Plantations, i. 288, how to be regulated with regard to Plutarch did not write the discourse “ De Primno Frigido,"

speedy profit, and the people with whom you plant, 289, i. 93, his account of Augustus's visiting Alexander's
with regard to soil, minerals, and produce, ib. how the sepulchre, i. 171, several observations of his, 329, of
government, customs, and buildings are to be directed, fame and superstition, 274, what he saith of Timoleon's
ib. when to be planted with women, ib.

Plantations at fortune, 259, 294.
home with regard to orchards, gardens, hop-yards, Pluto, i. 290.
woods, &c. 517, a further regulation of foreign ones, ib. Pneumaticals in bodies, i. 126, 181.
fixing of them should proceed rather from the king's Poesy, i. 27, how divided, 32.
leave than command, 518. See Ireland.

Poets, the best writers next to the prose, i. 322.
Plantianus, i. 282.

Poisoning of air, i. 192.
Plane-tree, irrigation of with wine, i. 152.

Poisoning, the particular heinousness of this sin set forth,
Plants, why of greater age than living creatures, i. 91, i. 705, no example of this sin is to be found in Scripture.

dignity of plants, 131, acceleration of their germination, 696, is made high treason, ib. the great difficulty of
ib, et

seq.

the melioration of them divers ways, 133, et getting clear proofs in cases thereof, as is shown by
seq. cause why some die in winter, 135, sympathy and examples, 705, &c. the monstrous impiety of this sin,
antipathy of plants, 137, et seq. utterly mistaken, ib. 398, a design to poison queen Elizabeth is discovered,
Plants drawing the same juices out of the earth thrive 40),
not together, 138, drawers of much nourishment hurt Poisonings, by smells, i. 192, caution touching poisoning, ib.
their neighbour plants. ib. drawing several juices thrive Poisonous creatures love to lie under odorate herbs, i. 157.
well together, ib. several instances of each, ib. desig. Poisons, why attended with swellings, i. 122, of asps, 154.
nations for further trials hereof. ib. trial in herbs poisonous Poisons externally used draw venom, i. 198.
and purgative, ib. Plants that die placed together, ib. Poland, its state considered, i. 381.
trial whether plants will attract water at some distance, Pole, William De la, brother to the earl of Suffolk, seized
139, how rendered medicinable, ib. curiosities touching by Henry VII. i. 787.
plants, 140, et seq. Plants will degenerate, 142, 143, Politicians of the weaker sort great dissemblers, i. 24,
the several causes thereof, ib. transmutation of plants, composition of a complete one, 265.
142, six desigoations thereof, 143, their several excres- Polycrates's daughter, her dream, i. 290.
cences, 143, et seq. prickles of trees, 145. Plants grow. | Polygamy disallowed, i. 211.
ing without seed, 146, growing out of stone, ib. Plants Polyphemus's courtesy to be last eaten up, i. 535.
foreign, ib. removed out of hot countries, will keep their Pomanders, or knots of powders, their uses, i. 193.
seasons, ib. set in the summer season will prosper in Pompey, i. 321, says “Duty is more necessary than life,"
colder countries, ib. seasons of several plants, 146, 147. 323. Vide Cæsar, and 302. How ruined by Cæsar, 319.
Plants bearing blossoms, and young fruits, and ripe fruits | Pons, Jasper, a Spaniard, the pope's commissioner in the
together, 147. Plants with joints and knuckles in the jubilee year, i. 783.
stalks, 148, the causes thereof, ib. differences of plants, Pont Charenton, the echo there, i. 114.
ib. some putting forth blossoms before leaves, ib. Others, Poor, concerning the ways of relieving them, i. 495.
leaves before blossoms, ib. the cause of each, ib. Plants Pope, that he has power of deposing and murdering
green all winter, ib. the cause, ib. Plants not sup. kings, is a dangerous doctrine, i. 687, the ill effects of
porting themselves, 149, the cause of their slenderness, this doctrinc shown in many instances, ib. the little
ib. Plants and inanimate bodies differ in four things, respect some princes have shown to the pope, ib. Suarez's
150. Plants and metals in three, ib. Plants and doctrine concerning his power over kings, 687, 688.
mouldiness, or putrefactions, wherein they differ, ib. Popes, what expected from them when they affect the title
Plants and living creatures, their differences, ib. male of " Padre commune," i. 302.
and female in plants, 15). Plants whereof garments Popham, speaker of the house of commons, and afterwards
are made, ib. Plants sleeping. ib. Plants with bearded chief justice, i. 325.
roots, ib. Plants esculert, 152, parts in plants that are Popularity, how far to be avoided by judges, i. 713.
nourishing, ib. seeds in plants more strong than either Poreblind men, why they see best near hand, i. 185, 186.
leaf or root, the cause, 152, 153, in some not, 153. Porter, Endymion, i. 304.
Plants with milk in them, ib. Plants with red juice, Portugal, its afflicted condition, i. 381.
154, few plants have a salt taste, ib. Plants with curled Postea, what it is, i. 575.
leaves, ib. Plants may be translated into other regionis, Post-nati, of Scotland, their case argued, i. 652, &c. the
155, yet they like some soils more than others, ib. seve- state of the question concerning them explained, 632,
ral instances thereof, ib. Plants without leaves, 171, their case and that of the ante-nati different, 655, muss
singularities in sereral plants, 157.

