INDEX. 



441 



Solomon s house, plan to erect one, as 

 modelled in the New Atlantis, vii. 

 216. 



Solon, his answer as to the best laws, 

 ii. 27 ; answers of his, i. 372, 390, 

 400, 416; his speech to Crossus, i. 

 100 ; his laws spoken of in grammar 

 schools, v. 345, 355 ; had a spirit of 

 reviver, though often oppressed, often 

 restored, v. 356 ; his answer to Crce- 

 sus s showing his riches, v. 70, 323. 



Solution of metals, qualities of metals 

 should be ascertained, vii. 204. 



Somerset, heads of the charge against 

 Robert Earl of, vii. 413 ; respecting 

 Sir Francis Bacon s management in 

 the case of his arraignment, vii. 41 1 ; 

 letter to the king about, vi. 219 ; let 

 ter from, to Sir T. Overbury, vii. 387. 

 charge against, vi. 201 ; his case, 

 questions for the judges in, vii. 410 ; 

 questions for the king s council in, 

 vii. 411 ; his business and charge, 

 with his majesty s apostyles, vii. 416 ; 

 his examination, letter to the king 

 about, vi. 238. 



Somerset, Frances, Countess of, charge 

 against, vi. 181 ; charge against, for 

 poisoning Sir T. Overbury, vi. 192. 



Soothsayer, Egyptian, worked upon 

 Antonius s mind, iv. 504. 



Sorrel, nature of, iv. 349. 



Soul, nature of the, ii. 170 ; knowledge 

 of, appendices to, ii. 170. 



Sound, carried farther on water than 

 land, iv. 112. 



Sounds, water may be the medium of, 

 iv. 418 ; passage and interception of, 

 iv. 113; mixture of, iv. 116; ma- 

 joration of, iv. 91 ; the motion of, 

 iv. 109; how the figure through 

 which sounds pass vary the, iv. 116 ; 

 melioration of, iv. 121 ; spiritual and 

 fine nature of, iv. 140 ; do not make 

 impressions on air, iv. 140 ; the re 

 flection of, iv. 125 ; generation and 

 perishing of, iv. 141; antipathy or 

 sympathy of, iv. 137 ; imitation of, 

 iv. 123 ; causes of variation in, iv. 

 116; conservation and dilation of, 

 iv. 80 ; nullity and entity of, iv. 74 ; 

 exhility and damps of, iv. 87 ; dila 

 tion of, iv. 83 ; created without air, 

 iv. 85; carriage of, to distance, iv. 

 95 ; quality and inequality of, iv. 

 97 ; communication of, iv. 96 ; loud- 

 ness or softness of, iv. 95 ; go far 

 thest in the forelines, iv. 110; the 

 medium of, iv. 115; lasting and 

 perishing of, iv. Ill ; in inanimate 



bodies, iv. 108 ; exterior and interior, 

 iv. 104; in waters, iv. 98 ; different 

 sorts of, iv. 67 ; strange secret in, iv. 

 106 ; and air, iv. 80 ; motion of, iv. 

 6 ; cause of, iv. 6 ; cold weather 

 best for, iv. 121. 



Southampton, Earl of, his examination 

 after his arraignment, vi. 392; con 

 fession of, vi. 315. 



Southern wind, healthfulness of the, iv. 

 415. 



Sovereignty, of the king s, vi. 39. 



Spalato, Archbishop, Bishop Andrews s 

 opinion of him, i. 401. 



Spaniards, ill success of their encoun 

 ters with the English, v. 231, 257 ; 

 their attacks upon England, v. 253 ; 

 where they once get in they will sel 

 dom be got out, an erroneous obser 

 vation, v. 233, 280 ; seem wiser than 

 they are, i. 85; do not naturalize 

 liberally, i. 104; proud, and there 

 fore dilatory, v. 212 ; their ill suc 

 cesses, v. 233. 



Spain, alliance with, no security against 

 its ambition, v. 285 ; speech of a 

 counsellor of state to the king of, v. 

 285 ; Queen Elizabeth s subjects re 

 fuge in, and conspire against her 

 person, v. 288 ; report on the griev 

 ances of the merchants of, v. 203 ; 

 notes of a speech concerning a war 

 with, v. 229 ; considerations touching 

 a war with, v. 237; comparison of the 

 state of England and Spain in 1588, 

 v. 277 ; king of, endeavours to alien 

 ate the King of Scotland from Queen 

 Elizabeth, v. 290 ; solicits an En 

 glish nobleman to rise against her, 

 v. 290 ; endeavours to take her life 

 by violence or poison, v. 290. 



Sparta, jealous of imparting naturali 

 zation to their confederates, v. 65 ; 

 the evil effects of it, 65 ; the surprise 

 of Thebes by Phoebidas drew a war 

 to the walls of, v. 241. 



Spartan boys, their fortitude, i. 340. 



Spartans, of small despatch, i. 83 ; 

 their dislike of naturalization the 

 cause of their fall, i. 103 ; their state 

 wholly framed for arms, i. 105 ; their 

 fortitude, i. 134. 



Species, visible experiment touching, 

 iv. 401. 



Speculum regale, work touching the 

 death of the king, vii. 389 



Speech, length and ornament of, to be 

 read for persuasion of multitudes, 

 not for information of kings, v. 17 ; 

 must be either sweet or short, vii. 298 ; 



