aut alicujus collegii aut ordinis; neque privata in- | tus jam sum; ita et postremæ ætatis meæ pars (si dustria pro merito perfici potest. At portiones illæ, quas jam in lucem edidi, "De Ventis, De Vita et Morte," non sunt historia pura, propter axiomata et observationes majores interpositas; sed genus scripti commixtum ex historia naturali et machina intellectus rudi et imperfecta; quæ est, " Instaurationis" pars quarta. Itaque succedet illa ipsa quarta pars, et multa exempla machine continebit magis exacta, et ad inductivas regulas magis applicata. Quinto sequetur iste liber, quem "Prodromum Philosophiæ Secundæ" inscripsimus; qui inventa nostra circa nova axiomata ab experimentis ipsis excitata continebit; ut tanquam columnæ jacentes sustollantur: quem posuimus " Instaurationis" partam quintam. Postremo superest philosophia ipsa secunda, quæ est " Instaurationis" pars sexta; de qua spem omnino abjecimus: sed a seculis et posteritate fortasse pullulabit. Attamen, in prodromis (iis dico tantum, quæ ad universalia naturæ fere pertingunt) non levia jacta erunt hujus rei fundamenta. Conamur (ut vides) tenues grandia : in eo tantum spem ponentes, quod videntur ista a Dei providentia et immenso bonitate profecta. Primo, propter ardorem et constantiam mentis nostræ, quæ in hoc instituto non consenuit, nec tanto temporis spatio refrixit. Equidem memini me quadraginta abhinc annis juvenile opusculum circa has res confecisse, quod, magna prorsus fiducia et magnifico titulo, Temporis partum maximum" inscripsi. Secundo, quod propter infinitam utilitatem Dei opt. max. auctoramento gaudere videatur. 66 Commendatum, rogo, me habeat reverentia vestra illustrissimo viro domino Molines, cujus suavissimis et prudentissimis literis quam primum, si Deus volet, rescribam. Vale, P. reverendissime. Reverentiæ tuæ amicus addictissimus, FR. ST. ALBAN. II. RESCRIPTUM PROCURATORIS REGIS PRI- vita suppetit) etiam a publicis curis ad otium et Amicus vester maxime fidelis et benevolus, 5 Julii, 1616. III. FRANCISCUS BARO DE VERULAMIO, DEBITA filii, qualia possum, persolvo. Quod vero sensus IV. INCLYTE ACADEMIÆ OXONIENSIS. Cum almæ matri meæ inclytæ academiæ Cantabrigiensi scripserim, deessem sane officio, si simile amoris pignus sorori ejus non deferrem. Sicut autem eos hortatus sum, ita et vos hortor, ut scientiarum augmentis strenue incumbatis, et veterum labores neque nihil neque omnia esse putetis; sed vires etiam proprias modeste perpendentes, subinde tamen experiamini: omnia cedent quam optime, si arma non alii in alios vertatis, sed junctis copiis in naturam rerum impressionem faciatis; sufficit quippe illa honori et victoriæ. Valete. V. RESCRIPTUM ACADEMIÆ OXONIENSIS FRANCISCO BACOΝΟ. PRÆNOBILIS ET (QUOD IN NOBILITATE PENE MIRA- GRATE mihi fuere literæ vestræ, atque gratulationem vestram ipse mihi gratulor. Rem ipsam ita mihi honori et voluptati fore duco, si in hac mente maneam, ut publicis utilitatibus, studio indefesso et perpetuis curis et puro affectu, inserviam. Inter partes autem reipublicæ nulla animo meo carior est, quam academiæ et literæ: idque et vita mea anteacta declarat et scripta. Itaque quicquid mihi accesserit, id etiam vobis accessisse existimare potestis. Neque vero patrocinium meum vobis sublatum aut diminutum esse credere debetis: nam et ea pars patroni, quæ ad consilium in causis adhibendum spectat, integra manet; atque etiam (si quid gravius acciderit) ipsum perorandi munus (licentia regis obtenta) relictum est; quodque juris patrocinio deerit, id auctiore potestate compensabitur. Mihi in votis est, ut quemadmodum a privatorum et clientelarum negotiis ad gubernacula reipublicæ transla- | immobiles, propria manu in orbe scientiarum, plus NIHIL concinnius tribuere amplitudo vestra, nihil gratius accipere potuit academia quam scientias: scientias, quas prius inopes, exiguas, incultas emiserat, accepit tandem