508, first favourite of the king, 509, cautioned, because
some near in blood to him were thought papists, 511,
should give no scandal by vain or oppressive carriage,
519, is in the quality of a sentinel, 520, some account of
him in a letter to the king, ii. 86.
Villiers, George, earl, marquis, and duke of Buckingham,
promises Sir Francis Bacon the chancellorship, ii. 169,
letter to him from Sir Francis Bacon relating to the
earl of Somerset, ii. 173, master of the horse, 177, his
letters to Sir Francis Bacon, 182, letters to him recom-
mending causes in chancery, 186, note ††, 188, &c.
exasperated against the lord keeper Bacon, 194, recon-
ciled to him, 196. made marquis, 200 note §, his letters
to lord viscount St. Alban, 229, 236, contracts for Wal-
lingford house, 239, engaged to Sir William Becher for
the Provostship of Eton, 252 note, made duke of
Buckingham, 253 note, his letter to lord viscount St.
Alban, 253, letters to him from that lord, 254, 255, advice
to him from that lord, 256, conferences of lord St. Alban
with him, 256-258, letter of advice to him from that
lord, 258, other letters of that lord to him, 259–261,
goes to France, 261 note §, has a son born, 263, 264,
letters to him from lord viscount St. Alban, 266.
Villiers, Sir Christopher, ii. 201, 221, 224, 225.
Vinegar, how produced, i. 120, 189.

Vines made fruitful by applying the kernels of grapes to
the roots, whence, i. 88, made to sprout with nitre, 134,
said to grow to a stake at a distance, 136, love not the
colewort, 138. Vine-trees anciently of great bodies,
152, an image of Jupiter made of one, ib. a tough wood
when dry, ib. Vines in some places not propped, ib.
bear best when old, why, 153. Vine grafted upon vine
three ways, 156.

Violent motion the cause of all mechanical operations, i.
83, and yet not sufficiently inquired into, ib.
Violet vinegar, how best prepared, i. 84.
Virginian tobacco, i. 183, how it suffered there, 289.
Virtuous men like some spices, which give not their sweet
smell till they are crushed, i. 264, 320.

Visibles, hitherto the subject of knowledge, i. 97, mingle
not in the medium as audibles do, why, 111, several
consents of visibles and audibles, 114, several dissents of
visibles and audibles, 115. Visible species, 170. Visi-
bles and audibles, 194, two lights of the same bigness
will not make things to be seen as far again as one,
whence, i. 111.

Visual spirits infecting, i. 193.

Vitellius ruined by Mucianus on false fame, i. 309.
Vitrification of metals, i. 246.

Vitriol aptest to sprout with moisture, i. 150.

Vivification, i. 122, the several things required to vivifica-
tion, 160, 161, the process of it, ib. 189.

Ulcer in the leg harder to cure than in the head, the cause,
i. 173, difference of curing them in a Frenchman and an
Englishman, ib.

Ulster, earldom of, to be added to our prince's titles upon
the planting of Ireland, i. 472.
Ulysses, a good husband, i. 266.

Unbarked branch of a tree being set, hath grown, i. 155,
barked will not, ib.

Undertakers, a set of men so called in parliament, 12 James
I. i. 497, the pernicious effects of such a project, ib. how
far such a thing might be justifiable, and how far faulty,
498, some means to put a stop to their scheme, 499, for
the plantation of Ireland, should not be obliged to exe-
cute in person, 473

Unguentum teli, or the weapon anointed, i. 201.
Union, the force thereof in natural bodies, i. 96, appetite
of union in natural bodies, 117, appeareth in three kinds
of bodies, ib. certificate of the commissioners authorized
to treat of a union between England and Scotland,
459.

Union, reasons for the union of laws between England and
Scotland, i. 468, of sovereignty, should be confirmed by
that of naturalization, 465, between the Romans and
Latins, ib. ought not to precede naturalization, 468, a
discourse concerning the union of England and Scotland,
449, two kinds of policy used in the uniting of kingdoms,
451, of Judah, and Israel, 452, articles relating to the
union of the two nations, 453, of England and Scotland

how far to be proceeded in, 454, in what points they
were esteemed as united, but not perfectly in any of
them, ib. of England and Scotland, how far imperfect
with regard to sovereignty, to subjection, religion, lan-
guage, and confederacies, 455, the force thereof, 450,
the several manners thereof, 451, the several parts of
which this union of kingdoms consists, 452.

