Dissimulation, essay on, vi. 387-389.

a faint kind of wisdom, vi. 387.

follows on secrecy by a necessity, vi. 388.
advantages of it, vi. 389.
disadvantages, ib.

Dissolution of contracts, vii. 372-374.
Distress, right of, vii. 339.

Divers, their power of holding the breath, vii.

99.

Divinatio, non interpretatio est, quæ omninò
recedit a literâ, vii. 337.

Dixmue, besieged by the French under Lord
Cordes, vi. 99.

relieved by Lord Daubigny, vi. 100.
Doctors' reports in Chancery, vii. 171.
Dog, his courage in presence of his master, vi.
414, 560.

death of Lord Bacon's, vii. 184.
Dogmatica facultas cum Empiricâ adhuc non
benè conjuncta, vi. 673.

Dogmatical and Empirical faculty, not well
united, vi. 750.

Dorset, Marquis of, left as a pledge at Paris
by Henry VII. vi. 40.

committed to the Tower by the King, vi. 55.
set at liberty, vi. 61.

Double vexation, in Chancery and at Commion
Law, not permitted, vii. 762.

Dove, the spirit of Jesus was the spirit of the
Dove, vii. 244.

Drunkenness, why no defence, vii. 346.
Dublin, coronation of Symnell at, vi. 54.
Dudley, and Empson, horse-leeches and shear-
ers for the king, vi. 217.

their oppressions, vi. 218, 235, 236.
made speaker of the House of Commons,
vi. 222.

Duress, vii. 369, 378, 379.

Dutch, free fishing on the coasts of England

not confirmed to them, vi. 232.

Dyer, Sir Edward, his story of Kelley the
alchymist, vii. 162.

Edward I., the principal lawgiver of our
nation, vii. 314, 647.

Edward II., vii. 141.

Edward IV., his popular reign, vi. 29.

invented benevolences, vi. 121.
godfather of Perkin Warbeck, vi. 133.
godfather not of Perkin, but of Edward,
the converted Jew, ib.

Egerton, Lord Keeper, vii. 171.
Egg of Night, Cupid, vi. 729.

self-lovers will burn the house to roast
their eggs, vi. 562.

Egremond, Sir John, heads the rising
Yorkshire and Durham against Henry
VII. vi. 89.

flies to Lady Margaret of Burgundy,
Egypt, excellence of its geographical position,
vii. 62.

Egyptians, vagabonds calling themselves, vil
739.

Elias, or Hialas, ambassador from Ferdinando
and Isabella to Henry VII. vi. 184.
Elizabeth, Queen, question of her legitimacy,
vi. 215.

Bacon's notes to Camden's Annals of her

reign, vi. 353-364.

her agent at Constantinople, note by

Bacon in Camden respecting, vi. 356.
conspiracy of Roderigo Lopez to poison
her, note by Bacon in Camden respect-
ing, vi. 357.

Elizabeth-continued.

how dealt with, when bills were to be
signed, vi. 429.

applications of two for the office of secre-
tary, vi. 430.

not independent of subsidies, vii. 41.
playing on the virginals, vii. 124.

her reply to Sir John Rainsford, vii.
125.

Sir Nicholas Bacon to, ib.

and Pace the fool, vii. 125.

to Lord Essex, ib.

concerning the Commission of Sales, vii.
133.

her instructions to great officers, ib.
her dilatoriness with suitors, vii. 135.
when the archduke raised the siege of
Grave, vii. 136.

to Master Sackford in his new boots, vii.
137.

when warned of conspiracies against her
life, vii. 157.

at Theobald's knighted seven gentlemen,
ib.

to Lady Paget, vii. 161, 162.

of her successor, vii. 167.

to Sir Edward Dier, vii. 174.
concerning magistrates, vii. 175.

her reign a fit time for remodelling the
English law, vi. 315.

foiled in creating a new patent office, vii.
684.

Elizabeth, Queen of Henry VII. her title to
the crown, vi. 29.

ordered to reside with the Queen Dow-
ager, vi. 31.

again betrothed to the king, vi. 33.
marriage, and married life, vi. 41, 42.
coronation, vi. 60.

dies in childbed in the Tower, vi. 217.
Elizabeth, widow of Edward IV. vi. 62.
Ellesmere, Lord, of a man newly married, vii.

184.

anecdote of, vii. 176.

Emmanuel, king of Portugal, vii. 21.

Empedocles complained that we know no-
thing, vi. 749.

philosophia ejus magis probanda quàm
Aristotelis, vi. 672.

Empire, essay on, vi. 419-423, 552, 553.
true temper of, vi. 419, 553.

great empires enervate their subject na-
tions, vi. 515.

Empirical philosophers, like pismires, vii.
177.

