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Demosthenes, his answer concerning the chief requisite for an orator, 37,

Diaries, use of, 59.

Diet, importance of, 109.

sudden change in, to be avoided, 110.

Dioclesian, instance of a conqueror becoming superstitious, 65.

Discourse, essay on, 113,

use of studies in, 167.

concerning helps for intellectual powers, 339.

Discretion of speech more than eloquence, 115.
Dispatch, essay on, 83.

Dissembling of knowledge, policy of, 114.
Dissimulation, essay on, 17 to 21.

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essay on, 25.

who more especially subject to, 26, 27.

advantages of public envy, 30.

Epicurus vindicated from the charge of atheism, 54.

Estates and kingdoms, essay on true greatness of, 97 to 109.

Exaltation of Charity, 206.

Expence, essay on, 96.

Faber quisque fortunæ, 135.

Facility, worse than bribery, 36.

Faction, essay on, 169 to 171.

Factions, policy of sowing disunion among, 52.
Fallacies in the appearances of good and evil, 227.

Falsehood, baseness of, 5.

Montaigne's sentiment concerning, 5.

Fame, door to, opened by death, 8.

like a river, bears up things light, and drowns things weighty, 173.

fragment of, an essay on, 194.

Familiarity of manner, when allowable, 172.

Fear prepareth patience, and awakeneth industry, 209.

Filum Labyrinthi, 310.

Flattery, 173.

Flowers, praise of, 154.

Followers and friends, essay on, 162 to 164.

Folly of one, the fortune of another, 135.

Formula Inquisitionis, 310.

Fortune, essay on, 135.

success of those who attribute much to, 208.

Fountains, praise of, 157.

Fragment of an essay on fame, 194.

Friends and followers, essay on, 162 to 164.

Friendship, essay on, 87 to 96.

mostly between superior and inferior, 164.

Frigore et Calore, inquisitio legitima de, 224.

Gain, various means of, 120, 121, 122.

Galba, his manner of meeting death, 7.

instances of the impolicy of uttering sharp speeches, 52.

Gardens, essay on, 152 to 160.

ought to contain things in season for each month, 153.

description of, 155.

of fountains in, 157.

of aviaries, 160.

Good and evil, colours of, 225.

Goodness, and goodness of nature, essay on, 40.

Government, religion, justice, counsel, and treasure, the four pillars of, 47.
evil of power pressed too far or relaxed too much in, 63.
evil of partiality in, 164.

Great place, essay on, 33.

Greatness of kingdoms and estates, essay on, 97 to 109.
Grecians, the knowledge of, 253.

Health, essay on the regimen of, 109.

Heat and cold, inquiry into the nature of, 824.

Heathens, divisions respecting religion unknown, to, 8.
Helps for the intellectual powers, discourse concerning, 389.
Henry VII. his secrecy in business, 70.

instance of profound policy in, 102.

his suspicious nature, 112.

Heresies, meditation on, 217.

Heretics and hypocrites, distinction between, 213.

Hermogenes, an instance of the evil of over early ripeness, 144.
Histories, make men wise, 168.

Honour and reputation, essay on, 177.

the advantages of, 129.

Hope, meditation on, 208.

Human philosophy, tracts upon, 249.

Hyperbole, comely in love, 32.

Hypocrites, meditation on, 211.

and heretics, distinction between, 218.

Idleness, banishing of, a means of preventing seditions, 49.

Idols of the mind, 298.

Ignorance begets suspicion, 112.
Impediments to knowledge, 267.

in the times and diversion of wits, 268.
variety of sects and opinions, 272.

in handling it by parts, 273.

from mistakingthe end and scope of knowledge,277.

Impostors, meditation on, 218.

Imposture, of the several kinds of, 214.

Inferiors, a little familiarity good among, 172,

Innocency of the dove and wisdom of the serpent, 205.

Innovations, essay on, 81.

Inquisitio legitima de calore et frigore, 224.

Inquisitionis Formula, 310.

Inquisitive men commonly envious, 26.

Intellect, pleasures of, greater than pleasures of the affections, 251.

