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Of bodies sulphureous and mercurial

158

125 of ripening drink speedily

158

Of the chameleon

125 of pilosity and plumage

126

Of subterrany fires

158

Of the quickness of motion in birds

Of nitrous water

126 | Of the clearness of the sea, the north wind

126

Of congealing of air

158

blowing

Of congealing of water into crystal

126 Of the different heats of fire and boiling water 158

158

Of preserving the smell and colour in rose leaves 126 of the qualification of heat by moisture

Of the lasting of flame

126 Of yawning

158

Of infusions or burials of divers bodies in earth 128 Of the hiccough

159

Of the affects of men's bodies from several winds 128 Of sneezing

159

Of winter and summer sicknesses

128 Of the tenderness of the teeth

159

of pestilential years

128 | Of the tongue

159

Of epidemical diseases

128 Of the mouth out of taste

159

Of preservation of liquors in wells, or deep Of some prognostics of pestilential seasons 159

vaults.

128 Of special simples for medicines

159

Of stutting

129 Of Venus

159

Of sweet smells

129 Of the insecta, or creatures bred of putrefaction 160

Of the goodness and choice of waters

129 Of leaping

161

Of temperate heats under the equinoctial 130 of the pleasures and displeasures of hearing,

of the coloration of black and tawny moors 130 and of the other senses

161

Of motion after the instant of death

130

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CENTURY V.

Of spunges

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CENTURY VI.

· 166

Of veins of earth medicinal

162

Of accelerating or hastening forward germina-

162

tion

131 Of sea-fish in fresh water

162

Of retarding or putting back germination 132 Of attraction by similitude of substance

162

Of meliorating, or making better, fruits and Of certain drinks in Turkey

162

plants

133 Of sweat

163

Of compound fruits and flowers

137 Of the glow-worm

163

Of sympathy and antipathy of plants

137 Of the impressions upon the body from several

Of making herbs and fruits medicinable 139 passions of the mind

163

Of drunkenness

. 165

Of the hurt or help of wine, taken moderately 165

Of caterpillars

165

Of curiosities about fruits and plants

140 Of the flies cantharides

166

Of the degenerating of plants, and of their trans- Of lassitude

166

mutation one into another

142 Of casting the skin, and shell, in some creatures 166

Of the procerity and lowness of plants, and of Of the postures of the body

artificial dwarfing them

143 Of pestilential years

166

Of the rudiments of plants, and of the excres- Of some prognostics of hard winters

166

cences of plants, or super-plants

143 Of certain medicines that condense and relieve

of producing perfect plants without seed 146

the spirits

167

Of foreign plants

146 Of paintings of the body

Of the seasons of several plants

146 Of the use of bathing and anointing

167

Of the lasting of plants

147 Of chambletting of paper

167

Of several figures of plants

148 Of cuttle ink

167

Of some principal differences in plants 148 of earth increasing in weight

. 167

Of all manner of composts and helps for ground 149 Of sleep

168

Of teeth, and hard substances in the bodies of

living creatures

168

CENTURY VII.

Of the generation, and bearing of living crea.

of the affinities and differences between plants

tures in the womb,

169

and bodies inanimate

150 Of species visible

170

Of affinities and differences between plants and Of impulsion and percussion

170

living creatures, and of the confiners and Of titillation

170

participles of both

150 Of scarcity of rain in Egypt

170

Of plants experiments promiscuous

151 Of clarification

171

of the hcaling of wounds

157 of plants without leaves

171

Of fat diffused in flesh.

158 of the materials of glass

171

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of prohibition of putrefaction, and the long Of certain cements and quarries

182

conservation of bodies

171 Of the altering of colours in hairs and feathers 183

Of abundance of nitre in certain sea-shores 171 Of the difference of living creatures, male and

Of bodies borne up by water

171 female

183

Of fuel consuming little or nothing

172 of the comparative magnitude of living creatures 183

Of cheap fuel

172 Of producing fruit without core or stone

183

Of gathering of wind for freshness

172 Of the melioration of tobacco

183

Of trials of air

172 Of several heats working the same effects 184

Of increasing milk in milch beasts

172 Of.swelling and dilatation in boiling

184

Of sand of the nature of glass

172 Of the dulcoration of fruits

. 184

Of the growth of coral

172 Of flesh edible and not edible

184

Of the gathering of manna

172 | Of the salamander

184

Of the correcting of wines

173 Of the contrary operations of time on fruits and

Of bitumen, one of the materials of wild-fire 173 liquors

185

Of plaister growing as hard as marble

173 Of blows and bruises

185

Of the cure of some ulcers and hurts

173 Of the orrice root

185

Of the healthfulness or unhealthfulness of the Of the compression of liquors

185

southern wind

173 Of the working of water upon air contiguous

185

Of wounds made with brass, and with iron 173 Of the nature of air

185

Of mortification by cold

173 Of the eyes and sight

185

Of weight

173 Of the colour of the sea, or other water

186

Of supernatation of bodies

174 Of shell-fish

186

Of the flying of unequal bodies in the air 174 Of the right side, and the left

186

Of water, that it may be the medium of sounds 174 Of frictions

. 186

Of the flight of the spirits upon odious objects 174 Of globes appearing flat at distance

