The essays, or councils, civil and moral, of Sir Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban with a table of the colours of good and evil, and a discourse of The wisdom of the ancients : to this edition is added The character of Queen Elizabeth, never before printed in English.
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- The essays, or councils, civil and moral, of Sir Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban with a table of the colours of good and evil, and a discourse of The wisdom of the ancients : to this edition is added The character of Queen Elizabeth, never before printed in English.
- Author
- Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.
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- London :: Printed for H. Herringman, R. Scot, R. Chiswell, A. Swalle, and R. Bentley ,
- 1696.
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- Elizabeth -- I, -- Queen of England, 1533-1603.
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"The essays, or councils, civil and moral, of Sir Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban with a table of the colours of good and evil, and a discourse of The wisdom of the ancients : to this edition is added The character of Queen Elizabeth, never before printed in English." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A28200.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 24, 2025.
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THE TABLE.
| CAssandra, or Divination. | Page 1 |
| Typhon, or a Rebel. | 18 |
| The Cyclops, or the Ministers of Terror. | 20 |
| Narcissus, or Self-Love. | 21 |
| Styx, or Leagues. | 22 |
| Pan, or Nature. | 24 |
| Perseus, or War. | 34 |
| Endymion, or a Favourite. | 37 |
| The Sister of the Giants, or Fame. | 39 |
| Acteon, and Pentheus, or a Curious Man. | 40 |
| Orpheus, or Philosophy. | 41 |
| Coelum, or Beginnings. | 44 |
| Proteus, or Matter. | 47 |
| Memnon, or a Youth too forward. | 49 |
| Tythonus, or Satiety. | 50 |
| Juno's Suitor, or Baseness. | 51 |
| Cupid, or an Atom. | 52 |
| Diomedes, or Zeal. | 55 |
| Daedalus, or Mechanick. | 58 |
| Ericthonius, or Imposture. | 61 |
| Deucalion, or Restitution. | 62 |
| Nemesis, or the Vicissitude of Things. | ibid. |
| Achelous, or Battel. | 65 |
| Dionysus, or Passions. | 66 |
| Atalanta, or Gain. | 70 |
| Prometheus, or the Statue of Man. | 72 |
| Scylla and Icarus, or the Middle-way. | 84 |
| Sphynx, or Science. | 85 |
| Proserpina, or Spirit. | 89 |
| Metis, or Counsel. | 93 |
| The Syrens, or Pleasures. | 94 |
| The Character of Queen Elizabeth. | 99 |