Union of kingdoms stirs up wars, i. 307, with Scotland
hath taken away all occasions of breach between the
two nations, 516.

United provinces are received into protection by queen
Elizabeth, i. 392, are very convenient to be annexed to
the crown of England, ib. are included in the articles of
peace between England and Spain, 393.
Unities called heavenly, i. 343.

Unity in religion, i. 262. Unity and uniformity, 263.
Unity, breach thereof how to be punished, i. 674, in wor-
ship, necessary to that of faith, 343, what its true bonds
are, ib.

Universities, an exercise of learning recommended to be
used in them, i. 357.

Unlawful acts, all preparations towards them punishable
as misdemeanors, though they are never performed, i
685.

Unlawful lust, like a furnace, i. 211.

Untruths, whether all are unlawful, i. 350.
Voice, the shrillness thereof, in whom especially, i. 106,
why changed at years of puberty, ib. labour and intention
conduceth much to imitate voices, 113, imitation of
voices as if they were distant, ib.

Voyages for discovering arts and sciences, manufactures,
and inventions, i. 208.

Urban, a pope of that name, instituted the croisado, i. 525.
Urine, the whey of blood, i. 90.

Urine in quantity a great hinderer of nourishment, i. 90,
why cold separates it, 122.

Urswick, chaplain of Henry VII. sent to Charles VIII. i.
744, made almoner, 759, sent with the order of the gar-
ter, &c. 760. Vide 773.

Usage often overrules the express letter of a statute, in-
stances of which are given, i. 639.

Use, what it is, i. 584, is settled by statute the 27th of
Henry VIII. ib. lands how conveyed thereby, with the
circumstances necessary thereto, ib. reasons on the
statute of uses, 597, exposition of it, 598, the nature and
definition of a use, ib. what it is not, 599, what it is, ib.
its parts and properties, ib. Glanville's mistake about
uses, 600, its nature farther explained in four points, ib.
was once thought to be not deviseable, 601, limitation
thereof disapproved, 602, in the civil law, what most re-
sembles uses, ib. compared with copyholders, in what
respects, ib. how they came first to be practised, ib. their
commencement and proceeding, according to common
and statute law, ib. the practice of them not very an-
cient, 603, the word use found in no statute till 7th of
Richard II. ib. three points to be noted concerning
uses in the common law, ib. concerning the raising, pre-
serving, spreading, transferring, interrupting, &c. of
uses, 600, 611, the statute of uses commended, 605, the
time of it, ib. the title of it, ib. the precedent of it, ib. the
preamble of it, ib. the inconveniences redressed by this
statute, ib. &c. who most favoured by it, 606, how re-
spectful to the king, ib. the remedy intended to be given
by this statute, 607, two false opinions concerning the
statute answered, ib. an account of the statute itself, and
explanation of its terms, and what things are thereby
excluded, 607, 608, an error corrected, that uses might
be raised by agreement, 608, difference between a use
in remainder and reverter, ib. what provisos made by
this statute, 610, what persons may be seised to a use,
and what not, 611, must ever be in a person certain, 612,
in what cases the same persons may be both seised to the
use and cestuy que use too. 613, what persons may limit
and declare a use, 614. See Case.
Usurious selling of commodities to those who wanted
money, and so were forced to sell them back again at
disproportionate rates, the draught of an act against this
practice, i. 640.

Usury, i. 294.

Usury the certainest and worst means of gain, i. 200,

several strictures against it, 294, discourages and im-
poverishes the merchants, who are the vena porta of
wealth, ib. intercepts both merchandise and purchase,
ib. advantages, ib. a bastard and barren employment, |
747, 749.

Vulcan's halting, a resemblance of flame, i. 87.

W

WADE, lieutenant of the Tower, is displaced, in order to
effect the poisoning of Overbury, i. 707.

Wake, Isaac, letter to him from the lord chancellor Bacon,
ii. 206.

Waking: birds kept waking to increase their attention, i.

112.

Wales, mead used in, i. 182.

Walking up hill and down, i. 166.

Walls of brick more wholesome than those of stone, i.
194.

Walter, Sir John, ii. 229.

