V. 88 18

89 29

contiguatio
Pneumetica
gem. opale

Dele borne.

gem opale.

justice, in general com- justice in general, by comparison.

parison.

wide it

wide of it.

transmissam
hunger

8 (up). reasons
Dele in.

404 note, I. 1
7 (up). 474

449
492 21

570 27

581 2

(Note.) So Speed, following Bernard
André. But the battle of Bos-
worth was on a Monday.
(Note.) Speed; who infers the fact
from André's expression latenter
ingressus est. It appears however
that the true reading is lætanter.
See Memorials of Henry VII.,'
Pref. p. xxvi.

11th (and refer to Helps's 'Spanish
Conquests in America,' i. 109.)
transmissum.

Dele note.

reason.

427.

Dele [not], and substitute for note: "The statement in the
text was,
I believe, erroneous at the time. But it must
stand: see first paragraph of the following page, and the

note."

such Courts

points

666 note, 1. 6 acceptation.

such a Court.
point.

a cessation.

CONTENTS

OF THE FIRST VOLUME.

BOOK I.

CHAPTER I.

A.D. 1560-80. ÆTAT. 1-20.

1. Birth. Parents. Circumstances and impressions of boyhood.

Residence at Cambridge. Ideas and aspirations with regard

to the advancement of knowledge. Three leading objects of

interest

Page

1

2. Residence in France with the English Ambassador. Condition of

Europe at the time. Death of his father, and commencement

of law studies at Gray's Inn.

CHAPTER II.

A.D. 1580-84. ETAT. 20-24.

1. LETTER TO MR. DOYLIE, 11th of July, 1580.

2. Application for employment in the Queen's service

LETTER TO LADY BURGHLEY, 16th of September, 1586

LETTER TO LORD BURGHLEY, 16th of September, 1586

Letter to Lord BURGHLEY, 18th of October, 1586

3. Progress at Gray's Inn. Admitted Utter Barrister

NOTES ON THE PRESENT STATE OF CHRISTENDOM

4. Occupations at Gray's Inn

LETTER OF ATTORNEY DRAWN FOR HIS BROTHER ANTHONY

CHAPTER III.

A.D. 1584-86. ETAT. 24-26.

1. Commencement of public life. M.P. for Melcombe in the Par-

liament of 1584. Unanimity of parties in measures for the

safety of the Queen's person

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10

11

12

12

13

15

2. Strength of the Opposition on Church questions. State of the

question between the Nonconformists and the Government.

Orthodoxiolatry. Great Petition. Conference with the Bishops.

Letter from Lady Bacon to Burghley on behalf of the Preachers.

Answer to Great Petition, and consequences

3. Fleetwood's note of a speech by Bacon

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37

42

47

4. LETTER OF ADVICE TO QUEEN ELIZABETH

5. LETTER TO SIR FRANCIS WALSINGHAM, 25th of August, 1585. 57

6. Fate of Bacon's first suit. Fresh application to Burghley for
professional career.

some furtherance in his

criticism of his behaviour.

Burghley's admonition

LETTER TO LORD BURGHLEY, 6th of May, 1586

Contemporary

1. Character of the Act passed in the last Parliament for defence of

the Queen's person. Conspiracy and trial of Mary, Queen of

Scots. A new Parliament summoned. Execution of Mary.

Conduct of Elizabeth .

2. Bacon a Bencher of Gray's Inn

3. Proceedings in Parliament. Subsidy voted. Benevolence pro-

posed and offered; but declined. Committal of Members to the

Tower for raising questions concerning ecclesiastical government

and right of free speech in the Lower House

4. Political Tract ascribed to Bacon

5. Defeat of the Spanish Armada. Apprehensions of another inva-

sion. A new Parliament summoned. A double subsidy granted

for the first time; with request for a declaration of war against

Spain. Bacon now a Reader of Gray's Inn

CONTROVERSIES OF THE

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6. Progress of disputes between High Churchmen and Noncon-

formists. Martin Marprelate

ADVERTISEMENT TOUCHING THE

CHURCH OF ENGLAND

7. Effect of the controversies upon opinion abroad. Importance of
making Elizabeth's dealings with the religious parties in England
properly understood in France

LETTER TO THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY

SIR FRANCIS WALSINGHAM TO M. CRITOY

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96

97

8. Clerkship of the Counsel in the Star Chamber granted to Bacon

in reversion

CHAPTER V.

A.D. 1590-92. ETAT. 30-32.

1. Beginning of acquaintance between Bacon and the Earl of Essex.

Anthony Bacon's return from abroad

2. Progress of time. Objects, hopes, and wishes

LETTER TO LORD BURGHLEY

3. Lady Bacon at Gorhambury. Her interview with Captain Allen.

Her letter to Anthony on his return. Specimens of her cor-

respondence with her sons

4. LETTER TO LADY BACON, 18th of February, 1591

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. 117

LETTERS TO MR. PHILLIPS, 14th of August, and 15th of September 117

6. Celebration of the Queen's Day, 1592: perhaps the occasion for
which the two following speeches were composed

7. MR. BACON IN PRAISE OF Knowledge

8. MR. BACON'S DISCOURSE IN THE PRAISE OF HIS SOVEREIGN 126

9. Publication of Parsons's Responsio ad Edictum Reginæ Angliæ'. 143

CERTAIN OBSERVATIONS MADE UPON A LIBEL PUBLISHED THIS

PRESENT YEAR, 1592 .

1. Fresh intrigues between Spain and Scotland.

invasion. A new Parliament summoned.

the Crown, the Lords, and the Commons.

constitutional usage not yet fully established.

part of the Crown and the Upper House to encroach. Com-

mittal of Peter Wentworth and others, for introducing a petition

relating to the succession

2. Motion for Committee of Supply. BACON'S SPEECH IN SUPPORT

OF THE MOTION.

3. Grant of a double subsidy recommended by the Committee. Con-
ference demanded by the Lords. Intimation from the Lord
Treasurer that the proposed grant is not sufficient, and demand
of another conference to discuss the matter. Bacon's objection to
joint-discussion, as against the privileges of the Lower House.
The proposal declined.

4. The Queen prepares to retreat; and the pretension of the Lords

is silently withdrawn

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