I.

55.

Indies, effect of Spanish interference
upon the condition of the, 137.
Instauration of Philosophy, Bacon's first

essay on, when composed, 31.
Rudiment of the third part, 334.

Ill news from, 314. 315.

Italy, position and policy of the poten
tates of (1582), 22, 23.

Condition of its States in 1592,
162.

Philip's reasons for not enterpris-

ing upon Italy, 185.

See Este; Genoa; Lucca; Man-
tua; Medici; Parma; Savoy;
Urbin; Venice.

Jewel, John-continued.

Popish slander with regard to his
dying words, 208.

Julius Cæsar, references to, 140. 157.

Killegrew, Sir Henry, Bacon's uncle,

349.

Applied to by Anthony Bacon for
a loan, 352.
Knowledge, Bacon's discourse in praise
of, 123-126.

Lawson, Anthony Bacon's servant, how
treated by Lady Anne Bacon, 110,

111. 312.

Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of, com-
mander in the Low Country wars,
104.

Protector of the Low Countries, 195.
Bitterness of the Papists against
him, 198.

A man of great power and great
will, ib.

Rumoured match between his in-
fant son and the Lady Arabella,

205.

Lenox, Dawbeney [D'Aubigny], Duke
of, opportuneness of the death of, 142.
Lesdiguiers, M., a gentleman of Dau-
phiny, Charles Emanuel distressed
by, 162 note, 163.

Lewys, Thomas, outrage charged upon,
315.

Libel, Observations upon a, communi-

nicated to Anthony Bacon, 143. See
Bacon; Observations.
Livy, quotation from, 276.

L.

Locker, John, editor of Stephens's Se-
cond Collection, 16. 119.

Lopez, Roderigo, Elizabeth's physician.
His conspiracy against her, 272—

274.

Aptness of his position for consum-
mating the plot, 277.

His artifices for screening himself,
277. 282. 283.

His position in the Court of Eliza-
beth, and obligations to her and
to Don Antonio, 278.
Offers his services to the King of
Spain, ib.

Craft by which he ensured the co-

operation of Manuel Andrada,279.
Presents sent to him by Philip, ib.
His stratagems for disarming sus-
picion on the part of the Queen,
280. 283.

His negotiations with Count de
Fuentes and Ibarra, 280.
Manuel Louys imported into the
conspiracy: oath and office im-
posed on him, 281.

Lopez-continued.

Antecedents of the conspirator
Stephano Ferrera de Gama, ib.
Arrival of Louys in England, and
interview between him and Fer-
rera, 281, 282.

Precautions of Lopez in the choice
of his instruments, 282.
Reward stipulated for by him, ib.
His messenger D'Avila, 282, 283.
284.

Cunning observed by him in his

conferences with Štephano Ferrera, 283.

Arrest of Ferrera and D'Avila, 284. Purport of Ferrera's disclosures, 284, 285.

Lopez called in question, 285.

Results of the arrest of Manuel
Louys, ib.

Coincidence of the confessions of
Louys and Ferrera, 286.
Lopez's evasions and proofs of their
falsehood, 286, 287.

Date of his condemnation, 287 note.

Lords-continued.

Pretensions put forward in their reply to the Commons, 218,

219.

The same resisted by the Commons and silently abandoned, 219. 221, 222. See Parliament, and Com

mons.

Louys, Manuel or Emanuel, alias Francesco de Thores, share taken in the Lopez conspiracy by, 281. 282. 283. 284. 285. See Lopez.

Low Countries, advice to Elizabeth regarding policy to be pursued towards the, 55.

Subsidy granted towards their de-
fence, 65, 66.

Brief discourse touching, etc., 67.
Disinterestedness of the aid ren-

dered by Elizabeth, 135, 136. Seat of thirty years' war, 161. Great part of them lost to Spain, 163.

Advantage of this loss to England, 170.

Occasion of their defection and its

effects on Philip's projects, 185. Elizabeth's conduct in reference to their wars with Philip, 191193.

The sovereignty refused by her,

128. 193.

Lucca, state of, in 1582, 22.

Lud Gate and Queen Elizabeth's image, story of, 207, 208.

Lyngen, Edward, examinations of, 301.

Machiavelli, on the poverty of the friars,

80. Maitland, Dr., Librarian at Lambeth; obligations of students to, 10 note. Mallet, David, Notes on the State of Christendom reprinted by, 16. His statement relative to Cecil's jealousy of Bacon, 355 note. Man, Dr., Elizabeth's ambassador in Spain, indignities practised on, 194. Mantua, William, Duke of, character

and European relations of, 20, 21. Marprelate Controversy, rise and character of the, 73.

