THE 



WORKS 



OF 



FRANCIS BACON, 



BARON OF VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST. ALBANS, AND 

 LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND. 



Collect eO antJ 



BY 



JAMES SPEDDING, M. A. 



OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE; 



ROBERT LESLIE ELLIS, M. A. 



LATE FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE; 

 AND 



DOUGLAS DENON HEATH, 



BARRISTER-AT-LAW; LATE FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. 



VOLUME VII. 



NEW YORK: 

 PUBLISHED BY HURD AND HOUGHTON. 



1869. 



