is employed by lord Essex in his treasons, and in what manner, i. 414, his character, ib. the effect of what passed at his arraignment, 424.
Culture, plants for want of it degenerate, i. 142. Cunning, i. 278, difference between a cunning and wise man in honesty and ability, ib.
Cure by custom, i. 92, caution to be used in diseases count- ed incurable, ib. Cure by excess, ib. its cause, ib. Cure by motion of consent, ib. physicians how to make use of this motion, ib.
Curiality, the king master of this as master of his family, i. 519.
Curiosities touching plants, i. 140, et seq. Curled leaves in plants, whence, i. 154.
Curzon, Sir Robert, governor of the castle of Hammes, i. 787, flies from his charge in order to betray or get into the secrets of the malcontents, ib. occasions the spilling of much blood, and the confinement of many, ib. but is cursed by the pope's bull at Paul's cross, in order to de- ceive the more effectually, ib.
Custom familiarizes poisons, infections, tortures, and ex- cesses, i. 92. Custom no small matter, 324.
subdues nature, 293. Custom and education, ib. Cus- tom in its exaltation, ib.
Custom of towns, are by our laws to be construed strictly, with the reasons of this, i. 661, they are the laws in Touraine, Anjou, &c. 468.
Cutting trees often causeth their long lasting, i. 147. Cut- tings of vines burnt make lands fruitful, 156. Cuttle's blood, the colour from its high concoction, i. 167, as we see by boiling of blood, which turns it black, ib. Cyprus, a kind of iron said to grow there, i. 175. Cyrus the Younger, defeat of, i. 326.
Density of the body, one cause of cold, i. 93.
Deodand, what it is, i. 571, to whom disposed of by the king, ib.
deputy of Calais, raises the siege of Dixmude, 752, ap-Dennis, Gabriel, ii. 211. pointed to treat with lord Cordes about peace, 760, made lord chamberlain in the room of Sir William Stanley, 766, commands the king's forces against the Cornish men, 774, 775, taken, but rescued, 775. Daubigny, Bernard, i. 744.
Daubigny, William, beheaded in Perkin's affair, i. 765. Davers, the effect of what passed at his arraignment, i. 423, his confession relating to lord Essex's treason, 427. David, how he propounded to make choice of his cour- tiers, i. 520.
Davies, chief justice of the king's bench, ii. 28 note †, 214. Davis, the effect of what passed at his arraignment, i. 423, his confession relating to lord Essex's treason, 427. Day showers not so good for fruit as night showers, i. 156. Dead sea abounds with bitumen, i. 173.
Deans and chapters, what authority they once had, and how it came to be lost, i. 354.
Death without pain, i. 154, the pomp of it more terrible than the thing itself, 262, opens the gate to fame, ib. in causes of life and death, judges ought to remember mercy, 305.
Death, an essay thereon, i. 334, ought to be esteemed the least of all evils, ib. most people dread it, ib. is desirable, ib. is most disagreeable to aldermen and citizens, 335, dreadful to usurers, ib. to whom it is welcome, ib. we generally dally with ourselves too much about it, ib. is made easy by the thoughts of leaving a good name be- hind us, 336, desirable before old age comes upon us, ib. Debts, what sort of them must be first discharged by ex- ecutors, i. 587.
Decemvirs, an account of their laws, i. 671.
Declarations, the opinion of the law about them, i. 561, of the lord keeper and earl of Worcester, &c. relating to lord Essex's treason, 428.
Decoction takes away the virtue and flatulency of medi- cines, i. 84, 88. Decoction maketh liquors clearer, in- fusion thicker, why, 119.
Decrees, none are to be reversed or explained but upon a bill of review, except in case of miscasting, i. 716, none are to be made against an express act of parliament, 717, a person is to suffer close imprisonment for the breach of one, or for contempt of it, ib. cases wherein they are binding, or not so, ib. after judgment in chancery, their effect, 718.
Deer, in them the young horn putteth off the old, i. 166. Deer, their generating at certain seasons, 169. Defendant, not to be examined upon interrogatories, unless in some cases, i. 720.