War, an invasive one with Spain much desired, i. 442, and
peace, right of declaring them solely in the king, 478, many
instances of this right given, ib. the answers of several
kings to petitions, wherein this right was concerned, ib.
inconvenience of debating this right in parliament, 479,
the advantages of war in some cases, 386, the commons,
out of modesty, refuse Richard II. to take into consider-
ation matters relating thereto, as not belonging to them,
478, matters relating to it should be kept secret, ib. par-
liaments have sometimes been made acquainted there-
with, and why, 479, they are the highest trials of right,
376.
War with Spain, consideration concerning it, i. 532, changes
in wars, 307, art of war improved, ib. war to maintain
itself, 756, just cause, sufficient forces, prudent designs,
necessary to a war, 532, not confined to the place of the
quarrel, 533, why always a just cause of war against the
Turk, 534. War, defensive, what, 533, 536. Wars
with subjects, like an angry suit for a man's own, 523.
Wars foreign and civil, 515.

War, when lawful, 276.

War: notes of a speech concerning a war with Spain, i. 530.
War, incited by music, i. 100.

War, holy, i. 522, for the propagation of the faith, whether
lawful or obligatory, 525, several questions touching the
lawfulness, 526.

Warbeck, Perkin, his adventures, i. 761, the supposed god-
son of Edward IV. ib. called Peter, whence Peterkin,
Osbeck, ib. closetted by the lady Margaret, ib. his letters
to the earls of Desmond and Kildare upon his landing at
Cork, 762, invited into France by Charles VIII. ib. gene-
rally believed to be the duke of York, ib. his friends and
favourers, ib. discouraged at the beheading of his friends
and the defection of Clifford, 767, lands at Sandwich in
Kent, 768, goes into Scotland, on the advice of Charles
and Maximilian, 770, his address to the king of Scots,
ib. he is married by that king's approbation to the lady
Catherine Gordon, his near kinswoman, 771, his declar-
ation to the people of England, ib. abandoned by Scot-
land, 777, sails into Ireland, ib. his cabinet council there,
ib. lands in Cornwall with about sevenscore men, 778,
publishes an invective proclamation against the king in
style of Richard IV. ib. besieges Exeter, though without
artillery, ib. raises the siege and flies, 778, surrenders
himself out of sanctuary, on promise of life, 779, his for-
mer false honours plentifully repaid with scorn, ib. the
account of his examination, 780, makes his escape, and
gets into the priory of Shene, 781, set in the stocks twice,
where he reads his confession, and then sent to the
Tower, ib. where he seduces the earl of Warwick into a
plot against the lieutenant, ib. arraigned for treasons
committed since his coming into this kingdom, condemn-
ed, and executed at Tyburn, 782.

Wards, commission of in Ireland, its vast advance in one
year, ii. 106, a speech to obtain leave of the king to treat
of a composition with him for them, i. 484.
Wards, a frame of declaration for the master of the wards
at his first sitting, i. 485, directions for the master of the
wards to observe for his majesty's better service, and the
general good, 486.

Warlike nations most liberal of naturalization, i. 661.
Warm water sounds less than cold, i. 105, whether good
for plants, 135, makes a fruit with little or no core, 142.
Warmth a special means to make ground fruitful, i. 149.
Warren, his declaration about some affairs in Essex's trea-
son, i. 425.

Warts, how cured, i. 153, 200.

Warwick, earl of, i. 737. See Plantagenet.

Waste, case of impeachment of waste, i. 616, &c. very diffi-
cult to resolve this case, ib.

Water, salt, how made fresh, i. 82, foul, how clarified, 83,
how separated from wine, ib. turned into ice, by snow,
nitre, and salt, 86.

Water thickened in a cave, i. 94, changed suddenly into
air, 96, more difficult to turn water into oil, than silver
into gold, 125, choice of waters, by weight, 129, by boil
ing, ib. by longest lasting unputrified, ib. by making
drinks stronger, ib. by bearing soap, ib. judged of by the
places where they are congregated, 130, by the soil, ib.
Waters sweet not to be trusted, ib. Well-water, ib.
whether water putteth forth herbs without roots, 146,
water alone will cause plants to sprout, ib. well-water
warmer in winter than summer, 187, water rising in a
bason by means of flame, ib. hot water and fire heat differ-
ently, i. 158, water cooleth air, and moisteneth it not,
185.

