Labrador, Sebastian Gabato sails to, vi. 196.
Labyrinth of Dædalus, meaning of the fable,
vi. 734, 735.

Labyrinthus Dædali, vi. 659, 660.
Lacedæmonians taught by Epaminondas to
speak long, vii. 155.

Lambert Simnell the Pretender, vi. 44-59.
crowned at Dublin, vi. 54.

ends as a scullion in the royal kitchen,
vi. 59.

Lamia the courtezan, vii. 153.

Lampadiferorum certamina, in honore Pro-
methei, vi. 670, 675.

Lancaster, House of, its title to the throne,
vi. 29, 30, 31.

Landloper, vi. 133.

Lands. See Property.

Languages should be learnt before travelling,
vi. 417.

Languedoc, wines and woads of, to be im-
ported only in English bottoms, vi. 95.
Lanthony, Prior of, made Chancellor of Ire-
land, vi. 154.

Laodiceans and lukewarm persons, vi. 382.
Latham, Henry VII. goes in progress to, to
make merry with Sir Thomas Stanley, vi.
156.

Latimer, Bishop, his proposal to enrich the
king, vii. 126.

Latin, law Latin, vii. 410.
Latmos, derivation of, vi. 613.

Laud, Dr., likened hypocrites to the images in
the groining of the church roof, vii.
164.

Law will not intend a wrong, vii. 336.

treatise on the use of, vii. 463-504.
not written by Bacon, vii. 453-457.
the most highest inheritance that the
king hath, vii. 509.

the great organ by which the sovereign
power doth move, vii. 646.
favour of, what, vii. 663.

of nature, ib.

L.

Laws, to be treated of at large by the histo-
rian, why, vi. 96.

administration of penal laws, vi. 507,
583.

like cobwebs, vii. 150.

cannot be made irrevocable, vii. 371.
conflict of, ib.-See Statutes.

Laws of England, digest of, purposed by
Bacon, vii. 14, 302.

a preparation for the union of, vii. 731-
743.

advantage of such union, vii. 731.

similarity between the English and
Scotch, vii. 732.

Learning flourishes in the middle age of a
state, vi. 516, 517.

the art of unlearning, vii. 159.

Lease, made by a parson, avoided by his suc-
cessor, vii, 327.

by heir of disseisor, vii. 350, 351.
by discontinuance, vii. 352.

by coparceners, vii. 359.

for years, vii. 488.

for lives, vii. 489.

Letters Patent, granted to Michell by James 1.

vii. 683-686.

Elizabeth foiled in the like grant to
Cavendish, ib.

of subpoenas, vii. 699.

of the writ of Diem solvit extremum, ib.
of licenses of alienation, ib.

of the writ of Supplicavit supersedeas, ib.
of the writing of letters missive to York, ib.
of the writing of affidavits, vii. 700.
of extents on statute staples, ib.
of making commissions to the delegates, ib.
of cursitors, for original writs, ib.

for measuring linen cloth, granted to John
Butler, vii. 713.

of new inventions, vii. 717.
for leets, ib.

exemplifications of, vii. 773.

Leucippus, his school charged with Atheism,
vi. 413, 559.

Lewis XI. closeness his tormentor, vi. 440.
brought the crown out of ward, vii, 153.
Lewis XII, to his Swiss mercenaries, vii.

57.

Lewis Bowle's case, vii. 527.

Lex regia, vii. 370.

talionis, vii. 135, 347.- See Law.
Libels against the state, vi. 407, 589.
against Henry VII. vi. 153.
Liberatores imperiorum, vi. 506, 532.
Licences to collect for losses by fire and water,
vii. 773.

Licet dispositio de interesse futuro sit inutilis,
tamen potest fieri declaratio præcedens, &c.,
vii. 362.

Licita benè miscentur, formula nisi juris ob-
stet, vii. 379.

Lie, Lord Chancellor Hatton's pun, vii. 136.
why men love lies, vi. 377.

the shame of, vi. 379.

Light, dry, the best soul, vi. 441; vii. 163, 229.
Lightnings in the West Indies, vi. 512.
Likenesses of children to relations rather than
parents, vi. 391, 549.

