Lingard, Dr., on the restoration of
the Queen Dowager's dower, by
Henry VII., i. 73.
Lions under Salomon's throne, ii.
270.
Liver, sarza taken for disease of, ii.
166.
Loan from the City of London to
Henry VII. of 4,000l., i. 148.
loans borrowed from his subjects
by Henry VII., i. 261.
London, the city contributes 9,000l.
to a benevolence, in the 7th
year of Henry VII., i. 184.
army of Henry VII. assembled
at, for the invasion of France,
i. 193.
letters sent by Henry VII. to
the Mayor and Aldermen, an-
nouncing the peace of Esta-
ples, i. 198.
others from Calais. i. 310.
bound for the performance of
the treaty between Henry VII.
and the Archduke Philip, i.
260.
threatened by the Cornish rebels
encamped at Blackheath, i.
267, 270.
pays a benevolence of 5.000
marks to Henry VII., i. 335.
Long robe, persons of the, i. 332.
Long, Roger, plots Perkin War-
beck's escape from the Tower, i.
302, 304.
Lopez, Roderigo, tried for a conspir-
acy to poison Queen Elizabeth, ii.
54.
Louis XI. afraid of an able man,
Ferdinando, and Henry VII.,
tres magi of kings, i. 364.
Love compared with Envy, ii. 103.
essay on, ii. 109-111.
the stage more beholden to, than
the life of man, ii. 109.
in extravagance,
the excesses
the ruin of business, ii. 111,
Lovell, Lord, his rebellion against
Henry VII., i. 67, 68.
sails to Flanders, i. 82.
corresponds with Sir Thomas
Broughton, Ib.
lands at Fouldrey in Lancashire,
i. 87.
mystery respecting his death, i.
91.
Countries, excellence of their
government, ii. 121.
cycle of weather observed in, ii.
276.
their wealth, iii. 80, 81.
have the best mines above
ground in the world, ii. 128.
Lucullus. his winter residence, ii.
230.
Ludlow Castle, scene of the death of
his faction of Optimates, ii. 255.
Prince Arthur, son of Henry VII.,
i. 320.
Lullius Typocosmia, iii. 132.
Lungs, flower of sulphur taken for
the, ii. 167.
Luxembourg, Francis Lord of, am-
bassador to England from Charles
VIII., i. 157.
Machiavel, object of "the Prince,"
on the sinews of war, iii. 52, 73.
Mackintosh, Sir James, his remarks
on Bacon's History of Henry
VII., i. 21, 22.
his charges answered, i. 23-30.
his bad habit of altering Bacon's
phraseology, i. 325.
on the share of Ferdinand of
Spain in the execution of the
Earl of Warwick by Henry
Madden, Sir Frederic, on Perkin
VII., i. 306, 307, 317.
Mæcenas on the marriage of Julia,
Warbeck, i. 201.
ii. 168.
Magnanimity destroyed by atheism,
ii. 134.
Mahomet, his sword not to be taken
up, ii. 90.
Mahomet continued.
going to the mountain, ii. 117.
his opportunities, ii. 276.
Malpertius, Lord, brings tidings to
Henry VII. from Bretayne, i.
149.
Man, of all living things most suscep-
tible of improvement, iii. 127,
128.
creation of, iii. 150.
Man, Isle of, lawsuit respecting, on
the death of Ferdinand, Earl of
Derby, note by Bacon in Camden,
ii. 56.
Maniable, iii. 130.
Mannerhood of the kingdom, i. 144.
Manufactures, where foreign mate-
rials are but superfluities, for-
eign manufactures should be
probibited, i. 333.
one nation selleth to another one
of three things, ii. 128.
effect of on the military spirit of
a nation, ii. 182.
Manuring, arable land cannot be
manured without people and fami-
lies, i. 142.
Marcus Antonius, one of the only
two great men of history carried
away by love, ii. 110.
Margaret, Lady, eldest daughter of
Henry VII., sought in mar-
riage by James IV., i. 299.
her marriage, i. 323.
her jointure, Ib.