Water may be the medium of sound, i. 174, watry moisture
induceth putrefaction, 122, turning watry substances
into oily, a great work in nature, 125, for instances there-
of, ib. wrought by digestion, ib. watering of grounds a
great help to fruitfulness, 149, cautions therein, ib. means
to water them, ib.
Water-cresses, i. 125.

Water-fowls flocking to the shore portend rain, i. 178.
Waving, how a property in goods may be got thereby, i.
586.

Wealth of England under queen Elizabeth, i. 380.
Wealth of Spain, whence, i. 531.
Wealth, excess of, hurtful to a state, and to private per-
sons, i. 506.

Wealth, in whose custody it is of most advantage to a state,
i. 506, 507, inconveniences of its being lodged in few
hands, 507.

Weapon anointed, i. 200, 201, weapons and ammunition of
all sorts should be stored up, 516.
Weapons of war, i. 307.

Weight of the dissolution of iron in aqua-fortis, i. 173.
Weight, how it causes separation of bodies, i. 84, weight in
air and water, 174.

Weights and measures, prerogative of the king relating
thereto, i. 478.

Wentworth, Sir John, his cause recommended to the lord
chancellor by the marquis of Buckingham, i. 210.
West Indies, concerning the trade thither, i. 476, France
and Portugal debarred trading thither, ib. trade thither
carried on by the English, ib. it ought to be free, 393.
West Indies, the gold and silver drawn by Spain from
thence, how consumed by king Philip, i. 369.
Weston, his confession of Overbury's death, his trial and
condemnation, i. 698, ii. 176.

Weston, Sir Richard, chancellor of the exchequer, letter
to him from lord viscount St. Alban, ii. 260.
Weymouth, king of Castile puts in there, i. 789.
Wheat set, i. 134.

Whispering place, i. 104, you cannot make a tone, or sing
in whispering, 107.

White, a penurious colour, i. 96, 141, in flowers, commonly
more inodorate than other colours, whence, 141. White
more delicate in berries, whence, ib. not so commonly in
fruits, whence, ib.

White gunpowder, i. 101.

Whitehead favoured by queen Elizabeth, i. 316.
Whiteness, directions for inquiring into its nature, i. 225.
White rose, the clearness of that title, i. 732.

White, Richard, ii. 211.

Whitelocke, James, charge against him by Sir Francis Ba-
con, ii. 161, some account of him, note ‡, set at liberty,
161 note*.

Whiting, Dr. John, ii. 173.

Wholesome seats, i. 172, trial for them, 177, moist air not
good, ib. inequality of air naught, ib.

Wife, excused by law, if she acts in obedience to her hus-
band in felony, i. 554, but not in treason, and why, ib.
loseth no dower, though the husband be attainted of
felony, 580.

Wife and children hostages to Fortune, i. 266, reckoned
only as bills of charges by some, ib. Wives good and
bad, ib. are mistresses, companions, nurses, ib.
of kings, 276.

Wilbraham, Sir Roger, ii. 176.

Wives

Wildfires, why water will not quench them, i. 173.
Wild herbs show the nature of the ground, i. 155.
Wilford, Ralph, counterfeit earl of Warwick, i. 782.
Will, conveyance of lands thereby, i. 584, the want of this
before 32 Henry VIII. was justly thought to be a defect
of the common law, ib. what shifts people were forced to
make before this method, 585, the inconveniences there-
from of putting lands into use, as they then did, ib. the
method of preventing this by several statutes, ib. how
lands are to be disposed of by will, by statute of 27 Henry
VIII. ib. what limitations several lands are under in this
way of disposing, ib. what it is to have one proved, 587,
how a man's goods were formerly disposed of when he
died without a will, ib. what bishop shall have the right
of proving them how determined, ib.

Will of man, branches of knowledge which refer to it, i. 56.
William I. declines the title of Conqueror in the beginning
of his reign, i. 732, and claims by the will of Edward the
Confessor, ib.

William, duke of Mantua, i. 365.

duke of Bavaria, i. 367.

duke of Lunenburgh, i. 367.

duke of Juliers, Cleve, and Bergen, i. 368.
landgrave of Hesse, i. 368.