Empson and Dudley, their relation to Henry
VII. vi. 22, 240.

horse-leeches and shearers for the king,
vi. 217.

their oppressions, vi. 155, 218, 235, 236.
cause of the overthrow of, vii. 514.
Enclosures, statute of Henry VII. respecting,
vi. 93.

Endymion, fable of, interpreted, vi. 717,718.
interpretatio fabulæ, vi. 643, 644.

Endymion-continued.

as explained by Max Müller, vi. 612-
614.

England and Flanders, man and wife, vi. 145.
why an overmatch for France, vi. 447.
riches of the kingdom, vii. 61.

Entails, how created, vii. 489.

began by statute of Edward I. vi. 490.
inconveniences of, remedied by Act of
Parliament, vi. 490, 491.

Entreprenant, vi. 473, 574.

Entry, title to lands gained by, vii. 476—
478.

Envy, essay on, vi. 392-397.

its relation to love, vi. 392.

called in Scripture, an evil eye, vi. 393.
a gadding passion, ib.

what persons apt to envy others, vi. 393,
394.

what persons most subject to be envied,
vi. 394, 395.

redoubleth from speech and fame, vi. 394.
ever joined with the comparing a man's
self, vi. 394.

mollified by chanting a "Quanta patimur,"
vi. 395.

cure of it, vi. 396.

difference between public and private, ib.
public is a disease in a state, ib.

the most importune and the vilest of affec-
tions, vi. 396, 397.

the proper attribute of the Devil, vi. 397.
the canker of honour, vi. 505, 532.
predominant in great artists, vi. 734.
Epaminondas refused Pelopidas that which he
granted to his concubine, vii. 155.
taught the Spartans to speak long, ib.
Epictetus, who to be blamed, vii. 160.
Epicureans never join other philosophies,
though other philosophers become Epicureans,

vii. 165.

Epicurus, his atomic theory, vi. 730.
his atheism, vi. 413, 559.

tentamenta, vii. 91.

got rid of Fate, and made room for For-
tune, vii. 253.

de motu atomorum, vi. 656.

Fatum sustulit, et Fortunæ locum dedit,
vii. 241.

Epidemic sweating sickness, vi. 34.
Epimetheus, brother of Prometheus, vii. 411,
590, 746.

his followers the improvident, vi. 751.
frater Promethei, vi. 669, 674.
Equivocation, distinguished from variance, vii.
386.

Erasmus, extracts by Bacon from his Adagia,
vii. 193.

Erichthonius, or Imposture, meaning of the
fable, vi. 736.

interpretatio fabulæ, vi. 660.

Error, grounds on which it may be assigned,
vii. 366-368.

in fact, ib.

in law, ib.

Escheat, property of lands by, vii. 480–488.

to what lords, vii. 481-485.

by what attainders, vii. 485-458.
Escheator, office of, vii. 780.

Esquires, summoned to attend the King's Great
Council, vi. 250.

Essays, or Counsels Civil and Moral, vi. 372
-517.

as they appeared in the first edition, vi.
525-591.

spurious, vi. 595-604.

editions, vi. 367.

text, vi. 368.

Latin translation of, vi. 369.

other translations, vi. 370.

dedication to the Duke of Buckingham,
vi. 373.

table of, vi. 375.

the recreation of his other studies, vii. 14.
Essex, Earl of, corrections by Bacon in Cam-

den's Annals,

respecting his expedition to Spain in
1589, vi. 354.

respecting the false alarm of a Spanish
invasion in 1559, vi. 359.

his trial for treason, vi. 361-364.

at the succour of Rhoan, vii. 125.
his one friend the queen, his one enemy
himself, vii. 167, 168.

Estaples, treaty of, vi. 115.

peace of, between Henry VII. and
Charles VIII. vi. 129, 131.

Estates differ in time of continuance, vii. 427.
in time of possession, it.

how created, vii. 488.

for years, vii. 488-489.

for lives, vii. 489.

Fabours, of Gyngham, drawn down by the
garrison, vi. 98.

Fabricius to Pyrrhus, tempting him to re-
volt, vii. 156.

Fabulæ, silentia antiquitatis exceperunt, vi.
625.

Chrysippi et Chymicorum interpreta-
tiones, ib.

duplex parabolarum usus, vi. 627.
Fabyan, character of his chronicle, vi. 4, 12.
Facility, a vice of men in authority, vi. 400,
551.

Factions in a state, the breaking of, a remedy
for discontentments, vi. 412, 591.
essay on Faction, vi. 498-500, 532,
533, 580, 581.

F.

Estates-continued.

will in writing, vii. 496-499.
Estovers, vii. 342.

Eternity, three parts of, vii. 225.
Ethelwald, Bishop of Winchester, sold the
church plate to relieve the poor, vii. 141.
Ethiops in the phial of Nemesis, vi. 662,
737, 739.

