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Inquifition, 26; of lame men, 27; of mechanics fabled
by Dadalus, 286; public, reftrains overgrown greatness,
30; proper attribute of the Devil, 31

Epicurus' opinion of atoms, 281

Epimetheus, 53

Ericthonius, or Imposture, 289

Efop's cock, 42; fable of a cat, 142;

Examples of unfortunate kings, 67; of friendship, 94
Expenfe, 100; ordinary, 100; extraordinary, 100
Experiment, rashness of, 311

FABLE of Atalanta, 302; of Prometheus, 304; of Proteus,
interpretation of, 271

Fame, Fragment of Effay on, 207; pedigree of, 47; the
fifter of the giants, 261

Favourites, how bridled, 134; lefs dangerous if mean than
noble, 134; or Endymion beloved by Luna, 2 59 ; of kings
fimple rather than wife or cunning, 259

Fear of death, 4

Fiction, love of, 1

Flowers and trees for each month, 162

Followers, 172; costly, not to be liked, nor factious, nor
fpies, 173

Forgiveness, glory of, 13

Fortune, 143; in a man's own power, 143; blind not in-
visible, 143; Italian proverb concerning, 144

Fountains of two forts, 167

Franknefs, quality of the ablest men, 17
Friend, ufe of, 100

Friends, 172

Friendship redoubleth joys, 95; leffens forrow, 95; health-
ful for the understanding, 96; for counfel by, 98; noble
fruits of, 99; its fruits, 92; fought for by kings, 92;
altar raised to, 94; examples of, 94

GAMES of Prometheus, 317

Garden, description of, 165; for each month, 162 divided
in three parts, 165

Gardening, the pureft of pleasures, 162

Gellius, faying of, 90

Glory of forgiveness, 13

Goodness imprinted in a man's nature, 42; or philanthro-

pia, 41; parts of, 44

Government, 48; of colonies, 123; pillars of, religion, juf-

tice, counsel, treasure, 49

Great place, 34

Graa, or Intrigue, 257

Greek philofophy investigates first principles, 280

HABITS beft overcome at once, 139

Harp of David, 16

Heath, 168

Heaven, or Beginnings, 268

Helen, preferred to Juno and Pallas, riches and wisdom, 33
Helicon, waters of, loft in feditious tumults, 268

Henry VII. only two counsellors, 73; fufpicious, 117
Herbs for plantations, 122

Hippomene challenged by Atalanta, 302

Honour, three things, 135

Hope, importance of, in government, 53; to be entertained
by the aged, 115,

Houfes, ufe preferred to uniformity in, 156; choice of ground
for building, 156; for fummer and winter, 157

Icarus, 287

Illicit arts, 289

Imposture, or Erichonius, 289

Indians, custom of, 141

Injudicious free-speakers, 232

Innovation, 86

Infolent fuccefs exposed to envy, 29

Iphicrates, his address to the Lacedemonians, 241
Irish rebel, 141

JESTS, things privileged from, 119

Judges, office of, with reference to the fuitors, 191; with
reference to the advocates, 193; to the inferior officers
of the court, 194; to the king, 195; their office to in-
terpret, not make law; their qualities, 191

Judicature, 191

Jupiter lamed by Typhon, 233; married Metis, or Counsel, 71
Juftice, pillar of government, 49

Juft fears, caufe for war, 67

KINGS, endangered by kindred and prelates, 67, 68; hearts
infcrutable, 64; fond of toys and trifling acts, 65; for-

tunate, have checks, 65; examples of, 65; in counsel
fhould be filent to get at truth, 76; nature of, 209;
maxims for, 219; qualities of, 210-11; precepts concern-
ing, 70; fharp speeches by, dangerous, 54; will, contra-
dictions, 66

Kingdoms, their true Greatness, 102
Knee timber, 43

LEAGUES, or Styx, 239
Letters, when good, 170

Libels, 47; open and audacious, fign of troubles, 47
Licensed money-lenders, 149

Love, martial men given to, 34; wanton, corrupteth, 34;
flood time in adverfity and profperity, 33; useful to the
drama, 32; rejected in excefs by great minds, 32; Epi-
curus' faying of, 32; foolish idolatry, 32; ruined Mark
Antony and Claudius, 32; which lofeth all things, lofeth
itself, 33; the most ancient of the gods, 278

