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INDEX. 



arts of, university lectures on, advice 

 to raise the pension out of the Sutton 

 estate, v. 381 ; in the star chamber 

 against Sir H. Yelverton, vii. 446 ; 

 on grievances of commons, vi. 23 ; 

 to Sir William Jones, lord chief jus 

 tice of Ireland, vii. 263 ; on taking 

 place in chancery, vii. 243 ; to Jus 

 tice Hutton, vii. 270 ; to Sir J. Den- 

 ham on his being made baron of the 

 Exchequer, vii. 267. 



Speeches, hurt done to men by their, 

 i. 52 ; long speeches not fit for des 

 patch, i. 84 ; difference between 

 speech and thought, i. 92 ; of a 

 man s self ought to be but seldom, 

 i. 114; better to deal by speeches 

 than letter, i. 161 ; the three forms 

 of speaking which are the style of 

 imposture, i. 214 ; notes of, on a 

 war with Spain, v. 229 ; on the na 

 turalization of the Scotch, v. 47 ; on 

 the union of laws with Scotland, v. 

 74 ; on the post nati of Scotland, v. 

 106. 



Spencer, Hugh, his banishment, and 

 the doctrine of the homage due to 

 the crown then expressed, v. 150. 



Sphynx, or science, iii. 84. 



Spiders, the poison of great, vi. 190 ; and 

 flies get a sepulchre in amber, iv. 66. 



Spirit, of wine, with water, vii. 221 ; 

 of the earth, iii. 90 ; of man and of 

 nature, how differing, ii. 192. 



Spirits, wine for the, vii. 227 ; bracelets 

 to comfort, iv. 518; medicines that 

 relieve the, iv. 389 ; transmission of, 

 iv. 489 ; emission of, in vapour, iv. 

 495 ; flight of, upon odious objects, 

 iv. 419 ; evacuation of, iv. 362 ; next 

 to God, ii. 54. 



Sponge and water, weight of, vii. 218. 



Sponges, the growth of, iv. 370. 



Spots of grease, how to take out, iv. 57. 



Sprat s notice of Bacon, iii. 26, 27. 



Springs, where generated, iv. 14 ; their 

 powerful qualities, vii. 214 ; on high 

 hills the best, iv. 195. 



Sprouting of metals, vii. 207, 211. 



St. John, Mr. Oliver s charge against, 

 for slander, vi. 138. 



St. Paul, speech of himself and his 

 calling, i. 174 ; the use of his learn 

 ing, ii. 59 ; his admonition against 

 vain philosophy, ii. 10. 



Stag, bone sometimes in the heart of a, 

 iv. 395. 



Stage, allusion to the writers for, in 

 Queen Elizabeth s time, vi. 151 ; 

 beholden to love, i. 31. 



Staunching of blood, experiment on, iv. 

 43. 



Stanford, Sir William, reports of, vii. 

 358. 



Star chamber, against levying damages, 

 vii. 402 ; speech in the, vii. 258 ; 

 decree against duels, vi. 125 ; for 

 feitures of the, vi. 449 ; its severity 

 in suppressing force and fraud, v. 

 425 ; formalities in, vi. 282. 



Stars, their beams have no heat, i. 324. 



Statute, reading on the, xiii. 313. 



Statesmen, government most prosperous 

 under learned, ii. 17 ; the greatest 

 have not only seemed but been reli 

 gious, i. 287 ; those who ascribe all 

 things to their own cunning have 

 been counterfeit, i. 217. 



State, of Europe, iii. 4043 ; maxims 

 in, that all countries of new acquest 

 till settled are rather matters of bur 

 then than strength, v. 278 ; the just 

 estimate of the power of a state sub 

 ject to error, and that error subject 

 to perilous consequence, v. 311 ; 

 greatness of, v. 313, 333 (see great 

 ness); contained in the two words, 

 praemium and pcena, v. 193. 



States, embassies to foreign, vi. 425. 



Statue, metal, vii. 191. 



Stature and growth, acceleration of, iv. 

 174. 



Statute of Carlisle, vii. 374. 



Statutes, accumulation of, create un 

 certainty in law, v. 343 ; the refor 

 mation of, consists of four parts, v. 

 351 ; suggestion for the reform and 

 recompiling of, v. 351 ; for repeal of, 

 touching Scotland whilst the king 

 doms stood severed, v. 351. 



Stephen s remarks on the publication 

 of the apophthegms, i. xxxiv. 



Stercoration, help of ground, iv. 275. 



Steward, Dr., letter concerning, from 

 Buckingham to lord chancellor Ba 

 con, vii. 445. 



Stillicides of water, iv. 12. 



Stillatories, compression of vapours in, 

 iv. 15. 



Stilpo, saying of him, i. 401. 



Stobceus s apophthegms draw much 

 dregs, i. 348. 



Stoics, their bravery in seeking to ex 

 tinguish anger, i. 184. 



Stomach, the nature of appetite in the, 

 iv. 436 ; a secret for the, vii. 246 ; 

 a manus Christi for the, vii. 240. 



Stone, in man s body, vii. 214 ; in a 

 toad s head, vii. 214 ; elder flowers 

 proper for the, iv. 359 ; herbs which 



