The works of Francis Bacon, lord chancellor of England.

INDEX. 579
Stanford, Sir William, reports of, ii. 502. Studies, set hours proper for, not agreeable, i. 45; essay
Star Chamber, against levying damages, ii. 513; on, 55; their use, i. 55; they teach not their own
speech in the, ii. 475; decree against duels, ii. 300; use, i. 55.
forfeitures of the, ii. 388; its severity in suppressing Studies of learned men, discredit to learned from, i. 166
force and fraud, ii. 253; formalities in, ii. 343. Study, mode of, adopted by Queen Elizabeth, i. 179.
Star, what is meant by the opinion that it is the Stutting, experiment touching ii. 57.
denser part of its own sphere, ii. 584. Style of the king, suggestions relating to, ii. 145.
Stars, their beams have no heat, i. 100; old ones, not Style of religious controversy, ii. 413.
true that they are not subject to change, ii. 582; Style of delivery, i. 214.
question respecting the substance of, ii. 585; whe- Style, not to be neglected in philosophy, i. 170.
ther kept alive by sustentation, ii. 587; whether Styptic to stay fluxes, ii. 467.
increased or lessened, generated, extinguished, ii. Styx, or league, i. 289; to swear by the sacrament of'
587; whether, during long lapses of ages, stars are the ancients, i. 289.
produced and decomposed, ii. 586; should be in- Suarez, his treasonable letter, ii. 390.
quired whether give light of themselves, or whether Sublimation of metals, ii. 461, 462.
received from the sun, ii. 586; whether that be Subsidies, statutes of, ii. 280.
the true number of them which is visible, ii. 588; Subsidy, speech on the motion of a, ii. 286.
what are the real dimensions of each star, ii. 588; Substances, hard ones in the bodies of living creatures,
what data there are for determining them, ii. 588; ii. 100.
true distances of, for determining, if possible, if not Subdivision of labours, its produce on the mind, i. 86.
comparative should be ascertained, ii. 689. Subordinate magistrates, ii. 293.
Statute, reading on the, iii. 295. Succession to the crown, instances where they were
Statesmen, government most prosperous under learn- not declared, ii. 251.
ed, i. 165; the greatest have not only seemed but Succession, hereditary, ii. 424.
been religious, i. 70; those who ascribe all things Suckling, Sir John, ii. 526.
to their own cunning have been counterfeit, i. 71. Suffocations, the most dangerous diseases in the body,
State of Europe, i. 282; maxims in, that all countries and also in the mind, i. 33.
of new acquest till settled are rather matters of Sugar, where found, ii. 82; experiment touching, ii.
burden than strength, ii. 212; the just estimate 116; with oil of almonds, ii. 466.
of the power of a state subject to error, and that Suggestion and preparation, i. 209.
error subject to perilous consequences, ii. 222; Suit, demurrers for discharging the, ii. 482; pleas for
greatness of, ii. 222, 228; (see Greatness;) con- discharging, ii. 482.
tained in the two words, premium and pcena, Suitors, to a minister, advice how to behave towards,
ii. 189. ii. 376; essay on, i. 54; different motives for underStates, embassies to foreign, ii. 382. taking suits, i. 54; in the courts of chancery, ii. 472.
Statue, metal, ii. 456. Suits, what sort of, dismissed, ii. 480; injunctions for
Stature and growth, acceleration of, ii. 53. stay of, ii. 482; commission of, advice to the king
Statute of Carlisle, ii. 506. for reviving, ii. 520; on commissions for charitable
Statutes, accumulation of, create uncertainty in law, uses, ii. 485.
ii. 231; the reformation of, consists of four parts, Sulphur, salt, and mercury, separation of, ii. 460.
ii. 233; suggestion for the reform and recompiling Sulphur and mercury, experiments on, ii. 53; and salt,
of, ii. 233; for repeal of, touching Scotland whilst history of, iii. 466.
the kingdoms stood severed, ii. 233. Sulpitius Galba's persuasions for the Romans to war
Stephen's remarks on the publication of the apoph- with the late Philip, King of Macedon, ii. 204.
thegms, i. 10. Summer, great droughts in, ii. 109.
Stercoration, help of ground, ii. 79. Summary philosophy, its principles, i. 196.
Steward, Dr., letter concerning, from Buckingham to Sun, magnetical of moisture, ii. 19; hotter when beLord Chancellor Bacon, ii. 525. tween clouds than in the open sky, i. 100; phenoStillicides of water, ii. 10. mena in the year 790, and after the death of Julius
Stillatories, compression of vapours in, ii. 10. Cresar, ii. 582.
Stilpo, saying of him, i. 120. Sun, Venus, Mercury, and the Moon, their relative
Stobceus's apophthegms draw much dregs, i. 107. situations doubted by the ancients, ii. 579.
Stoics, their bravery in seeking to extinguish anger, Sunbeams, heat by reflection, i. 101; collection of,
ii. 59. multiplies heat, i. 101; their effect, i. 101.
Stomach, the nature of appetite in the, ii. 112; a Superfcetation, how it comes, ii. 75.
secret for the, ii. 472; a manus Christi, for the, Superficial learning, conceit of, i. 182.
ii. 470. Supernatation of bodies, ii. 107.
Stone, in man's body, ii. 463; in a toad's head, ii. Superflexion of echoes, ii. 107.
463; elder flowers proper for the, ii. 91; herbs Superstition, its effect, i. 46; as powerful as custom,
which grow out of. ii. 76; receipt for cure of, ii. i. 46; great opponent to natural philosophy, i. 97;
470; weight of, in water, ii. 464; exudation of essay of, i. 25.
some are diamonds, ii. 7. Superstitions and natural causes, i. 188.
Stores of tackling, laying up, ii. 383. Superstitious divination, i. 206.
Straining water, difference where the water rises or Suplicavit, upon what granted, ii. 484.
falls, ii. 7. Supply, speech concerning the king's, ii. 281.
Strawberries, how to accelerate the growth of, ii. 60. Surplice, ii. 426.
String-metal, ii. 456. Susa, the winter parlour of the King of Persia, ii. 228.
Strings, sounds of different, ii. 32; tones of different Suspicion, essay on, i. 40; ignorance, its cause, i. 40.
sizes of, ii. 33. Sutton, Mr., advice to the king touching his estate deStroud's case, ii. 507. vised for founding the Charter House, ii. 239 ~ his
Strumpet, matter is like a common, ii. 109. hospital, ii. 463.