Intellectual powers, discourse touching helps to, 339.

Interpretation of nature, 256.

abridgment of certain chapters of, 294.

Inventions, preface to enumeration of, 282.

Inventors, honours paid to, by the ancients, 266.
Jest, its use in conversation, 113.

Judges, duty of, 179.

Judicature, essay on, 179 to 184.

Jupiter and Metis, exposition of the fable of, 69.

Justice, one of the four pillars of government, 47.

Kingdoms and estates, essay on true greatness of, 97 to 109.

Kings, see" princes,"

Kings, impolicy of making themselves of a faction, 170.
Kinsmen, envious of the rise of their equals, 27.

Knowledge, praise of, 251.

the double of that which is, 251.
clears the mind of perturbations, 251.
the limits and end of, 256.

pride of, caused the fall, 257, 260.
ought to be accompanied by charity, 262.
motives for attainment of, 264.

impediments to, 267.

Labyrinthi Filum, 310.

Learning, see Knowledge.

from times and diversion of wits, 268.
variety of sects and opinions, 272.

in handling it by parts, 273.

from mistaking the end and scope of know-
ledge, 277.

tables of inquiries concerning, 310.

flourishes most in the middle age of a state, 193.

Letters, their use in negociating, 161.

Lies, love of, 3, 4.

disgraceful nature of, 5.

Logic and rhetoric, enable men to contend, 168.
Louis XI. his closeness in counsel, 91.

Love, essay on, 31 to 33.

martial men given to, 33.

Lucullus, his answer to Pompey respecting his house, 148.

Mahomet, an instance in favour of boldness, 89.

Manners, importance of, 171.

Manufactures, cherishing of, a means of preventing seditions, 49.

Marcus Antonius, example of passionate love, 31.

Martial men, why given to love, $8.

Marriage and single life, essay on, 23 to 25.

Masques and Triumphs, essay on, 129.

Mechanical arts and merchandize flourish in the declining age of a state, 193.

Mathematics, study of, makes men subtle, 168..

fixes a wandering wit, 168.

Memory, especially necessary to those who write little, 168.

Men, essay on nature in, 181.

Merchandize flourishes in the declining age of a state, 198.
Metis and Jupiter, exposition of the fable of, 69.

Military disposition, delicate manufactures contrary to, 104.
Military power, see "true greatness of kingdoms," &c.
Mind, studies for remedying various defects of, 168.
Miscellaneous tracts upon human philosophy, 249.
Moderation of cares, 207.

Monarchs, see princes."

Monopoly, a great means, 122.

Montaigne's saying concerning the disgracefulness of a lie, 5.

Moral philosophy makes men grave, 168.

Mountjoye Lord, address to, 223.

Natural philosophy makes men deep, 168.

Naturalization (liberal) effect of, in a state, 108.

Nature, goodness of, and goodness, essay on, 40.
in men, essay on, 181.
interpretation of, 256.

Naval power, importance of, 107.
Negociating, essay on, 161.

Nobility, essay on, 48.

disproportionate multiplying of, ruinous to a state, 49.

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Nobility, evil of too great an increase of, 101.

reserved living among, causeth penury of military force, 102.

Otho, his followers induced by compassion to inflict death upon themselves, 7.
Palace, a model of, 149.

Pallas, exposition of the fable of her birth, 69.

Parents, difference in affection of, 21.

illiberality of, an harmful errour, 22.

and Children, essay on, 21 to 23.

Persecutions for religion, monstrous nature of, 13.
Philip of Macedon, his dream, 124.

Philosophy (uatural) makes men deep, 168.

(moral) makes men grave, 168.

miscellaneous tracts upon, 249.

Physic, not to be altogether avoided even in health, 110.
Pity, subjects of, privileged from jest, 113.

Place (great) essay on, 33.

Plantianus, friendship of Severus for, 90.

Plantations, essay on, 115.

Pliny, his witty remark on praising others for that wherein ourselves exult, 176.
Plutus, exposition of the fable of, 120.

Poesy

"vinum dæmonium," 4.