be either alien or natural born, ib. confutation of te
Plates of metal assuage swelling, i. 185.

objections against them, as drawn from statutes, 652
Plato, i. 3:21, taxes Diogenes's pride, 323, his comparing 656, or from book cases, 657, more arguments in defence

Socrates to the apothecaries' drugs, 324, his ridicule of of their being by law natural subjects of England, but
Prodicus, 281.

a query whether they are natural-born subjects, 464,
Plato, his notion that all knowledge was but remembrance, though they are naturalized ipso jure, yet it is proper
i. 306.

they should be so likewise by act of parliament, 463.
Plea, what is properly the matter of one, i. 720.

Posture of the body, i. 166, to be altered every half hour
Pleadings, seasons for their being published, i. 615.

252.
Pleasure of the eye and ears, the effect of equality and Potatoe roots, i. 90, potted, grow larger, 135.
good proportion, i. 99.

Poverty of the learned, i. 6.
Pleasure and displeasure of the senses, i. 161.

Poulet, John, Esq. ii. 166.
Plenty in England remarkable in queen Elizabeth's time, Poultis for the gout, and for other things, i. 91, 253.
i. 380.

Præmunire, cases thereof, i. 645, the proceedings, trial, Prolonging life, i. 89, what state of life conduceth most to
punishment, &c. therein, ib.

its prolongation, 117, precepts for the prolongation of
Prætors of Rome, great affinity between their office and lise, 252.
our chancellor's, i. 709.

Prometheus, an emblem of human nature, i. 264, 273.
Praise, the reflection of virtue, i. 303. Praise in excess Promises of God, concerning the redemption of man,
raises envy, contradiction, &c. ib.

manifested many ways, i. 338.
Prayer of the clergy, benefit thereof in cases of felony, i. Property in lands, how gained, i. 576, by entry how gained,

580, the book of Common Prayer how to be respected, ib. by descent how gained, ib. by escheat how gained,
674, is compared with preaching, 355, a set thereof com. 577, by conveyance how gained. 583, several ways of
mended, ib. of what it ought to consist, ib. of lord Bacon's, gaining it in goods and chattels, 586, three arguments of
339, for a student, 341, for an author, ib. one made by property, 618.
Bacon when chancellor, 340.

Prophecies, exclusive of revelation and heathen oracles,
Preachers, unfit ones not to be allowed, i. 357, if wanting, i. 290, whence they derive their credit, 29).

what remedies must be sought for, 357, not sufficient for Prophecies, spreaders thereof how to be punished, i. 675.
every parish, 359, stipends allotted for some in Lanca. Prophesying, what it was, i. 357, much commended, ib.
shire, ib.

Proprieties, secret, i. 96, 97, 20).
Precedents, instances of the great reverence paid to them, Proserpina, her fable, i. 97.
i. 640.

Prosperity, temperance its proper virtue, i. 264.
Precious stones comfort the spirits, i. 197.

Protagoras, i. 194.
Precipitation of metals, what, i. 246.

Prothonotary, his office, i. 650.
Prelates, when dangerous, i. 276.

Proud persons, how they bear misfortunes, i. 259.
Preparation of saffron, i. 250, of garlic, ib. of damask roses Prudence, doctrine of, i. 290.
for smell, ib.

