CONTENTS. 



ness of Britain. Extent of Territory. Compactness. 

 Martial valour. Riches. His parliamentary exertions. 

 Advancement of Learning. Decision. Dedication. 

 Objections from Divines. Politicians. Errors of learned 

 men. Study of Words. Government. Posthumous 

 fame. Analysis of science of Man. Exertions in active 

 life. Ireland. Scotland. Church Reform. Church 

 Controversies. Edification of the Church. Solicitor 

 General. Co-itata et Visa. Wisdom of the Ancients. 



Chapter II. 



From the publication of the Wisdom of the 

 Ancients to the publication of the Novum 

 Organum 



Marshalsea. Charter House. Death of the Prince. 

 Essays. Prosecution of Lord Sanquhar. Confession 

 of Faith. Attorney General. Parliament of 1614. 

 Duelling. Undertakers. Benevolences. St. John. 

 Peacham. Consulting the Judges. Owen. Villiers. 

 Political advice to Villiers. Overbury. Somerset. 

 Disputes between King s Bench and Chancery. Privy 

 Counsellor. Resignation and Death of Lord Brackley. 

 Lord Keeper. His pecuniary loss. Presents to the 

 Monarch and Officers of State. To the Lord Keeper. 

 To Judges. Abolition in France of the Epices. King s 

 journey to Scotland. Takes his seat in Chancery. His 

 address. Jurisdiction. Patents. Delays. Expense. 

 Spanish match. Marriage of Sir John Villiers. Finance. 

 Civil List. Lord Chancellor. Wrenham. Dulwich. 

 Dutch merchants. Lord Suffolk. Buckingham receives 

 20,000 for the place of Lord Treasurer. Bacon s 

 judicial exertions. Buckingham s interference. Slander 

 of Wraynham. Presents in the case of Egerton and 

 Egerton. Tn Aubrey and Bronker. From Grocers and 

 Apothecaries. Hody and Hody. Lord Clifford threatens 