Marquez, Roderigo, a sharer in the Lopez plot, 279.

Mary, Queen of England, and the loss of Calais, 190.

Offered to make Burghley a councillor, 201, 202.

Mary, Queen of Scots, rejects Elizabeth's terms of reconciliation, 1.

Mary, Queen of Scots-continued.

Don John of Austria's project of marriage with her, 7. Apprehensions excited by the possibility of her accession to the English throne, 36.

Brought to trial for compassing Elizabeth's death, 62. Circumstances under which the warrant against her was executed, 63, 64.

Her behaviour in her last moments, 64.

Possible allusion to her death, 142

note.

Maximilian, Sigismund III., and Poland, 162 note.

Medici, Francesco de', Duke of Tuscany, character, mode of life, and policy of, 19, 20.

His relations with surrounding
States, 20. 22.

Mendoza, Bernardine, purport of Andrada's communication to, 279. Montagu, Basil, on Cecil's depreciation

of Bacon, 355.

Moro, Christophero, sharer in the Lopez conspiracy, 283.

Morris, Mr., attorney of the Court of Wards, 229, 259.

Mountacute, Viscount, messages conveyed to Spain by, 191.

Netherlands. See Low Countries. Neutrality, the "fond calumny" of, 94. Nevell, Mr., Bacon's cousin, 264. Newhaven, given to Elizabeth's forces for security, 133. 188. Surrendered on account of pestilence, 134. 188.

Nobility of England under Eliza-
beth, state of the, 172.
Privileges and immunities enjoyed
by them, 173.

Small number of attainders of,
173, 174.

Nonconformists, "Preachers", Puritans, rise of the, 38.

Queen's policy towards them, 39.
Petition of the Commons against
Whitgift's proceedings, 40, 42.
Advice to Elizabeth concerning
them, 49, 50.

Nonconformists-continued.

Begin to be called Puritans, 70.
Consequences of the attempt of the
authorities to suppress them, 70,
71, 72.
Bacon's Advertisement touching
the Controversies of the Church,
74-94. See Church.

The two "small wants" charged upon them by an adversary, 94. Explanation of Elizabeth's dealings with them, 100, 101. Norfolk, Duke of, plot against Elizabeth of the, 141.

His Spanish coadjutors, 194. Northumberland, Earl of, a rebel against Elizabeth, 140.

Novum Organum, germ of the first book of the, 120.

New one summoned in November, 1584, 37.-43.

Sanctions the association for defence of the Queen, 37. 61. Strong party in favour of the nonconformists in, 38.

New one summoned in October, 1586, 61-67.

Confirms the sentence against Mary, Queen of Scots, 62. Adjourned 2nd December, 63. Meets again 22nd February, 65. Proceedings with regard to the subsidy and benevolence, 66. New one summoned for November, 1588, meets 1588-9, 4th Feb., 69. A double subsidy granted for the first time, ib.

New one meets 1592-3, 19th Feb., 209.

Admonitions addressed to, 210. Points of constitutional usage not yet fully established, 210, 211. Grants a treble subsidy, payable in four years, 225.

Relations between the Crown and Parliament as understood by Bacon, 212, 213. See Com

mons.

Parma, Ottaviano, Duke of, and his connexions, 21.

Parma, Alexander, Prince of, 21.

Advice to Elizabeth on policy of detaching him from Spain, 56. Date of his death, 142 note. His hint with regard to the King of Spain's intentions, 196. Parry, Dr., 203. 277.

Reception of his protest against the
Jesuit Bill, 37.

His ultimate fatc, ib. Parsons, Father, invective against Elizabeth ascribed to, 143. Pastimes and sports, councillor's speech on, 340, 341.

Paulet, Sir Amias, ambassador to France, accompanied on his embassy by Bacon, 6. 350, 351.

His recommendation of Bacon to the Queen, 8.

Walsingham and Davison's letter to him, 63.

Paul's church gates, London, charge against Elizabeth relative to, 207. Peace, articles of a universal, 196, 197. Perez, Sir Antonio, 324.

Effect of his influence in other States, 28. 137.

His possessions, revenues, military strength, etc., 28, 29.

Advice to Elizabeth how to deal with him, 54, 55.

Overthrow of his Armada, 67, 68. 142. 169.

Apprehension of a renewal of his attempt, 69.

Elizabeth's advice and bearing towards him, 136.

