The works of Francis Bacon, lord chancellor of England.

INDEX. 549
at his death, ii. 373; asks forgiveness of Raleigh, Brittle and tough metals, ii. 461.
ii. 373. Bromley, Mr. Solicitor, his answer to Justice Catline,
Bodies, the division of, i. 406; straining one through i. 110.
another, ii. 7; separations of, by weight, ii. 8; expe- Bromley's report, ii. 501.
riments on the motion of upon their pressure, ii. 8; Broth, how to make nourishing, ii. 14.
contraction of in bulk, by mixture of liquid with Brown, Dr., his answer to Sir E. Dyer's narration of
solid, ii. 13; imperfectly mixed, ii. 113; induration Kelly's making gold, i. 122.
of, ii. 20, 21; appetite in union of, ii. 45; burials or Brownists, dissensions in the church created by them,
infusions of in the earth, ii. 56; effect of winds on ii. 249; account of them, ii. 249.
men's, ii. 57; which do not draw, ii. 466; that are Bruises and blows, experiments on, ii. 119.
borne up by water, ii. 104; conservation of, ii. 104; Bubbles, forms of, ii. 10.
of Alexander and Numa found after their death, ii. Buckhurst, Lord Steward, in commission at the trial of
104; experiment touching the supernatation of, ii. Earl of Essex, ii. 360.
107; preservation of, ii. 108; touching the fixation Buckingham, Bacon's letters to noticing his history of
of, ii. 108; insensible perception in, ii. 109; touch- Henry VII., i. 274, 275; letter to the Earl of, from
ing hard and soft, ii. 115; liquifiable, ii. 114; con- Lord Coke, ii. 507; letter from, to the Lord Chancretions and dissolutions of, ii. 115; pneumaticals cellor, ii. 423; letter to, from Lord C. Bacon, touchin, ii. 115; characters of, ii. 115; ductile and tensile, ing Sir WV. Raleigh, ii. 525; letter from, to the Lord
ii. 115; fragile and tough, ii. 114; different ones C. Bacon, touching Sir F. Englefyld's case, ii. 524
which draw, ii. 466; distinction of, ii. 560. to Lord C. Bacon, touching Mr. F. Foliambe's case,
Body, commandment of the mind over the, i. 206; ii. 524; letter to the Lord C. Bacon from, touching
power of the imagination on the, i. 202; good of, Mr. Hansbye's case, ii. 523; letter from, to Lord C.
health, beauty, strength, pleasure, i. 202; exercise Bacon, touching Dr. Steward, ii. 525; letter from
of the, ii. 46; paintings of the, ii. 99; how to be Sir. F. Bacon to the king, touching his majesty's
regulated before the use of purgatives, ii. 18; expe- defence of, ii. 519; letter to the Earl of, touching
riments touching the postures of the, ii. 99; impres- the commendams, ii. 521; letters from, to the Lord
sions on by passions of the mind, ii. 95; against Keeper, ii. 521.
the waste of by heat, ii. 467; of body, affected by, Buckingham, Duke of, dedication of essays to, i. 1.
ii. 586. Building, in the new plantations in Ireland, not to be
Body and mind, action of on each other, i. 202. sparsim but in towns, ii. 186; observations on, ii.
Boiling, swelling, and dilatation in, ii. 118. 190; essay on, i. 49; men build stately sooner than
Boldness, Essay of, i. 20. garden finely, i. 51.
Bona Notabilia, ii. 514. Bullen, Queen Anne, message to the king when led
Bones, experiments touching, ii. 100. to execution, i. 108.
Bonham, Dr. his case, ii. 528. Burchew wounds a gentleman instead of Sir ChristoBonham's case, answers of Lord Coke to objections in, pher Hatton, ii. 263.
ii. 506. Burghley declares the Earl of Essex traitor, which
Boniface VIII., Philip the Fair's treatment of, ii. 390. causes a diminution of his troop, ii. 358.
Books, distinction in their use, i. 55; good ones true Burials in earth, experiment on, ii. 56.
friends, ii. 488; friend always to be found in good Burleigh, Lord, attacked in a libel published in 1592,
books, ii. 488; of policy, i. 191; dedications to, ii. 243; observations thereon, ii. 244; never sued
i. 169. any man, raised any rent, or put out any tenant,
Border court, proposal for establishing, ii. 143. ii. 262.
Borgia, Alexander, saying of the French, i. 200. Burning-glasses, ii. 27.
Bounty, a regal virtue, i. 63. Burrage, leaf of, its virtue, ii. 9.
Bow, the Parthians', ii. 288. Business, affected despatch most dangerous to it, i. 32;
Bracelets, to comfort spirits, ii. 132, 133. time is its measure, i. 32; its three parts, i. 32; an
Brain, dried and strengthened by perfumes, ii. 127. absurd man better for than an over-formal man, i. 33;
Brand, Sebastian, famous book of, ii. 508. set straight by good counsel, i. 35; character and
Brass, weight of in water, ii. 464; what made of, ii. errors of young men in, i. 48; of old men in, i. 48;
459; and iron, union of, ii. 456. choice of men in, i. 53; to be too full of respects is
Bravery stands upon comparison, i. 57. a loss in business, i. 56; in courts it is an easier
Breakfast preservative against gout and rheums, ii. 466. matter to give satisfaction, than to do the business,
Breeding cattle, ii. 384. i. 87; first prepared, ripened by degrees, ii. 489;
Brehon laws, one of the roots of the troubles in Ire- like ways, and why, i. 121.
land, ii. 190.
Brest, Spaniards get footing at, and expelled from, ii. CABINET of knowledge, i. 218.
200, 213. Cadiz taken by the Earls of Essex and Nottingham,
Bresquet, the jester's answer to Francis I., i. 1 18. ii. 210.
Brewing, speculation of, in Turkey, ii. 95. Cairo, plagues in, ii. 100.
Briareus, fable of, i. 23. Cain, his envy towards Abel, i. 17.
Bribe accepted by Lord C. Bacon in Mr. Hansbye's Cain and Abel, contemplation and action figured in,
cause, ii. 523; lord chancellor accepts, in the cause i. 175.
of Sir R. Egerton, ii. 522. Calais, Spaniards beaten out of, ii. 200, 213; kept by
Bribery, ii. 435. us one hundred years after we lost the rest of France,
Brimstone and quicksilver, where found, ii. 460. why so long kept, and why taken, ii. 224; overtures
Britain, ii. 454; discourse on the true greatness of, ii. of peace broken off upon the article of the restitution
222; great strength at sea, one of the principal of Calais, ii. 258; in the possession of Spaniards,
dowries of, i. 39. ii. 287.
Brittany, valour of the English at some encounters in, Calanus, the Indian, his advice to Alexander, ii. 228.
ii. 21. Calcination of metals, ii. 460, 461.
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