Eunuchs, envious, vi. 393.

why trusted by kings, vi. 480, 571.
Eure, Lord, vii. 577–582.

Euripides, of the autumn of life, vii. 145.
Evil comes in contact with good, how, vii. 8
whether God the author of, vii. 253, 254
Evil eye, vi. 393.

Exchequer, Court of, its jurisdiction, vi. 85,
Excommunication, Pope's Bull of, published
at Paul's Cross, vi. 221.

Excusat, aut extenuat, delictum in capitalibus.
quod non operatur idem in civilibus, vi.
347, 348.

Executors, vii. 339, 352, 353, 502—504.
Exercises, appropriate to each disease, ri
498.

the efficacy of exercise or practice, vi
101.

Exeter, besieged by Perkin Warbeck, vi
190.

visited by Henry VII. vi. 193.
Exile, no punishment to an excellent artisan,
vi. 735.

abjuration and exile, offences of, vii. 742

Fame-continued.

like a river, bears up things light and
swollen, and drowns things weighty
and solid, vi. 502, 581.

of learning, her flight slow without
some feathers of ostentation, vi. 504,
586.

Essay on, vi. 519, 520.

sister of the Giants, vi. 718.
the spur to virtue, vii. 80.
good, like fire, vii. 174.
Family, old, vi. 406, 550.

Farnaby, Thomas, published a poem by Lord
Bacon, vii. 269-272.

Faro, Katheren de, mother of Perkin War-
beck, vi. 134.

Fata, cur Panis sorores, vi. 637.

Fates, why sisters of Pan, vi. 709, 710.
Father his authority over his family, vii.
644.

to the bough, son to the plough, vii. 740.
Favour of law, what, vii. 663.
Favourites of Princes, vi. 438.
Fawcon, one of our pursuivants, vi. 98.
Fealty, vii. 482.

Fee simple, estates in, vii. 492.
Felo de se, vii. 364, 464, 741.
Felony, cases of, vii. 737-739.

punishment, trial, and proceeding, in cases
of, vii. 739-741.

Feme covert, vii. 328, 329, 340, 344, 345,
348, 351, 367, 432, 436, 437, 439, 443.
Fennel-stalks, with which Prometheus stole
the fire, vi. 745, 748.
Feoffments, vii. 493.
Ferdinando of Spain, vi. 120.

his wars in Grenada, vi. 108.

his share in the execution of the Earl of
Warwick by Henry VII. vi. 204, 205.
according to Sir James Mackintosh, vi.
204, 212.

his policy respecting Castile, vi. 228.
rumoured marriage with Madame de Fois,
vi. 227.

his power strengthened by the death of
Philip, King of Castile, vi. 233.
Ferdinando, Louis XI., and Henry VII.,
tres magi of kings, vi. 244.
Ferdinando and Isabella, send letters to
Henry VII. to report the conquest of
Grenada, vi. 125.

make peace with Charles VIII. vi. 129.
proposed marriage, between their daugh-

ter Katherine, and Prince Arthur of
England, vii. 185.-See Isabella.
Ferdinando the younger, King of Naples,
vi. 158.

Ferula Promethei, vi. 669, 671.

Fiatt, Marquis, his compliment to Bacon, vii.
183.

Fides est obligatio conscientiæ unius ad in-
tentionem alterius, vii. 401.

Fines, after five years, to be final, to conclude
all strangers' rights, vi. 93.

the Statute of, vii. 632.

Fines-continued.

and recoveries, vii. 332, 493.-See Re-
coveries.

Fire, the invention of, by Prometheus, vi.
745-753.

Firmarius, force of the word, vii. 531.
Fishing on the coast of England, rights of the
Dutch, vi. 232.

Fistula Panis, quid, vi. 638.

Fitz-gerard, Thomas, Earl of Kildare, rebels
against Henry VII. vi. 48.

Fitzwater, Lord, favours Perkin Warbeck,
vi. 140.

apprehended, tried, and beheaded, vi.
148.

Fitzwilliam's case, vii. 559, 562.

Flanders, rebels against Henry VII. assem-
ble in, vi. 52.

rebels against Maximilian, vi. 98.

speech of the French ambassadors concern-
ing, vi. 101.

and England, man and wife, vi. 145.
English merchants ordered to leave by
Henry VII. vi. 147, 162.
trade resumed, vi. 172, 173.

Flammock, Thomas, leader of the Cornish
rebels against Henry VII. vi. 176.
taken prisoner at Blackheath, vi. 182.
executed at Tyburn, ib.

Flattery among lovers, vi. 397, 557.
of a man's self, vi. 441.

Flower de luces, non laborant neque nent, vii.
151.

Flowers commended for gardens, vi. 486—

488.

sweet-scented, vi. 487.

of spring, why sacred to the infernal
deities, vi. 706.