Lewis XI. of France, his favourites, 260

Low Countries, recurrence of weather in, 201
Lucian's faying of Menippus, 214

Machiavel, 200

Machiavel, of custom, 143; in the Christian faith, 42 ; opi-
nion of Henry III. of France, 48

Mahomet's boldness, 40

Man, ftatue of, 304; the centre of the univerfe, 307
Manner of planting new fects, threefold, 202

Manufactures, fit for plantations, 122

Marriage and fingle life, 23

Married men, best subjects, 24; best foldiers, 24; give hof-

tage to fortune, 23

Mafques and triumphs, 136

Maffacre, in France, 11

Matter, force may change but cannot annihilate, 273

Meals, cheerfulness at, 115

Mediocrity in morals, 319

Memnon, or a youth too forward, 274; fable of, explained,

274

Mercenaries, not to be depended upon, 105

Merchants, vena porta, 69; wealth of a state, 69; impolicy
of taxing heavily, 70

Metis, or Counsel, 331; relating to governments, 331

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Mifanthropi worse than Timon, 43

Monarchy, tree of, 107

Monks in Ruffia, 141

Monopoly, evils of, 52

Montaigne, 4

Moral and civil philosophy, fabled by the songs of Orpheus,

266

Mountebanks of the body politic, 40

Narciffus, or felf-love, 237

National greatness best promoted by arms, 109
Nations, wealth of, 52

Nature, 138

Nature and Art, allegory of contest between, 302; not to

be overtasked, 138; or Pan, 242

Neceffity, the ruler of princes, 240

Negociation, better by speech than letter, 170

Negociator, how to choose, 171

Nemefis, or the viciffitude of things, 292; vengeance or re-
tribution, 292; daughter of Ocean and Night, 292

Nero Commodus, character of, 65

New fects in religion, when dangerous, 202

Nobility, monarchy without it a tyranny, 44; numerous,
make a state poor, 45; of birth, abates industry, extin-
guishes envy, 46; when depreffed, dangerous, 69
Noblemen, too many bad for a state, 106

Nobles and people, difcontent of, 52

ODOURS, 137

Edipus, 321

Old men envious, 27

Order, life of difpatch, 88

Ordnance, use of, in China 2000 years fince, 205
Orpheus, or philofophy, 264; fongs of, indicate moral or

civil difcipline, 266; and Sirens, 332

Otho, 5

Over early ripeness in youth, 152

PAINTING, imagination better than reality in, 153

Palace, defcription of, 157

Pallas, 53

Pan, or Nature, 242; god of huntsmen and shepherds, 243 §
how clothed, 243; accofted by Silenus and Satyrs, 243;
contended with Apollo, 243; represents the all of things,
or nature, 244

Pandora's Box, 305

Parables, preceded philofophical reasoning, 228
Parents and Children, 21

Parents, their joys, 21; their forrows, 21; their partiality,
21; their covetousness, 22; should keep close authority,
not a close purse, 22 ; fhould avoid emulations, 22; should

be liberal, 22

Paffions to be avoided in age, 115

Patience effential to justice, 193

Pentheus, or perplexed judgement, 263

People fit for colonies, 121; overtaxed not fit for empire, 105
Perfeus, or War, 254; flays Medusa, 254; receives swift-
nefs, fecrecy, and forefight, 256; reforts to the Graa, or
Intrigues, 257

Perfians in Arbela, 104

Perfonal negociation, when good, 171
Philanthropia, 41

Philofophy deftroyed by feditious tumult, 268; or Orpheus,
264; true end of, 324

Physicians, how to choose, 116

Phyfic and diet, 115

Pillars of government, 49

Pilate, 1

Place, fheweth the man, 37; rifing into, laborious, standing
flippery, fometimes base, 34

Placemen, thrice fervants, to the king, to the state, and to

fame, 34; as to their colleagues, 38

Plantations, 121

Plants yielding the most perfume, 164
Plato, faying of, 90

Pleafure, allegorical reprefentation of, 276; in recurring to

youthful days, 276

Pluto's helmet, 78

Political discontent, how estimated, 50

Powder plot, II

Power to do good, lawful end of aspiring, 35

Poverty, caufe of fedition, 49

Preface to Wisdom of the Ancients, 223

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