Poets, the reading of makes men witty, 168.

Politicians, the weaker sort great dissemblers, 17.

Polycrates, his daughter's dream, 124.

Pompey, Sylla's friendship for, 89.

Poverty, a chief cause of sedition, 49.

Powers intellectual, discourse concerning helps for, 339.
Praise, essay on, 173.

Praise of knowledge, 251.

Predictions, see prophecies."

of astrology, dreams, &c. to be despised, 126.

Princes, politic rules for, in the prevention of seditions, 52.

often set their hearts upon toys, 62.

difficulties with which they have to contend, 63.

from their neighbours, 64.

their wives, 65.

their children, 65.

the two great precepts for, 67.

their prelates, 66.
their nobles, 66.
their merchants, 67.

their commons, 67.

their men of war, 67.

their high value for friendship, 88.

ought to beware of making themselves of a faction, 170.
how ambitious men ought to be treated by, 127.

Privateness, man's virtue best seen in, 183.

Probus, instance of the impolicy of uttering sharp speeches, 52.

Prophecies, essay on, 123

Prosperity and adversity, speech of Seneca concerning, 15.

Public good, private suits detrimental to, 164.

Reading, maketh a full man, 168.

Reason, light of, the last of God's creatures, 4.

Regimen of health, essay on, 109.

Religion, essay on, unity in, 8 to 13.

evils of disunion in, 3, 9.

nature of controversies in, 11.

monstrous nature of persecutions for, 13.
one of the four pillars of government, 47.
privileged from jest, 113..

Religion, the most politic men make profession of, 217.

deep bnowledge of philosophy bringeth men's minds to, 217.
equally remote from superstition and atheism, 218.
bnowledge strengthens us in, 263.

Reputation and honour, essay on, 177.
Reservation, a degree of dissimulation, 18.
Respects and ceremonies, essay on, 171.
Retirement, studies for delight of, 167.
Revenge, essay on, 14.

public and private, 15.

Rhetoric and logic enable men to contend, 169.

Riches, essay on, 119.

Romans, their policy in naturalizing strangers, 108.

their triumphs, 108.

Roman empire, prophecy of, 123.

Sabbath worb of God is the illumination of the spirit, 4.

Satirical vein, danger of, 114.

Savill (Sir Henry) letter to, touching helps for the intellectual powers, 337.
Saviour (the) apparent prophecy of, 124.

Scriptures and the church, meditation on, 220.

Scholars, drawing from their studies rules of judging, is the humour of, 167.
Schoolmen, study of, to whom beneficial, 168.
Secrecy, a degree of dissimulation, 18.

the virtue of a confessor, 18.

habit of both politic and moral, 19.
of princes in their counsels, 70.
importance of, in suits, 166.

Seditions and troubles, essay on, 44.

Seeming wise, essay on, 85.

Sejanus, friendship of Tiberius for, 90.

Self-wisdom, essay on, 79.

Self-policy of speabing but little of, 114.

Seneca, his speech concerning prosperity and adversity, 15.

Sense, the light of, the first of God's creatures, 4.

pleasures of, less than pleasures of the affections, 251.

Sequela Chartarum, sive inquisitio legitima de calore et frigore, 224.
Severus, his manner of dying, 7.

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Single life and marriage, essay on, 23 to 25.

Sovereignty attempered by nobility, 48.

Spartans, their policy in naturalizing strangers, 103.
profession of arms among, 105.

Speech, see" discourse."

discretion of, more than eloquence, 115.

Speeches (long) obstacles to dispatch, 84.

State, matters of, privileged from jest, 18.

Studies, essay on, 167.

Suitors, essay on, 164 to 167.

Sumptuary laws, beneficial in prevention of seditions, 49.

Superstition, essay on, 57.

and atheism, the two opposite extremes from religion, 218.

Suspicion, essay on, 111.

Sylla, his friendship for Pompey, 89.

Themistocles, his pertinent observation respecting speech and thought, 92.
his arrogant speech on his own greatness, 97.

Tiberius, manner of his death, 7.

dissimulation attributed to, 17.

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