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 pro-
tections 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 main-
tained 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 revela-
tion, 338. See Case.

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

Lawyers and popes, i. 320, the study of lawyers' cases re-
commended, 302. Lawyers and clergymen more obse-
quious 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 dis-
eases, 9, the dignity of learning, 13, public obstacles to
it, 23, 24.

Learning, concerning the advancement thereof in the uni-
versities, 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 uni-
versities, ii. 135.

Lee, employed between Essex and Tyrone, i. 411, his con-
fession 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, em-
ployed 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 par-
liament 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 trea-
surer Burghley, recommending his first suit for the so-
licitor'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 re-
fusal of the author's service, 12, to the same, concerning
the author's marriage, ib. to Sir John Stanhope, com-
plaining 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, com-
plaining of the queen's neglect, 14, 15, to lord Essex, de-
siring he would excuse to the queen his intention of going
abroad, ib. two to Sir Robert Cecil in France, ib. of ad-
vice to Essex, to take upon him the care of Irish causes,
when Mr. Secretary Cecil was in France, 15, 16, of ad-
vice 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 Ire-
land, 17, to Essex, 18, to the same, offering his service
when he was first enlarged to Essex-house, 18, 19, an-
swer 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 en-
trance, 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 pro-
clamation 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 Northum-
berland, 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,

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 sub-
ject, 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 expostula-
tion 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 so-
licitor'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 pre-
senting the "Discourse touching the Plantation of Ire-
land." 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 Vete-
rum," 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 chan-
cellor'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, con-
cerning 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, concern-
ing 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, solicit-
ing 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 ar-
raignment, 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 send-
ing 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 uni-
versity 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 appren.
tices, 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 tra-
ducing 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 Buck-
ingham, giving him an account of several matters, 110,
Buckingham's answer, ib. Buckingham to the lord chan-
cellor, ib. to Sir Thomas Leigh, and Sir Thomas Puck-
eridge, in favour of a man whose house was burnt down,
ib. to the marquis of Buckingham, concerning the pur-
sevants, 111, two from Buckingham to the lord chan-
cellor, 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
his "Novum Organum," 120, to Mr. Matthew, believing
his danger less than he found it, ib. to the same, express

tug 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 Scientia-
rum," 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 trea-
surer 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 mar-
quis 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 dig-
nity 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 uncer-
tainty 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 judg-
ment, 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 pow-
ders, 118.

Liturgy, to be used with reverence, i. 355, how to be com-
posed, 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 hus-
band, 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 in-
tercepted relating to his plot, ib. is discovered and con-
victed, 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 sud-
den 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 Flan-
ders 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 defec-
tion 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 de-
mocracy, 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.

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 mur-
der in malice prepense, 681.

Manuel Andrada practised the death of Antonio king of

Portugal, comes into England, and is thereupon appre-
hended, 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 ma-
terials are superfluities, i. 787, our own should be en-
couraged, 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 jurisdic-
tion, 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, be-
tween 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, IL
179, account of him, ib. note ‡.

Martin, lady, widow of Sir Richard Martin, her cause re-
commended 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