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INDEX TO THE LIFE. 



BACON 



221 ; his conscientious fulfilment of 

 the office of Lord keeper in the 

 staying of grants and patents, 222 ; 

 appointed Lord High Chancellor 

 and Barren of Verulam, 223 ; his 

 just conduct with respect to the 

 Dutch merchants, 225 ; his letter 

 respecting the Dutch merchants, 

 225 ; his letter to Buckingham re 

 specting the reform of the King s 

 household, 231 ; his unprecedented 

 exertions as Chancellor, 232 ; his 

 warning to Buckingham upon his 

 interference with causes, 233 ; his 

 letter to the King respecting Ber 

 tram s murder of Sir J. Tindal,239 ; 

 his letters to Buckingham, inter 

 ceding for Lord Clifton, note (?), 

 241 ; his opinion upon the duty of 

 a judge to resist bribery, 245 ; his 

 structure of a house of retirement at 

 Verulam, 257 ; his patent for con 

 verting Lincoln s Inn Fields into 

 gardens, 257 ; his delight in the 

 pleasures of nature, see his Essay 

 on Gardens, 257 ; Alienation Office 

 and York House granted to Bacon, 

 258 ; his abandonment of the com 

 pletion of the Novum Organum 

 according to his original design, 

 260 ; his aversions to system, 270 ; 

 created Viscount St. Alban, 303 ; 

 contempt of the charges against 

 him, see his speech in the com 

 mittee, note, 315 ; defended against 

 the charge of bribery, 316 ; presides 

 for the last time in the House of 

 Lords, 320 ; his written address to, 

 upon the charge of bribery, 320 ; 

 his state of mind during the enqui 

 ries against him, various accounts, 

 328 ; anecdotes of, during the 

 enquiries against him, 329 ; his 

 letters of complaint of the virulence 

 of his enemies, 330, 331 ; his pre 

 parations for his defence, 333; his 

 sentiments respecting the custom of 

 receiving presents, 334 ; imagined 

 defence of, 336 ; his interview with 

 the King respecting the charge 

 against him, 344. See entry in the 

 journals of the House of Lords, 246 ; 

 his letter to the King, thanking him 

 for his interview, note (a), 349 ; his 

 letter of submission and supplication 

 to the Lords (first submitted to the 

 King and Buckingham, 349), 351 ; 

 his defence against the several 

 charges of bribery communicated to 



BACON 



him by the Lords, 359, et seq. ; his 

 confession and humble submission 

 to the Lords answering the charges 

 against him, 359 ; the Lords dis 

 satisfaction with, upon his letter of 

 submission, and the particular 

 charges against him sent to by, 354 ; 

 deserts his defence after conference 

 with the King, 372 ; grief at being 

 compelled to desert his defence, 

 372 ; his letter to the King, de 

 fending himself from the charge of 

 bribery, 373 ; his love of knowledge 

 the ruling passion, see note (b), 

 378 ; his letter to the Bishop of 

 Winchester upon his retirement, 

 380 ; sent to the Tower, 382 ; his 

 letters from the Tower, 382; his 

 liberation and retirement to Gor- 

 hambury, 383. 



Bacon, Sir Nicholas, Bacon s father, 1. 



Baconiana, extract from, exposing the 

 absurdity of the charges against 

 Buckingham with respect to the 

 Chancellor Egerton, and his sup 

 posed enmity to Bacon, note (b), 

 209. 



Bar, Bacon s call to the, see letter in 

 note (a) to the Lord Treasurer of 

 Gray s Inn, 23 ; the duty of a judge 

 to the, 254. 



Barker and Hill, present to Bacon in, 

 after decree rebutting bribery, note 

 (c) 339 ; refutation of charge in, 367. 



Barometer, Bacon s invention of a, 34. 



Beccaria, his opinions upon the trial 

 by torture, see note, 164. 



Benevolences, parliament summoned 

 to raise, in the King s distresses, 302. 



Ben Jonson, his opinion of Bacon s 

 eloquence, 28, 199 ; Bacon s friend 

 and translator of his essays, 39 ; 

 a bricklayer, see anecdote of, note (e~) 

 257 ; his ode in honour of Bacon s 

 birthday, 259. 



Bertram, his murder of Sir F. Tindal, 

 a Master of the Court, see Bacon s 

 account and letter to the King res 

 pecting, 239, see note, 240. 



Birth and parentage of Bacon, 1. 



Bodley, Sir T., his opinion of Bacon s 

 views in his Cogitata et Visa, 148. 



Brackley, Lord Chancellor, death of, 

 189; his opinion of Bacon s powers, 

 see note (c), 187. 



Bribery, absurd charges of, against 

 Bacon, in Fisher and Wraynham, 

 Hody and Hody, Egerton and Eger 

 ton, Awbrey and Brenker, and the 



