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Claudius Appius, only two men great
in history carried away by love,
he one, xii. 110.
Clarence, Duke of, xi. 72.
Clausula derogatoria, xiv. 251-255.
vel dispositio inutilis, per præ-
sumptionem remotain, vel cau-
sam ex post facto, non fulcitur,
xiv. 258-264.

Clerks convict, to be burned in the
hand, xi. 133.

and ministers of law courts, xii.
268, 269, 373.

Clement, Pope, his reply to the car-
dinal represented in M. Angelo's
picture, xiii. 336.

Clement VIII. xiii. 194.
Clement, James, murderer of the
Duke of Guise, correction by Ba-
con in Camden, xii. 51.
Cleon, his dream, xii. 205.
Clergy, benefit of, xiv. 247, 248, 388,
389.

curtailed by statute of Henry
VII. xi. 133.

an overgrown, brings a state to
necessity, xii. 128.

Clifford, Sir Robert, xi. 375.

joins Perkin Warbeck in Flan-
ders, xi. 212.

declares him to be the Duke of
York, xi. 213.

won over by King Henry's spies,
xi. 217, 218.

gives information to Henry VII.
of the partizans of Perkin
Warbeck, xi. 225.

pardoned by the king, ib.
impeaches Sir William Stanley,

ib.

Clipping coins, statute of Henry VII.
relating to, xi. 334.

Clodius to Cicero, xiii. 333.
Closeness, xii. 95, 96.

Cloth of estate, the king sat under,
xi. 177.

Coape, Sir Walter, carried the mas-
tership of the wards against Ba-
con, xiii. 410.

Cobali, attendants of Bacchus, xiii.

138

circa Bacchum subsultabant, xiii.

37.

Cobham, Lord, firm to Henry VII.

Cobham, Lord — continued.

against the Cornish rebels, xi. 266,
267.

Cocks may be made capons, but ca-
pons not cocks, xiii. 387.
Codification of the law, xv. 317-334.
Cœlum, or the origin of things, the
fable interpreted, xiii. 113-116.
his genitals cut off by Saturn,
xiii. 113.

is the concave which encloses
all matter, xiii. 114.
interpretatio fabulæ, xiii. 15, 16.
genitalia ejus a Saturno demessa,
xiii. 15.

concavum quod materiam com-
plectitur, ib.

Coinage, regulated by statute of Hen-
ry VII. xi. 334.

his profitable recoinages, xi. 335.
statutes of Henry VII. respect-
ing, xi. 146.
counterfeiting foreign coin cur-
rent, ib.

Coke, Sir Edward, mentions the
Great Council, but not its func-
tions, xi. 369.

what he knew about the death

of Prince Henry, xii. 11-13.
to an unexpected guest, xiii.
356.

his argument in Chudleigh's
case, xiv. 293.
Cokers, a name given to labourers
from Shires on the Welsh borders,
xv. 149.
Collyweston, Henry VII. brings his
daughter Margaret so far on her
way to Scotland, xi. 323.
Colonization, essay on, xii. 194–198.
who fit for colonists, xii. 195.
choice of site, ib.
government of, xii. 197.
support of, by the parent coun-
try, ib.

by the Romans, xv. 221, 222.
Colour, beauty of, inferior to beauty
of favour, and of motion, xii. 226,

352.

Colours that show best by candle-
light, xii. 210.

of good and evil, xiii. 270-290.
preface, xiii. 259–264.
Colthurst's case, xv. 83.
Columbus sends his brother Barthol-
omæus to Henry VII. xi. 296.
his offer of the Indies to Henry
VII. xv. 219.

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Comets, their influences, xii. 275.
Comineus, on Duke Charles the Har-
dy, xii. 169.

Commandments, the old woman's
answer to the minister, xiii. 408.
Commission of Union between Eng-
land and Scotland, xii. 151.
standing commissions commend-
ed, ib.

Commissions of the Judges, Oyer
and Terminer, xiv. 386.
gaol delivery, ib.
assize, xiv. 389.

nisi prius, xiv. 389-391.
of the peace, xiv. 392.
examinations and depositions in
Chancery, xv. 364–366.
Committing a cause, Lord Keeper
Egerton's saying, xiii. 395.
Common, grants of, xiv. 211.
Common Place, Court of, its juris-
diction, xi. 130.

Common Pleas, institution of, xiv.
385, 386.
Commons, House of, substituted for
"Lower House" in 2nd edi-
tion of Apophthegms, xiii. 320.
little danger to be apprehended
from, in a state, except, &c.,

xii. 145.

Comnenus, Manuel, his heresy, xiii.
199.

Comparative Mythology, Max Mül
ler's Essay on, xii. 409-415.
his theory contrasted with Ba-
con's, xii. 410.
Composition implies neediness, xiii.

277.

Concordia, Lionel, Bishop of, nuncio
from Pope Alexander VI. to France
and England, xi. 171.
Condition, collateral, xiv. 228.
Conditores imperiorum, xii. 264, 300.
Confession, proof of the antiquity of
in the Church, xiii. 373.
of faith, xiv. 47-57.
Confidence daughter of Fortune, xii.
217, 359.

