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INDEX TO THE LIFE. 



Lord Keeper, showing his contempt 

 for the pomp of office, 217; his 

 quarrel with Bacon upon his oppo 

 sition to his marriage and bitter let 

 ters to, see note (a), 219 ; his recon 

 ciliation with Bacon and marriage, 

 220 ; Bacon s letter to, upon the 

 retrenchment of the royal expenses, 

 &c. 220 ; his letter to Bacon upon 

 his stay of the patents during the 

 King s distresses, note (/;), 222 ; 

 Bacon s letter to, showing his sa 

 crifice as a judge to his feelings as 

 a politician, 223 ; Bacon s letter to, 

 upon Suffolk s case, 223 ; created 

 Marquis of Buckingham, 222 ; let 

 ters of Sir H. Mountagu to, nego 

 tiating for the Lord Treasurership, 

 227, 229; letter of Sir Edward 

 Villiers to, respecting Sir H. Moun- 

 tagu s offer, 228 ; his impeachment 

 respecting the sale of the treasurer- 

 ship to Sir H. Mountagu after the 

 death of James, note, 230. 

 Vintners, refutation of charge of ex 

 tortion in their case, 367. 



WALTON, his life of Herbert, extract 

 from, giving an account of his de- 

 voutness and humility upon his in 

 duction, note, 214. 



Wealth, desire of, an interruption to 

 the progress of knowledge, 192. 



Wentworth, Sir J., trial of, see Hollis, 

 Sir J. 



Wharton and Willoughby, see note (6), 

 323 ; Bacon s defence to the charge 

 in the cause of, 360. 



Whitgift, Dr. John, Bacon s tutor, 

 afterwards archbishop of Canter 

 bury, 5. 



Will, Lord Bacon s, extract from, 374. 



Williams, archbishop, Bishop Hacket s 

 account of his humility, when taking 

 his seat as lord keeper, 213 ; his 

 subtle advice to King James to con 

 tinue the parliament to crush Bacon, 

 242 ; consulted by Buckingham, 



who advises him to sacrifice Mom- 

 pesson and Michell, 311; his ad 

 vice to the King and Buckingham 

 to brave the popular discontent, 342 ; 

 lord keeper, great seals delivered to 

 him, with permission to retain all 

 his livings, 376. 



Wilson, extract from, upon King 

 James s journey to Scotland, note 

 (6), 211 ; his account in note of the 

 effect of the King s demand upon 

 the public mind, see note, 143. 



Wisdom of the Ancients, Bacon s pub 

 lication of his work entitled, 148 ; 

 the work a species of parabolical 

 poetry, 149. 



Witnesses, the duty of a judge to, 253 ; 

 examined against Bacon, 323. 



Words, study of, Bacon s low estimate 

 of, 128 ; study of, a distemper of 

 learning, illustrated by Pygmalion, 



Wroth and Mainwaring, ridiculous 

 charge against Bacon in the cause 

 of, 338 ; Bacon s defence against 

 the charge in, the gift being received 

 after the decree, 363. 



Wraynham, Bacon s decree against, 

 and his publication of a libel against 

 Bacon, 234 ; trial of, for the libel 

 against Bacon, 234 ; v. Fisher, pre 

 sents to Bacon in the cause of, ac 

 cording to custom, by counsel, 237 ; 

 v. Fisher, charge of bribery against 

 Bacon in the cause of. see note (a}, 

 237. 



Wrottesley, Lord Chancellor, his opi 

 nions upon the subject of patronage, 

 note (6), 199. 



YELVERTON, attorney-general, prose 

 cution of, at the instance of Buck 

 ingham, see note B, 308. 



York House, bestowed upon Bacon as 

 a place of residence, 258 ; celebra 

 tion of Bacon s 60th birth-day at, 

 258 ; see Ben Jonson s ode, 259. 



