CONTENTS

OF

THE SIXTH VOLUME.

LITERARY WORKS.

HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF King HENRY VII.

APPENDIX I. - Great Councils

II.- Perkin Warbeck's Proclamation

HII. — Character of Henry VII. from the Latin

Translation

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THE BEGINNING OF THE HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF KING

HENRY VIII.

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THE BEGINNING OF THE HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN

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IN FELICEM MEMORIAM ELIZABETHÆ, ANGLIÆ REGINÆ

The same translated into English

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ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS INSERTED BY BACON IN A

MANUSCRIPT COPY OF CAMDEN'S ANNALES

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ESSAYS OR COUNSELS CIVIL AND MORAL

PREFACE

Of Truth

Of Death

Of Unity in Religion

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Essays OR Counsels CiviL AND MORAL-(continued.)

Of Revenge

Of Adversity -

Of Simulation and Dissimulation

Of Parents and Children

Of Marriage and Single Life

Of Envy

Of Love

Of Great Place

Of Boldness

Of Goodness and Goodness of Nature

Of Nobility

Of Seditions and Troubles

Of Atheism

Of Superstition

Of Travel

Of Empire

Of Counsel

Of Delays

Of Cunning

Of Wisdom for a Man's self

Of Innovations

Of Dispatch

Of Seeming Wise

Of Friendship -

Of Expense

Of the true Greatness of Kingdoms and Estates

Of Regiment of Health

Of Suspicion

Of Discourse

Of Plantations

Of Riches

Of Prophecies

Of Ambition

Of Masques and Triumphs

Of Nature in Man

Of Custom and Education

Of Fortune

Of Usury

Of Youth and Age

Of Beauty

Of Deformity

Of Building

Of Gardens

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ESSAYS OR COUNSELS CIVIL AND MORAL — (continued.)

Of Negotiating

Of Followers and Friends

Of Suitors

Of Studies

Of Faction

Of Ceremonies and Respects

Of Praise

Of Vain-glory -

Of Honour and Reputation

Of Judicature -

Of Anger

Of Vicissitude of Things

APPENDIX TO THE ESSAYS :-

1. Fragment of an Essay on Fame

II. Early Editions of the Essays :-

Edition of 1597

Manuscript Collection

Edition of 1612 .

III. Essays attributed to Bacon without authority

DE SAPIENTIA VETERUM

PREFACE

Cassandra, sive Parrhesia

Typhon, sive Rebellis -

Cyclopes, sive Ministri Terroris

Narcissus, sive Philautia

Styx, sive Federa

Pan, sive Natura

Perseus, sive Bellum

Endymion, sive Gratiosus

Soror Gigantum, sive Fama

Actæon et Pentheus, sive Curiosus

Orpheus, sive Philosophia

Cælum, sive Origines -

Proteus, sive Materia

Memnon, sive Præmaturus

Tithonus, sive Satias

Procus Junonis, sive Dedecus

Cupido, sive Atomus

Diomedes, sive Zelus

Dædalus, sive Mechanicus

Erichthonius, sive Impostura

Deucalion, sive Restitutio

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DE SAPIENTIA VETERUM — (continued.)

Nemesis, sive Vices Rerum

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Achelous, sive Prælium

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Dionysus, sive Cupiditas

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Atalanta, sive Lucrum -

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Prometheus, sive Status Hominis

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Icarus Volans, item Scylla et Charybdis, sive Via Media 676

Sphinx, sive Scientia -

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Proserpina, sive Spiritus

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Metis, sive Consilium

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Sirenes, sive Voluptas -

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The same translated into English

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TUE

LITERARY AND PROFESSIONAL WORKS

OF

FRANCIS BACON.