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best statesmen, ii. 16 ; not the best 

 lawmakers, ii. 295; write what is, 

 not what ought to be, law, ii. 295 ; 

 fees of, vii. 255 ; their aversion to 

 alter the law, v. [xxi.] 

 Lawgivers are kings after their decease, 



v. 341. 

 Lea, Sir James, temper and gravity of, 



vii. 263. 



Learned men, discredit to learning, 

 from their errors, ii. 23 ; are not 

 slothful, ii. 19 ; patriotism of, ii. 29 ; 

 objections to learning by, ii. 7 ; mo- 

 rigeration of not disallowed, ii. 33 ; 

 negligence of, ii.31 ; sometimes fail 

 in exact application, ii. 30 ; poverty 

 of, ii. 24 ; meanness of their employ 

 ment, ii. 26 ; would impose ancient 

 precepts, ii. 27 ; should be rewarded, 

 ii. 92 ; works relating to, ii. 92 ; 

 should be countenanced, ii. 92; in 

 fluence of studies on the manners of, 

 ii. 27 ; in obscurity in states com 

 pared to Cassius and Brutus in the 

 funeral of Junia, ii. 25 ; errors in 

 their studies, ii. 33 ; have preferred 

 their countries good to their own in 

 terest, ii. 28. 

 Learned kings, &c. advantages of, ii. 



15, 17. 



Learning, will defend the mind against 

 idleness, ii. 21 ; pleasures of the 

 greatest, ii. 85; humanizes men s 

 minds, ii. 80; improves private vir 

 tues, ii. 80 ; improves morals, ii. 81 ; 

 represses inconveniences between 

 men, ii. 63 ; its effects illustrated by 

 the fable of Orpheus, ii. 63 ; does 

 not undermine reverence of laws, ii. 

 21 ; peccant humours of, ii. 46 ; 

 want of inquiry in unlaboured parts 

 of, ii. 98 ; division of, ii. 100 ; ob 

 jections of learned men to, ii. 23 ; 

 makes men more ready to agree than 

 obey, ii. 14 ; impediments to, ii. 9 ; 

 softens men s minds, ii. 14 ; enlarges 

 military power, ii. 70, 75 ; scriptural 

 praise of, ii. 61 ; ancient preserved by 

 the Christian church, ii. 60 ; relieves 

 man s afflictions, ii. 60 ; ministers 

 greater strength than infirmity, ii. 18 ; 

 places of, ii. 91 ; books of, ii. 92 ; 

 insures immortality, ii. 86; uses of, 

 ii. 13 ; contentious, ii. 34, 38 ; un 

 profitable, ii. 39 ; times most re 

 nowned for arms most admired for, 

 ii. 16 ; objections of politicians to, 

 answered, ii. 14; advantages of, pro 

 ficiency of, ii. 53 ; teaches the use of 



distinctions and exceptions, ii. 19 ; 

 human proofs of the advantages of, 

 ii. 62 ; advantages of in kings, go 

 vernors, and senators, ii. 64 ; endues 

 the mind with tender sense, ii. 29 ; 

 erroneous, and different errors of, ii. 

 34 ; advantages of, in princes and 

 governors, ii. 15, 17; takes away 

 levity, temerity, and insolency, ii. 

 80 ; and vain admiration, ii. 81 ; 

 and mitigates the fear of death or 

 adverse fortune, ii. 81 ; flourishes in 

 the middle of a state, i. 193 ; has its 

 infancy, youth, strength, and old 

 age, i. 193 ; why learning now has 

 the curse of barrenness, i. 280 ; An- 

 tisthenes opinion to unlearn what is 

 nought was the most necessary thing, 

 i. 401 ; of Elizabeth, xii. 166; ex 

 cellence of and propagation of, ii. 7. 

 Learning and arms, instances of con 

 currence in, ii. 15, 17 ; comparison 

 of, in advancing men, ii. 84. 

 Lead incorporates with copper, vii. 201 ; 

 mixed with silver, iv. 423 ; salt of, 

 with lead, vii. 205 ; weight of, in 

 water, vii. 219. 



Leaf of burrage, its virtue, iv. 9. 

 Leagues typified in the fable of Styx, 



iii. 9. 



Leaves not so nourishing as roots, iv.29. 



Lecturers should be the ablest men, ii. 



94.; inadequacy of rewards for, ii. 94. 



Lee, Sir Thomas, suffered for rebellion, 



vi. 308 ; his confession, vi. 364. 

 Lee, Sir John, notes upon the case of, 



vii. 454. 

 Left side, experiment touching the, iv. 



474. 



Legacies, suits for, vii. 406. 

 Legal questions for the judges in the 

 case of Earl and Countess of So 

 merset, vii. 410. 

 Legends, their origin, i. 214. 

 Legs, how to form the calves of the, 



iv. 16. 

 Leicester, Thomas, Earl of, his library, 



vii. 380. 



Lepanto, battle of, arrested the great 

 ness of the Turk, i. 107. 

 Leprosy most contagious before matu 

 rity, ii. 57. 

 Lethe, the river, runs as well above 



ground as below, i. 187. 

 Letters, in business, when good, i. 161 ; 

 relating-to Chief Justice Coke, vii. 

 338. 



Letters Patent, exemplification of, vii. 

 295. 