Psalm 1st, translated, i. 603, the 12th, ib. the 90th, 361,
Prerogative of the king in parliaments, i. 646, in matters of the 104th, ib. the 126th, 362, the 137th, ib. the 149th, 363.

war and peace, ib. in matters of money, ib. in trade and Public good always most regarded by nature, i. 449, 450.
traffic, ib. in his subjects' persons, ib. of the king and Puckering, Sir John, lord keeper of the great seal, letter to
law, not to be considered separately, 715, of the king, him from Mr. Francis Bacon, ii. 141.
incommunicable, 647, &c. what persons they ought to Puebla, Dr. ambassador lieger from Spain, i. 788.
be who have this power committed to them, 647, such | Pugna per provocationem, what it was, i. 681, instances
authority delegated is derogatory to the king, ib. and thereof, ib.
also very dangerous, 648. See Magistrate.

Pupils, the prætorian power over them, i. 485.
Πρεσβύτερος, is always distinguished from ιερεύς, i. 356. Purchasers, very much favoured by our laws, i. 606.
Presence, the advantage of a good one, i. 319.

Purging medicines having their virtue in a fine spirit, en-
Preservation of bodies from corruption, i. 98. Preserva- dure not boiling, i. 84, their unpleasant taste how remc-

tion of fruits in syrups, 152, also in powders, ib. when to died, ib. several ways of the operations of purging medi-
gather fruits for preservation, ib. also in bottles in a well, cines, 88, proceed from the quantity or quality of the

ib. Preserving grapes long, ib. another way thereof, 155. medicines, ib, they work upon the humours, ib. medicines
Preservation is the chief law of nature, i. 441.

that purge by stool, and that purge by urine, 89, their
Pressure, what motion it causes in bodies, i. 83.

several causes, ib. work in these ways as they are given
Pretext never wanting to power, i. 746.

in quantity, ib. what weather best for purging, 92, pre-
Pretorian courts, i. 533.

parations before purging, ib. want of preparative, what
Prickles of trees, shrubs, and animals, i. 199.

hurt it doth, both in purging and after purging, ib.
Priest, christian, i. 205.

Puritans, ii. 258.
Priest, the word to be changed to minister in our liturgy, Pursevants, their business how to be managed, ii. 111.
i. 356.

Purveyance justly due to the crown, i. 520, and yet fre.
Princes leaning to party, like a boat overset by uneven quently abused, ib.

weight on one side, i. 27), advice to them, 273, resemble Purveyors, a speech concerning their abuses, i. 447, com-
the heavenly bodies, 277.

plaints about them, ib. their abuses enumerated, 448,
Princes cannot perpetuate their memory better than by instances of their frequent breaches of the law, ib.

making good laws, as is shown by comparison with their Putrefaction, its inception hath in it a maturation, i. 120.
other works, and by examples, i. 670, 671, should take Putrefaction, the acceleration of it, 122, the cause of
care to preserve each other's life and reputation, even in putrefaction, ib. Putrefaction, whence, ib, ten means of
times of hostility, 376.

inducing putrefaction, ib. 123, prohibiting putrefaction,
Principiation of metals, i. 244, whether any such thing or 123, 171, ten means of prohibiting it, 123, 124, incep-
no, ib. none such as sal, sulphur, and mercury, ib.

tions of putrefaction, 125, 153, putrefactions for the most
Privileged officers, an interruption to justice as much as part smell ill, whence, 179. Putrefaction hath affinity

privileged places, i. 787. Privileges of members of par- with plants, 150. Putrcfaction, from what causes it
liament, when burthensome, 513.

cometh, 179, 180. Putrefaction, the subtilest of all
Privy counsellor's duty, i. 514. Privy council how to be motions, 159. Putrefaction induced by the moonbeams,
chosen, ib.

88, doth not rise to its height at once, 176. Putrefac-
Privy counsellor, conspiring against his life how to be tions of living creatures have caused plagues, 192.
punished, i. 675.

Putrified bodies most odious to a creature of the same
Probus, did himself hurt by a speech, i. 273.

kind, i. 199.
Procession, a pleasant observation upon one, i. 330. Pye, Sir Robert, letter to him from lord viscount St.
Proclamation of king James before the book of Common Alban, ii. 262.
Prayer, i 511.

Pyrrhus had his teeth undivided, i. 168, his ambition, 315.
Proclamation drawn for his first coming in, i. 443, touch. Pythagoras, his philosophy full of superstition, i. 190,
ing his style, 445.

visited Hiero, 325, his parable, 282.
Proclamation for a parliament, a draught of one, ii. 118.
Procreations by copulation and by putrefaction, i. 189,

Q
the cause of each, ib.
Profanations, how to be punished, i. 674.