Margaret, Lady, mother of Henry
VII., her dream, i. 365.
Margaret, Duchess Dowager
Savoy, sought in marriage by
Henry VII., i. 349.
marriage postponed by reason
of the king's illness, i. 351.
Margaret of Burgundy, favours the
Irish rebels against Henry
VII., i. 82, 83.
receives all traitors against
Henry VII., i. 136.
raises up Perkin Warbeck, i.
200.
trains him herself for the part,
i. 203, 205.
sends him into Portugal, i. 205.
thence to Ireland, i. 206.
sends Stephen Frion to him, i.
Perkin returns to her in Flan-
ders, i. 209.
Lord Suffolk flies to her, i. 316.
by proxy, of Maximilian with
Anne Duchess of Brittaine,
i. 153, 154.
Marsin, Francis, sent by Henry VII.
to inquire touching the person and
condition of the Queen of Naples,
i. 339, 340.
Martin Swart, leader of the Almaine
force against Henry VII., i.
84.
killed at Newark, i. 91.
Martyrdoms, why to be reckoned
among miracles, ii. 277.
Mary, daughter of Henry VII. treaty
of marriage between her and
Charles, Prince of Castile, i.
353.
never carried into effect, i. 309.
Masques and triumphs, essay on, ii.
Mathew, Tobie, letter from Bacon
referring to his history of
Henry VIII., i. 393.
to Cosmo de' Medici, letter ded-
icatory of a translation of Ba-
con's Essays, ii. 74.
Mattacina of human fortune, i. 91.
Matter in perpetual flux, ii. 274.
Matthæus's collection of
proper
words for metaphors, iii. 132.
Maximilian, King of Romans, rival
of Charles VIII., i. 98, 106.
rebellion of his subjects in Flan-
ders, i. 150.
imprisoned at Bruges by the
rebels, Ib.
married by proxy to Anne,
Duchess of Brittaine, i. 153,
154.
his daughter contracted to
Charles VIII., i. 156.
receives the news of the mar-
riage of Charles VIII. to Anne
of Brittaine, i. 173.
sends ambassadors to England
and Spain to raise a league
against Charles VIII., i. 174.
unprovided for war, i. 193.
aspires to the government of
Castile, on the death of Philip,
i. 350.
May, blossoms, better than March,
iii. 101, 102.
Misanthropi, ii. 120.
Moderator more troublesome than
the actor, ii. 162.
Monarchy, without nobility a tyran-
ny, ii. 121.
Money not the sinews of war, ii. 178;
iii. 52, 73, 74.
adds greatness to a state, when,
iii. 76-80.
Monkey tore up the private note-
book of Henry VII., i. 362.
Monoculos, iii. 117.
Monopolies, ii. 201.
Montaigne on the meanness of false-
hood, ii. 83.
Memory, all knowledge is but re- Moors driven out of Granada, i. 190.
membrance, ii. 273.
narrative, iii. 134.
artificial, holpen by exercise, iii.
Mercenary forces, ii. 179.
Merchandizing is the vena porta of
wealth, ii. 219.
Merchants, their value in a state, ii.
145.
Merchant-strangers, laws of Henry
VII. relating to, i. 134, 145.
Merchant-adventurers of England
induce parliament to abolish
the monopolies of merchant-
adventurers of London, i. 263.
recalled from Flanders by Henry
VII., i. 222.
continue the Flanders trade, i.
259, 260.
Mercy, hypocrites detected by their
neglect of the works of, iii. 173.
Merit and good works, the end of
man's motion, ii. 113.
Metis, or Counsel, ii. 147.
Mexico, conquest of, whether justi-
fiable, iii. 28.
Middle region of the air, iii. 111.
Militar election, i. 45.
Military services, statute of Henry
VII. annulling leases and
grants to such as neglect to
serve the king, i. 332.
spirit, the source of greatness in
states, ii. 183.
spirit of different nations, ii. 183.
Mines, the Low Countries have the
best mines above ground in
the world, ii. 128.