Williams, Dr. John, bishop of Lincoln, and lord keeper,
receives many applications from the marquis of Buck-
ingham relating to causes in his court, ii. 186 note ††,
his letter to lord Bacon, 235, letter to him from lord
Bacon, 245, his letter to lord Bacon, 249
Williams, Mr. licence granted to him, ii. 212.
Williams, Sir Roger, ii. 148 note.

Williams, John, discovered to be author of a libel against
king James I. ii. 164 note †, executed, ib.

Willoughby, Sir Robert, sent to sheriff Hutton, i. 733, con-
veys Edward Plantagenet, and shuts him up in the
Tower, ib. created lord Brook, 735.

Winch, Sir Humphry, commended, i. 714.

Windham, Sir John, beheaded by Henry VII. i. 787.
Winding trees, i. 143.

Winds vary sounds, i. 114.

Winds, southern, dispose men's bodies to heaviness, i. 128.
Winds, southern, without rain feverish, 173. Winds
gathered for freshness, 172, breathing out of the earth,
177, prognostics of winds from animals, 178.
Windsor treaty, with the king of Castile, i. 790.
Wine and water separated by weight, i. 84, trial thereof in
two glasses, ib. when it will operate and when not, ib.
spirit of wine burned, 126, mingled with wax, the oper-
ation of it, ib.

Wine, whether separated from water by passing through
ivy-wood, i. 83. Wine burnt inflameth less, because the
finer spirit is evaporated, 85. Wine sparingly to be used
in consumptions, 90, retards the germination of seeds,
131, said by the ancients to make the plane-tree fruitful,
152. Wine best in a dry vintage, 156, new wine let
down into the sea presently made potable, 158, for what
bodies good, and for what hurtful, 165, how to correct
the Greek wines, that they may not fume or inebriate, 173.
Wine for the spirits, 250, against melancholy, ib. Wine
in which gold is quenched, recommended, 252. Wines
and woads not to be imported but upon English bot-
toms, 751.

Winter and summer sicknesses, i. 128, warm winters de-
stroy trees, 156, signs of a cold winter, 166, 177.

Winter sleepers, i. 189.

Winwood, Sir Ralph, reflected on by the lord keeper
Bacon, ii. 193 note +, dies, 200 note †.

Wisdom for a man's self, or self-cunning, not to be over-
indulged, i. 280, suits better with princes than private
persons, ib. no prime officers to be chosen of this cha-
racter, ib. the self-cunning often unfortunate, ib.

Wise men learn more by fools, than fools by wise men,
i. 326, difference between a wise and cunning man, 278,
such as are wise only in appearance, 281.

Wit, we should distinguish between the saltness and the
bitterness of it, i. 288.

Witches and conjurors are guilty of felony, i. 644, how to
be punished, 674.

Witches said to eat man's flesh greedily, i. 184, their con-
fessions not rashly to be credited, 190, 191, of what kind,
191, work by imagination, 196, ointments said to be used
by them, 198.

Witnesses, how to be examined in chancery, i. 720.
Woad, the sowing of it recommended, i. 517.
Wolf's guts applied to the belly, their virtue, i. 198.
Wolsey, Thomas, employed to conclude a match for Henry
VII. with Margaret, duchess dowager of Savoy, i. 791.
was then the king's chaplain, ib. his remarkable saying,
ii. 234.

Woman's milk, why only good for infants, i. 90.
Women making an ill choice generally maintain their con-
duct, i. 258, 266, made capital to carry them away
forcibly. 748, advanced by their husbands, should not
alien, 769, the regiment of them considered, 528.
Wonder, the impressions thereof, i. 164, in wonder the
spirits fly not as in fear, but settle, ib.

Wood shining in the dark, i. 124, bathed in hot ashes be-
cometh flexible, 181.

Wood's declaration relating to Essex's treason, i. 412, 425.
Woodbine, i. 139, 157.

Woods, especially of ship-timber, the planting and preserv
ing them recommended, i. 517.

Woodseare, found only on hot herbs, i. 139.
Woodvile, lord, uncle to the queen of Henry VII. i. 745,
governor of the Isle of Wight, ib. against the king's
commandment raises 400 men, and passes to the assist-
ance of the duke of Britany, ib. slain fighting valiantly
for the Britains, 747.

Wool attractive of water through a vessel, i. 94.
Worcester, earl of, his declaration concerning Essex's
treason, i. 428.