QUARRIES that grow hard, i. 182.
Prognostics for plenty or scarcity, i. 157, of pestilential Quarter sessions to be held by justices, i. 573.

years, 159, 166, 176, 177, and cold and long winters, 177, Questions touching minerals, i. 242, unexpected surprise,
by birds, 178, of a hot and dry summer, 177, by the birds 279, the use and advantage of asking questions, 288.
also, ib. of winds, 178, of great tempests, 177, of rain, Questions about the lawfulness of a war for the propa-
178, from living creatures, ib. from water-fowls and gating of religion, 529.
Jand-fowls, from fishes, ib. from beasts, ib. from herbs, ib. Quicksilver heated and pent in, hath the same force with
from aches in men's bodies, ib. from worms and vermin, gunpowder, i. 87, the coldest of metals, because the
ib. from the sweating of solid bodies, ib.

fullest of spirits, 93, will not bear the fire, 122.
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3 E

Quicksilver will conserve bodies, and harden them, i. 175. Remainder and reversion, the difference between them, i.
Quicksilver fixed to the hardness of lead, i. 182, 241, how 582, the former cannot be limited upon an estate in fee.

gilders guard against the ill effects of it, 192, a preserva- simple, ib. its significancy in the statute of uses, 609,610.
tive against the plague, 198.

Remains, medical, i. 250.
Quintius, his saying touching the state of Peloponnesus, Remembrancer of the lord treasurer in the exchequer, i.
i. 466.

595.
Quintus Pius, the victory of Lepanto owing to him, i. 199. Remembrancer in chancery, a proper officer recommended,

ii. 115.
R

Remitter, what the law means thereby, i. 557, several cases

of it explained, ib.
Rabbins, i. 295.

Rents, case thereof considered, i. 610, concerning the exe-
Rabelais, i, 313.

cution of them, ib.
Racking of wine or beer, i. 119.

Re-ordination of priests maintained by some, i. 347.
Rain in Egypt scarce, i. 170, the cause thereof, ib. several Repletion hindereth generation, i. 133, and stature, 143.
prognostics of rain, 178.

Reproofs from authority should not be taunting, i. 269.
Rainbow, the sweetness of its odour, i. 178.

Resemblances between the species of plants, i. 157, and
Raleigh, Sir Walter, a design to murder him by Sir likewise among animals, ib.

Christopher Blunt, i. 416, compared the ladies of the Respiration of the world, what, according to Apollonius, i.
queen's bed-chamber to witches, which have power to 190.
do hurt, but no good, 313, retort upon, 316, resentment Rest causeth putrefaction, i. 123.
against him by the Spanish ambassador, ii. 206, letter Restitutions of metals and minerals, ii. 246.
from the lord chancellor to the king, concerning the Retardation of germination, i. 132.
manner of proceeding against him, 207, declaration of Revelation of God's will by the Scriptures, i. 338, how
his demeanour and carriage, 208.

made before them, 339.
Rams' skins good to be applied to wounds, i. 158.

Revenge, wild justice, and ought to be weeded, i. 264, 332.
Ramsay, David, ii. 221.

Revenge, i. 264, puts the law out of office, ib. can only
Rates, they should be easy to the undertakers for planting take place where there is no law to remedy, ib. public
Ireland, i. 472.

revenges most fortunate, ib. mischiefs of allowing private
Ravenstein, lord, rebels against Maximilian, i. 752, 758,

revenge, 679.
carries on a piratical war, ib.

Revenue of the king, how to be managed and advanced, i.
Ravishment of women, how to be punished, i. 676.

715, ii. 113.
Reading, how to be regulated, i. 301.

Revenues, sundry sorts of royal revenues, i. 588, of the
Realm, the state of it how many ways endangered, and crown ought to be preserved, 520.
what punishments are due thereupon, i. 675.

Reverence of one's self, a bridle of vice, i. 211.
Rebel and enemy distinguished, i. 465.

Reversions cannot be granted by word, i. 582. See At-
Rebellion, how punishable, i. 675, several raised in Ireland turpment, Reverter.

by the king of Spain, 392, in the north, to what it was Reverter, its meaning stated in the statute of uses, i. 608.
owing, ib. how a subject may be guilty of it by taking up Review, bill of, in what cases to be admitted, or not, i. 716.
arms, 421, what consequences the law draws from it, Revocation of uses, Sir John Stanhope's case relating
421, 422.

thereto discussed, i, 627.
Receipts how to be managed after the union of England Rheums, how caused, i. 88, preservative against, 250.
and Scotland, i. 458.

