yen ey i. ee — oe eee a ——- iat Hover senbny htm prbebatoges rere Meistapadgingesasnts ' sais varerererir oat a rooney sfotattietats pepiear re rarabees PoP prt en werhsy Stoyerne petntab be . bebe be tsjobaing olapalebabiaiaisinjers sistaleiepeleisajele soVrinfatelotelebetebalaiaiar Webnbetsqaisistelegeschercier sistas rev eae qipteiet \inprielepnjaietatare tits eh elolober Hote sfsherareteatis - i tovetedntat AMO ole ‘3 atm ; iMeisinpatajorebaee ol alapengerstota abet BHHNAM Ret i bbabbasceuplblects pibied bane? Heempabafoinge tedeney 14 WONRE nhrtentnp adel istataragaintatat spainpaiapatelapol-nten LFA fehainent we pata “soba yaateiats thot befate fate. (olsietobabapayare selstmtefedatatar Vint sates tafatatesaperaetal eis ote tiistotetetsters stm F oh eLOlmfelm obajepe Hotate “fee ‘ 14 9imin je) ajaimfaimyorinic tale) mh Neymtojah ei abe bsinta tapas HIojataietelepel= siefafetaiay Mahe sient siebatolaiopal sl sisfetmtelepe Amhnh Fer iniabefmrefaterepay i H9behewiptot atebeietetoia mpopeialelatar eratetsrdr tet relaeae Ps prlatapalelaiales DR erereres rte ising Hr bod behrp oy shh tare ea saslatsiaie (errrerirrts Him enpnp atin t* een Neer eereeres AS1P IM shel abate ny Vmimtedetelaisimlepoisisiaias 1 tanta ntntndaistntrdetairiaiafefarare Maleisletntntedepainieietetateiaqay at mhelotatefeiertysre 19 jejrisinletetelerepeiay SI AP oiobsialteiioinpatey wimtmpeporsieteg ci ta}miatainys afr atelsiatelointeiaye. Jeimpoysjaratey joiate}etateinjey, *HelS(sfoleistetetaistoteiaieie sie obedmimtmjapay shelmteleteterayey l=rmjeiapaloieleisininieimicis Hote iabOPPlelotelmietmiajejes Jafebersisiniale eu tet " Heterstereysyerepstensieed IIe) lef edafejelm hoimpepepatas ier whe lapat iors, peepee, eta nee ett ts)balelointetar, Jofwinfet=i24olnjajepe\ejaya tehayate evel Woleh (stvieimletetaioiaiaye totaieisiefainia: elwheimbe ei: er eret + he bes oleteiieleieiainie sis\elolelejefeleloiatols fohoiepateted: eins) Sembee ler eiaistatelerey: 4 mie Ofaletereieroletnjeis JS tehe trier ote =} \-\niehsiniatsiefers) Hebb tb ofejnto ainholetedebeimtejeroia fotetolotaterer= Hotadet=petmiets +istmtelejajoerteiale mbefofmtalelarai ashe infepetote) Vet etodas, afsfetmteln ai #1 Pi meoler; reyes s)ayetm tele the wheledeiepet opatmiofebmiotar-talalereiofefai= Beesiaasse terrae as sinieieiviny simitictafebederd fe irietotelsieta “Pim bepabetotetotonayat ie nfotelspepal alot A rinieie 2 “aloha priepes vie ia pena Sledels n1>(mieinintefar lo(atere Hah =sebete Berrereres) itlsinlmteran niet *aleiny So | eininiebebetoletaieloiefmin {Mole apabolateioinibisiateins sielmiateletnjalmiageterone Nejringejeter eh ereleieiel, telelminbebebelniniaimtete ten rer elmprbets, tetoyas nteiayntetey ieteie{e sl opmiaperere) ltetnpotete oinje = injobelwieind Oiaiayniebars fattinjeteinieiete lorafeieea}eterere;, #19 (eI ebabolelepe a etetaielsictels : oh Mejebsisiaiaie(a fepelmieretmsiein Hissritravvir neterolal fparsinyapsiny Hrimteny rin erereres brit obelnimtalatataberer sheimbetatepain pars Hniojal afstofatareisiens s\n jeinieheiniager - Hebe bibieatotite) Abitibi nes iota *V*lotefapeiotas stoi *hwinfapstein tenn inverse tte whe) ‘ shejeieis, {rleiciole of stele fepers tbe hormiola: poss f Holniateiaiape isjejeleiage, fe perere mind afelnfny A revel le )ebeinfointepates 8b ababolabababatatepa pin pete siehstte te apot ay slafobeiniegateraiayer Hoptevntnfepeyeiaray stefajelsiataie iH oe sebaves itm pais tote ia. 16 oh sidinieay fosters prt (sietapaisgcnt poietniats sisialets isha fa fateter baba HSIMI9I Mein joj Hobotetoiatay 8) mts Moyerm 1m) Jsteletetng 4ntefs Hel ehejafale aC eerery ie bbl bted Pitreerne iehei=fajajaba ofeiaisielereiniei! see) al