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IXDEX. 



C ISSHS or of self-love, in. 7 ; of Styx 

 or leagues, iii. 9 ; of Pan or natuie, 

 iii. 11 ; of Cupid and Pan, iii. 20; 

 of Pan and Ceres, iii. 20 ; of Pan 

 and Apollo, iii. 20 ; of Pan and 

 Echo, iii. 21 ; of Perseus or war, iii. 

 22 ; of Medusa, iii. 22 ; of the Grea: 

 or treasons, iii. 25 ; of Endymion, 

 iii. 26 ; of the sister of the Giants or 

 fame, iii. 28 ; of Actaoon and Pen- 

 theus, iii. 29 ; of Orpheus or philo 

 sophy, iii. 31 : of Coelum, iii. 35 ; 

 of Proteus or matter, iii. 38 ; of Mem- 

 non, iii. 40; of Tithonus, iii. 41 ; 

 of Juno s Suitor, iii. 42 ; of Cupid, 

 iii. 43 ; of Diomedes, iii. 48 ; of De- 

 dalus, iii. 51 ; of Ericthonius r iii. 51 ; 

 of Deucalion, iii. 55 ; of Nemesis, 

 iii. 56 ; of Archelous, iii. 59 ; of 

 Dyonysus, iii. 61 ; of Jupiter and 

 Semele, iii. 61 ; of Atalanta, iii. 66 ; 

 of Scylla, iii. 82 ; of Sphynx, iii. 84 ; 

 of Proseipina, iii. 88 ; of Theseus, 

 iii. 89, 92 ; of Metis, iii. 93 ; of the 

 Syrens, iii. 95. 



Fables, iii. 4 25 ; concerning poesy, 

 ii. 122; respecting monarchy, ii. 



122 ; expounded by Machiavel, ii. 

 122 ; considered by Chrysippus, ii. 



123 ; ef the Earth, mother of Fame, 

 ii. 122 ; Bacon s opinion of, iii. vi. 



Fabricius, his answer to Pyrrhus, de 

 siring him to revolt, i. 396. 



Faces but pictures where there is no 

 love, i. 87. 



Fascination, the art of imagination, ii. 

 172. 



Faction, essay on, i. 169 ; subdivided 

 when the opposite faction is extin 

 guished, i. 169. 



Faith, confession of, vii. 10 1 . 



Fallacies of man s mind, ii. 190. 



Fall of Man, induced by desire of per 

 fect knowledge, ii. 55. 



Falsehood, a disease of learning, ii. 41. 



Fame like a river, i. 173 ; flows from 

 servants, i. 177 ; the marshaling of 

 honour, i. 178 ; fragment of essay 

 on, i. 195 ; the poet s account of it, 

 i. 194 ; its force, i. 195 ; may be 

 only causa impulsiva, and not causa 

 conslituens. of virtue, i. 230 ; like 

 antiquity, head muffled, ii. 109. 



Fantastical learning, ii. 34. 



Fat, marrow more nourishing than, iv. 

 29 ; diffused in flesh, iv. 352. 



Fathers of the church, the learning of 

 the, ii. 59 ; power over children, v. 

 115; suspicion of their children un 

 fortunate, i. 65. 



Faculties of man, ii. 173. 



Favourites, the best remedy against am 

 bitious men, i. 128 ; of kings chosen 

 for their simplicity, iii. 27. 



Fear of death mitigated by learning, ii. 

 81 ; cause of the effect of, iv. 27 ; 

 its use, i. 209 ; the civilians defini 

 tion of a legal fear, v. 244 ; instances 

 of wars on account of the fear of 

 the growing greatness of nations, v. 

 244. 



Fears, Virgil s opinion of the causes 

 and conquests of all fears, ii. 82. 



Feathers, experiment touching the pro 

 ducing of, iv. 58 ; colours of, Aris 

 totle s opinion on the, iv. 3 ; what 

 causes in birds, iv. 3 ; altering the 

 colour of iv. 458. 



Features, helps towards good in youth, 

 iv. 16. 



Fees, reformation of, vi. 34 ; exacted 

 put down, vi. 38 ; of lawyers, vii. 

 255. 



Felicity breeds confidence and repu 

 tation, i. 137. 



Felicities, of Elizabeth, by Bacon, iii. 

 49. 



Felons, employment proposed for, vii. 

 216. 



Felony, cases of, v. 92 ; the punish 

 ment, trial, and proceedings in, v. 

 96; ditto of felonia de se, v. 98. 



Female and male, differences between, 

 iv. 459. 



Feodaries, vexations of people by, vi. 

 34. 



Ferrera, Stephano de Gama, a Portu 

 guese adherent to Don Antonio, se 

 cretly won to the service of the king 

 of Spain, v. 299 ; Louis Tinoco ap 

 pointed to confer with him on the 

 reward to be given to Lopez to poison 

 Queen Elizabeth, v. 299 ; Lopez 

 communicates with him, signs Lopez, 

 letters to the count de Fuentes, writes 

 several other letters, v. 301 ; disco 

 vered to have intelligence with the 

 enemy, v. 302 ; committed to prison, 

 v. 302 ; his note to Lopez inter 

 cepted, v. 304 ; his confession, v. 

 305 ; confronts Lopez, 305. 



Ferrers, Lord, his attainder, iii. 119. 



Foetus, nourishment of, iv. 59. 



Fiat, Marquis, Lord Bacon s letter to 

 him, with copy of essays, edit. 1625, 

 i. xvi. n. 

 Figs impoisoned on the tree by Livia, 



vi, 205. 



Figures, experiment touching the fi 

 gures of plants, iv. 270. 