187

Of the super-reflection of echos

174 Of shadows

187

Of the force of imagination imitating that of the Of the rolling and breaking of the seas 187

174 Of the dulcoration of salt water

. 187

Of preservation of bodies

174 of the return of saltness in pits upon the sea-

Of the growth or multiplying of metals 175 shore

187

Of the drowning the more base metal in the Of attraction by similitude of substance . 187

more precious

175 Of attraction

187

Of fixation of bodies

175 Of heat under earth

. 187

Of the restless nature of things in themselves, Of flying in the air

188

and their desire to change

175 Of the scarlet dye

· 188

Of maleficiating

188

Of the rise of water by means of flame

188

Of the influences of the moon

188

Of perception in bodies insensible, tending to

Of vinegar

. 189

natural divination or subtile trials

176 Of creatures that sleep all winter

189

Of the nature of appetite in the stomach 178 of the generating of creatures by copulation, and

Of sweetness of odour from the rainbow 178

by putrefaction

189

Of sweet smells

179
Of the corporeal substance of smells

179
Of fetid and fragrant odours

179
Of the causes of putrefaction

180 Of the transmission and influx of immateriate

Of bodies unperfectly mixt

180 virtues, and the force of imagination

190

Of concoction and crudity

180 of the emission of spirits in vapour, or exhala- •

Of alterations, which may be called majors 180 tion, odour-like

192

Of bodies liquefiable, and not liquefiable 180 Of emission of spiritual species which affect the

Of bodies fragile and tough

181

193

Of the two kinds of pneumaticals in bodies 181 Of emissions of immateriate virtues, from the
Of concretion and dissolution of bodies

181 minds and spirits of men, by affections,

Of bodies hard and soft

1814 imagination, or other impressions

194

Of ductile and tensile

181 Of the secret virtue of sympathy and antipathy 197

Of several passions of matter, and characters of Of secret virtues and proprieties

201

bodies

182 Of the general sympathy of men's spirits 201

Of induration by sympathy

182

Of honey and sugar

182 New Atlantis

202

Of the finer sort of base metals

182 Mr. Bacon in Praise of Knowledge

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* Valerius Terminus” of the Interpretation of

Nature : a few fragments of the first book 218

MEDICAL RECEIPTS.

Filum Labyrinthi, sive formula Inquisitionis 232

Sequela Chartarum, sive inquisitio legitima de His lordship's usual receipt for the gout 252

Calore et Frigore

. 236 His lordship's broth and fomentation for the

stone

253

A manus Christi for the stomach

. 253

PHYSIOLOGICAL REMAINS.

A secret for the stomach

253

Inquisitions touching the compounding of metals 240

Questions touching minerals, with Dr. Meverel's

solutions

242

WORKS MORAL.

Of the compounding, incorporating, or union of

,

metals or minerals

242 A Fragment of the Colours of Good and Evil . 254

Compound metals now in use

244

of the separation of metals and minerals 244

ESSAYS OR COUNSELS CIVIL AND MORAL.

Of the variation of metals into several shapes,

bodies, or natures

245

1. Of truth

. 261

Of the restitution of metals and minerals 246

2. Of death

262

Inquisition concerning the versions, transmu- 3. Of unity in religion

263

tations, multiplications, and affections of

4. Of revenge

264

bodies

246

5. Of adversity

264

A speech concerning the recovering of drowned 6. Of simulation and dissimulation

265

mineral works

247 7. Of parents and children

265

Experiments about weight in air and water 247 8. Of marriage and single life

266

Certain sudden thoughts of the lord Bacon, set

266

down by him under the title of Experiments

10. Of love

268

for Profit

248 | 11. Of great place

Experiments about the commixture of liquors 12. Of boldness

269

only, not solids, without heat or agitation, but 13. Of goodness, and goodness of nature . 270

only by simple composition and settling 248 14. Of nobility

271

A catalogue of bodies, attractive and not attrac- 15. Of seditions and troubles

271

tive, together with experimental observations 16. Of atheism

273

about attraction

249 17. Of superstition

274

18. Of travel

275

19. Of empire

275

MEDICAL REMAINS.