Rhubarb contains parts of contrary operations, i. 84, 97.
Receptacle for converts to the reformed religion, recom- Rhubarb infused for a short time best, 84, repeated, may
mended, i. 496.

be as strong as scammony, ib. a benedict medicine, b.
Recoveries, what they are, i. 583, they bar entails, &c. ib. caution in the taking thereof, 88, its virtue, ib.

other effects thereof, ib. methods of proceeding therein, Rice, a nourishing meat, i. 90, the general food in
ib. why first introduced, ib.

Turkey, ib.
Recusants, how to be punished, i. 674, magistrates, who Richard II. his deposition, i. 312.
are so, how to be dealt with in Ireland, ii. 84.

Richard III. tyrant in title and regiment, i. 732, slain in
Red within, some few fruits, i. 141.

Bosworth-field, ib. slew with his own hands Henry VI.
Red juice in plants, i. 154.

ib, and his two nephews, ib. thought to poison his wife,
Reed or cane, a watery plant, i. 155.

ib. attainted after his death, 735.
Referees, the meaning of that word, ii. 229, note t. Richardson excuses himself from being speaker, i. 499.
References in chancery, when they may be made, i. 719. Riches, wherein they resemble muck, i. 321.
Referendaries, i. 301.

Riches, the baggage of virtue, i. 289, have sold more meo
Refining of metals insufficient, i. 182. how to multiply the than they have bought out, ib. unjust means of acquiring
heat, or open the body in refining, i. 244.

them, 290, little riches more hard to be got than great,
Reflexion of sounds, i. 113, not to be guided like the re- ib.
flexion of species visible, ib.

Riding, good for the head, i. 30).
Reformation of religion under queen Elizabeth, i. 381, the Right side and left, senses alike strong on both sides, limbs
benefits thereof, ib.

strongest on the right, i. 186, the cause of each, ib.
Refraction causeth the species visible to appear bigger, i. Rights are of two sorts, i. 598, according to the civilians,
170, other observations about refractions, ib.

of three sorts, 599, when two meet in one person there
Registers in chancery, their office, and orders relating to is no confusion of them, but they remain in law distinct,
it, i. 718.

658, how this last rule is limited, ib.
Relief, a sum of 51. so called, to be paid by every tenant by Riots and violent assaults how to be punished, i. 676.

knight's service to his lord, i. 579, of tenant in socage, Rivers, the advantage of making them navigable, i. 517.
what, ib.

Robberies disguised, instances thereof, and how they are
Religion, unity in it, i. 262, the chief band of society, ib. to be punished, i. 676.

ib. free in its naturalizations, ib. causes of its growth, ib. Sap assisted by leaving top.houghs in polling, i. 135. Sap
esteemed a valiant nation, 681, duels not used amongst of trees, 155, the differing nature thereof in several
them, ib. the emperors thereof used in their titles the trees, ib.
additions of nations they had conquered, 447.

“ Sapientia Veterum " quoted, i. 97.
Romulus, his legacy to the Romans, i. 286.

Satiety, or cloying in meats, i. 118.
Rooms built for health, i. 194.

Savage, Sir John, slain riding about the walls of Boloign,
Roos, William lord, ii. 170, 177.

i. 760.
Roos, lady, personates Luke Hutton, ii. 218.

Savages, how treated, i. 289.
Roots, advantages of digging and loosening the earth about Saville, Sir Henry, some account of him, ii. 45 note +,
them, i. 132, 133.

his judgment of poets, i. 3:22.
Roots of fruit trees multiplied, i. 133. Root made larger Savoy, the state thereof considered, i. 382.
by putting panicum about it, 134.

Roots potted, grow Saxony, duke of, how he surprises Dam in favour of
greater, 137.

Roots preserved all winter, ib. Roots, Maximilian, i. 758, takes Sluice, ib.
bulbous, fibrous, and hirsute, 151. Roots of trees that Scales growing to the teeth as hard as the teeth, i. 96, of
descend deep, 155, others that spread more, ib. the cause fishes that resemble rotten wood in their shining, 124.
of each, ib.

Scaliger, i. 160.
Rosa solis, the herb, i. 139.

