INDEX TO THE NOTES. 



ABOLITION of presents to judges in 

 France, note Z Z. 



Advancement of Learning, to whom 

 presented, note A A A ; different 

 editions of, note A A A. 



Advocate, duty of, note 4 B, text 62. 



Agnus, only word wolf makes of al 

 phabet, note X T. 



Alfred, his division of time, note X O T. 



Amias Paulet, text 9. 



Ancients, Wisdom of, edition of, note 



ccc. 



Anne Bacon, wife of Harbottle Grim- 

 stone, account of, text 6. 

 Aphorisms, the favorite style of Bacon, 



note 3 K, text 37. 

 Apology by Bacon, concerning Essex, 



note 3 Y, text 49. 

 Apology of Essex, written by himself, 



note 3 V, text 45. 

 Arrest of Bacon for debt, note 3 O, 



text 43. 



Ascham, note E, text 2. 

 Atheism, arising from half-knowledge, 



note 3 L, text 41. 

 Athens, reform of law in, note B B, 



text 27. 



Atlantis, New, note N, text 16. 

 Attempts to modernize essays, note 3 I, 



text 36. 

 Aubrey, his petition against Bacon, 



note G G G. 

 Authors, their observations on Novum 



Organum, note B B B. 

 Autographs of Bacon in the books at 



Grays Inn, note T, text 23. 



BACON, his desire to quit the law, note 

 Z, text 26; his judgment not in 

 fluenced by presents, note Z Z ; 

 liable to fainting, note G, text 3; 

 his sensibility, note G, text 3 ; his 

 delicate health, note G, text 3 ; 

 Essex s care of him, note 3 H, teit 

 26; goes to France, when six 

 teen, note O ; letters from, to the 

 Lord Keeper, April, 1594, requiring 

 his good offices as to the solicitor- 

 ship, note HH, text 30; never re 

 warded by Elizabeth, note ZZ, teit 



27 ; his love of contemplation, note 

 F F F ; his marriage, note II H H ; 

 proceedings in parliament against, 

 note G G G ; his pension, note 

 TTT. 



Bacon s letter to Burleigh to rescue 

 him from the law, note Z, text 26 ; 

 letter to Burleigh respecting the 

 Queen s intentions and liberality, 

 note 3 A, text 35 ; extraordinary 

 powers when a child, note H, text 3 ; 

 love of aphorisms, note 3 K, text 

 37 ; early writings without imagery, 

 note 3 K, text 37 ; essay on atheism, 

 note 3 L, text 41 ; letter to Essex 

 respecting his intended marriage, 

 note 3 M, text 42 ; chambers in 

 Gray s Inn, note T; love of con 

 templation, notes S, T, text 22 ; 

 apology respecting Essex, extract 

 from, note Y, text 26 ; powers, active 

 or contemplative, note Z, text 26 ; 

 letter to the King on his love of re 

 tirement, April, 1616, note S ; apart 

 ments, No. 1, Gray s Inn Square, 

 description of, note T, text 23 ; letter 

 to Lord Burghley desiring his good 

 offices and speaking of his capa 

 bility either for contemplation or 

 action, note Z, text 26 ; speech upon 

 the subsidies, in Queen Elizabeth s 

 reign, note D D, text 28 ; letter to 

 the Lord Treasurer as to his speech 

 on the subsidies which offended the 

 Queen, and to Puckering thereon, 

 note E E, text 28 ; letter to Anthony 

 Bacon on the solicitor s place, 25th 

 June, 1594, note P P, text 31 ; let 

 ter to the Queen upon the solicitor s 

 place, and upon her displeasure, 

 note Q Q, text 32 ; letter complain 

 ing to the Lord Keeper Puckering 

 of his treatment, August 19, 1595, 

 note L L, text 30 ; letter to Bur 

 leigh desiring his good offices, note 

 M M, tea t 30 ; suspicion of the Ce 

 cils, extract from the Biographia, 

 charge against Cecil that he was 

 bribed, note N N, text 30 ; acknow 

 ledgment that he was wrong in ac- 