20. Of counsel

277

Grains of youth

250 21. Of delays

. 278

Preserving ointments

250 22. Of cunning

278

A purge familiar for opening the liver 250 | 23. Of wisdom for a man's self

280

Wine for the spirits

250 24. Of innovations

280

The preparing of saffron

250 25. Of despatch

280

Wine against adverse melancholy, preserving 26. Of seeming wise

231

the senses and the reason

250 27. Of friendship

281

Breakfast preservative against the gout and 28. Of expense

284

rheums

250 29. Of the true greatness of kingdoms and

The preparation of garlick

250 estates

284

The artificial preparation of damask roses for 30. Of regimen of health

287

smell.

250 | 31. Of suspicion

287

A restorative drink

250 32. Of discourse

288

Against the waste of the body by heat. 250 33. Of plantations

288

Methusalem water: Against all asperity and 34. Of riches

289

torrefaction of inward parts, and all adustion 35. Of prophecies

290

of the blood, and generally against the dry- 36. Of ambition

291

ness of age

250 37. Of masques and triumphs

292

A catalogue of astringents, openers, and cor-

38. Of nature in men

292

dials

251

39. Of custom and education

293

An extract by the lord Bacon, for his own use, 40. Of fortune

293

out of the book of the prolongation of life,

41. Of usury

294

together with some new advices in order to 42. Of youth and age

295

health

252 | 43. Of beauty

296

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44. Of deformity

296 Certain observations upon a libel, entitled, “ A

45. Of building

296 Declaration of the true Causes of the great

46. Of gardens

298 Troubles presupposed to be intended against

47. Of negotiating

300 the Realm of England”

37.95

48. Of followers and friends

. 300 | A true report of the detestable treason, intended

49. Of suitors

301 by Dr. Roderigo Lopez, a physician attend-

50. Of studies

. 301 ing upon the person of the queen's Majesty 398

51. Of faction

302 | The proceedings of the earl of Essex

. 403

52. Of ceremonies and respects

302 A declaration of the practices and treasons at-

53. Of praise

303 tempted and committed by Robert earl of Es-

54. Of vain-glory

303 sex, and his complices, against her Majesty

55. Of honour and reputation

304 and her kingdoms; and of the proceedings as

56. Of judicature

304

well at the arraignment of the said late earl

57. Of anger

305

and his adherents, as after, together with the

58. Of vicissitude of things

306 very confessions, and other parts of the evi-

Of a king

308 dences themselves, word for word, taken out

A fragment of an essay on fame

308 of the originals

408

The apology of Sir Francis Bacon, in certain

A Collection of Apophthegms, new and old 310

imputations concerning the late earl of Es-

Ornamenta Rationalia

331

433

Short Notes for civil Conversation

334 A speech in parliament, 39 of Elizabeth, upon

An Essay on Death .

334 the motion of subsidy

441

A proclamation drawn for his Majesty's first com-

4.13

THEOLOGICAL WORKS.

A draught of a proclamation touching his Majes-

ty's style

445

A confession of faith

337 A speech made by Sir Francis Bacon, knight,

A prayer or psalm

339

chosen by the commons to present a petition

A prayer

340 touching purveyors

447

The student's prayer

341 A brief discourse of the happy union of the king-

The writer's prayer

341

doms of England and Scotland

449

The characters of a believing christian, in para- Certain articles or considerations touching the

doxes, and seeming contradictions

341 union of the kingdoms of England and Scot-

An advertisement touching the controversies of land

453

the church of England

343 | The certificate or return of the commissioners

Certain considerations touching the better paci. of England and Scotland, authorized to treat
fication and edification of the church of Eng- of an union

4!

land

351 A speech in the house of commons, concerning

Circumstances in the government of bishops 353 the article of the general naturalization of the
Concerning the liturgy, the ceremonies and sub- Scottish nation

46

scription

355 A speech in the lower house of parliament, by

Touching a preaching ministry

357 occasion of a motion concerning the union of

Touching the abuse of excommunication 358 laws

Touching non-residents and pluralities 358 Considerations touching the plantation in linea

Touching the provision for sufficient maintenance land .

in the church

359 | A report in the house of commons, of a spe

The translation of certain psalms into English delivered by the earl of Salisbury; and anot

verse.

speech delivered by the earl of Northampt

Psalm 1.

360 at a conference concerning the petition of

Psalm xii.

360 merchants upon the Spanish grievances

Psalm xc.

361 A certificate to his Majesty touching the proje

Psalm civ.

361

of Sir Stephen Proctor relating to the pe.

