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INDEX. 



of the scriptures, iii. 469 ; dislike of 

 a pompous epitaph, iii. 470 ; her 

 improvement of buildings, vii. 157 ; 

 her conduct to conspirators, vii. 151 ; 

 disunion in praise of, vii. 149 ; re 

 port of treasonable designs of Dr. 

 Lopez against, v. 289 ; blessings of 

 the people under, v. 398 ; her con 

 duct to Philip of Spain, v. 444 ; 

 attempts on life, by whom made, vi. 

 455 ; apophthegms, and anecdotes 

 of, and respecting, i. 348, 350, 351, 

 362, 366, 368, 398, 399, 412. 



Ellesmere s, Chancellor, letter to the 

 King touching Lord Coke, vii. 349 ; 

 objections to parts of Lord Coke s 

 reports, vii. 370. 



Elocution, not to be neglected in phi 

 losophy, ii. 37. 



Eloquence, savouring of affectation, or 

 imitation unbecoming a king, ii. 5; 

 of accident, vi. 260 ; discretion of 

 speech more than eloquence, i. 115. 



Ely, case of the isle of, vii. 457 ; ques 

 tions and answers, vii. 459. 



Embalming, among Greeks, iv. 408. 



Embassadors, how to choose, i. 115. 



Embassies to foreign princes or states, 

 vi. 425, 



Emblem, and prenotion, ii. 195. 



Embroidery, not discerned by candle 

 light, i. 130. 



Embryo, destruction of, iv. 173. 



Emission, of spirits, iv. 493. 



Empedocles, his delight in solitude, i. 

 87. 



Emperors, advantages of learned, ii. 

 64. 



Empirics, why sometimes more suc 

 cessful than physicians, ii. 166. 



Empire, essay of, i. 62. 



Empson and Dudley, the people s 

 curses rather than any law brought 

 their overthrow, v. 363. 



Endymion, or the favourite, iii. 26. 



England, tracts relating to, v. 311 ; 

 proposition concerning amendment 

 of laws of, v. 337 j offer of digest of 

 laws of, v. 353 ; comparison of Eng 

 land and Spain in the year 1588, v. 

 277 ; an overmatch for France, why, 

 i. 102. 



England and Scotland, union of, vii. 

 174, 180. 



Englefield, his cause, letter from 

 Buckingham to the Lord Chancellor 

 Bacon, touching, vii. 440. 



English language more rich for being 

 mixed, v. 340, 359 ; English least 

 taxed of any nation in Europe, v. 427. 



Enrolment, injunctions require, vii. 

 293. 



Envy, essay of, i. 25 ; the canker of 

 honour, i. 178 ; how best extin 

 guished, i. 178; accustom men to 

 incline unto those that are least in 

 their way, i. 228. 



Epaminondas, a great scholar and 

 general, ii. 15 ; answer of his to 

 Pelopidas, i. 396 ; to a long speech 

 of the Lacedaemonians after their 

 defeat at Leuctra, i. 396. 



Ephemera, iv. 366. 



Epictetus, his saying, ii. 276 ; reflec 

 tions of, on death, ii. 81 ; his saying 

 what was the worst state of man, i. 

 241 ; saying of his, i. 403. 



Epicures say that virtue is bonum 

 theatrale, i. 229. 



Epicurus, a poor saying of his, i. 32 ; 

 his device of the start of Attemus, i. 

 220 ; his opinion of the Gods, i. 

 293. 



Epidemical diseases, iv. 190. 



Epimenides, his delight in solitude, i. 

 87. 



Equinoctial, temperate heat under, iv. 

 196. 



Ericthonius, or imposture, iii. 54. 



Ernest, Archduke of Austria, advice 

 to treat with upon the law of nations, 

 as to the Queen s subjects refuging 

 in his dominions conspiring against 

 her person, v. 288. 



Errors in church controversy, vii. 36 ; 

 calendar of popular, ii. 150 ; of 

 learned men, ii. 23. See Learned 

 Men. 



Eryngium roots, their use, vii. 228. 



Escheators and feodaries repressed, vi. 

 38. 



Escurial, scarce a very fair room in it, 

 i. 149. 



Espes, Don Guerres of, the King of 

 Spain s ambassador in England, dis 

 covered to be a chief instrument in 

 the rebellion of the north, v. 450. 



Essays, epistle dedicatory of the first 

 edition to Mr. Anthony Baeon, i. vi. ; 

 next edition, 1606, letter to Henry, 

 Prince of Wales, with the third 

 edition, i. x. ; dedication of the 

 third edition, 1612, to Sir John 

 Constable, Knight, i. xi. ; next edi 

 tion, 1613, i. xv. ; next edition, 

 1625, i. xvi. ; foreign editions of, i. 

 xx. ; dedication of to the Duke of 

 Buckingham, i. xli. 



Essex, Earl of, apology for the, vi. 

 245 ; papers relating to the, vi. 245 ; 