Flux of matter perpetual, vi. 512.
Foderingham, burial-place of Cecile, Dutchess
of York, vi. 159.

Fois, Madame de, report of her marriage
with Ferdinando of Castile, vi. 229.
Followers and Friends, essay on, vi. 494,
495, 527, 528, 578, 579.

Fool learns less by the wise than the wise
learn by fools, vii. 148.

how different from a wise man, vii. 160.
hath said in his heart, There is no God,
vii. 251.

more of, than of the wise, in human na-
ture, vi. 402.

Forget him awhile, and he will remember
himself, vii. 144.

Forgiveness of our enemies commanded,
but not of our friends, vii. 154.
Forfeiture, vii. 329, 341.

of lands, vii. 486-488.

women advanced by their husband, or his
ancestors, not allowed to alienate the
lands, by Statute of 11 Henry VII. vi.

161.

of chattels, vii. 501.

Formalities, use of, vi. 435-437, 565-567.
Formedon, vii. 330, 331, 332.

Formularies and elegancies, vii. 197-211.

Preface, vii. 189-195.

Formulæ, vii. 208.

Forrest, Myles, one of the murderers of the

princes in the Tower, vi. 141.
Fortitude, he who wanteth, let him worship
Friendship, vi. 558.

Fortune, the advancement of, vi. 9.

high, how to bear oneself in, vi. 398-
401, 550-552.

is like a market, vi. 427.

essay on, vi. 472, 473, 574, 575.

the mould of, is in a man's hands, vi. 472,
574.

blind, but not invisible, ib.

her way is like the milky way in heaven, ib.
her two daughters, Confidence and Repu-
tation, vi. 473, 575.

wise men attribute their virtues to, ib.
Fouldrey, in Lancashire, rebels from Ireland
land at, vi. 56.

Fountains in gardens, of two kinds, vi. 490.
Foxe, Bishop of Duresme, strengthens Nor-
ham Castle against the Scots, vi. 184.
with Hialas to treat with James IV. vi.
186.

his meeting with James IV. at Melrosse,
vi. 200.

Lord Privy Seal to Henry VII. vi. 172.
privy counsellor, vi. 40.

subsequent promotions, vi. 41.
ambassador to Scotland, vi. 62.

busied about the marriage of Prince
Arthur with Katharine of Arragon, vi.
213.

negotiates the marriage of the Princess
Mary with Charles, Prince of Castile,
vi. 237.

France, all noblesse or peasantry, vi. 95.

Henry VII. of England claims the king-
dom, vi. 112.

Henry VII. his cause of war with, and
preparations, vi. 117.

why overmatched by England, vi. 447.
the League of, vi. 500.

king of, his retort on the ambassador of
the emperor, vii. 83.

statute of Edward III. that the realm of
England should not be subject to the
seigniory of France, vii. 654, 655.
English title to the crown of, ib.-See
French.

French, feeling of the English towards, vi. 81.
well acquainted with the courage of the
English, vi. 83.

are wiser than they seem, the Spaniards
seem wiser than they are, vi. 435,
565.

army, often ill provided, by reason of
negligence, vii. 56.

pay less reverence to the sacrament than

the Spanish, vii. 150.-See France.
Friends and followers, essay on, vi. 494, 495,
527, 528, 578, 579.

Friendship, essay on, vi. 437-443, 558, 559.
three main fruits of,

peace in the affections, vi. 437-440.
support in the judgment, vi. 440-442
aid on all occasions, vi. 442, 443,

not to be lost for another man's wit, vil
173.

there is little in the world, and least of
all between equals, vi. 495, 528, 379.
Frion, Stephen, an emissary of Margaret of
Burgundy, vi. 137.

sent by Charles VIII. ambassador to
Perkin Warbeck, ib.

Perkin guided by him, vi. 157.
Frowicke on the prerogative, vii. 396.
Fulforde's march to the relief of Exeter be-
sieged by Perkin Warbeck, vi. 192.
Fuller, his remark concerning May-games in
harvest time, vi. 361.
Funambulos, vii. 99, 100.

Gabato, Sebastian, sails with three ships be-
yond Labrador, vi. 197.

Gadshill, robbery on, vii. 365.
Gagvien, Robert, Prior of the Trinity, ambas-

sador from Charles VIII. to Henry
VII. vi. 104.

his speech to the council, vi. 104-109.
libels Henry VII. in Latin verse, vi. 113.

Gains, light, make heavy purses, vi. 500, 527,
576.

Galba, his dying speech, vi. 380, 545.

omnium consensu capax imperii, nisi im-
perasset, vi. 401, 552.

his saying, "legi a se militem non emi,"
vi. 412.

prophecy of Tiberius respecting, vi. 463.