Limitation, a statute of, passed by Henry
VII. vi. 93.

Lincoln, Earl of, joins the Irish rebellion
against Henry VII. vi. 52.
joins battle at Newark, vi. 57.
Lingard, Dr., on the restoration of the Queen
Dowager's dower, by Henry VII. vi. 46.
Lions under Salomon's throne, vi. 510; vii.
688.

Liver, sarza taken for disease of, vi. 437.
Livia, when met by naked youths, vii. 139.
Loan from the City of London to Henry VII.
of 4000l., vi. 97.

loans borrowed from his subjects by
Henry VII. vi. 174.

London, the city contributes 9000l. to a be-
nevolence, in the 7th year of Henry
VII. vi. 121.

army of Henry VII. assembled at, for the
invasion of France, vi. 128.

letters sent by Henry VII. to the Mayor

London-continued.

and Aldermen, announcing the peace of
Estaples, vi. 131.

others from Calais, vi. 207.

bound for the performance of the treaty
between Henry VII. and the Archduke
Philip, vi. 173.

threatened by the Cornish rebels encamped
at Blackheath, vi. 178, 180.

pays a benevolence of 5000 marks to
Henry VII. vi. 224.

or country, for a residence, vii. 175.
Long robe, persons of the, vi. 223.
Long, Roger, plots Perkin Warbeck's escape
from the Tower, vi. 202, 203.

Longævitas, medecinæ ad prolongationem
vitæ facientes, an veteribus notæ, vi. 672.
Longevity, art of prolongation of life known
to the ancients and lost, vi. 749.

Lopez, Roderigo, tried for a conspiracy to
poison Queen Elizabeth, vi. 357.
Lord of the Hundred, vii. 467.

ment, vi. 405.

cycle of weather observed in, vi. 513.
their wealth, vii. 61.

have the best mines above ground in the
world, vi. 410.

Lowe's case of tenures, Bacon's argument in,
vii. 546-556.

Ludlow Castle, scene of the death of Prince
Arthur, son of Henry VII. vi. 215.
Lucrum, sive Atalanta, vi. 667.
Lucullus, his winter residence, vi. 482.
his faction of Optimates, vi. 499.
Pompey's saying to, vii. 140.

Machiavel, object of" the Prince," vi. 9.
saying of, that Christianity had given
good men up in prey to tyrants, vi.
403, 544.) 545

on partizanship in princes, vi. 408, 589.
on force of custom, vi. 470, 572.
traduceth Gregory the Great, vi. 513.
on the sinews of war, vii. 40, 55.
Mackintosh, Sir James, his remarks on Bacon's
Istory of Henry VII. vi. 8-10.

his charges answered, vi. 10-15.

his a habit of altering Bacon's phrase-
clogy, vi. 217.

on the share of Ferdinand of Spain in
the execution of the Earl of Warwick by
Henry VII. vi. 204, 205, 212.

Madden, Sir Frederic, on Perkin Warbeck,
vi. 132.

Madman, felony by, vii. 346.

homicide by, vii. 348, 360.

trespass by, ib.

Mæcenas on the marriage of Julia, vi. 439.
Magna Carta, vii. 512, 513.

Magnanimity destroyed by atheism, vi. 415,
560.

Mahomet, his sword not to be taken up, vi.
383.

going to the mountain, vi. 402.

his opportunities, vi. 514.

Malice, vii. 364.

must be proved in capital cases, but not
in civil, vii. 347, 348.

Malicious intent in criminal cases, vii. 364, 365.
Malpertius, Lord, brings tidings to Henry VII.
from Bretayne, vi. 98.

Malum granatum, a Proserpinâ gustatum, vi.
680.

Malum, an Deus auctor mali, vii. 242.
Mamaluches, Sultanry of, vii. 33.
Man lives the life of a tree, vi. 602.

his creation by Prometheus, vi. 745.
the centre of the world, vi. 747.
most composite of beings, ib.
a microcosm, ib.

of all living things most susceptible of
improvement, vii. 99.

creation of, vii. 221.-Vide Homo.
Man, Isle of, lawsuit respecting, on the death
of Ferdinand, Earl of Derby, note by
Bacon in Camden, vi. 358.

granted by Edward III. to Lord Darby,
vii. 510.