ere) bm He abebers pay Diapers what atetele she alotnisinii-taiapaislersioity ee tmfeteharn shormtatelniaiaiaiat feyetedes ristepate els jehe\ states, Isiefrtainini@ieinisicietalais *4n) eh =hahrj eho is i) Noim beprisiaiepe iol (riele fete neers) Come | te ei nef Nehebeizi*inioleiejeialel wlohe leiebwieioie Hebe, elles Pietoisjadhoyete PPI FIm inl elateieiaja ut mieielepeiaey feeterenerttere =} sieh ete hob eteletere, *ohepeenyeres ates sien, sehen, Wivted bibLepbiiis ~ ovete Phot ore, ehdhdne ane ibm tehe gob efedny oe diene theo ehe ete eek ess stots tetoeetote, tobe, ietnnhahatabohe tole o> stekctetosenntn ; Meiahenbnetaeioe ee tt otwenee slot ehetet th atonn) et@naretn bebe. te thet ebnnes. woseteccateteertsimictottietototese-ctoserogesonons stetebetotosetotetennseisseperorer . i irietetototentanetosetnrmtebesess Tihs rteteateteneiees 40404 at at oteterogores see od tim esos eareiassnetenmserennces eset ibdedeeee alee! cateteret er eoapatsonte: iesetetenedetet ees MN ebererere, nistoieterctsiersienstorerey He Miseseshtesetoren ne Pore sereeey stobesoteitinrelarnief- sinters ciency stetmheteisbelateoieteietaperetarete, atesoteg “le teredatetere tate inte. ris criss ity pes Nalelet=teisotoratotoporeteheiosebe NSP laieiwieietaretoteie ‘ bkbibiel eet leis sterepnie: bababtt deat Neha letehe hele a) eeemte te Hebnreleiatereirialernye: etoperes fstetetere s/ebereteteheperer re Abe peimisfeiaye), oat EE tesa Glas tafes eet iael mates e|s\siatefobmieteleiajaia HAhelsieinte a eer lsimiebeteletotelefe Melebelrtafe minors Phblbibs sl pleled Line ate Seer isin ela helei ia bib s\sitlt(elatoieye fot Anta lapaiet steisiniaisieieieire tre phat stetaeat lehereisisners Dmibibibin tre tirtes he Che 1a thoterey Najeleiei«imieye opal ' *\-\abantelasarorete is Aninge Molslegevelsiaiete; vet *1Ptarafsicretataieleie fete 1 ohm toto ~ sheielaleteteiefe oT bales teint Atwinfalejes *abslerepatel ” IMajalotmreye mi siete epeayeratelsntetefatefet (ehotrtele *olaietae nhoperetaini selagste ret SN eresmperss fate Pied whe teiay ng arenes johejetaiets iat i iatvin lsimtetatemjeje: ererey sleielatoleyetaleye, oe Bal afadataiey, NTP eltetefere Ds tatare peers 8 erate, =(12tmhehapere) mineral etetsbaierere ain i+ foteteces eons: nba beropes. 14 HAO Le a hatete: feteie fekrtorinj ates bal ie er tobe tml hale bate eres ries i oTered sGri@inlelmimlalmlelate Arle releininine lohebeteial wha Oleh elejern . Ieeis tate, Bbibied Deer eaey hein ember te fel: Sie insietatapare, whoo late ror eaea Helsinjabeiape, 1 @ietepa: leiafareispelettrers Pinte her ebel A}at oie aisjeye ober oleiates: +1 FIG led el ed mini nies a +e Pistefereiass stn ateyeee thatelar erat steben. leferntetsisiniwreieietateinteimieiete Nettie rretetoted + i} hapeletniebebelapes fete stebeleinjes Nhhbdbie ete fabe : ilafetatadeiats Het istebete, te sisleearen fe videbabababiblol ly te staioieletelaieiars mye he ' Jebel wishalnbehal sheiPisleleiejesepeiele fod tte ehetnlaiey ss Asieiniayel fi bababas Steiepeletmioieie, er bebibi it Seelelm lett eimtarajeje, fetale Sores ae ibits r =1P4nistalayere hel eteie sfebeietnjejajey shete whey Hintalelaieie t Mbstelbabinbaelalee it cere Sheets hola toys Habe rerepeteraba tel Hel stepmte pele siaheteie fi eh ebay abate leiatorrieieieresers teheleeteiefete tlere re fere a pnin inten jatmte site impoteperey pie bores “ bh bAbe edi tt m eteteie: jane TE OI> bei set tobel ated: Fefetatni*iarasepepoiatoieiel depel*isjaye tem imie {rimiatabvistejeretese Mele ele peye semen fete ; ie Nepalofeteieie eisinitjeispere mie = tabmtspmin ge steiotetotevaiatajeieisieieteicieierr MHeletminbates shetet are etotererts bibababint sry