The works of Francis Bacon, lord chancellor of England.

INDEX. 573
Poesy, a pleasure of imagination, i. 207; refers to the Praise of Elizabeth, discourses in, ii. 445.
imagination, i. 192; relates to the imagination, i. Praise of knowledge, i. 174; a rudiment both of the
187; is narrative, representative, and allusive, i. advancement of learning and of the Novum Orga192; no deficience in, i. 193; expresses the pas- num, i. 7, 79.
sions and affections better than the works of philo- Praise, essay on, i. 56.
sophers, i. 193; heathen, considered, i. 193; divine, Praise of the king, i. 161.
considered, i. 193; springs up without formal seed, Prayers, by Bacon, ii. 405.
i. 193. Preachers, mode of educating, ii. 417; evils of ignoPoetry, Bacon's opinion of, i. 271. rant, ii. 427.
Poets, allegory of the, as to knowledge, i. 164; make Preaching, observations on, ii. 419; ministry, ii. 427;
men witty, i. 55; their picture of fame, i. 62; a education for, ii. 427.
lightness in them to feign hope as a counter-poison Precepts, i. 236; vicious, i. 237; four, for health, ii.
of diseases, i. 69. 469.
Poison, cantharides fly, ii. 318. Precipitation of metals, ii. 461, 462.
Poisons, misxing of, ii. 318. Precedents, sometimes satisfy more than statutes, ii.
Poisoning, remarks on crime of, ii. 322. 179; importance of knowing, ii. 478.
Poisonous plants, ii. 84. Precursors; or anticipations of the second philosophy,
Polaifd, state of during the time of Queen Elizabeth, iii. 521.
ii. 248. Predictions of politicians, i. 206; of astronomers, i.
Pole, Michael de la, case of, ii. 527. 206; of physicians, i. 206; to be despised, for the
Policies of state, an impediment to knowledge, i. 95. spreading of them is mischievous, i. 43.
Policy, an order in the government of an estate, ii. Preface, by Lord Bacon, i. 285.
138; books of, i. 191. Prefaces, great waste of time, i. 32; preoccupation of
Politicians, unlearned, refer all things to themselves, mind requires preface, i. 32; too many before the
i. 168; predictions of, i. 206; objections to learning matter is wearisome; none at all is blunt, i. 41.
by, i. 162; judged by events, i. 203; integrity of Preferment, upon what principle to be made; ii. 378;
learned, i. 168; their objections to learning answered, caution to be used in, ii. 379.
i. 164. Prejudice and ignorance, ii. 415.
Political economy, ii. 385. Prelates, their contests with their kings, i. 27.
Polycrates, his daughter's dream, i. 43. Praimunire, ii. 489; cases of, ii. 164; punishment,
Polyphemus's courtesy, ii. 205. trial, and proceedings in, ii. 165; for suits in the
Pomegranates, their use, ii. 467. chancery, ii. 514.
Pompey, an answer of his, i. 114. Prenotion and emblem, i. 212.
P-ompeius Magnus, memorable speech of, i. 219; his Preparation, the first part of business, i. 32.
wisdom, i. 229, 234. Preparation and suggestion, i. 209.
Pont-Charenton echo, ii. 41. Prerogative, Sir E. Coke's letter concerning, ii. 507;
Poor. observations concerning their relief from hospi- defying of, ii. 508; danger to his majesty's, ii. 492;
tals, ii. 240. turbulent bearing of Lord Coke concerning parts of
Pope of Rome, cartels of, ii. 389. his majesty's, ii. 500; cases of the king's in ParliaPope Clement, Charles V. treatment of, ii. 390. ment, ii. 165; in war and peace, ii. 165; in matters
Popes, the most learned friars have ascended to be, of money, ii. 166; of trade and traffic, ii. 166; in
i. 165. the persons of his subjects, ii. 166; of the king
Popham's, the speaker, answer to Queen Elizabeth, revealed by law, ii. 294; the king's, what, ii. 478;
i. 111I. first part of the law, ii. 450.
Population, greatness too often ascribed to, ii. 222; Prescripts in use, too compendious to attain their end,
more tokens of surcharge of people than of want i. 205.
and depopulation, ii. 253; true greatness consists Priest and minister, ii. 426.
essentially in, ii. 222. Pressure, motion of bodies upon their, ii. 8.
Popularity, delight in, ii. 137. Preserving ointments, ii. 466.
Porches of death, iii. 508. Preservation of bodies, experiment on the, ii. 108.
Portugal, state of, in time of Queen Elizabeth, ii. 248. Pretors, Roman, their conduct, ii. 471.
Possibility, nature of, ii. 440. Pride, impediment to knowledge, i. 95.
Postils of his majesty in Earl Somerset's business and Primitive divination, i. 206.
charge, ii. 517. Princes and governors, learned, advantages of, i. 164,
Post-meridian sleeps, ii. 16. 165.
Post-nati of Scotland, argument respecting, ii. 166. Princes, advantages of learned, i. 166, 177; the most
Postures of the body, ii. 99. learned are the best, i. 162; conjunction between
Pot-metal, ii. 459. learned, and the happiness of their people, i. 177,
Poundage, hardship of, ii. 267. 179.
Poverty of friars, Machiavel's observation on, i. 166. Prince of Wales, ii. 381.
Powder, the effect of the shot upon, ii. 8; as to sup- Prince Charles, dedication to, i. 314.
ply of, ii. 383; white, dangerous, ii. 27. Principiation, or elements, ii. 460.
Powders and liquors, incorporation of, ii. 46. Priority of suit, as to granting an injunction upon
Powers, intellectual, discourse concerning, i. 104. mere, ii. 472.
Power to do good, the lawful end of aspiring, i. 19; Private good, i. 221.
knowledge is, i. 182. Privy council, how to form a, ii. 381.
Power and wisdom, difference between, apparent in Privilege, writs of, ii. 484.
the creation, i. 174. Probus did himself hurt by a speech, i. 24.
Poynings, Sir Edward, sent to invest Sluice, i. 343; Proclamation, or king's entry, ii. 451; or king's style
his commission to Ireland, i. 353; his memorable ii. 453.
law, i. 354. Procedendo, when granted, ii. 480,