Words are to be understood so as to work somewhat, and
not to be idle and frivolous, i. 551, this explained by ex-
ample, ib. if any ambiguity and uncertainty be in them
in pleadings, the plea shall be strictly against him that
pleads, 552, are so taken in law, as no material part of
the parties' intent perish, 629, rules for the exposition of
them, 631, of reproach and contumely frequent among
the Greeks and Romans, 682.

World supposed by some to be a living creature, i. 190.
Worms foretell rain, i. 178.

Worsley, William, a Dominican, and dean of Paul's, not
tried for Perkin's treason, i. 765.

Wotton, Sir Henry, his sentiment how contemptible critics
were, i. 327.

Wounds cured by skins of beasts newly pulled off, and
whites of eggs, i. 157, 158. Wounds made with brass
easier to cure than with iron, 173.

Wrecks, statute relating thereto explained, i. 559, how
property is gained in goods shipwrecked, 586, what is
properly a wreck, 587.

Wrists have a sympathy with the head and other parts, i. 97.
Writs original, no certain beginning of them, i. 390. Writs
of covenant, and of entry, 592. Writ of certiorari in the
exchequer, 593.

Writs which are not to pass without warrant from the
chancellor, i. 721.
Wyche, Mr. ii. 208, 220.

X

XENOPHON Commends the nurture of the Persian children
for feeding on cardamon, i. 125, observes the Medes
painted their eyes, 167.

Yellow colour in herbs, i. 141, less succulent, and generally
stand to the north, ib.

Yelverton, Sir Henry, solicitor-general, ii. 183, his letter
to lord keeper Bacon, 194, letter to him from the lord
chancellor Bacon, 201, passes a strange book to one
Hall for making denizens, 209, exhibits an information
against the Dutch merchants, for transporting gold, 209,
214, reflected on by the lord chancellor, 223, notes of
the lord chancellor's speech in his cause in the star-
chamber, 224, prosecution of him in that court, ib. his
case, 224, 227.

Yolk of the egg conduceth little to the generation of the
bird, only to the nourishment, i. 96.

York, house of, the indubitate heirs of the crown, i. 732,
the people's affection to it, 737.

Young trees, which bear best, i. 153, have more watery
juices, and less concocted, ib.

Younger brothers seldom fortunate where the elder are
disinherited, i. 266.

Youth and age, i. 295. Youth seldom passed to the best
advantage, ib. Youth and age, their advantages and
disadvantages, ib. the difference between the errors of
young men and old, ib. a mixture of old and young re-
commended in business, ib. Young men more moral
than old, ib.

Youth, in the youth of a state arms flourish, i. 308.

Academiarum arctior conjunctio valde utilis, ii. 310.
Academiæ mores progressui scientiarum obstant, ii. 285.
Academici et sceptici philosophi scientiæ certitudinem abs-
tulerunt, ii. 300, 357.

Acatalepsia opinio, ii. 357. Acatalepsia Platonis, ii. 440.
Accensio luminis naturalis, ii. 681.

Accentus verborum et pronunciatio, ii. 367.
Accidentales generationes ventorum, ii. 525.
Accipiter ad annos quadraginta vivit, ii. 567.
Accumulatio nimia legum, ii. 422.

Acedo sive acrimonia potus, putrefactionis genus, ii. 591.
Acetum, turbinem compescere perhibetur, ii. 528.
Acerbitas legum, ii. 418.

Acheloï et Herculis certamen; ad belli expeditiones hæc
fabula pertinet, ii. 716.

Acida generationi succi roscidi opposita, ii. 587, 600.
Acosta de fluxu et refluxu maris, ii. 479. Non satis con-
stat sibi de asseclis ventis, qui spirant ad Peruviam et
litora maris australis, 521. Ejus observatio de Plata et
Potosa, 524.

Acoustica, ii. 330.

Acria ad palatum vitanda, ii. 581.

Acroamaticum sive ænigmaticum, dicendi genus dehones-
tatum, ii. 370.

Actæonis fabula curiositatem illicitam coërcere excogitata,
ii. 710.

Actiaca pugna, ii. 417.

Actiones theatrales maxime utiles, ii. 322. Actionis the-

atralis usus multiplex, 387.

Actiones præsentes nosse plurimum prodest, ii. 408.
Actiones ad amplificandas literas circa tria versantur ob-
jecta, ii. 309. Actio naturalis, 487.