Scarlet-dye, i. 188.
Roses damask, how conserved, i. 126, 132, how to make Si nism more scandalous than corruption of manners, i.

them late and sweet, 132, 133, and come twice a year, 332, how to be punished, 674.
147.

Schoolmen compared to the fictions of astronomy, i. 274,
Rotten apples putrify sound ones, i. 122.

320, useful, 301.
Roxolana, the destruction of Sultan Mustapha, i. 276. Schools of learning to be cherished, i. 511.
Rubbing. See Friction.

Scipio Africanus, his declension, i. 296.
Rue improved, i. 138. Rue helpeth the fig-tree, ib. Scire facias, a writ, in what cases not to be awarded, i. 721.
Rules of law, an account of our author's method and Scissile and not scissile, i. 182.
manner in digesting them, i. 546.

Scoffing at holy matters, one cause of atheism, i. 274.
Russian monks, their prodigious patience, i. 293.

Scotland, account of the parliament held there in 1616,
Rust of metals, i. 122, 245.

ii. 189.
Rutland, his examination in relation to Essex's treason, Scribonianus, his conspiracy against Claudius, i. 326.
i. 429.

Scriptures are from God and contain his will, i. 339, are
Rutland, Frances, countess of, ii. 187 note S.

not to be altered, ib.

Scots, a commendation of their virtues, &c. i. 464, ought
S

to be esteemed denizens of England, 455, are infested

by the Guises, and relieved by queen Elizabeth, 390.
SABELLIAN heresy, the occasion of its rise, i. 346.

Sea clearer, the north wind blowing than the south, i. 158.
Sackville, Sir Edward, named to be chairman of the com- Sea by the bubbles foreshows wind, 177. Sea-water

mittee of the house of commons, for inquiring into looketh black moved, white resting, 186, the cause, ib.
the abuses of the courts of justice, ii. 331 note t, Seas shallow and narrow break more than deep and
zealous for lord viscount St. Alban, 238, 242, 244, his large, 187.
letter to lord St. Alban, 245.

Sea-fish put into fresh waters, i. 162.
Sacred, why attributed to kings, and never to senates, &c. Sea-fights, of what consequence, i. 286.
i. 653.

Sea-hare, coming near the body, hurteth the lungs, i. 199.
Sailors, their device to get fresh water, from exposing Sea-plants, i. 146, why sea-sand produces no plants, ib.
fleeces of wool, i. 94.

Sea-sand a good compost, i. 149. Sea-sands produce no
St. John, Mr. charge against him, i. 689, he slanders and

plants, 146.
abuses the king, lords, parliament, &c. of England, in Seal: great seal of England and Scotland to be one after
some papers, 691.

the union, i. 456.
St. John, Sir Oliver, lord deputy of Ireland, ii. 186 note Search, in what cases the constable has power to do so,
{, note 204 S.

i. 649, 650.
Salamander, the causes why it endureth the fire, if true, Seasons of plants, i. 146, 147.
i. 184.

Seasons of the year, observations on them by Hippocrates,
Salamander's wool, i. 172.

i. 128.
Sale, a property gained thereby when dishonest, i. 586, Seats, of houses, i. 177, 296, of justice, set to sale, op-

how it may bar the right of the owner, ib. what markets pression, 308.
it must be made in, ib.

Sebastian, king of Portugal, his expedition into Africa,
Salgazus, a sea-plant, i. 154.

i. 523.
Salique law, several remarks on it, i. 312.

Secrecy, the virtue of a confessor, i. 265, what necessary
Salisbury, Robert earl of, his character, ii. 158.

to it, ib. the great importance of it to princes, 277.
Salt, a good compost, i. 131, 135, 149. Saltpetre, how to Secret properties, i. 20).

hasten the breeding of it, 149. Salt in plants. 154. Sectaries, their tenets inconsistent with monarchy, i. 510,
Salt hath a sympathy with blood, 199, it is a healer, ib. not to have countenance or connivance, ib.
it riseth not in distillations, 187.

Secundine or caul, i. 166.
Salt-water, how freshened, or the salt imbibed, i. 187. Seditions, i. 271. Seditions and tumults are brother and

Salt water passed through earth becomes fresh, 82, four sister, ih. the prognostics, materials, causes, and reme-
differences between the passing it in vessels and in pits, dies of them, 272, et seq.