Mandata licita recipiunt strictam interpreta-
tionem, sed illicita latam et extensam, vii.
365, 366.

Maniable, vii. 100.

Luxembourg, Francis Lord of, ambassador
to England from Charles VIII. vi. 104.
Lycull, abbot of, his case, vii. 710.
Lycurgus on equality, vii. 129.

of the heroes of the heathen, vii. 155.
Lysimachus, of Lamia the courtezan, vii 153.

Mannerhood of the kingdom, vi. 94.
Manners, Lady Ann, her case, vii. 621.
Manors, origin of, vii. 483, 485.
Manslaughter, vii. 463, 464.
Mantell's case, vii. 618, 619.

Manufactures, where foreign materials are
but superfluities, foreign manufactures
should be prohibited, vi. 223.

one nation selleth to another one of three
things, vi. 410.

effect of on the military spirit of a nation,
vi. 448, 588.

Manuring, arable land cannot be manured
without people and families, vi. 93.
Marbury, the preacher, vii. 133.

Marcellus and Regulus, the false accusers, vii.
149.

Marches, jurisdiction of the court of the, Ba-
con's argument on, vii. 587-611.
meaning of the word, vii. 587, 592,
594, 607.

Marcus Antonius, one of the only two great
men of history carried away by love, vi.
397.

Margaret, Lady, eldest daughter of Henry
IV. sought in marriage by James IV. vi. 200.
Margaret, Lady, mother of Henry VII. her
dream, vi. 245.

Margaret, Dutchess Dowager of Savoy,
sought in marriage by Henry VII. vi.
234.

marriage postponed by reason of the
king's illness, vi. 235.

Margaret, daughter of Henry VII. marries
James IV. of Scotland, vi. 216.
her jointure, ib.

Margaret of Burgundy, favours the Irish re-
bels against Henry VII. vi. 52, 53.
receives all traitors against Henry VII.

vi. 89.

raises up Perkin Warbeck, vi. 132.
trains herself for the part, vi. 134, 135.
sends him into Portugal, vi. 136.
thence to Ireland, ib.

sends Stephen Fryon to him, vi. 137.
Perkin returns to her in Flanders, vi. 138.
Lord Suffolk flies to her, vi. 211.
Marignian, Charles, ambassador to England,
vi. 104.

Marlebridge, statute of, vii. 411, 531, 542.
Marriage, essay on, vi. 391, 392, 547, 548.
the right time to marry, vi. 392.
Orpheus why averse to, vi. 722.
like a black pudding, vii. 141.
second, Cato the Elder to his son, vii. 146.
when to marry, vii. 156.

Marriage-continued.

between Normans and Saxons, encouraged

by the Conqueror, vii. 481.

by proxy, of Maximilian with Anne
Dutchess of Brittaine, vi. 101.
Marsin, Francis, sent by Henry VII. to in-
quire touching the person and condition of
the Queen of Naples, vi. 227.
Marshalsea, institution and jurisdiction of,
vii. 466.

Martin Swart, leader of the Almaine force
against Henry VII. vi. 53.

killed at Newark, vi. 58.
Martyrdoms, why to be reckoned among mi-
racles, vi. 514.

Martyrs, their dying words, like the song of
the swan, vi. 734.

Mary, daughter of Henry VII. treaty of
marriage between her and Charles
Prince of Castile, vi. 236.

never carried into effect, vi. 206, 207.
Mason, Mr., his retort on the friend, who re-
fused to lend him a book, vii. 135.
Masques and triumphs, essay on, vi. 467, 468.
Materia, Proteus significat, vi. 651, 652.

de stimulo ejus per privationem, vi. 655.
Mathew, Tobie, letter from Bacon referring
to his history of Henry VIII. vi. 267.
to Cosmo de' Medici, letter dedicatory of a
translation of Bacon's Essays, vi. 370.
Mattacina of human fortune, vi. 59.
Matter in perpetual flux, vi. 512.

represented by the fable of Proteus, vi.
725, 726.

primary particles of, vi. 730.
Matthæus's collection of proper words for
metaphors, vii. 102.