nitidas, proceras, ingenii tui copiis (quibus unice augeri poterant) uberrime dotatas. Grande ducit munus illud sibi a peregrino (si tamen peregrinus sit, tam prope consanguineus) auctius redire, quod filiolis suis instar patrimonii impendit; et libenter agnoscit hic nasci Musas, alibi tamen quam domi suæ crescere. verunt quidem, et sub calamo tuo, qui, tanquam strenuus literarum Alcides, columnas tuas, mundo Cre ultra statuisti. Euge exercitatissimum athletam, ❘ vestris hauserim, incrementa ipsarum vobis repenqui in aliorum patrocinandis virtutibus occupatissi- denda existimavi. Spero itidem fore, ut hæc nostra mus, alios; in scriptis propriis teipsum superasti: quippe in illo honorum tuorum fastigio, viros tantum literatos promovisti, nunc tandem (Odulce prodigium!) etiam et literas. Onerat clientes beneficii hujus augustior munificentia; cujus in accipiendo honor apud nos manet, in fruendo emolumentum transit usque in posteros. Quin ergo si gratiarum talioni impares sumus, juncto robore alterius seculi nepotes succurrant, qui reliquum illud, quod tibi non possunt, saltem nomini tuo persolvent. Felices illi, nos tamen quam longe feliciores, quibus honorifice conscriptam tua manu epistolam, quibus oculatissima lectitandi præcepta, et studiorum concordiam, in fronte voluminis demandasti: quasi parum esset Musas de tua penu locupletare, nisi ostenderes quo modo et ipse discerent. Solenniori itaque osculo acerrimum judicii tui depositum excepit frequentissimus purpuratorum senatus; exceperunt pariter minoris ordinis gentes; et quod omnes in publico librorum thesaurario, in memoria singuli deposuerunt. Dominationis vestræ studiosissima, ACADEMIA OXONIENSIS. E domo nostra Congregationis 20 Decem. 1623. VI. FRANCISCUS BARO DE VERULAMIΟ, VICECOMES SANCTI ALBANI, PERCELEBRI COLLEGIO SANCTÆ ET INDIVIDUÆ TRINITATIS IN CANTABRIGIA SALUTEM. RES omnes earumque progressus initiis suis debentur. Itaque cum initia scientiarum e fontibus apud vos, tanquam in solo nativo, felicius succrescant. Quamobrem et vos hortor, ut salva animi modestia, et erga veteres reverentia, ipsi quoque scientiarum augmentis non desitis: verum ut post volumina sacra verbi Dei et Scripturarum, secundo loco volumen illud magnum operum Dei et creaturarum, strenue et præ omnibus libris (qui pro commentariis tantum haberi debent) evolvatis. Valete. VII. ALMÆ MATRI ACADEMIÆ CANTABRI GIENSI. CUM vester filius sim et alumnus, voluptati mihi erit, partum ** meum nuper editum vobis in gremium dare: aliter enim velut pro exposito eum haberem. Nec vos moveat, quod via nova sit: necesse est enim talia per ætatum et seculorum circuitus evenire. Antiquis tamen suus constat honos; ingenii scilicet: nam fides verbo Dei et experientiæ tantum debetur. Scientias autem ad experientiam retrahere non conceditur: at easdem ab experientia de integro excitare, operosum certe, sed pervium. Deus vobis, et studiis vestris faveat. Filius vester amantissimus, FRANC. VERULAM, CANCEL. Ev ædibus Eborac. Oct. 3, 1620. * Viz. Novum Organum. FINIS. INDEX TO THE ENGLISH PART. ABATOR, who is so called, i. 576, how and when he may | Advice, how to be given and taken, i. 301. become lawful owner of another's lands, ib. Abbot, George, archbishop of Canterbury, ii. 170. "Abecedarium Naturæ," i. 180. Abettor, several ways of becoming so, i. 675. Abilities, natural, like plants, want pruning, i. 301. Abjuration, in what cases a man shall be obliged to abjure the realm, i. 646, several cases thereof, with the proceedings relating to them, ib. Absolution, whether that in our liturgy is not improper, i. 356, is of two sorts only, ib. Absque impetitione vasti," the sense and meaning of this clause cleared up, and stated by the words themselves, by reason, by authorities, by removing contrary authorities, by practice, i. 620-623, it gives no grant of property, 621, how this clause came first to be