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447 



Vanities in studies, ii. 34. 



Vanity of matter is worse than vain 

 words, ii.38. 



Vanity in apparel should be avoided, 

 vi. 444. 



Volatility and fixation of metals, v. 

 20821-2. 



Valour, and military disposition, great 

 ness too often ascribed to, v. 313; 

 of the Spaniard lieth in the eye of 

 the looker on, v. 313 ; English about 

 the soldier s heart, v. 281 j of glory 

 and of natural courage are two things, 

 v. 281. 



Vapour, of charcoal, dangerous,iv.498 ; 

 emission of spirits in, iv. 495. 



Vatican, scarce a very fair room in it, 

 i. 149. 



Venetians, their sharing part of the 

 duchy of Milan a cause of much 

 loss to them, v. 241 ; confederacy 

 against their power, v. 249 ; their 

 fear of the Spaniards sharpened by 

 their enterprise upon the Valtoline 

 and the Palatinate, v. 279285, 



Vegetables and metals, mixture of, vii. 

 198. 



Vegetables in the mines of Germany, 

 iv. 264. 



Velleius s ironical propensity to be 

 avoided, ii. 50. 



Venice, remark of a Spanish ambassa 

 dor on seeing their treasury of St. 

 Mark, v. 234, 282. 



Ventriloquism, iv. 125. 



Venus, iii. 48 ; danger of abstinence 

 to certain natures, iv. 362 ; experi 

 ments touching, iv. 360 ; when men 

 most inclined to, iv. 361. 



Vercelles in Savoy, the Spaniards leave 

 it, v. 233. 



Vermilion, how made, vii. 209. 



Vernon, Lady, her case before the 

 lord chancellor Bacon, vii. 438. 



Vere, Sir Francis, his private commen 

 tary of the service in the Low Coun 

 tries and of the battle of Newport, v. 

 273 ; the direction of the army that 

 day transmitted to him by the Prince 

 of Orange, v. 273. 



Vere, Sir Horace, his service at the 

 battle of Newport, v. 273. 



Verge, subjects within jurisdiction of 

 the, vi. 88 ; jurisdiction of, vi. 87 ; 

 charges judicial upon the commission 

 for the, vi. 85 ; description of the, vi. 

 87. 



Versatility of mind, ii. 282. 



Version of metals, vii. 198. 



Version of air into water, iv. 14. 



Vespasian, his speech to Domitian, i. 

 367 ; his death, i. 7 ; Mucianus s 

 encouragement to him to take arms 

 against Vitellius, i. 17 ; Tacitus s 

 character of him, i. 37 ; saying of, i. 

 360, 361, 387. 



Vibulenus, the actor, his device, ii. 

 217. 



Vice avowed is least to be feared, ii. 

 57. 



Vicious men, not so dangerous as half 

 corrupt, ii. 57. 



Vicious precepts, ii. 291. 



Vicissitude of things, essay on, i. 187. 



Villiers , Sir George, letters to Ireland, 

 v. 196, 197, 198 ; advice to, in the 

 station of Prime Minister, vi. 400 ; 

 letter to, on Somerset s arraignment, 

 vi. 235 ; letter of, to Sir F. Bacon, 

 concerning Lord Chief Justice Coke, 

 vii. 344 ; letter to, about the Earl of 

 Somerset, vi. 221 ; letter to, on 

 Lady Somerset s pardon, vi. 240 ; 

 letter to, vii. 317 ; F. Bacon to, 

 touching Sir R. Cotton, vii. 406 ; 

 letter to, upon Somerset s trial, vii. 

 419. 



Vinegar, experiment touching, iv. 484 ; 

 virtue of, iv. 499. 



Vinegar with spirits of wine, vii. 223. 



Vines, grafting of, upon vines, iv. 347 ; 

 on making them more fruitful, iv. 

 23. 



Vineyard, the arrest of the ship so 

 named in Sardinia, by the Spaniards, 

 v. 215. 



Violets, what an infusion of good for, 

 iv. 9. 



Virginal string, sound of, iv. 6. 



Virginia and summer islands, vi. 68. 



Virgil, his saying respecting courage, i. 

 99 ; his character of ancient Italy, i. 

 102 ; prophecy of the Roman em 

 pire, i. 123 ; his Georgics, ii. 221 ; 

 his separation between policy and 

 government, and arts and sciences, ii. 

 14 ; his opinion of causes and con 

 quests of all fears, ii. 82. 



Virtue would languish without glory 

 and honour, i. 230. 



Virtues of bishops, vii. 38. 



Virtues, private, improved by learning, 

 ii. 80 ; their multiplication rests upon 

 well ordained societies, i. 135; overt 

 virtues bring forth praise, but there 

 are secret virtues that bring forth 

 fortune, i. 136; best in a comely 

 body, i. 144 ; praise the reflection of, 

 i. 173 ; receives its due at the se 

 cond hand, i. 176; called by the 