Maurice v. Hazard, case of, vii. 698.

Max Müller, Professor, his explanation of
Greek Mythes, vi. 610-614.

Maximilian, King of Romans, rival of Charles
VIII. vi. 64, 68.

rebellion of his subjects in Flanders, vi. 98.
imprisoned at Bruges by the rebels, vi. 99.
married by proxy to Anne, Dutchess of
Brittaine, vi. 101.

his daughter contracted to Charles VIII.
vi. 102.

receives the news of the marriage of
Charles VIII. to Anne of Brittaine, vi.
114.

sends ambassadors to England and Spain
to raise a league against Charles VIII.
vi. 115.

unprovided for war, vi. 127.

aspires to the government of Castile, on
the death of Philip, vi. 234, 235.

Maxims of the law, vii. 327-509.
dedication, vii. 313–317.

preface, vii. 319-323.

aim and plan of, vii. 302–303.
date of, vii. 310.

May, blossoms, better than March, vii. 79.
games in harvest time, Fuller's remark, vi.
361.

Mayenne, Duke de, Lieut. Gen. of the state

and crown of France, vi. 355.
Mayhem, error on appeal of, vii. 366, 367.
Mayor, Lord, his feast, vii. 182.
Meautys, his letter to Bacon respecting his
History of Henry VII. vi. 38.

Mechanical arts flourish in the decline of a
state, vi. 517.

represented in the fable of Dædalus, vi.
735.

Mediator, Christ's office, vii. 219.
Meditationes sacræ, vii. 233-242.
translation, vii. 243–254.
preface, vii. 229, 230.

Medusa slain by Perseus, meaning of the
fable, vi. 714-717.

interpretatio fabulæ, vi. 641-643.
Melicotones, vi. 487.

Memnon, the fable of his death alludes to the
early deaths of men of high promise,
vi. 726, 727.

interpretatio fabulæ, vi. 652, 653.

Memory, all knowledge is but remembrance,

vi. 512.

narrative, vii. 103.

artificial, holpen by exercise, vii. 101.
Menaces, vii. 369, 378.

Mendoza, his saying, concerning the vice-
royalty of Peru, vii. 131.

Mercenary forces, vi. 446, 587.
Merchandizing is the vena porta of wealth,
vi. 474.

Merchants, their value in a state, vi. 422.
Merchant-strangers, laws of Henry VII.
relating to, vi. 88, 95, 96.

Merchant-adventurers of England induce
parliament to abolish the monopolies of
merchant-adventurers of London, vi.

175.

recalled from Flanders by Henry VII.
vi. 147.

continue the Flanders trade, vi. 172, 173.
Mercurius, nerves Jovis Typhoni suffuratus,
vi. 630.

Mercury stole the sinews of Typhon, vi. 702.
Mercy, hypocrites detected by their neglect of
the works of, vii. 249.

Merit and good works, the end of man's mo
tion, vi. 399, 550.

Metis, or Counsel, vi. 424, 554.

meaning of the legend, vi. 763.
interpretatio fabulæ, vi. 683.

Mexico, conquest of, whether justifiable, vii. 22.
Michell, patentee for making writs of super-
sedeas, vii. 686.

Microcosm, man a, vi. 747.
Microcosmus, homo, vi. 671.

Midas, meaning of his bearing ass's ears, vi. 713.
cur aures asini habet, vi. 640.

Middle region of the air, vii. 85.
Mildmay's case, vii. 539.

Militar election, vi. 27.

Military services, statute of Henry VII. an-
nulling leases and grants to such as
neglect to serve the king, vi. 223.

Military-continued.

spirit, the source of greatness in states,

vi. 449, 586-588.

spirit of different nations, vi. 449.
Minerva wooed by Vulcan, vi. 736.

attempt on her chastity by Prometheus,
vi. 752.

Natura per personam ejus adumbrata, vi.
661.

a Prometheo sollicitata, vi. 675.