used, 621, 622. Academics, acknowledged by all sects to be the best, i. 255. Acceleration of time in works of nature, i. 119, in clarification of liquor, ib. in several maturations, 120, as of fruits, ib. of drinks, ib. of metals, 121. Acceleration of putrefaction, 122. Acceleration of birth, 124, of growth or stature, ib. three means of it, 124, 125. Acceleration of germination, 131, by three means, namely, mending the nourishment, ib. comforting the spirits of the plant, ib. making way for the easy coming to the nourishment, ib. Several pregnant instances thereof, 132. Acceleration of clarification in wine, 173. Accessary, how one man may become so to the act of another done by his order, i. 562. Aches in men's bodies foreshow rain and frost, i. 178. Acquests, new ones, more burden than strength, i. 756. Act, not to be confounded with the execution of the act, nor the entire act with the last part of it, instances, i. 548, 549. Act of parliament, a rule to be observed where that is donor, i. 610, five acts relating to the distinction of the body natural and politic of the king explained, 662, 663, et seq. of 1 Jac. I. relating to the punishment of witchcraft, 676. Acting in song graceful, i. 292. Active men, wherein preferred to virtuous, i. 300. Actium, battle of, decided the empire of the world, i. 286. Administration, how a property in goods, &c. may be gained by letters thereof, i. 587, what bishop shall have the power of granting them in disputable cases, ib. two cases in the deaths of executors and administrators where the ordinary shall administer, 588. Administrators, their office and authority in some particulars, i. 587, in what cases the ordinary is to commit administration, 588, they must execute their authority jointly, ib. may retain, ib. Admiralty, how to be ordered after the union, i. 458, 459. Adrian VI. i. 319. Adrian the emperor, i. 323, mortally envied in others the qualities he excelled in, 267, instances of his misplaced bounty and expense, 671. Adversity, i. 264, resembles miracles in its command over nature, ib. fortitude its proper virtue, ib. VOL. II. 3 c Advice to Sir George Villiers, i. 508. Vide Villiers. Advocates, i. 305, surprising that their confidence should prevail with judges, ib. what is due to and from them, ib. Advowsons, cases relating thereto explained, i. 548, 558, 560. Ægypt hath little rain, i. 170. Ægyptian conserving bodies, 171, their mummies, ib. Æneas Sylvius, his remark on the conduct of the popes and lawyers, i. 320, says, that had not christianity been supported by miracles, it ought to be received for its honesty, ib. Æquinoctial more tolerable for heat than the torrid zone, i. 130, three causes thereof, ib. Æsop, his fable of the frogs in a great drought, i. 256, of the cat and the fox, ib. of the fainting man and death, 257. Æthiopes, fleshy and plump, why, i. 130. Aëtites, or eagle-stone, i. 104. Etna compensateth the adjacent countries for the damages it doth, i. 149. Ætna and Vesuvius, why they shoot forth no water, i. 173. Affectation of tyranny over men's understandings and beliefs, i. 201. Affections of beasts impressed upon inanimate things. i. 198, three affections which tie subjects to sovereigns, 794, no heat of affection without idleness, 532. Affidavits in chancery, in what cases not to be allowed, i. 720, 721. Africa, why so fruitful of monsters, i. 137, the people there never stir out after the first showers, 176. Αγάπη, is always rightly translated "charity" in the Rhemish version, i. 536. Agaric works most on phlegm, i. 145, a spongy excrescence on the roots of trees, 150, 153, a putrefaction, 150. Agathocles, i. 314. Age. See Youth. Age of discretion, at what time allowed to be by our law, ii. 75. Age, its excellency in four things, i. 319, its inconveniences and difficulties with regard to action, 295. Agesilaus, i. 314. Agrippa raised