Device whereby he ruled in the election of the Popes, 136. Effect of his influence in Europe and India, 137. Elizabeth the sole bulwark against him, ib.

Result of his policy towards the Low Countries, 140.

Cause of postponement of his attempted invasion of England, 141.

Seges gloria to Elizabeth, 142,

204.

Supposed to be wearing out in 1592, 156.

His achievements summed up, 163. Confederacies provided by him against himself, 170.

Laws made in England against Papist plotters in behalf of his intended invasion, 179, 180. Parallel between him and Philip of Macedon, 182, 183. Alleged innocency of his proceedings, 183, 184.

His designs upon France and England, 184, 185.

His quarrel with the Netherlands, 184.

What made him so good a neighbour, 185.

Why he hesitated to meddle with

Germany and Italy, 185, 186. Threat of the German Princes on discovery of the real destination of his levies in Germany, 186.

Nature of the counsels and extent of the succours given by him to the French King, 186, 187.

Philip II. of Spain-continued.
His conduct of the treaty of Chas-
teau Cambraissi, 190.
His replies to requests for ratifica-
cation of leagues on Elizabeth's
accession, 191.

His conduct in reference to the
Guise plots in Scotland, ib.
His cruelties towards Englishmen
in his territories, 193, 194.
His treatment of Elizabeth's am-
bassadors, 194.

Aid given by him to English and
Irish rebels, 194, 195.
Fairness of Elizabeth's dealing with
him, 195, 196.

His influence in the choice of Popes,
204, 205.

New intrigue with Scotland, 209. His increased means for working mischief to England, 212.

Sends 50,000 crowns to Scotland, 221.

Implicated in the Lopez conspiracy
against Queen Elizabeth, 271,
272.

Her reluctance to divulge his par-
ticipation in the plot, 273.
His motives and policy, 274-276.
Sends Lopez a jewel, 279, 280.
Sum stipulated to be paid by him
to Lopez, 282.
Elizabeth's proposed remonstrance,
306.

Alternative forced upon her by the conduct of his viceroy, 307. Phillips, Thomas, the decipherer, employed by Walsingham and Essex, letters from Bacon to, 117, 118. 252.

How his papers came into the State
Paper Office, 119.

Philosophy, Aristotelian, 3, 4.

Of the Grecians and the Alchemists, 124.

Councillor's speech, advising the study of, 334, 335. Baconian, principal novelty and great characteristic feature of, 342. Piedmont, 21. 162 note. 163. Pius V. Pope, bull of excommunication issued against Elizabeth by, 3 note, 36. 98.

Pius V.—continued.

Results of its publication, 179. Poland, Stephen, King of, character of and liking entertained for, 29. Invasion of, by the Turk, forborne out of consideration for Queen Elizabeth, 135.

Its condition in 1592, 161.
The King commonly a stranger,
162.

Contest for the crown of, between
Sigismund III. and Maximilian,
ib. note.

Pole (or Poole), Cardinal, 202.
Popes, election of, how managed by
Philip of Spain, 136.

Portugal, Philip II. proclaimed King of,

28 note.

State of, in 1592, 161.

No successor declared at Sebastian's death, 171.

Philip's designs upon the kingdom, 186. See Antonio; Sebastian. "Preachers." See Nonconformists. Protestantism, nature of, in jeopardy, 188. 250.

Provence, Liguers of, invite Charles Emanuel to be their governor, 162 note.

Puckering, Sir John, Lord Keeper, speech on opening Parliament,

209.

On liberty of speech, 211. On abridgment of laws, 214. Letter from his secretary to Anthony Bacon, 257, note 5. Perhaps alluded to as "the late recovered man," 262 note 2. His civilities to Bacon, ib.

In favour of Bacon's claim to the Solicitorship, 288. 292.

Letters from Bacon upon the business, 229, 293. 313, 314. 320. 360. 369.

Letters from Essex on same subject,

345. 354. 366.

Query as to his earnestness, 346.
Letters of complaint and self justi-

fication from Bacon, 364–366. Letters from same on professional matters, 363, 364. 367, 368. Puritans: Nonconformists so designated, 70. See Nonconformists.

Raleigh, Sir Walter, motion made in
House of Commons by, 220.
Out of favour and away, 309.
Mr. Dixon's story about him, Bacon
and Essex, 387-391.

R.

Ranuccio, son of Alexander of Parma, heir to the Crown of Portugal, 56. Rawley, Dr. William, Bacon's chaplain, 4. 16. 73. 144. 145. 188 note. 233 note.