The works of Francis Bacon, lord chancellor of England.

INDEX. 577
Sepulchre, flies get durable in amber, ii. 24. Small, trivial things, the consideration of not below
Serjeants, care in making, ii. 379. the dignity of the human mind, ii. 559.
Sermones fideles, the title of the Latin edition of the Smell, preparations of artificial roses for, ii. 466.
Essays, i. 5. Smells, touching sweet, ii. 112; corporeal substance
Serpent, meditations on the wisdom of, i. 67. of, ii. 112; experiment touching, ii. 58.
Severus, his death, i. 12; his friendship for Plantianus, Smith, Sir T., his accusation, ii. 341.
i. 34; his character, i. 48; saying of him, i. 113; Snakes have venomous teeth, ii. 101.
Rome governed by, i. 165. Sneezing, experiment touching, ii. 90; Guinea pepper
Seven wise men of Greece, anecdotes of them, i. causes, ii. 127.
119. Snow, dissolves fastest upon the sea-coast, i. 102; seSewers, suit for the commission of, ii. 485. cret warmth of, ii. 92.
Sexes, different in plants, ii. 81. Snows, effect of lying long, ii. 87.
Sextus V., Pope, character of, ii. 212. Soccage, heir in, when he may reject the guardian apSextus Quintus, a learned pope, who excelled in go- pointed by law, ii. 489.
vernment, i. 165. Society, aversion to, is like a savage beast, i. 33; naShadows, experiment touching, ii. 121. ture of, an impediment to knowledge, i. 95.
Shame causeth blushing, ii. 96. Socrates, i. 188, 208, 210; excellent, though deformed,
Shaw, specimen of his translation of the Latin edition i. 49 full of ostentation, i. 57; his saying when
of the Essays, i. 6. pronounced by the oracle the wisest man of Greece,
Shell, experiment touching the casting of, in some i. 120; his opinion of Heraclitus the obscure, i. 120;
creatures, ii. 98. Cicero's complaint against, for separating philosophy
Shellfish, touching, ii. 120. and rhetoric, i. 201; Hippias's dispute with, on his
Sheen Palace, burning of, i. 368. sordid instances, i. 188; the accusation against,
Sheep, Cato's saying of, ii. 270; nature of, ii. 102. was under the basest of tyrants, i. 166; his ironical
Sheriffs of counties, choice of, ii. 379; their attendance doubting to be avoided, i. 174; Anytus's accusation
upon the judges a civility, and of use, ii. 379. against, i. 164; Plato's comparison of, to gallipots,
Shipbuilding, art of, in England, ii. 383. i. 168.
Shot, the effect of, on powder, ii. 8. Soils, different for different trees, ii. 87; some put
Showers, when they do good, ii. 87. forth odorate herbs, ii. 128.
Sextus Quintus, feigned tale of, i. 112. Soisson, Count, apophthegm of, i. 107.
Sibylla, burning two, doubled the price of the other Soldiers, the fitness of every subject to make a soldier,
book, i. 77. a point of true greatness in a state, ii. 223.
Sickness, Dr. Johnson's opinion of the three things Sole government of bishops, error of, ii. 423.
material in, i. 122. Solitude, saying respecting delight in, i. 33; magna
Sicknesses, winter and summer, ii. 57. civitas, magna solitudo, i. 33; a miserable solitude
Sight, experiment touching the, ii. 119; cause of dim- to want true friends, i. 33.
ness in the, ii. 91. Solomon, said to have written a natural history, i. 82;
Sigismond, Prince of Transylvania, the revolt, from natural history by, ii. 74; his saying respecting
the Turks of Transylvania, Wallachia, and Molda- business, i. 56; his praising a just man losing his
via under, ii. 156. cause, i. 58; his novelty, i. 60; his parables, iii. 222;
Silk, a likely commodity in new plantations, i. 41. his observations on the mind of man, i. 162; an
Silver, weight of in water, ii. 464; and tin, mixture example of wisdom, i. 176; humility of, i. 176.
of, ii. 456; making, ii. 457; incorporates with cop- Solomon's house, plan to erect one, as modelled in the
per, ii. 459; exportation of, ii. 283. New Atlantis, ii. 463.
Simon, the priest, imprisoned for life, i. 325. Solon, his answer as to the best laws, i. 167; answers
Simnell, personates Edward Plantagenet, i. 320; is of his, i. 113, 118, 120, 125; his speech to Crcesus,
taken to Ireland, i. 321; his entry into Dublin as i. 37; his laws spoken of in grammar-schools, ii.
Edward VI., i. 321; crowned in Dublin, i, 323; 231, 234; had a spirit of reviver, though often optaken prisoner in Newark, i. 325; made a scullion pressed, often restored, ii. 234; his answer to Crcein the king's kitchen, i. 325. sus's showing his riches, ii. 157, 225.
Simonides's reply when asked what he thought of Solution of metals, qualities of metals should be asGod, i. 120. certained, ii. 460.
Simulation and dissimulation, essay of, i. 14. Somerset, heads of the charge against Robert, Earl of,
Single life, marriage and, essay of, i. 16. ii. 516; respecting Sir Francis Bacon's manageSirens, or pleasures, i. 312. ment in the case of his arraignment, ii. 516; letter
Sister of giants, or fame, i. 294. to the king about, ii. 326; letter from Sir T. OverSituation, a fit situation necessary for the greatness of bury, ii. f509; charge against, ii. 321; his case,
a state, ii. 222, 228; excellent situation of Egypt, questions for the judges in, ii. 516; questions for
ii. 228; of Babylon, although the sovereignties the king's council in, ii. 516; his business and
alter, the seat of the monarch remains there, ii. charge, with his majesty's apostyles, ii. 517; his
228; Alexander the Great chose Babylon for his examination, letter to the king about, ii. 331.
seat, ii. 228; of Persia, ii. 229; of Constantinople, Somerset, Frances, Countess of, charge against, ii.
ii. 229. 315; charge against, for poisoning Sir T. OverbuSkin, experiments touching the casting of the, ii. 98. ry, ii. 318.
Skins, Chinese paint their, ii. 99. Soothsayer, Egyptian, worked upon Antonius's mind,
Skull, experiment toaching, ii. 101. ii. 129.
Sleep, experiment touching, ii. 100; cold preventeth, Sorrel, nature of, ii. 88.
ii. 100; great nourishment to bodies, ii. 100; some Soul, nature of the, i. 205; knowledge of, appendices
noises help, ii. 100; nourishment of, ii. 16. to, i. 206.
Sleep all winter, touching creatures that, ii. 123. Sound, carried farther on water than land, ii. 36;
Sleeps, post-meridian, ii. 16. reasons for inquiring into the theory of, iii. 535; of
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