Conflict of rules of law, xiv. 202.
Confusion maketh things muster
more, xiii. 276.

Congresall, Captain of Perkin War-
beck's French guard, xi. 208
Conqueror, tenures of land instituted
by, xiv. 399-403.

our laws derived from, xiv. 375.

Conquest, the right of civilised na-
tions to encroach on savages,
xiii. 197.

Cineas to Pyrrhus, of the value
of, xiii. 368, 369.
appropriation of lands at the,
xiv. 392.

the naturalization of conquered
subjects, xv. 218-222.

a remitter to the ancient right,
XV. 239.

Consalvo, of a soldier's honour, xii.
272; xiii. 366.

of the gentleman who came after
the fight, xiii. 358.
Conservation of life, necessity of,
when a good plea, xiv. 213.
Conservators of the Peace, their of-
fice, xiv. 380, 381.

Constantinople-continued.

Christian boy like to have been
stoned at, xii. 118.
Contemplationes in vitam activam
translatas nonnihil novi vigoris ac-
quirere, xii. 423.

Contempt putteth an edge on anger,
xii. 272.

Contibald, James, Maximilian's am-
bassador to England and Spain, xi.
174-176, 192.

Contracts, dissolution of, xiv. 256, 257.
Contraries, xiii. 280.
Controversies in the Church, how to
avoid, xii. 89, 315.
two classes of, ib.
Conversation, the art of, xii. 191-
194, 345-347.

notes for civil, xiii. 309, 310.

Consideration of blood, when good, Coparceners, lease by, xiv. 236.

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Conspiracy, severe laws of Henry
VII. against, xi. 131.
Constable, the office of, xiv. 375.

two high constables for every
hundred, one petty constable
for every village, xiv. 376.
appointed by the lord of the
hundred, xiv. 378.

answers to questions touching
the office of, xv. 339–346.
origin and election of, xv. 339-
341.

office annual, xv. 341.

from what rank of men, xv. 341,
342.

duties performed gratis, xv. 342.
their authority, xv. 342-345, 381.
for matter of peace, xv. 343.
of peace and the crown, xv. 344.
for matter of nuisance, disturb-
ance, and disorder, xv. 344,
345.

their oath, xv. 345.

difference between high and pet-
ty constables, xv. 346.
may appoint deputies, ib.
Constantinople, Henry VII. called on

by the Pope to invade, xi. 314.
Elizabeth's agent at, correction
by Bacon in Camden respect-
ing, xii. 54.

Copulatio verborum inclinat accep-
tionem eodem sensu, xiv. 204.
Copyholds forfeited to the lord, and
not to the crown, xiv. 407.
uses compared to, xiv. 302, 303.
Cor ne edito, xii. 169.

Coranus the Spaniard, xiii. 365, 366.
Corbet's case, xiv. 293.

Cord breaketh at the last by the
weakest pull, xii. 127.

Cordal, Master of the Rolls, xiii. 395.
Cordes, Lord, aids the rebels in Flan-

ders against Maximilian, xi.
151.

besieges Newport in vain, xi.
152.

his hatred of the English, ib.
brings overtures of peace from
Charles VIII. to Henry VII.
xi. 194, 195.
Cork, Perkin Warbeck lands at, xi.
206.

mayor of, executed with Perkin
Warbeck, xi. 304.

Cornage, tenure by, xv. 148.
Cornish men, a hardy race, xi. 264.

rebel against a subsidy levied by
Henry VII. xi. 264-275.
march up to London, xi. 265-
269.

defeated at Blackheath, xi. 273.
strength of their bows, xi. 273.
invite Perkin Warbeck over

from Ireland, xi. 284.
Cornua Panis, quid referunt, xii. 444.
Coronation of Henry VII. on Bos-
worth field, xi. 49, 50.
in London, xi. 54, 56.

Coronation continued.

of Lambert Symnell at Dublin,
xi. 85.

of Elizabeth, Queen of Henry
VII. xi. 94.

Coroner, office of, xv. 380, 381.
Corporalis injuria non recipit æsti-
mationem de futuro, xiv. 217-

219.

Corporations, by-laws of, restrained
by statute of Henry VII. xi.
333.

cannot be seized to a use, xiv.
340.

may take a use, xiv. 343.

may not limit a use without a
deed, xiv. 350.

do not take by descent, xv. 232.
Corruptio unius, generatio alterius,
xiii. 288.

Corruption and bribery of men in
authority, xii. 114, 327.
Cosmo de Medici, Italian translation
of Bacon's Essays dedicated to,
xii. 73.

his saying against perfidious
friends, xii. 93.

of forgiveness of friends, xiii.
371.

Cotton, Sir Robert, supplies materials
to Bacon in compiling his His-
tory of King Henry VII. xi.