by Augustus, i. 282. Agues proceed mostly from obstruction of the humours, i. 122. Aid, a certain sum of money so called, its uses, i. 578. Air turned into water, i. 86, by four several ways, 87, instances tending thereto, 94, converted into a dense body, a rarity in nature, 86, increases in weight, and yields nourishment, ib. hath an antipathy with tangible bodies, 94, converted into water by repercussion from hard bodies, ib. Air turned into water by the same means as ice, ib. meddles little with the moisture of oil, 96, elision of air a term of ignorance, 101. Air condensed into weight, 86, 167. Air pent the cause of sounds, 100, 101, eruptions thereof cause sounds, 100. Air not always necessary to sounds, 102, 103, thickness of the air in night, contributes to the increasing and our better hearing of sounds, than in the day, as well as the general silence, 103. Air excluded in some bodies, prohibiteth putrefaction, 123, in some causeth it, ib. the causes of each, ib. Air compressed and blown, prohibiteth putrefaction, 124, congealing of air, 126. Airs wholesome, how found out, 172, the putrefaction of air to be discerned aforehand, 176. Air good to recover consumptions, 194. Air healthful within doors, how procured, 195. Air and fire foreshow winds, i. 177. Air, the causes of heat and cold in it, i. 185, hath some degree of light in it, ib. Air poisoned by art, i. 192, why the middle region of it coldest, 257. Albert Durer, i. 296. Alchemy, some remarks upon it, ii. 40. Alcibiades, his advice to Pericles about giving in his ac- Alexander's body preserved till Cæsar Augustus's time, i. Alexander VI. sends the bishop of Concordia to mediate Alga marina applied to roots of plants furthers their Alien enemy, how considered by our laws, i. 654. Alien friend, how considered, 655. Littleton's definition of an alien, 661, how the several degrees of aliens are considered by our laws, 455. Alienation office, history of it, i. 588, the reason of its name, Aliments changed, good, i. 93. Allegiance, does not follow the law or kingdom, but the Allen, cardinal, is mentioned for the popedom, i. 396, a Alleys close gravelled, what they bring forth, i. 146. Alphonso Petrucci, his plot against the life of pope Leo, Alphonso duke of Calabria, eldest son to the king of Na- Alterations of bodies, i. 180. Altering the colours of hairs and feathers, i. 96. Altham, baron of the exchequer, a grave and reverend judge, i. 715. Amalgamation, i. 241, mixing mercury with other metals in a hot crucible, ib. 66 Amber formed from a soft substance, i. 95, its virtue, 98. Ambiguitas patens," what is meant thereby in law, i. 570, how to be holpen, 570, 571. "Ambiguitas latens," what meant by it, ib. how to be holpen, ib. another sort of it, ib. Ambition, i. 292, to take a soldier without it, is to pull off his spurs, ib. the mischiefs of it, ib. the use of ambitious men, ib. America, a supposed prophecy of its discovery, i. 290. Amendment of the law. See Law. Amurca, what, i. 157. Anacharsis, saying of his, i. 327. Anarchy in the spirits and humours, when, i. 128. Anaxagoras condemned to die by the Athenians, i. 327. Andrews, bishop, his account of Spalato, i. 320. Angelo, Michael, the famous painter, i. 318. Anger, the impressions and various effects thereof, i. 164, causeth the eyes to look red, why, 286. Anger not to be extinguished, only confined, 305, compared by Seneca to ruin, which breaks itself on what it falls, 306, its great weakness, from the subjects in whom it most reigns, ib. remedies of it, ib. Animals and plants that put forth prickles, generally dry Animate and inanimate bodies, wherein they differ, i. 150. Annals, i. 31. Annuity given "pro consilio impenso et impendendo," is Anointing of birds and beasts, whether it alters their Antalcidas the Spartan, i. 325, rebukes an Athenian, ib. Antiochia, its wholesome air, whence, i. 193. Antiquities, i. 29. 