Actorum solennitates, ii. 318.

Acuminatum fortius penetrat quam obtusum, ii. 373.
Acus nauticæ inventio, ii. 451, 643.

Motus ejus convenit
cum cœlestibus, 451. Ejus versorium, 481.
Adamas præcellit auro, ii. 375.
Additamenta quinque utilia historiæ naturali, ii. 507,
508.

Aditus facilis et vultus comis, ii. 399.
Admiratio proprie quid, ii. 292.

Est semen scientiæ, ib.
Admiratio Deum

Admiratio proles est raritatis, 476.
spectat, scientia creaturas, 292.
Adolescentes spe beati, ii. 388.

Adonidis Hercules statuam vidit, 297.

Adrianus omnis secreti investigator inexplebilis, ii. 304.
Adulatio literarum dignitati nocet, ii. 296. Ejus turpi-
tudo, ib. Magis ex more, quam malitia, 384. Aucupii
genus, ib.

Advocatum quid commendat, ii. 345. Eorum perora-
tiones, 424.

Edificii partes efformare aliud, aliud compaginare, ii. 392.
Ægyptus septem annos fertiles, totidem steriles, habuit, ii.
398.
Ægyptii vetustissimi indagatores antiquitatis, ii. 302, 355.
lis plurimæ artes debent initia, 355.

Ægyptii sacerdotis de Græcis vaticinium, ii. 441, 302.
Rerum inventoribus divinitatem at tribuerunt, 442.
Egyptii, cur tot brutorum effigies in templis consecrabant,
ii. 642.

Egyptii non pro longævis memorantur, ii. 570.
Emuli et æquales considerandi, ii. 410.
Encæ oraculum, ii. 319.

Enigmata Sphingis, ii. 322, 722.

Enigmata dehonestata, ii. 370. Eorum usus et fines, ib.
Æoli regnum, fictio poëtarum, ii. 524.
Eoli regnum sub terra collocatum, ii. 524.
Equinoctialis linea, ibi homines bene diu vivunt, ii. 574.
Equivocationes sunt sophismata sophismatum, ii. 363.
Aëris constitutio pestilens, ii. 335. Aër ambiens prædato-
rius, 349. Aëres magis et minus salubres dignoscendi,
359. Aëris motus, 362. Aër furentem concipit calorem
si concludatur, 460, 462. De aëre concluso inquirendum,
462. Facillime excipit et remittit calorem, 466. Aëris
dilatatio et expansio, 468. Frigora intensa in media
aeris regione, 475. Aër nunquam exuit fluorem, 477.
Aer subter aquam ascendit pressura aquæ, ii. 479. Aër
non est flamma accensa, 483. Super aquam se multi-
plicat, 495. Aëris extensio in ovis vitreis, 492, 489.
Aër expirat a terra primo sensim et sparsim, dein invalescit
et fit ventus, ii. 524. In terra clausus varias ob causas
erumpere compellitur, ib. Aëris tumores sive super-
onerationes, 525. Aër expansus in ventosis, 545.
Aër
sibi quædam assimilat, 551. Qualem rarefactionem sus-
tineat, ib. De aëre observationes variæ, 554, 557, 562.
Quousque condensari potest, 557. Aër desiccat, nun-
quam colliquat, 564. Aër aquave ambiens corpora
utrum magis noceat, 568. Quo statu minus prædatorius,
574. Aëris salubritas, 575. Equalitas et mutatio ejus,
ib. Purus, spiritus densat, 580. Exclusus ad vite
diuturnitatem confert, 583. Mutatio quatenus utilis et
noxia, 585. Quinam optimus ad cor consolandum, 589.
Aëris bonitas, ib. Aër substantia fixa, 595, 602. Aër in
nive et spuma, 598. Aër et flamma heterogenea, 664.
Evolatio spiritus in aërem tanquam ad globum connatu-
ralium suorum, 598. Crassior flamma et spiritu, tenuior
aqua, 599. Consubstantialis et homogeneus aquæ, 600,
602. Exclusus confert ad longævitatem, 600. Cum
flamma et spiritu comparatur, 602. Aëris superoneratio
unde, ib. Quantum confert ad sonum, 608, 609.
regio superior. 627. Media, ib. Incrassatur in fodinis
ad tempora fluxus maris, 629. Aër et flamma quo

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