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INDEX, 



Bodies, straining one through another, 

 iv. 1 ; separations of, by weight, 

 iv. 7 ; experiments on the motion of 

 upon their pressure, iv. 4 ; contrac 

 tion of in bulk, by mixture of liquid 

 with solid, iv. 23 ; imperfectly mixed, 

 iv. 447 ; induration of, iv. 51, 55 ; 

 appetite in union of, iv. 143 ; bu 

 rials or infusions of in the earth, 

 iv. 187 ; effect of winds on men s, 

 iv. 189; which do not draw, vii. 225; 

 that are borne up by water, iv. 409 ; 

 conservation of, iv. 406 ; of Alexan 

 der and Numa found after their 

 death, iv. 408 ; experiment touch 

 ing the supernatation of, iv. 417; 

 preservation of, iv. 421 ; touching 

 the fixation of, iv. 423 ; insen 

 sible perception in, iv. 426 ; touch 

 ing hard and soft, iv. 453 ; liquifi- 

 able, iv. 450 ; concretions and dis 

 solutions of, iv. 452 ; pneumaticals 

 in, iv. 452 ; characters of, iv. 454 ; 

 ductile and tensile, iv. 454 ; fragile 

 and tough, iv. 451 ; different ones 

 which draw, vii. 225. 



Body, commandment of the mind over 

 the, ii. 174 ; power of the imagina 

 tion on the, ii. 157 ; good of, health, 

 beauty, strength, pleasure, ii. 158 ; 

 exercise of the, iv. 147 ; paintings 

 of the, iv. 390 ; how to be regulated 

 before the use of purgatives, iv. 42 ; 

 experiments touching the postures of 

 the, iv. 387 ; impressions on by pas 

 sions of the mind, iv. 376 ; against 

 the waste of by heat, vii. 228. 



Body and mind, action of on each 

 other, ii. 156, 



Boiling, swelling, and dilatation in, 

 iv. 463. 



Boldness, Essay of, i. 37. 



Bona Notabilia, vii. 406. 



Bones, experiments touching, iv. 395. 



Bonham, Dr. his case, vii. 458. 



Bonham s case, answers of Lord Coke 

 to objections in, vii. 373. 



Boniface 8th, Philip the Fair s treat 

 ment, of, vi. 457. 



Books, distinction in their use, i. 167 ; 

 good one s true friends, vii. 306 ; 

 friend always to be found in good 

 books, vii. 306; of policy, ii. 114; 

 dedications to, ii. 32. 



Border court, proposal for establishing, 

 v.21. 



Borgia, Alexander, saying of the 

 French, ii. 149. 



Bounty, a regal virtue, i. 197. 



Bow, the Parthians , vi. 81. 



Bracelets, to comfort spirits, iv. 518. 

 Brain, dried and strengthened by per 

 fumes, iv. 499. 

 Brand, Sebastian, famous book of, vii. 



380. 

 Brass, weight of in water, vii. 220 ; 



what made of, vii. 202 ; and iron, 



union of, vii. 188. 

 Bravery stands upon comparison, i. 



175. 

 Breakfast, preservative against gout and 



rheums, vii. 227. 

 Breeding cattle, vi. 436. 

 Brehon laws, one of the roots of the 



troubles in Ireland, v. 194. 

 Brest, Spaniards get footing at, and 



expelled from, v. 233, 280. 

 Bresquet, the jester s answer to Francis 



I., i. 393. 

 Brewing, speculation of, in Turkey, iv. 



373. 



Briareus, fable of, i. 50. 

 Bribe accepted by Lord C. Bacon in 



Mr. Hansbye s cause, vii. 437 ; Lord 



Chancellor accepts, in the cause of 



Sir R. Egerton, vii. 432. 

 Bribery, vii. 114. 

 Brimstone and quicksilver, where found , 



vii. 205. 

 Britain, vii. 183 ; discourse on the true 



greatness of, v. 311; great strength 



at sea, one of the principal dowries 



of, i. 108. 

 Brittany, valour of the English at some 



encounters in, v. 276. 

 Brittle and tough metals, vii. 208. 

 Bromley, Mr. Solicitor, his answer to 



Justice Catline, i. 361 ; 

 Bromley s report, vii. 355. 

 Broth, how to make nourishing, iv. 29. 

 Brown, Dr., his answer to Sir E. Dyer s 



narration of Kelly s making gold, i. 



406. 

 Brownists, dissensions in the church 



created by them, v. 409 ; account of 



them, v. 411. 

 Bruises and blows, experiments on, iv. 



467. 



Bubbles, forms of, iv. 12. 

 Buckhurst, Lord steward, in commis 

 sion at the trial of Earl of Essex, vi. 



343. 

 Buckingham, Bacon s letter to, noticing 



his history of Henry VII. iii. 1 4, 15 ; 



letter to the Earl of, from Lord Coke, 



vii. 378 ; letter from, to the Lord 



Chancellor, vii. 434 ; letter to, from 



Lord C. Bacon touching Sir W. 



Raleigh, vii. 444; letter from, to 



the Lord C. Bacon touching Sir F. 