282. Ape, its nature, i. 198, virtue ascribed to the heart of an Apollonius of Tyana, i. 190, the ebbing and flowing of the Apophthegms, an appendix of history, i. 32. Apothecaries, how they clarify their syrups, i. 83, their Apple, enclosed in wax for speedy ripening, i. 120, hanged sound ones, putrify them, 122. Apple-scions grafted on the stock of a colewort, i. 135. Aragon, kingdom of, is united with Castile, i. 465, is not naturalized, 466, causes of its revolt, 452. Archbishop of Vienna, his revelation to Lewis XI. i. 199. Archbishops, mischief teaches the use of, i. 347. Archidamus retorts upon Philip that his shadow was no longer than before his victory, i. 324. Anabaptists profess the doctrine of deposing kings, i. 694. Arian heresy, the occasion thereof, i. 346. Architecture, i. 38. Aristander, the soothsayer, i. 291. Aristippus, his abject behaviour to Dionysius, i. 322, his Assassin, this word derived from the name of a Saracen Bacon, Mr. Antony, i. 316, ii. 27, our author's dedication luxury, 324, insulted by the mariners for showing signs of fear in a tempest, 325, his censure of those who are attached to particular sciences, 327. Aristotle mistakes the reason why the feathers of birds have more lively colours than the hairs of beasts, i. 83, his precept that wine be forborne in consumptions, 90, his reason why some plants are of greater age than animals, 91, his method of hardening bodies with close pores, 95, full of vain-glory, 303. Arithmetic, i. 38. Arms, the profession of them necessary to the grandeur of any state, i. 286. Army, a project of reinforcing it in Ireland, without any expense, ii. 184. Arraignment of Blunt, Davers, Davis, Merick, and Cuffe, all concerned in Lord Essex's treason with their confessions, evidences against them, their defences, and answers thereto, i. 423.* Arrest, in what cases the constable has power to execute it, i. 649. Arrows, with wooden heads sharpened, pierce wood sooner than with iron heads, why, i. 163. Arsenic used as a preservative against the plague, i. 198. Art of war, its progress, improvement, and change, i. 286. Arts, History of, i. 28. Arts of elegance, i. 41, intellectual arts, 46. Arthur, prince, born, i. 736, married to Catherine, 782, 784, dies at Ludlow castle, 785, studious and learned beyond his years and the custom of princes, ib. Artichokes, how made less prickly and more dainty, i. 135, 136. Artichoke only hath double leaves, one for the stalk, another for the fruit, 157. Arundel, lord, some account of him, ii. 91. Arundel, Thomas earl of, sworn of the council in Scotland, ii. 191, wishes lord viscount St. Alban well, ii. 260. Ashes in a vessel will not admit equal quantity of water, as in the vessel empty, i. 88. Ashes an excellent compost, 149. Asp causeth easy death, i. 154. a reversion, ib. in what cases a tenant is obliged to atturne, ib. Audacity and confidence, the great effects owing to them, i. 194. Audibles mingle in the medium, which visibles do not, i. 111, the cause thereof, ib. several consents of audibles and visibles, 114, several dissents of them, 115. Audibles and visibles do not destroy or hinder one another, 114. Audibles carried in arcuate lines, visibles in straight ones, 111, 115. Audley, lord, heads the Cornish rebels, i. 774, his character, ib. taken, 775, beheaded on Tower-hill, ib. Augustus Cæsar, i. 314, his wonder at Alexander, 323, indignation against his posterity, calling them imposthumes and not seed, 326, died in a compliment, 262, his attachment to Agrippa, 282, of a reposed nature from his youth, 295, commended as a great lawgiver, 544, 671. Auterlony's books of 200l. land in charge in fee simple, stayed at the seal, and why, ii. 106. Authority strengtheneth imagination, i. 196, its power and influence, ib. followeth old men, and popularity youth, 295. Authors, dead, sometimes