Deformed persons generally even with nature, i. 296, mostly bold and industrious, ib.
Degenerating of plants, its causes, i. 142. Delays to be avoided, i. 269. Delays, 278. Delays of the Spaniards, what owing to, i. 476. Delegates to be named by the chancellor himself, i. 722. Delicate persons often angry, as anger proceeds from a sense of hurt, i. 306.
Demades, the orator, like a sacrifice, i. 323. Demetrius, king of Macedon, i. 326.
Democritus, his "motus plaga," i. 85, 97, the relation how he kept himself alive by smelling at new bread, 193, his school, 273.
Demosthenes, his reply when reproached for flying from the battle, i. 315, his reply to Eschines, 323. Vide 327. Demosthenes, his advice to the Athenians in giving their votes, i. 461.
Demosthenes, his chief part of an orator, i. 269, how he reprehends the Athenians, 258, reprehends the people for listening to the unequal conditions of Philip, 259, exposes to scorn wars which are not preventive, 534. Demosthenes, his violent death, i. 521.
Demurrers, what is their proper matter, i. 720.
Depositions taken in any other court, are not to be read in chancery but by special order, i. 720.
Deputies, in what sort of cases never allowed, i. 354. Descent, property of lands gained thereby, i. 576, three rules to be observed therein, ib. is restrained by certain customs, 577, this concerns fee-simple estates only, ib. Desiccation, i. 123.
Desmond, countess of, who lived till she was sevenscore, said to have new teeth, i. 169.
Despatch, i. 280, affected despatch like hasty digestion, ib. order and distribution the life of it, 281. Despatch in business, i. 510.
Dew upon hills better than upon valleys, i. 173. Dew of the rainbow, 178.
Diana, how patiently the boys of Sparta suffered on her altar, i. 293.
Diapason the sweetest of sounds, i. 99, the diapason, or number of eight, rather a thing received than a true computation, ib. half notes of necessity, the unison and the diapason, ib.
Diet-drinks, most troublesome at first, i. 93.
Diet of a woman with child affects the infant, i. 198, what diet is good, 252.
Differences of plants, i. 148. Differences of several pas-
Digby, Sir John, lieutenant of the Tower, i. 781. Digby, Sir John, ii. 169, 179, additional instructions to him, 185, appointed to speak with the countess of Exe- ter, 216, letter to him from lord viscount St. Alban, 236. Digby, Thomas, ii. 213.
Digest of the laws of England, proposed to king James I. i. 670.
Digestions three, i. 179, extended to liquors and fruits, as well as living creatures, 180, four digestions enumerated, ib.
Digging of the earth healthful, i. 193. Diggs's case, i. 629.
Dilatation and extension of bodies, i. 181.
Dilatation in boiling, i. 184. Dilatation and contraction in excess hurts the eye, 186.
Dioclesian, in his later years superstitious, i. 275. Diogenes begging, i. 321, why he would be buried with his face downwards, 322, Plato's reason why he came into the market-place naked on a cold morning, ib. his pride chastised by Plato, 323. Vide 327.
Dionysius, his rebuke to his son, i. 314, being deposed, he kept a school at Corinth, 322. Discipline of our church, i. 510.
Discipline, the opinion that there should be but one form thereof in the church censured, i. 353, this hinders re- formation in religion, ib.
Discontents, their cause and cure, i. 272, 273. Discontinuance, how avoided in fluids, i. 85.
Discords in music, i. 99. Discord of the bass most disturb- eth the music, ib.
Discovery of persons, how made, i. 300. Discourse, whether wit or judgment the greater ornament of it, i. 288, of a man's self should be seldom and well chosen, ib.
Diseases contrary to predisposition, whether more difficult to be cured than concurrent, i. 92, what the physician is to do in such cases, ib. Diseases infectious, 48. Dis- eases epidemical, their causes, 128.
Dismissions from chancery how to be regularly obtained, i. 717.
Displacing courtiers should always proceed from manifest cause, i. 520.
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