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Sanquhar, Bacon's prosecution of, on behalf of the crown, and his mildness towards, 153. Saturn and Jupiter, Bacon's illustration by, of the union of contemplation and action, 61, 137. Science, Bacon's meditations upon natural and human, 17; Bacon's extensive views of, not diverted by his profession, 22; of law, Bacon's valuable work upon the improvement of the, 22; the loss to, by Bacon's acceptance of the chancellorship compensated by his professional and political labours, 195. Sciences, division of, of Bacon's incomplete treatises part of his intended great work, 267.

Scott, Bacon's defence against the charge in, the gift being received after the decree, 363. Scotland, Bacon's efforts to promote the union with England, 139; King James's journey to, in company with Buckingham, see note (b), 211.

Seals, sequestration of, 370.

Seneca, extract from, upon the comparative advantages and utility of a life of contemplation, see note, 193. Senses, defects of, Novum Organum,

see Seven Modes, 271; mode of presenting facts to, third division of Novum Organum, 270. Sentence upon Bacon, 372. Servants, Lord Bacon's, see Smithwick, &c., 366, 367; Bacon's admission of neglect respecting their conduct to suitors, 368. Singular instances, or observations of such as are peculiar amidst their own natures in the search after a nature, 293.

Smithwick and Wyche, complete refutation of charge, 366; charge against Bacon in, clearly rebutted, 340. Solicitor General, Bacon appointed by the King, 143; Bacon's present to the Queen according to the custom of the times upon his application for the office of, 203. Solicitorship, Bacon's letter to the Queen upon his disappointment respecting the, 31; Bacon's retirement to the country upon his disappointment respecting the, 34; Essex's indignation upon the refusal of the Solicitorship to Bacon,

and his gift of an estate to him,

34. Solitary instances, or consideration of such as are so in resemblance or difference in the search after a nature, 290.

Somerset, his eclipse by Villiers, 179; Bacon's distaste to, 180; suspicions against the Earl and Countess of, and their trial for the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury, 184; Bacon's mild and temperate sketch against, note (b), 185.

Sound, extract from Bacon's Sylva, upon the laws of, see note, 18; see disquisition upon, note (c), 4. Southampton, applied to by Bacon to promote his interest with King James, 99.

Spain, Essex's appointment to the command of an expedition against, 36; King James's treaty of marriage with, and Bacon's wise counsels against, 218.

Speech of Bacon upon the absurdity of the supposed confederacy to control the House of Commons, see outline in note 161; of Bacon, against Mr. O. St. John, 165; of Bacon against Owen upon his trial for high treason, see notes (a) and (b), 178; of Bacon against Talbot for high treason, see note (c), 178;

of Bacon against Sir J. Hollis, Mr. Lumsden, and Sir J. Wentworth, for certain reports respecting the Earl and Countess of Somerset, note (a), 184; of Bacon against the Earl and Countess of Somerset for the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury,

184.

Speeches of Bacon in Parliament, 44,

119; of Bacon upon the union, 140. Star Chamber, a private investigation in, of Essex's administration in Ireland by declaration in his absence, 53; Bacon's objections to private proceedings in, against Essex, 53; odium excited by private proceedings in, against Essex, 53; public proceedings in, by information against Essex, in consequence of the republication of his apology, 56: Bacon's objections to the public proceedings in, against Essex, 56, 57; Bacon chosen counsel against Essex upon the public proceedings against, in the, 59; trial of Mr. Oliver St. John for a letter declaring

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the illegality of the King's demand, of presents, 164; Bacon's speech in, against Mr. O. St. John, see note (a), 165; prosecution in, of Mr. Markham for sending a challenge to Lord Darcy, 189; trial of Lord and Lady Suffolk in, for trafficking with the public money, 226; trial of Wraynham in, for a libel against Bacon, 234.

States, greatness of, dependent more upon martial valour and union and not upon territory and riches, 115, 116, 117.

Statesman, Bacon's fitness as a, for

the office of Chancellor from his education and reflection upon the subject of politics and eloquence, see notes (c) and (d), 198. Statesmen, defective education of, 12, see note (d), 11. Statute of uses, Bacon's argument upon the celebrated perpetuity case incorporated into his reading on, see note 3 Q at the end, 43. St. John, Mr. Oliver, letter of, respecting the illegality of the King's demand of presents, 163; trial of, in the Star Chamber in consequence, 164; Bacon's speech against, see note (a), 165; general opinion of the judges respecting the offence of,

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Tempests of state, discontent of the people, 102.

Temporis partus maximus, see index Novum Organum.

Tenison, extract from, comparing Bacon's fall to Somers's shipwreck, 378; and Rawley, their remarkable silence as to Bacon's motives for deserting his defence, 374. Tenterden, Lord, speech of, showing his opinion of the prejudice of lawyers, 276.

Theatre, idols of, warping the mind in the search after truth, 276.

Time, want of, an obstacle to the acquisition of, 278.