best, i. 521. Autre capacité et autre droit, their difference shown, i. 627. Auxiliary forces, i. 754, aids of the same nation on both sides, ib. Avernus, lake of, i. 92. Aviaries, which recommended, i. 300. Aylesbury, Thomas, ii. 236, secretary to the marquis of B BABYLON, its walls cemented by naphtha, i. 246. Bacon, Sir Nicholas, a short account of him, i. 395, bishop of Ross's saying of him, ib. was lord keeper of the great seal, 312, 313, 317, 318, an old arrear demanded of him, ii. 259, indebted to the crown, 263. to him, i. 260. prince, i. 694. Assassins, i. 293. Attainder, cases relating thereto explained, i. 549, 559, what sort of them shall give the escheat to the king, 577, and what to the lord, 580, by judgment, 577, by verdict or confession, 580, by outlawry, ib. taken often by prayer of clergy, ib. forfeiteth all the person was possessed of at the time of the offence, ib. there can be no restitution of blood after it, but by act of parliament, with other consequences thereof, ib. if a person guilty of it shall purchase, it shall be to the king's use, unless he be pardoned, ib. cases relating to a person guilty of it, and his children, ib. the clause of forfeiture of goods thereby, found in no private act till Edward IV.'s reign, 603. Attainders of the adherents of Henry VII. reversed, i. 734. Attainders of his enemies, 735. Attention without too much labour stilleth the spirits, i. 168. Attorney-general used not to be a privy counsellor, i. 666, did not then deal in causes between party and party, ib. Attraction by similitude of substance, i. 162, catalogue of attractive bodies, 249. Atturnement, what it is, i. 583, must be had to the grant of Bacon, Sir Francis, made attorney-general, i. 317, his conversation with Gondomar when advanced to the great seal, ib. his apology for any imputations concerning lord Essex, 433, his services to lord Essex, 434, two points wherein they always differed, 435, a coldness of behaviour grows between them, 436, his advice to the queen about calling home lord Essex from Ireland, 435, his advice to lord Essex when he came from Ireland without leave from the queen, ib. endeavours to reconcile the queen to lord Essex, 436, 437, desires the queen to be left out in Essex's cause, 437, writes an account by the queen's order, of the proceedings relating to Essex, 440, is censured by some for his proceedings in the Charter-house affair, but unjustly, ii. 107, he praises the king's bounty to him, 129, complains to the king of his poverty, ib. expostulates roughly with Buckingham about neglecting him, 131, does the same with treasurer Marlborough, 134, begs of the king a remission of his sentence, and the return of his favour, 136, promises bishop Williams to bequeath his writings to him, 135, his last will, 273, is charged with bribery. See Bribery. Bacon, Sir Francis, offends queen Elizabeth by his speeches in parliament, ii. 141, speeches drawn up by him for the earl of Essex's device, 148, et seq. arrested at the suit of a goldsmith, 154, substance of a letter written by him to the queen for the earl of Essex, ib. insulted by the attorney-general Coke, 155, arrested again, 156, desires to be knighted, ib. going to marry an alderman's daughter, ib. note, his letter to Isaac Casaubon, 157, writes to the king on the death of the earl of Salisbury, lord treasurer, ib. his letter to the king touching his majesty's estate in general, 159, on the order of baronets, 161, his charge against Mr. Whitelocke, ib. letter to the king on the death of the lord chief justice Fleming, 163, his letters to Mr. John Murray, 165, supplement to his speech against Owen, 166, thanks to Sir George Villiers for a message to him of a promise of the chancellor's place, 169, questions legal for the judges in the case of the earl and countess of Somerset, 171, his heads of the charge against |