Psalm cxxvI.

362

laws

Psalm cxXXVII.

362 A speech used to the king by his Majesty's so-

Psalm cxLix.

363

licitor, being chosen by the commons, as their

mouth and messenger, for the presenting to

WORKS POLITICAL.

his Majesty the instrument or writing of their
grievances

483

Of the state of Europe

364 | A specch used unto the lords at a conference by

Mr. Bacon's discourse in praise of his sovereign 370 commission from the commons, moving and

468

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persuading the lords to join with the commons 10. Verba generalia restringuntur ad habilitatem

in petition to the king, to obtain liberty to

rei vel persona

558

treat of a composition with his Majesty for 11. Jura sanguinis nullo jure civili dirimi

wards and tenures

484

possunt

559

A frame of declaration for the master of the 12. Receditur a placitis juris potius, quam in-

wards at his first sitting

485 juriæ et delicta maneant impunita

559

Directions for the master of the wards to observe, 13. Non accipi debent verba in demonstra-

for his Majesty's better service, and the gene- tionem falsam, quæ competunt in limitationem

ral good .

486

560

A speech, persuading the house of commons to 14. Licet dispositio de interesse futuro sit inutilis,

desist from further question of receiving the tamen potest fieri declaratio præcedens quæ

king's messages by their speaker, and from sortiatur effectum interveniente novo actu 561

the body of the council, as well as from the 15. In criminalibus sufficit generalis malitia in-

king's person

487 tentionis cum facto paris gradus.

562

An argument in the lower house of parliament, 16. Mandata licita recipiunt strictam interpre-

proving the king's right of impositions on tationem, sed illicita latam et extensam . 562

merchandises imported and exported 489 | 17. De fide et officio judicis non recipitur quæs-

A brief speech persuading some supply to be tio; sed de scientia, sive error sit juris sive

given to his Majesty

492 facti

562

A certificate to the lords of the council, upon 18. Persona conjuncta æquiparatur interesse

information given touching the scarcity of sil- proprio

563

ver at the mint

492 19. Non impedit clausula derogatoria, quo minus

Advice to the king touching Mr. Sutton's estate 494 ab eadem potestate res dissolvantur, a quibus
A speech in the lower house, when the house constituuntur

564
was in great heat about the undertakers 497 20. Actus inceptus, cujus perfectio pendet ex

A speech in parliament, being lord chancellor, voluntate partium, revocari potest; si autem

to the speaker's excuse

499 pendet ex voluntate tertiæ personæ, vel ex

Of the true greatness of the kingdom of Britain 502 contingenti, revocari non potest

565

Advice to Sir George Villiers, afterward duke of

21. Clausula vel dispositio inutilis per presump-

Buckingham, when he became favourite to tionem vel causam remotam, ex post facto

king James

. 508 non fulcitur

565

Advertisement touching a holy war

521 | 22. Non videtur consensum retinuisse si quis ex

Notes of a speech concerning a war with Spain 530 præscripto minantis aliquid immutavit 567

Considerations touching a war with Spain 532 23. Licita bene miscentur, formula nisi juris

obstet

567

24. Præsentia corporis tollit errorem nominis, et

LAW TRACTS.

veritas nominis tollit errorem demonstrationis 568

25. Ambiguitas verborum latens verificatione

suppletur ; nam quod ex facto oritur ambi.

guum verificatione facti tollitur

MAXIMS OF THE LAW.

The use of the law, for preservation of our per-

1. In jure non remota causa sed proxima spec- sons, goods, and good names

570

tatur

548 The use of the law consisteth principally in

2. Non potest adduci exceptio ejusdem rei, these three things

cujus petitur dissolutio

549

1. To secure men's persons from death and

3. Verba fortius accipiuntur contra proferentem 550 violence.

4. Quod sub certa forma concessum vel reser- 2. To dispose the property of their goods and

vatum est, non trahitur ad valorem vel com-

lands.

pensationem

553

3. For preservation of their good names from

1. Necessitas inducit privilegium quoad jura

shame and infamy

. 570

ti

privata

554 Property of lands,

ev Corporalis injuria non recipit æstimationem

1. By entry

576

Hede futuro

555 2. By descent

. 576

sper Excusat aut extenuat delictum in capitalibus, 3. By escheat

577

quod non operatur idem in civilibus

555 4. By conveyance

581

pref Estimatio præteriti delicti ex postremo Property in goods,

conti,to nunquam crescit

556 1. By gift

586

admitiod remedio destituitur ipsa re valet si 2. By sale

586

be infea absit

556 3. By stealing

.

THE ELEMENTS OF THE COMMON LAWS OF ENGLAND.

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