14.

less liberal in that of Henry
VIII. xi. 393.
Cottonian library, manuscripts de-
stroyed by fire, xi. 102.
Council of the Marches, Bacon's
argument on the jurisdiction,
xv. 119-154.
ancient, xv. 120, 123, 124.
its objects,

to bridle the Welch, xv.
121.

to facilitate commerce be-
tween

England and

Wales, xv. 122.

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unfaithful counsellors, xii.
149-151.

for these, cabinet counsels are a
remedy worse than the disease,
xii. 148, 149.

defects of the present mode of
meeting, xii. 151.

ask of the ancient, what is best,
and of the latter, what is fit-
test, xii. 113, 326.

of two sorts, concerning manners,
concerning business, xii. 171.
behaviour of judges towards,
xii. 267, 268, 372.

Countebalt, ambassador from Maxi-
milian to Henry VII. xi. 174-176,
192.

Countenance, necessary command of,

xiii. 309.

Counterfeit coin, xv. 320, 321.
Country people, Pan why god of, xiii.

98.

County, charge of taken from the
earls, xiv. 378.
County-courts divided into hundreds,
ib.; xv. 340, 341.

kept monthly by the sheriffs, xiv.

379.
Court leets, origin and jurisdiction
of, ib.; xv. 340, 341.

Court-yards for palaces, xii. 232-
235.

Courtesy, tenant by the, xiv. 320.

to dignify the Prince of Courtiers, like fasting days, xiii. 379.

Wales, xv. 123.

Great, what, xi. 115.

summoned by Henry VII. in his

seventh year, before calling his
Parliament, xi. 177.
called by Henry VII. xi. 261.
distinct from Parliament, xi. 367–

374.

its composition, xi. 371.
matters referred to it, xi. 372.

bowing to lawyers and citizens,
xiii. 400.

Courtney, Edward, created Earl of
Devon, xi. 56.

William, Earl of Devonshire,
committed to custody by Hen-
ry VII. xi. 330.

Courts of Justice, the attendance of,
subject to four bad instru-
ments, xii. 269, 372.

Courts of Justice continued.
provincial, instituted by Henry

VIII. xv. 95-97.
Covenants to stand seized, xiv.
420.

Covin, a use no covin, xiv. 290, 357.
Cranfield, Treasurer, xiii. 407.

his saying of men who shake
their heads after others'
speech, xiii. 334.

Crassus, on the death of his fish, to
Domitius, xiii. 361.

Creation of the world, xiv. 49, 50.
Cretine d'eau, xiv. 214.

Crispus murdered by his father Con-
stantine, xii. 143.

Critics, brushers of noblemen's
clothes, xiii. 342.
Croesus to Cambyses, of war, xiii.

359.

Croft, Sir Herbert, xv. 105-116.
Crofts . Lord Beauchamp, xv. 292.

v. Kemperden, xv. 291, 292.
Cross set up by Ferdinando on the
great tower of Grenada, xi. 190.
Crusade meditated by Charles VIII.
xi. 163.

Pope Alexander attempts to or-
ganise one, xi. 313.

invites Henry VII. to join, ib.
money for, raised in England, ib.
against the Turks, xiii. 177.
Bacon's opinions respecting, xiii.

178.

Cruzada, xiii. 202.

Cuckoo, the form assumed by Jupiter,

when wooing Juno, why, xiii. 121.
Cuculus, Jupiter Junonem sub for-
mam cuculi petit, xiii. 21.
Culpepper's case, xv. 58.

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excessus earum duplex, xiv. 71.
Curiosity, its results illustrated, by
the fables of Actæon and Pentheus,
xiii. 108, 109.
Cursitors for original writs, institut-
ed, xv. 275.

Curson, Sir Robert, Governor at
Hammes, joins the Earl of
Suffolk as a spy, xi. 330.
excommunicated together with
the Earl, xi. 331.

returns to England, ib.

Custom and education, essay on, xii.
213-216, 356-358.

examples of the force of, xii.
214, 357.

the principal magistrate of man's
life, ib.

most perfect when begun in
youth, ib.

Customs, law of Henry VII. for the
security of, xi. 134.

Cunning, essay on, xii. 153-158, 319, Customs of the Realm, xv. 11.

320.

a sinister or crooked wisdom,
xii. 153, 319.

stratagems of, xii. 153-158, 320.
Cupid challenged by Pan to fight,
meaning of the fable, xiii. 99.
meaning of the allegory, xiii.

122-125.

most antient of the gods, xiii.
122.

an egg of Night, ib.

the son of Venus, xiii. 122, 125.
signifies the natural motion of
the atom, xiii. 122.
why a child, xiii. 124.
why naked, ib.

why blind, ib.

Cyclopes, or ministers of terror, in-
terpretation of the fable, xiii.
87, 88.

ministri terroris, xii. 436, 437.
Cycnia cantiones, xiii. 28.

D.

Dacre, Lord, his case, xiv. 293.
Dædalus, or the mechanic, interpre-
tation of the fable, xiii. 129–
131.

interpretatio fabulæ, xiii. 28-31.
Dam, the seaport of Bruges, xi. 187.
taken by stratagem, by the Duke
of Saxony, xi. 188.

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