Miracles, why never wrought to con-
vince an atheist, ii. 132.
new creations, iii. 152.
of our Saviour, iii. 166.
of Valentia, in Spain, iii. 24.
Moore, Sir Thomas, his account of
Sir James Tyrrell's confession of
the murder of the Princes in the
Tower, i. 214.
Morley, Lord, killed before Dixmue,
i. 152.
Morris-dance of heretics, ii. 87.
Morton, John, Bishop of Ely, made
a privy counsellor, i. 64.
speech respecting Brittaine, i.
117-124.
procures a law against conspir-
acy, i. 131.
hated by the court, Ib.
dilemma for raising benevo-
lences, i. 184.
speech at St. Paul's announcing
the conquest of Granada, i. 191.
life sought by the Cornish reb-
els, i. 265.
death and character, i. 310.
Mort-pays, statute of Henry VII. for
punishment of, i. 185.
Morysine, Sir Richard, his Apomaxis
calumniarum, i. 322.
Mothers, partiality of their affec-
tion, ii. 100.
Mountebanks for the body politic,
ii. 116.
Mountford, Sir Symond, favours
Perkin Warbeck, i. 212.
tried and beheaded, i. 223.
Mountjoy, Lord, Bacon's letters to,
iii. 91-94.
Murder, malicious intent necessary
to constitute, iii. 74.
Mustapha, his death fatal to Soly-
man's line, ii. 143.
his wife Roxalana, 1b.
Mutianus, his maxim, that money is
the sinews of war, iii. 52, 73, 74.
siege of, misdated by Bacon, i.
109, 176-178.
Naples, designs of Charles VIII. on,
i. 162, 169.
conquered and lost by Charles
VIII., i. 238.
revolts to Ferdinando the young-
er, i. 238.
Henry VII. contemplates mar-
riage with the Queen, widow
of Ferdinando the younger, i.
338, 339.
Narcissus relating to Claudius the
marriage of Silius and Messalina,
ii. 155.
Narses, the eunuch, ii. 105.
Nativity of the French king truly
cast, ii. 204.
Nature, essay on nature in men, ii.
211-213.
custom only can alter and sub-
due, ii. 211.
rules for disciplining, ii. 212.
is best perceived in privateness,
ii. 212.
happy they whose natures suit
with their vocations, Ib.
runs either to herbs or weeds, Ib.
deformed people generally have
their revenge on, ii. 227.
Navigation laws, i. 145.
Nebuchadnezzar, his tree of mon-
archy, ii. 181.
Necessity, of three kinds,
New trial granted upon a verdict, in
cases above the value of 40%., by
Statute of Henry VII., i. 242.
Newark, battle of, i. 89-92.
Newport, in Flanders, besieged in
vain by the French under Lord
Cordes, i. 152.
Nicolas, Sir Harris, his proceedings
and ordinances of the Privy Coun-
cil, i. 369, 370.
Nobility, essay on, ii. 121-123.
new, the act of power; ancient,
the act of time, ii. 122.
of birth, abateth industry, ii.
numerous, impoverish a state, Ib.
not to be multiplied, ii. 128, 179.
Nobles, how to be dealt with by
kings, ii. 144.
Non-claim, Statute of, passed by
Edward III., i. 142.
fit for times of war, Ib.
Norham Castle, besieged in vain by
James IV. of Scotland, i. 276.
Scottish gentlemen murdered at,
i. 298.
North, northern nations more mar-
tial than southern, ii. 278.
Northumberland, Earl of, employed
by Henry VII. to quiet the
malcontents of Durham and
Yorkshire, i. 135.
murdered by them, 1b.
invaded by the King of Scots,
with Perkin Warbeck, i. 250-
258.
Norway, prophecy respecting the
fleet of, ii. 205.
Norwich, Henry VII. at, i. 86.
for conservation of life, Notebook of Henry VII. torn up by
iii. 43, 44.
of obedience, iii. 44.
of the act of God, or of
strangers, iii. 45.
privilegeth only quoad jura pri-
vata, iii. 45-47.
