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Edward Franklin to Lord St. Alban.......
169
to the King.......
Lord Bacon to the Marquis of Buckingham..... 169 The Marquis of Buckingham to the Lord Chan-
to the Lord Chancellor......
Sir Francis Bacon, Montagu, Coke, Hobarte, and
Crew to the Marquis of Buckingham..... 181
Sir Francis Bacon to the Marquis of Buckingham 181
The Marquis of Buckingham to the Lord Chan- cellor.....
Sir Francis Bacon to the Lord Viscount Villiers. 171 Lord Bacon to the Right Honourable his very
to the Earl of Buckingham........
171
The Earl of Buckingham to the Lord Chancellor 171
good lords, the Lords Spiritual and Tempo-
ral, in the Upper House of Parliament as-
182
180
to the Lord Chancellor
193
to the Right Honourable the Lord Keeper, &c. 193
Sir Francis Bacon to Sir George Villiers.......
194
.......
The Marquis of Buckingham to the Lord St. Al-
ban....
186
Lord Bacon to the Marquis of Buckingham..... 186
to the Duke of Buckingham.........
187
The Duke of Buckingham to the Lord St. Alban 187
to the Lord St. Alban...
Lord Bacon to the Duke of Buckingham..... 188
The Duke of Buckingham to the Lord St. Alban 188
Lord Bacon to the Duke of Buckingham........ 188
Jo. Lincoln to the Lord St. Alban........
LETTERS FROM MATTHEWS.
Sir Francis Bacon desiring a friend to do him a
service.....
to a friend about reading and giving judgment
upon his writings....
........
188
189
to the Marquis of Buckingham.....
Mr. Francis Bacon to the Right Honourable the
Lord Keeper, &c......
to the Right Honourable the Lord Keeper, &c. 195
to the Right Honourable, my good Lord, the
Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of Eng-
land...
195
....
to a friend, in reflection upon some astrolo-
gers in Italy..
The Lord of St. Albans, Bacon, to an humble ser-
vant, my lord believing his own danger to
be much less than he found it............ 190
My Lord of St. Albans, Bacon, to the same hum-
ble servant, employing him to do a good
office with another great man..... ... 190
The Lord of St. Albans to a most dear friend, in
whom he notes an entireness and impatient
attention to his service.......
191
to the Lord Treasurer Marlborough, expostu-
lating about his unkindness and injustice.. 191
Sir Francis Bacon to a servant of his, in expres-
sion of great acknowledgment and kindness 191
MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS.
The Lord Bacon, his letter to the most illustrious
and most excellent Prince Charles, Prince
of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, Earl of Ches-
ter, &c....
Mr. Francis Bacon to Mr. Robert Cecil......... 192
to the Right Honourable his very good Lord,
the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, &c.... 192
Earl of Essex to the Right Honourable my very
good Lord, the Lord Keeper.......
192
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King James to our trusty and well-beloved Tho-
mas Coventry, our attorney-general..
Mr. Francis Bacon to the Earl of Essex..
The Earl of Essex to Mr. Francis Bacon.... 200
Lord Treasurer Burghley to Mr. Francis Bacon. 201
Sir Robert Cecil to Mr. Francis Bacon....... 201
Mr. Francis Bacon to the Queen.....
201
to Robert Kemp, of Gray's Inn, Esq......... 201
to the Earl of Essex......
202
14. Licet dispositio de interesse futuro sit inu-
tilis, tamen potest fieri declaratio præce-
dens quæ fortiatur effectum interveniente
novo actu.....
... 237
15. In criminalibus sufficit generalis malitia in-
tentionis cum facto paris gradus....... 238
16. Mandata licita recipiunt strictam interpre-
tationem, sed illicita latam et extensivam 238
17. De fide et officio judicis non recipitur quæs-
tio, sed de scientia, sive error sit judicis
sive facti.......
18. Persona conjuncta æquiparatur interesse
proprio...
239
..... 240
19. Non impedit clausula derogatoria qua mi-
nus ab eadem potestate res dissolvantur
a quibus constituuntur.....
20. Actus inceptus, cujus perfectio pendet ex
voluntate partium revocari potest, si
autem pendet ex voluntate tertiæ personæ
vel ex contingenti, revocari non potest.. 241
21. Clausula vel dispositio inutilis per præ-
sumptionem remotam vel causam ex post
facto non fulcitur........
22. Non videtur consensum retinuisse, si quis
ex præscripto minantis aliquid immutavit 244
23. Ambiguitas verborum latens verificatione
suppletur, nam quod ex facto oritur ambi-
guum verificatione facti tollitur........ 244
24. Licita bene miscentur, formula nisi juris
obstet.....
25. Præsentia corporis tollit errorem nominis,
et veritas nominis tollit errorem demon-
strationis.....
242
245
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Recognisance of the peace delivered by the
......... 250
250
251
justices at their sessions......
Quarter-sessions held by the justices of peace. 250
The authority of justices of the peace out of
their sessions........
Judges of assize came in place of the ancient
judges in eyre, about the time of R. H.... 251
England divided into six circuits, and two
learned men in the laws assigned by the
king's commission to ride twice a year
through those shires allotted to that circuit,
for the trial of private titles to lands and
goods, and all treasons and felonies, which
the county courts meddle not in.......
The authority of the judges in eyre translated
by Parliament to justices of assize...... 251
The authority of the justice of assizes much
lessened by the Court of Common Pleas,
erected in Henry III's. time..
The justices of assize have at this day five
commissions by which they sit, viz., 1.
Oyer and Terminer. 2. Jail Delivery. 3. To take assizes. 4. To take Nisi Prius. 5. Of the peace..
Book allowed to clergy for the scarcity of
them to be disposed in religious houses.. 252
The course the judges hold in their circuits in
the execution of their commission concern-
ing the taking of Nisi Prius............
The justices of the peace and the sheriff are to
attend the judges in their county........ 253
Of property of lands to be gained by entry.. 253
Land left by the sea belongeth to the king..... 253
Property of lands by descent.
............
253
249
Hundred courts, to whom first granted..... 249
Lord of the hundred to appoint two high con-
stables...
254
Every heir having land is bound by the binding
329
332
333
334
338
3. By stealing. 4. By waving. 5. By
straying. 6. By shipwreck. 7. By
forfeiture. 8. By executorship......
By letters of administration....
Where the intestate had bona notabilia in
divers dioceses, then the archbishop of
that province where he died is to commit
administration....
An executor may refuse the executorship before
the bishop, if he have not intermeddled
with the goods......
An executor ought to pay, 1. Judgments. 2.
Stat. Recog. 3. Debts by bonds and bills
sealed. 4. Rent unpaid. 5. Servants'
wages. 6. Head workmen. 7. Shop
book, and contracts by word......
Debts due in equal degree of record, the execu
tor may pay which of them he pleases
before suit be commenced....
But it is otherwise with administrators..
Property by legacy...
..... 265
The Second Book of Aphorisms on the Inter-
pretation of Nature, or the Reign of Man 371