CONTENTS 



PACK 



ESSAYS OR COUNSELS CIVIL AND MORAL : 



Dedication to Edition of 1597, . . xiii 



Dedication to Edition of 1612, . , xv 



Dedication to Edition of 1625, . . xix 



The Table : 



^l. Of Truth, .... I 



VII. Of Death, .... 3 



III. Of Unity in Religion, ... 5 



IV. Of Revenge, .... 9 

 V. Of Adversity, . . . . 10 



VI. Of Simulation and Dissimulation, . n 



VII. Of Parents and Children, . . 14 



VIII. Of Marriage and Single Life, . . 1 6 

 IX. Of Envy, . . . . 17 



V X. Of Love, .... 22 



XI. Of Great Place, ... 24 



XII. Of Boldness, .... 27 



XIII. Of Goodness, and Goodness of Nature, 28 



XIV. Of Nobility, . . . . 31 

 XV. Of Seditions and Troubles, . . 32 



XVI. Of Atheism, .... 38 