Salt-water good to water some herbs, 157. Salt- See of Rome attempts to alienate the hearts of people
water boiled becometh more potable, 187. Salt-water from the king, i. 675.
sooner dissolving salt than fresh water, the cause, ib. Seeds steeped in several liquors hasten their growth, i. 131.
Salt-water shineth in the dashing, 124. Salt in its Seeds in plants more strong than either leaf or root, 152,
several disguises a composition of mercury and sulphur, 153, the cause, ib. in some not, ib. Seeds how to be
125.

chosen, 142, 157, plants growing without seed, 146.
Sanctuaries qualified by the pope at the interposition of Seeds if very old, make the plant degenerate, 142.
Henry VII. i. 742.

Seipsum defendendo an act done, why not always justi.
Sand for making glass near Mount Carmel, i. 172.

fiable, i. 555, the punishment for killing a man in that
Sand turning minerals into a glassy substance, i. 172.

act, 571.
Sandys, lord, his confession relating to Essex's treason, Seizure, lessee is shown to have no property in timber-trees
i. 430.

from thence, i. 619.
Sanguis Draconis, the tree that bears it, i. 154.

Sejanus, his intimacy with Tiberius, i. 282, the device to
Sanquhar, a speech at his arraignment for having procured pull him down, 292.
one to murder Turner out of revenge, i. 677.

Selden, John, his letter to lord St. Alban, ii. 240.

ib.

Seminaries, when they blossomed in their missions into Sight, 185, 186, objects thereof cause great delights in
England, i. 536.

the spirits, but no great offence, why, ib.
Sena loseth its windiness by decoction, i. 85, purges melan- Sigismund, prince of Transylvania. i. 523, beads three pro-
choly, 88.

vinces which revolt in Turkey, 466.
Seneca's style, mortar without lime, i. 326, his sentiment Silk worms, i. 161.

of despising death, 262, says the good things of adversity Silver more easily made than gold, i. 121, 241, the Chi-
are to be admired, 264, greedy of executorships, 290, nese intent upon making it, 121. Silver halfpence,
condemned, 522.

260.
*Seneca, the tragedian, i. 290.

Silver, certificate touching the scarcity of it at the mint, i.
Senses, their pleasures and displeasures, i. 161, their in- 492.

struments have a similitude with that which giveth the Simcock, his deposition, ii. 172.
reflection of the object, 116.

Simnel, Lambert, i. 736, his history in personating the 2nd
Separation of several natures by straining, i. 82, 83, of son of Edward IV. ib. changes his scene, and personates

several liquors by weight, 84, and of the same kind of Edward Plantagenet, 737, afterwards proclaimed at
liquors thickened, ib. of metals, 175.

Dublin, 738, taken in the battle near Newark, 741, con-
Separation of the cruder parts prohibiteth putrefaction, i. signed to an office in the king's kitchen, ib. preferred to
123.

be his falconer, 741, 764.
Separation of bodies by weight, i. 84, in liquors, 119. Simonds, William, 736 note *, taken at the battle of
Separation of metals and minerals, i. 244, consists of re- Stokefield, 741, no more heard of, ib.
fining, extraction, and principiation, ib.

Simonides, i. 325.
Separation, the external points thereof, between England Simples, special for medicine, i. 159, such as have subtle
and Scotland, i. 455, the internal points, 456.

parts without acrimony, ib. many creatures bred of pu-
Septimius Severus died in despatch of business, i. 262, his trefaction, are such, ib. also putrefactions of plants, ib.

excessive fondness to his chief favourite, 282, his charac- Simulation and dissimulation, i. 264, a weak kind of policy,
ter, 295.

ib, and differs from judgment, ib. three degrees of it, 263,
Sequestrations, in what cases to be granted, i. 718.

its advantages, ib. the case of dissembling knowledge,
Serjeantry, tenures by, what they are, and how instituted, 288.
i. 578.

Sinews, why much affected with cold, i. 159.
Serjeants' feast, i. 768.

Single life, the causes of it, i. 266, recommended to church-
Serjeants-at-law, none to be made except such as are quali- men, ib. most charitable, and yet most cruel, ib.
fied to be judges afterwards, i. 512.

Singularities in several plants, i. 157.
Servants, i. 268.

Sinking of bodies, its cause, i. 172.
Servets used in Turkey, i. 162.

Sitting healthful, why, i. 166.
Sessions to be held quarterly by the justices, with the Six clerks, concerning the grant of their office, ü. 104.
method of proceeding in them, i. 573.

