The works of Francis Bacon, lord chancellor of England.

552 INDEX.
Colonization must be voluntary, ii. 386. i. 175; and action, union between, ii. 173, 174; of
Colours, which show best by candle light, i. 45; of nature, men have withdrawn from, i. 173.
good and evil, fragment of, i. 72; have little necessi- Contempt, puts an edge upon anger, i. 60.
tude with the properties of things, i. 89; producing Contempts, as to taking away possession for, ii. 472;
hair of divers, ii. 282: of feathers, what causes the on force or ill words, ii. 484; imprisonment for, ii.
different in birds, ii. 7; of good and evil, account of 484.
the publications of, i. 7. Contentions, learning, i. 169, 170.
Combat, trial of right by, Spanish custom, ii. 298. Contraction produces cramp, ii. 133.
Comets, have power over the mass of things, i. 60; Contributions, against, ii. 514.
causes and effects of heat, i. 100. Controversies, church, ii. 411.
Commendams, to the king about, ii. 488; evils of, Controversy, mind, state of, ii. 420; church, errors in,
ii. 429. ii. 414.
Comnenus, Emanuel, poisoning of the air by, ii. 127. Conversation, i. 228; ii. 424; short notes for civil, i.
Commentaries and annotations, i. 217. 131; its wisdom, i. 228.
Commerce, considerations respecting, ii. 148. Cookery, receipts for, ii. 15.
Commission, of bankrupt, when granted, ii. 485; for Copernicus's theory of astronomy, i. 200, 201; ii. 577.
examination of witnesses, when to be discharged, Copies, in chancery, survey of, ii. 474; in chancery,
ii. 484; a constant one given to honest men subor- ii. 483.
dinate to the council board, suggested, ii. 385; of Copper and tin, mixture of, ii. 456.
suits, advice to the king for reviving, ii. 520. Copyholds, commissions granted for, ii. 275.
Commissions, as to suits for, ii. 485; to examine wit- Coral, touching the growth of, ii. 105; use of to the
nesses, ii. 483. teeth, ii. 101; near the nature of plant and metal,
Commissioners, report on, ii. 149. ii. 81.
Common, as to enclosing, ii. 384. Cordials, as medicines, ii. 468.
Common law, when it controls acts of Parliament, ii. Corn, erection of granaries for foreign, ii. 283.
506. Corn, as to diseases of and accidents to, ii. 88.
Common laws, elements of the, iii 131. Cornelius Tacitus, i. 190.
Common prayer, swerving from in divine service, Cornish diamonds the exudations of stone, ii. 7.
punishable, ii. 290. Corns and wens, how to remove, ii. 136.
Commonplace books enumerated, i. 212. Corpulency, how to avoid, ii. 11.
Commons, House of, their power, ii. 380; to repre- Corrupt bodies, effect of medicine on, ii. 543.
sent, not personate the people, ii. 286; speech on Cosmetic, i. 205.
grievances of, ii. 272. Cosmography, history of, i. 191; exemplified in the
Commonwealth, nature of, first seen in a family, i. book of Job, i. 175.
188; Plato's, ii. 286. Cosmus, Duke of Florence, his saying about perfiCommunication and transmission of discoveries and dious friends, i. 14.
inventions, i. 434. Costs, defendant to pay, upon insufficient answer, ii.
Comparative instances of heat, iii. 379. 483; in chancery suits, ii. 474.
Compass, effects produced by the invention of, i. 431. Cotton, examination of Sir Robert, ii. 515.
Compound metals now in use, ii. 459; fruits and Cotton's case, Sir R., letter concerning, to the Lord
flowers, ii. 66. Chancellor, from Buckingham, ii. 522, 523.
Composts, different sorts of, for ground, ii. 79. Cotton's cause, letter to the king touching, ii. 511.
Compositio, its difference from mistio, ii. 40; one Council, act of, ii. 491; board, a commission subordiof the internal points of separation with Scotland, nate to, ii. 385; privy, how to form, ii. 381; choice
ii. 146. in clerks of, ii. 381; of Ireland, advice to reduce the
Compression of bodies, ii. 8. number, ii. 191; business, account of, ii. 537, 538.
Concoction, experiment touching, ii. 113. Counsel, pleading, i. 58; essay of, i. 28; one of the
Concord, to discord, ii, 26. fruits of friendship, i. 35; its two sorts, i. 35; hoConcords, perfect or semi-perfect, ii. 25. nest, rare, but from a perfect friend, i. 3; bounds of,
Concretion of bodies, ii. 115. i. 168; fined for long bills, ii. 482; as to refusing
Conference makes a ready man, i. 55. to be, ii. 509.
Confession of faith, ii. 407. Counsels, cabinet, a motto for them, i. 29.
Confirmation, ii. 426. Counsellor of state, capital offence to conspire the
Confusio serii et joci, ii. 413. death of, i. 333.
Conquest, effects of, ii. 453. Counsellor, privy, his duty, ii. 381.
Consalvo, answers of, i. 115, 117. Counsellors, privy, bound by oath to secrecy, ii. 381;
Consent, touching cures by motion of, ii. 17. their delivery by one of the principal offenders, ii.
Conservation of bodies, ii. 104. 359; degenerate arts of some by which they gain
Considerations on church pacification, ii. 420. favour; others "negotiis pares," yet unable to amConsolations of Christianity, ii. 435. plify their own fortunes, i. 36; in plantations,
Conspirators, Elizabeth's conduct to, ii. 445. should be noblemen and gentlemen, not merchants,
Constantinople, the excellence of its situation, ii. 229. i. 41; of state, choice of as to their number, ii. 381;
Constable, Sir John, dedication of essays (edit. 1612) for what bills punishable, ii. 482; of state, ii. 381.
to, i. 3. Countries, Low, ii. 451.
Constables, office of, iii. 315. Court, the king's, ii. 387; of the green cloth, ii. 267;
Consumption, drink for, ii. 15. rolls, examination of, ii. 482.
Consumptions, Aristotle's advice in, ii. 16. Courtier, the boon obtained of an emperor by a, ii.
Cintemplation and action, i. 220; of God's creatures 376.
produceth knowledge, i. 163; and action figured in Courtiers, H. Noel's opinion of, i. 121.
Abel and Cain, i. 175; man's exercise in Paradise, Courts of justice, their four bad instruments, i. 59;