Tindal, Sir J., Bertram's murder of, see Bacon's account and letter to the King respecting, (see note, 240), 239. Torture, examination by, of Peacham, an old clergyman, preparatory to his prosecution for high treason, 169; the erroneous principle of the trial by, see note (a), 163, 164; Bacon's private opinion of the trial by, 175; Queen Elizabeth's acquaintance with the trial by, 175.

Tract upon Helps to the intellectual powers, 111.

Translation, of the divisions of the art of experimenting, 264. Travelling instances, or observation of a nature approaching to or receding from existence, 291. Treavor and Ascue, Bacon's defence against the charge in, 361. Trial of Essex, before the Privy Council, upon the republication of his apology, 66, see for a full account, note 4 C, at the end; his submissive and artful demeanour upon, and his eloquence, 68; Bacon counsel against upon, and his secret friendliness to Essex, 67, 68; the confused account of the, by Hume and other historians, 69; the sentence upon Essex, 69; the unjust obloquy excited against Bacon by, 72; of Lord Sanquhar, and Bacon's mildness towards, 153; of Mr. O. St. John, in the Star Chamber, see Bacon's speech against, in note, 164; of Mr. Peacham, Mr. Owen, and Mr. Talbot, for high treason, 167, 168; see Peacham; 178; of Sir J. Hollis, Mr. Lumsden, and Sir J. Wentworth, for certain reports respecting the Earl and Countess of Somerset, 184; of the Earl

and Countess of Somerset for the
murder of Sir Thomas Overbury,
184; of Mr. Markham, in the Star
Chamber, for sending a challenge
to Lord Darcy, 189; of Lord and
Lady Suffolk for trafficking with the
public money, 226.

Trinity college, see Cambridge.
Tribe, idols of warping the judgment

in the search after truth, 273. Truth, Bacon's theory upon the mode of discovering, 35; Bacon's mode in the discovery of, 62; Bacon's simple mode of illustrating, 123; the investigation of, and advancement of knowledge an infinitely higher object than worldly power, 192; the impartial investigation of, an infinitely higher object than the pursuits of the statesman or hero, 193, 194; discovery of, conduct of the understanding in, Novum Organum, a treatise upon part of Bacon's intended great work, 267; best discovered in small and familiar instances, Bacon's favourite doctrine, 268; Bacon's mode of discovering, compared to the proceedings in a court of justice, 269; the four requisites in the discovery of, 270; investigation of idols warping the mind in, 273; proper motives in the investigation of, extract from Novum Organum, 277; Bacon's mode in the discovery of, see affirmative table, 285; Bacon's theory as to, and mode of investigating, Brown the philosopher's objections to, and Bacon's anticipation of, 298; Coleridge's objection to Bacon's mode of investigating, and Bacon's anticipation of, 300.

Turner, Mrs., Sir Edward Coke's brutal

conduct to her upon her trial, 145.

UNDERSTANDING, warps of, see Locke, note (a), 272; conduct of, in the investigation of truth, 283. Undertakers to control the house, the rumour excited against the King respecting, 161; Bacon's powerful speech upon the absurdity of the rumour respecting, see outline in note, 161.

Union, Bacon's exertions respecting, see note (g), 109; and efforts to promote, 139.

Universality, abandoning, one of the

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errors in the investigation of truth, 273.

Universities, Bacon's praise of the institutions of, in general, 7; Bacon's opinion of the English, 10; Bacon's tract upon the defects of, 11; defect in there being no lectures upon the passions in the English, 113; defects of, see Bacon's Advancement of Learning, Book II., 133; interference by, in causes depending, 233; imperfect collections for experiment in, 278

University education, neglect of useful knowledge, 112, see note QQ Q.

VALOUR, martial, the strength of a

state dependent upon, rather than riches and territory, 117.

Variation of the divisions of the art of experimenting, 264.

Verulam, Bacon's magnificent house of retirement at, 257. Villiers, his mercenariness, see Tanner MSS., respecting his negotiation with Sir H. Mountagu, note, 127, 128, et seq.; his birth and parentage, 179; his character and person, 179; his determination to try his fortune at court, 179; King James's attachment to, 179; his admission into the King's household, 179; his successive honours and final creation as Duke of Buckingham, 180; his letter to Bacon upon the regulation of his conduct at court, note (a), see reply, 180; his friendship for Bacon, 180; Bacon's letter to, upon the dispute respecting the jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery, 186; Bacon's letter to, upon the motion to swear him privy councillor, 187; Bacon's letter to, upon his appointment as Chancellor, 190; Bacon's letter to, containing Chancellor Brackley's opinion of his powers, see note (c), 187; Bacon's advice to, upon the appointment of good judges, note (b), 198; his journey, while Earl of Buckingham, with the King to Scotland, as prime minister and master of the revels, 211; his policy in surrounding the King with buffooneries, 212; his constant communication with Bacon during the King's progress, 203; Bacon's letter to, upon taking his seat as

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Lord Keeper, showing his contempt for the pomp of office, 217; his quarrel with Bacon upon his opposition to his marriage and bitter letters to, see note (a), 219; his reconciliation with Bacon and marriage, 220; Bacon's letter to, upon the retrenchment of the royal expenses, &c. 220; his letter to Bacon upon his stay of the patents during the King's distresses, note (b), 222; Bacon's letter to, showing his sacrifice as a judge to his feelings as a politician, 223; Bacon's letter to, upon Suffolk's case, 223; created Marquis of Buckingham, 222; letters of Sir H. Mountagu to, negotiating for the Lord Treasurership, 227, 229; letter of Sir Edward Villiers to, respecting Sir H. Mountagu's offer, 228; his impeachment respecting the sale of the treasurership to Sir H. Mountagu after the death of James, note, 230. Vintners, refutation of charge of extortion in their case, 367.