ihbababal eichsiehere isi steiein, Whe imitate Ansetetoreqayers Hehabey Urine retetstateseratsresateiereteretsrereteres sivinleirietaieiereieisivinjeteteleieiesatefe stebaters tolwlstetetntetntsteinjajeieteinrene, Ne reyes Fe = Inte leieierepatete ons lTrite a tereretetetetetetetets ol s!sisheheieieiateteicretetebes Jabot wtereie perry! beba bibs Heiebataeiernjcteretepere, eters. Diba bihd bababal Nstspoteietnietetere, hoe sosadoretepetererginde babtbebtaene Prehere reyes ereneee: aye thasparsindsinerrbaryiars bom badababababubaeebabes ine babsbabtonetecaines tea babebebibinsbabshsecmhebens shied babel ake hie bbbbababh pabbbbhabinet inne I>ietetehereteierapere}ove ara yagag jolmstaternpnrnregatntndaioteretutetesajesepedeivyerorne storm teistnintaiubetsretebetevnjeren sian statejeteiasarefetssedabusereennn veteioietebaretarstederetapateraie yan soynpatecepormyeteterster Be darare rims OPEN re bees Fm berepopmtarernpern, Perete he) Merete aierey Denies SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — LIBRARIES DRAPER FAMILY COLLECTION GIFT OF DANIEL C. DRAPER oN eh -% + 1 is) ih br) : evan i 44 Magy! ne Lae Ps ly " iy Anion . at ca re Sigad ‘ht CN i aaa cea a a Les fs es * x ~ ‘ tm (ae: hs ti aie RLY STN Are: *”% Le i “gee by rs t jone a e / hbo t Pe 5 : e @ i - 1e ke i. = | : “i 7 its alt ee i aero My a “ | teu i [ he F . ; m? | ke ‘ E y A ad es 5 Oo} * i a lam Vice-cemes J HN wui(Morluus 9 Lis é a\\ Ame Di 1626. } \ Hee E : aS ae, a : i ciuael : i we J. s : ch) Ais, BD: ws ‘ Oy gee = ——— FE y Ai) é its QQ SS WMMy J XK ay aw & es / —— \ re ull | ae, A UPnP Ws / \\\\\ \\ / mn miu Na SS ( A mn w . \ AW | | = | x Seis! Meus Lescerte : Me AS il ra ot {== 1h oe . |p eudd, pect (Sie. Me | ; / | | a AQ \ A AANSCRAVAVARURVLURLUBDATANERAL EAL) \\ MALARIAL Aa A i e——— S> FG ie E—= _ = SS B= = @ Zz ss 14) [SE——— A SS i} B= >= 2 Li, WEB = : Y \ iN \ AN i IN 3 \ ih \\ i) Di or A CA NATURALL FLISTORY . In ten Centuries." Avritten by the right Stor; ¢Franets L: Verulam Lnfeount S Alban . Wp. - 1 TeDoN ee : ( (iM Printed for (V7; Lee and are tebe foulda | the fae MEN Ahead next to the Divtre | Faurne ne cFleetstrcet> Aue s + » x on ‘ Ve KATA: Bo “ ers: Pee: ee is ak vi ey Ws Sikes WN A Nato ral Hiltory , TEN CENTURIES W hereunto is newly added, The Hiftory Natural and Experimental of LIEE and DEATH, or of the Prolongation of LIFE. Publithedafter the Authors Death. By WirriamM Raw ey, Doétor in Divinity, One of His Wajetties Chaplains. | Selecunto isadded eArticles of Enquiry, touch~- ing Metals and Atinerals. And the New Atlantis. As alfo the LIFE caf the Right Honorable Francs. Bacon, never added to thisBook before, Written Be the Right Honorable mk ANCES Lord Verulam, Vifcount St. e4lban. The Ninth and Lafl Editon, With; an Alphabetical Table of the Principal Things contained in the Tew Centuries. | LOM DG: Ni, y rates | Printed by F. &. for V¥illiam Lee, and are to be fold by George Sawbridg, Francis Tyton, Thomas williams, john Martin, Thomas Pere, Randolph l aylor, Henry Broom, EdwardT tomas, Thomas Paffenger, Nevil Symmons, Robert Clavel, William Crook, and Fames Magnes; and other Bookfellers in London and % un oftnainfter. 1670. yay roy gey f — 47 i Gh nae ‘oe ; y j \P ove sailed a 5 a 4 rd ‘ats th mea ¥ Bie f ales d * A ee ceed sporean: ceeart on fe Cp 7 / / A§ | ¥. 5 A Natural Hiltory, TEN CENTURIES Whereunto is newly added; | | § The Hiftory Natural and Experimental of LIFE and DEATH, or of the ES of LIFE. ae Publithed after tlie Mitises Death, “By Wirriam Rawtery, Dofforin Divinity, One of His Majefties a ae: Whereunto 1s added eArticles of Buin touch- ing Metals and Juizerals, And the New Atlantis. Written bythe Ri ght Honorable mR AN CIS Lord Verulam, Vifcount St. eAlban. | ; The Ninth atid Lat Badiion, a With an eA lphabetical Table of the ee Things| contained in the Jen Centuries, 3 | Loxson: | {Printed by F.R. for William Lee , atid? are to 3 be Sold by the Bookfellers of London. 