Negative more pregnant of direction
than the indefinite, ii. 163.
side easiest to uphold, ii. 165.
Negotiating, essay on, ii. 245-247.
whether by letter or in person
best, ii. 245.
choice of instruments, ii. 246,
247.
Nehemiah, his politie sadness before
the king, ii. 155.
Neville, Sir George, joins Perkin
Warbeck at Paris, i. 209.
his monkey, i. 362.
Nunc dimittis, the sweetest canticle,
ii. 86.
Opportunities, a wise man will make
more than he finds, ii. 258.
Opposition, many a man's strength
is in, ii. 255.
Orange, Prince of, taken prisoner
at the battle of St. Albans by
Charles VIII., i. 127.
Order, the life of dispatch, ii. 163.
Ordnance, invention of in India, ii.
279.
in China, Ib.
excellences of, Ib.
Orleans, Duke of, takes refuge with
the Duke of Brittaine, i. 100.
directs him in all things, i. 107.
taken prisoner by Charles VIII.
at the battle of St. Albans, i.
127.
Ormond, Thomas, Earl of, ambassa-
dor to Charles VIII., i. 170.
Orthography of Bacon's time, ii. 70.
Osbeck, the true name of Perkin
Warbeck, i. 203.
Ostentation, the use of, ii. 262, 375.
Ottoman Empire, designs of Charles
VIII. against, i. 163, 164, 169.
family, its origin, iii. 74.
Outlawries, one means of extortion
used by Empson and Dudley, i.
326, 327.
Overbury, disclosures promised by
Franklin the apothecary, respect-
ing his murder, ii. 11.
Oxford, John, Earl of, one of Henry
VIIth's generals, i. 86, 194.
his brother killed at the siege of
Sluice, i. 188.
entertains Henry VII. at Hen-
ningham, fined 15,000 marks,
i. 327, 328.
Oxidrakes in India, ordnance used
by them against the Macedonians,
ii. 279.
Padre commune, i. 255.
Painter may make a better face than
ever was, ii. 226.
Palace, description of a perfect one,
ii. 230-235.
Pardon, general, proclaimed by the
council of Henry VII. at
Shine, i. 78.
general, granted by Henry VII.
in the last year of his reign,
i. 354.
Parents and children, essay on, ii.
99-101.
Parents and Children - continued.
unequal distribution of parental
affection, ii. 100.
Parker, Sir James, killed at the
treatment of children, Ib.
tournament at Shine, by Hugh
Vaughan, i. 192.
Parliament, first of Henry VII., i.
second of Henry VII., i. 93.
again assembled, i. 114.
subsidies granted to Henry VII,
i. 125.
in the 4th year of Henry VII.,
i. 140.
eager for war with France, i.
182.
in the 7th of Henry VII., i. 176-
186.
date of this meeting, i. 176-178.
preceded by a Great Council, i.
178.
speech of the king, i. 178–181.
a parliament of war, i. 184.
in the 11th of Henry VII., i.
239.
in the 12th of Henry VII., i.
260.
summoned in the 19th of Henry
VII., i. 332.
distinguished from the Great
Council, i. 367-374.
cannot bind a future Parliament
by any act, i. 241.
Parties in a state, ii. 254-256.
Parsimony, ii. 200.
Parts, plurality of, makes a show of
Paston correspondence, i. 370, 373.
magnitude, iii. 105.
Patres patriæ, ii. 265.
Pasturages, great, ii. 128.
Patrick, an Austin friar, sets up a
counterfeit Earl of Warwick, i.
303.
Paul's Cross, Pope's bull published
at, i. 331.
Paul's, Church of, great ceremony
on receipt of the news of the
conquest of Granada, i. 191.
black eagle blown from the
spire, an omen, i. 347.
Payne, his engraving of Henry VII.,
i. 17.
Peile, saying of a Lacedæmonian
Pembroke Castle, Henry VII. born
prisoner at, i. 332, 333.
at, i. 365.
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