Mines, the Low Countries have the best mines
above ground in the world, vi. 410.
arbores subterraneæ, vii. 528.
Ministers, the tools of kings, vi. 705.
Ministri, a regibus traditi, vi. 632.
Minos, fable explained, vi. 734.

interpretatio fabulæ, vi. 659.

Minotaurus, meaning of the fable, vi. 734,
735.

interpretatio fabulæ, vi. 659, 660.
Miracles, why never wrought to convince an
atheist, vi. 413.

new creations, vii. 221.

of our Saviour, vii. 243, 244.
Misanthropi, vi. 404, 546.

Moderator more troublesome than the actor,
vi. 435, 556.

Monarchy, without nobility a tyranny, vi. 405.
all other common wealths subsist by a law
precedent, vii. 643.

monarchy grounded on nature, vii. 644.
analogies-

a father and his family, ib.
a shepherd and his flock, ib.
God and the world, vii. 645.
office of the law in, vii. 646, 647.

no essential change in, vii. 671.- See
King.

Money, not the sinews of war, vi. 446; vii. 40,

55, 56.

adds greatness to a state, when, vii. 58, 60.
Monkey tore up the private note-book of
Henry VII. vi. 243.
Monoculos, vii. 90.
Monopolies, vi. 462.

Montague, his edition of Bacon's Apophthegms,

vii. 117.

Montaigne on the meanness of falsehood, vi.
379.

Montium præses Pan, cur, vi. 639.
Moore, Sir Thomas, sayings of his, vii. 127.
at his execution, vii. 128.

to the suitor, who presented him with
two silver flagons, ib.

when pressed for a long day, vii. 142.
to his lady in her pew, vii. 138.
book neither rhyme nor reason, vii. 173.

Moors driven out of Grenada, vi. 125.
of Valentia, vii. 19.

in Spain, vii. 20.

eat no hare's flesh, vii. 156.

More, Sir Thomas, his account of Sir James
Tyrrell's confession of the murder of the
Princes in the Tower, vi. 141.

Morley, Lord, killed before Dixmue, vi. 100.
Morris-dance of heretics, vi. 382.

Morton, John, Bishop of Ely, made a privy
counsellor, vi. 40.

speech respecting Brittaine, vi 75–81.
procures a law against conspiracy, vi. 86.
hated by the court, ib.

dilemma for raising benevolences, vi. 121.
speech at St. Paul's, announcing the
conquest of Grenada, vi. 126.

life sought by the Cornish rebels, vi. 176.
death and character, vi. 207, 208.
Mort-pays, statute of Henry VII. for punish-
ment of, vi. 122.

Morysine, Sir Richard, his Apomatis calum-
niarum, vi. 215.

Moses the only man who broke both tables of
the law at once, vii. 181.

Mothers, partiality of their affection, vi. 390,
548.
Mountague, Sir Harry, Bacon to, vii. 181.
Mountains, why Pan the god of, vi. 712.
Mountebanks for the body politic, vi. 402.
Mountford, Sir Symond, favours Perkin
Warbeck, vi. 140.

tried and beheaded, vi. 148.
Mountjoy, Lord, Bacon's letters to, vii. 69,
70.

Mullen, Sir John, his case, vii. 609, 610.
Munster, madmen of, vi. 543.

Murder, appeal of, vii. 360.

given to next of kin, vii. 463.
malicious intent necessary to constitute,
vii. 364.

Murray, John, procures Michell his appoint-
ment by James I. to a new Patent Office; the
consequent proceedings, vii. 683-686.
Musæ, cur Bacchi comites, vi. 666.

Muses, why found in the train of Bacchus, vi.
742.

Musician who like Orpheus, drew stones, vii

148.

Mustapha, his death fatal to Solyman's line,

vi. 421.

his wife Roxalana, ib.

Mutianus, his maxim, that money is the
sinews of war, vii. 40, 55, 56.

Mythes, Max Müller's mode of explaining, vi.
610-614.

Bacon's theory, vi. 611, 695-699.

Nakedness, uncomely both in mind and body,

vi. 388.

a great defacement, vii. 34.

N.

Nantes, besieged by Charles VIII. vi. 70.
siege of, misdated by Bacon, vi. 71, 116,
117.