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INDEX. 



Political economy, vi. 437. 



Polycrates, his daughter s dream, i. 

 124. 



Polyphemus s courtesy, v. 250. 



Pomegranates, their use, vii. 229. 



Pompey, an answer of his, i. 374. 



Pompeius Magnus, memorable speech 

 of, ii. 224; his wisdom, ii. 261, 

 278. 



Pont-Charenton echo, iv. 128. 



Poor, observations concerning their re 

 lief from hospitals, v. 377. 



Pope of Rome, cartels of, vi. 452. 



Pope Clement, Charles V. treatment 

 of, vi. 457. 



Popes, the most learned friars have 

 ascended to be, ii. 17. 



Popham s, the Speaker, answer to 

 Queen Elizabeth, i. 363. 



Population, greatness too often as 

 cribed to, v. 313 ; more tokens of 

 surcharge of people than of want and 

 depopulation, v. 424 ; true great 

 ness consists essentially in, v. 313. 



Popularity, delight in, iv. 534. 



Portugal, state of, in time of Queen 

 Elizabeth, v. 405. 



Possibility, nature of, vii. 130. 



Postils of his majesty in Earl Somer 

 set s business and charge, vii. 416. 



Postmeridian sleeps, iv. 36. 



Post-nati of Scotland, argument res 

 pecting, v. 106. 



Postures of the body, iv. 387. 



Pot metal, vii. 202. 



Poundage, hardship of, vi. 8. 



Poverty of friars, Machiavel s obser 

 vation on, ii. 24. 



Powder, the effect of the shot upon, iv. 

 6 ; as to supply of, vi. 430 ; white, 

 dangerous, iv. 78. 



Powders and liquors, incorporation of, 

 iv. 147. 



Powers, intellectual, discourse concern 

 ing, i. 339. 



Power, to do good, the lawful end of 

 aspiring, i. 34 ; knowledge is, ii. 83. 



Power and wisdom, difference between, 

 apparent in the creation, ii. 54. 



Poynings, Sir Edward, sent to invest 

 Sluice, iii. 265 ; his commission to 

 Ireland, iii. 302 ; his memorable 

 law, iii. 303. 



Praise of Elizabeth, discourses in, vii. 

 149. 



Praise of knowledge, ii. 53 ; a rudiment 

 both of the advancement of learning 

 and of the Novum Organum, i. xxv. 

 251. 



Praise, essay on, i. 173. 



Praise of the king, ii. 4, 5, 6. 



Prayers, by Bacon, vi. 1. 



Preachers, mode of educating, vii. 50 ; 

 evils of ignorant, vii. 85. 



Preaching, observations on, vii. 55 ; 

 ministry, vii. 85 ; education for, vii. 

 86. 



Precepts, ii. 289; vicious, ii. 291; 

 four, for health, vii. 236. 



Precipitation of metals, vii. 207, 210. 



Precedents, sometimes satisfy more 

 than statutes, v. 155 ; importance of 

 knowing, vii. 268. 



Predictions, of politicians, ii. 171 ; of 

 astronomers, ii. 171 ; of physicians, 

 ii. 171 ; to be despised, for the spread 

 ing of them is mischievous, i. 126. 



Preface, by Lord Bacon, iii. 2. 



Prefaces, great waste of time, i. 84 ; 

 preoccupation of mind requires pre 

 face, i. 84 ; too many before the 

 matter is wearisome, none at all is 

 blunt, i. 115. 



Preferment, upon what principle to be 

 made, vi. 410 ; caution to be used 

 in, vi. 415. 



Prejudice and ignorance, vii. 41. 



Prelates, their contests with their kings, 

 i.66. 



Praemunire, vii. 31 1 ; cases of, v 99 ; 

 punishment, trial and proceedings 

 in, v. 100 ; for suits in the chancery, 

 vii. 403. 



Prenotion and emblem, ii. 195. 



Preparation, the first part of business, 

 i. 85. 



Preparation and suggestion, ii. 183. 



Prerogative, Sir E. Coke s letter con 

 cerning, vii. 379 ; defying of, vii. 

 381 ; danger to his majesty s, vii. 

 320 ; turbulent bearing of Lord Coke 

 concerning parts of his majesty s, vii. 

 350 ; cases of the king s in parlia 

 ment, v. 102 ; in war and peace, v. 

 103 ; in matters of money, v. 103 ; 

 of trade and traffic, v. 104 ; in the 

 persons of his subjects, v. 104 ; of 

 the king revealed by law, vi. 104 ; 

 the king s, what, vii. 267 ; first part 

 of the law, vii. 167. 



Prescripts in use, too compendious to 

 attain their end, ii. 167. 



Priest and minister, vii. 81. 



Pressure, motion of bodies upon their, 

 iv. 4. 



Preserving ointments, vii. 226. 



Preservation of bodies, experiment on 

 the, iv. 421. 



Pretors, Roman, their conduct, vii. 

 244. 