WALTON, his life of Herbert, extract from, giving an account of his devoutness and humility upon his induction, note, 214.

Wealth, desire of, an interruption to the progress of knowledge, 192. Wentworth, Sir J., trial of, see Hollis, Sir J.

Wharton and Willoughby, see note (b), 323; Bacon's defence to the charge in the cause of, 360. Whitgift, Dr. John, Bacon's tutor, afterwards archbishop of Canterbury, 5.

Will, Lord Bacon's, extract from, 374. Williams, archbishop, Bishop Hacket's account of his humility, when taking his seat as lord keeper, 213; his subtle advice to King James to continue the parliament to crush Bacon, 242; consulted by Buckingham,

who advises him to sacrifice Mompesson and Michell, 311; his advice to the King and Buckingham to brave the popular discontent, 342; lord keeper, great seals delivered to him, with permission to retain all his livings, 376.

Wilson, extract from, upon King James's journey to Scotland, note (b), 211; his account in note of the effect of the King's demand upon the public mind, see note, 143. Wisdom of the Ancients, Bacon's publication of his work entitled, 148; the work a species of parabolical poetry, 149. Witnesses, the duty of a judge to, 253; examined against Bacon, 323. Words, study of, Bacon's low estimate of, 128; study of, a distemper of learning, illustrated by Pygmalion,

129.

Wroth and Mainwaring, ridiculous charge against Bacon in the cause of, 338; Bacon's defence against the charge in, the gift being received after the decree, 363. Wraynham, Bacon's decree against, and his publication of a libel against Bacon, 234; trial of, for the libel against Bacon, 234; v. Fisher, presents to Bacon in the cause of, according to custom, by counsel, 237; V. Fisher, charge of bribery against Bacon in the cause of, see note (a), 237.

Wrottesley, Lord Chancellor, his opinions upon the subject of patronage, note (b), 199.

YELVERTON, attorney-general, prosecution of, at the instance of Buckingham, see note B, 308.

York House, bestowed upon Bacon as a place of residence, 258; celebration of Bacon's 60th birth-day at, 258; see Ben Jonson's ode, 259.

NOTES.

A. Life, p. i.

A LITTLE beyond Hungerford Market had been of old the Bishop of Norwich's Inn, but was exchanged in 1535, in the reign of Henry VIII. for the Abbey of St. Bennett Holme, in Norfolk. The next year Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, exchanged his house called Southwark Place for it. In Queen Mary's reign it was purchased by Heath, Archbishop of York, and called York House. Toby Matthew, archbishop in the time of James I. exchanged it with the crown, and had several manors in lieu of it. The Lord Chancellors Egerton and Bacon resided in it; after which it was granted to the favourite Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, who made it a magnificent house. In 1648, the parliament bestowed it on Lord Fairfax, whose daughter and heir marrying George Villiers, second Duke of Buckingham, it reverted again to the true owner, who for some years after the restoration resided in it. On his disposal of it, several streets were laid out on the site and ground belonging to it. These go generally under the name of York Buildings; but his name and title is preserved in George, Villiers, Duke, and Buckingham Streets, and even the particle of is not forgotten, being preserved in Of Alley.-See Maitland's London, 482, Vol. I.

The house is situated at the top of Villiers Street, North front towards the Strand, East front towards Villiers Street. In two closets on the first floor there is a part of the old ceiling. In the lease of the house it is called “ York House." It is now, 1832, occupied by G. Roake, bookseller and stationer, York House, 31, Strand, corner of Villiers Street.

B. Life, p. i.

Sir Anthony Cooke, characterised by Camden as vir antiqua serenitate, was born at Giddy Hall, in Essex. He was a man eminent in all the circles of the arts, preferring contemplation to active life, and skilled in education.

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Contemplation," says Lloyd, "was his soul: privacy his life and discourse his element. Business was his purgatory and publicity his torment. took more pleasure to breed up statesmen than to be one. He managed his family and children with such prudence and discretion, that Lord Seymour standing by one day when this gentleman chid his son, said Some men govern families with more skill than others do kingdoms:' and thereupon commended him to the government of his nephew, Edward VI. Such the majestie of his looks and gate, that awe governed; such the reason and sweetness, that love obliged all his family: a family equally afraid to displease so good a head, and to offend so great. In their marriage they were guided by his reason, more than his will; and rather directed by his counsel, than led by his authority.

He had five daughters, whose education he superintended; and, thinking that women are as capable of learning as men, he instilled that to his daughters at night, what he had taught the prince in the day; and all the daughters of Sir Anthony Cooke were perfectly skilled in the learned languages. They married suitably to the education with which they had been formed.

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