K

Katharine, daughter of Edward IV. married to William
Courtney, earl of Devonshire, i. 787.

Katharine of Spain, her marriage to prince Arthur, i. 782,
made in blood, ib. fourth daughter of Ferdinando, king
of Spain, i. 784.

Kelly, the alchemist, i. 320.

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

Kermes, i. 198.

Killigrew, Sir Robert, ii. 216.

Killigrew, Sir Henry, ii. 147.

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.

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

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.

Lambert Simnel, the impostor.
Lamia, the courtesan, i. 315.
Lamps of sundry sorts, i. 127, burn a long time in tombs

Killing of others, the several degrees and manners of it, Land, the value of it sunk by usury, i. 291.
Lands, all in England were in the hands of the Conque
except religious and church lands, and what belonge
the men of Kent, i. 576, left by the sea are the king's
are all holden of the crown, 577, in what cases e
man is attainted, to lose them, 580, that are entale
escheat to the king by treason, ib. when forfeited to
lord, and when to the crown, ib. not passed from one
another upon payment of money, unless there be a de
indented and inrolled, 584, how many ways convert
583, settle according to the intent of the parties
fines, feoffments, recoveries, ib. held in "capite

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socage," can be devised only two parts of the whe 585, the rest descends to the heir, and for what uses the whole may be conveyed by act, executed in the time of the party, ib. entailed, are reckoned part of third, ib. how a supply is to be made, when the heir la not the full thirds, ib. the power of the testator in this c ib. 586, no lands are charged by way of tribute, but by way of tenure, 624, were by the common law former not devisable, 602. Language: the being of one language a mark of cer

i. 529.

Knowd, his confession relating to Essex's treason, i. 4. 412.

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,

Knowledge, human, general distribution of, i. 25, H. .“
Knowledge, its limits and ends, i. 218, impediments, 2
Knowledge, when indigested, i. 180, discourse in prax
it, 216.

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

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.

L

LACEDEMONIANS, i. 321, 322, besieged by the Athen
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 coun
Scotiand, 191.

See Simnel.

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. 53 note
Lassitude, why remedied by anointing, and warm water.
166.

Lasting trees and herbs, i. 147, designation to make plan

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.
always preceded by a conceit of something ridica
ib. whence its several effects proceed, 165.
Lawgivers much commended, i. 670, 672, were long af
kings, 654.

Laws like cobwebs, i. 327, tortured, the worst of tortures 304, of Henry VII. 748, 750, breaches of the law of in ture and nations, 527, of England, second to none a 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 6
commended, 667, are made up of customs of several
tions, ib. are not to be altered as to the matter, so
as the manner of them, ib. the dignity of such a per "
ance, ib. and the convenience of it, ib, the inconv-
ences of our laws, ib. what sort of them want
amending, 668, a good direction concerning any deal
that happen in the law, ib. whether the form of stai
or common law be best, ib. the advantage of good i
671, ours commended as to the matter of them,
the civilians' saying, that law intends no wrong,
the use of law, which consists in three things chie
secure men's persons from death and violence, to des
the property of their goods and lands, and for the p
servation of their good names from shame and in

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.

70, very much favour life, liberty, and dower, 606, 660, | Lessee, cases wherein he has discovered damages in trees
hat effects they have upon the king, 654, they operate
foreign parts, 656, are not superinduced upon any
ountry by conquest, 659, all national ones that abridge
he law of nature, are to be construed strictly, 661, of
ngland and Scotland are diverse and several, this is
rged as an objection against the naturalization of the
cots, and answered, 660, are rather "figura reipublicæ,"
jan "forma," 463, our common laws are not in force in |
uernsey and Jersey, ib. statute ones are not in force in
eland, ib. do not alter the nature of climates, 464, the
isdom of them in the distribution of benefits and pro-
ections suitable to the conditions of persons, ib. a review
f our laws much recommended, 468, those of Scotland
ave the same ground as of England, ib. in general, may
e divided into three kinds, 452, how they are to be
rdered upon the union of England and Scotland, 457,
58, are divided into criminal and civil, ib. criminal ones
re divided into capital and penal, ib. were well main-
ained by king James, 692, the rigour of them complained
f by foreigners, relating to traffic, i. 477, of nations, not
> be violated by wars, 376, of God, obscurely known by
he light of nature, but more fully discovered by revela-
ion, 338. See Case.
v-suits, most frequent in times of peace, with the rea-
on of it, i. 545.

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,

wyers and popes, i. 320, the study of lawyers' cases reommended, 302. Lawyers and clergymen more obseuious to their prince in employments, 794, civil lawyers hould not be discountenanced, i. 513.

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

igues within the state pernicious to monarchies, i. 302. eague with the Hollanders for mutual strength, 516. ining long upon any part, why it causeth numbness, i.

66.

aping helped by weights in the hands, i. 161.
arning, objections against it considered, i. 2-7, its dis-
cases, 9, the dignity of learning, 13, public obstacles to
t, 23, 24.

arning, concerning the advancement thereof in the unizersities, i. 495, &c.

"ases for years, how made, i. 581, they go to the execuors, ib. are forfeited by attainder, in treason, felony, ræmunire, killing himself, for flying, for standing out gainst being tried by the country, by conviction of elony, petty larceny, going beyond sea without licence, b. &c.

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

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

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

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

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

e, notes on his case, ii. 232.

et: court-leet, its institution was for three ends, i. 649,
the power of this court, ib.
eets, stewards of leets and law-days, i. 572.
eft side and right, senses alike strong on each side, limbs
strongest on the right, i. 186, the cause of each, ib.
gacy, how property may be gained thereby, i. 588, what
debts must first be discharged before they are to be paid,
b. may be sold to pay debts upon any deficiency, ib.
Leges," how far a union in them is desirable, i. 452.
eicester, i. 312, earl of, had the lease of the alienation
office, 595.

eigh, Barnaby, ii. 198.

emnos of old, dedicated to Vulcan, i. 162.
enox, 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.

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

erma, duke of, ii. 218.

I

ng great acknowledgment and kindness, ib. to the same. owning his impatient attention to do him service, ib. to he marquis of Buckingham, of summoning the prince o parliament, 121, to the same, of parliament business, b. Buckingham to the lord chancellor, approving the [ɔroclamation for a parliament, 122, Buckingham to the ame, of the king's speech to his parliament, ib. three to he 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 he 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 pegging 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 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.

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.

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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.

Betters 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.

eucadians, a superstitious usage among them, i. 187.
evant, concerning the trade thither, i. 477, account of
our merchants' sufferings therein, ib.
ewis XI. of France, i. 199, his secrecy, 282, makes peace
with Edward IV. 732, a design of his about their laws,
668, 672.

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

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

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.

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

ey, Sir James, lord Ley, lord treasurer, well affected to
lord viscount St. Alban's interest, ii. 262.
ibel, 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.
ibellers, are condemned by the law of nations, i. 376.
ibels, the females of sedition, and gusts of restrained
liberty of speech, i. 767.

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

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

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.

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.