Sixtus V. how the son of an illustrious house, i. 317, a tale
Setting of wheat, i. 134.

of his reception in the other world, 318.
Several fruits upon one tree, i. 140.

Skipwith, Henry, his cause in chancery recommended by
Sexes in plants, i. 151.

the earl of Buckingham, i. 186.
Sexviri, their office among the Athenians, i. 668, 672. Skull, of one entire bone, i. 168.
Sfortia, Ludovico, duke of Milan, i. 769, 770.

Slander, how to be punished, i. 570, 571.
Shade helpeth some plants, i. 134.

Sleep, a great nourisher, i. 91. Sleep promotes sweat, and
Shadows, why they seem ever to tremble, i. 187.

stays other evacuations of the body, 163. Sleep, wby
Shallows break more than deeps, i. 187.

hindered by cold in the feet, 168, furthered by some
Shame, i. 164, the impressions thereof infectious, 194. kind of noises, ib. nourisheth in many beasts and birds,
Shaw, Dr. bis tale at Paul's cross, i. 733, concerning the ib. creatures that sleep all winter, i. 189.
bastardy of the children of Edward IV. ib.

Sleeping plants, i. 151.
Shell-fish have no bones within, i. 168, have male and fe- Smells and odours, i. 129, best at some distance as well as
male generally, 186.

sound, why, ib. best where the body is crushed, ib. not
Shene palace almost burnt down, i. 780.

so in flowers crushed, ib. best in flowers whose leaves
Sheriff's tourne, its origin and jurisdiction, i. 571, is called smell not, ib. Smells sweet, 178, have all a corporeal

also “ Curia franci plegii,” 572, made judges of the court substance, 179. Smells fetid, ib. Smells of the jail very
for the county and hundreds, ib. called “vicecomites,” pernicious, 102. Smells that are most dangerous, ü.
ib. their office, ib. 651, are bound to attend the judges in Smith, Sir Thomas, his case in Essex's treason, i. 440.
their county, by person or by deputy, 576, 577, from Smith, Sir Thomas, sent ambassador to Russia, ii. 180
whence they are so called, 651.

note *.
Sheriffs' accounts how to be managed, i. 593, their attend- Smoke preserveth Resh, i. 124.

ance in the circuits of the judges, 512, ancienter than Snake's-skin worn for health, i. 198.
the conquest, and of great consequence, ib.

Sneezing ceaseth hiccup, i. 159, why induced by looking
Shifting for the better helpeth plants and living creatures, against the sun, ib. caused by tickling the nose, 170.
i. 134.

Snow, why colder than water, i. 93.
Shining wood, many experiments about it, i. 124.

Snow-water unwholesome, i. 129. Snow causes fruitfulness,
Shipping, or navy, the walls of England, i. 515, all the ne- whence, 156, 157, puts forth plants and breeds worms,

cessary materials of it our own produce, save sails and 146, 160, 161.
cordage, 516.

Snow, good to be applied to a mortified part, whence, i
Shooting, good for the lungs and stomach, i. 301.

173.
Showers good for the fruit, i. 156, for some not, ib. Night- Socage, tenures so called, what, and how instituted, i. 578,
showers better than day-showers, ib.

&c. reserved by the lord, 579.
Showers after a long drought cause sicknesses, if they be Socotra, that island famous for the sanguis draconis, i. 154.
gentle; if great, not, i. 176.

Socrates, what he said of the oracle of Delphos, i. 315, his
Shrewsbury, Gilbert earl of, ii. 175.

sentiments of the writings of Heraclitus, ib. compared
Shrewsbury, lady, some account of her, and her trial, ii. 52 to the apothecaries' pots containing precious drugs, i.
note *

324.
Shrieking, i. 163.

Soft bodies, i. 181, their cause, ib. are of two sorts, id.
Shute, Mr. carries a message from Sir George Villiers to Soldiers, want of provision for them, when disbanded, coni-
Sir Francis Bacon, ii. 169.

plained of, i. 386.
Sibyl's books, i. 259.

Soles of the feet have a sympathy with the head, i. 97.
Sicknesses of the summer and the winter, i. 128.

Solicitor and attorney-general, &c. their consequence, i. 512
Sighing and yawning, the breath drawn in by both, i. 158, Solid bodies sweating, foreshow raio, i. 178.
159.

Solitude, what the delight in it implies, i. 281.
Sight, the object thereof, quicker than of hearing, i. 110. Solomon, his saying of riches, i. 289.