1670. | ee rent Flag emery —ripnvenen bia’ 3h an as Ls ie fon i eR ae RO BE aon nnenans hime: nie —|Prince: Soas there needed nonevv Dedica- Dy ite crea rraturmushaseua naivety | RAN ARAN NAAM HAAN ANAM PAGS |Pivveovusuruuvus ewususs: (SAREE) | TO aes 5 Xe “MOST HIGH AND MIGHTY |PRINCE CHARLES, _ «By the Grace of Gop, Pe inc oto Great Britain, France, and Ireland, | ” Defer of the Faith, oc. mM y it pleafe. Your ie Excelent Majesty; Fat ia e ‘He vvhole Body of ae real | kee bs] Hitory, either defigned or vvrit- | ei | age cen by the late Lord Vifcount eet) 5 Alban, vyas dedicatedto Your. 4 Ma ray in his Book De Ventis, about | Four years paft, vvhen Your Maj jefty vvas {tionof this Work, but onely in all Il humble. |nefs, tolec Your Majefty-knovy, it is Yours. It is true, if that Lord had lived, Your Ma- jjefty, erelong had been invoked tothePro- | tection-of anovker Hiftory, vvhereof, not | Natures Kingdom, as in this 3. but thefe of | | GPs! eae. Your | tg Aan cine et nn atte eo pene RE x oh tat SUR pene hone emp ett a eee acne cere aeemaeaeetomers ae eee “Lhe Epifile Dedatoy.. o a Se ie “Your May ches, (during the timeand RE 2 of King Hemy theBigl ith) had beenthe fub-} — jet ; whieh fince, it died under theDefig- 8 | nation meerly : There is nothing left; but | Your Majefties Princely goodnels, gracioufly | | to accept of the undertakers Heart and In-{ — | tentions ; vvho wvas vvilling to haveparted | — | for a vvhile with his darling Philofophy, that | {he might have attended Your Royal Com-} | mandmentinthat other VVork. Thus much} I have been bold, inalllovvlinc& to reprefent | /unto Your Majefty, as one that vvas trufted| — vith his Lordships VVritings, even tothe} — Haft. And as this VVork affeéteth theStamp | of Your Majefties Royal Protection, tomake} | 3 it more currant to the VVorld, fo underthe} | protection of this Work, | prefume j in all} humblenefs to approach Your Majefties pre-| fence, and to offer it up into 0 Your Sacred Bs Hands. Your Majefties al Loyal | . ‘and Devoted Servam | ‘ ’ | : a - PS a aS aw creamer, . iittala ott " ? ; Sa ' : mre . ‘ - % Pa 4 J } 4 Goer es ee eS. : We t ; | ‘ \ . rc - » \ ; ¥ : ¥ % L aes rey Pe as ret i ¢ og. af * - 5 4 ie we SASS e ete eis & a Ak y > oes diet te f € ‘ . % . ASS J be a ha % ' : é 4 ° ? “ e . a . a ‘ t ene & . : 4 4 , 4 : ¥ . F ¢ # f hy ve BIG : a : a [| } San % » ‘ Be - $y ail age ' af ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ a "Ss : d + Vi a8 7 ™ ms; q =r Aying bad the Etonor to be continually with a1 my Lord, in compiling of this Work; and | =sewy (| tobe employed therein, Ihave thought it not | ve ot Ee. amifs, (with his Lordfbips good leave and eee) [iking) for the better fatisfaction of ihofethat | ge readit, to make known fomewhat of bs Lord/bips inten- ions, touching the ordering and publifbing of the fame. I have heard his Lordfhip often fay; Tharif be fhould have | | Jerved the glory of his own Name, be bad been better not to | | have publifhed ths Natural Hiltory ;° for it may feem an | indigefted heap of Particulars » and cannot bave that luftre which Books caft into Methods, have: But that he refolved | | to preferthe good of Men, and that which mighs bel fecure | it, before any thing that might haye velationto bim(elf. e4nd, | be kue'lw well, that there was noother way open to unloofe Mens | | mindes, being bound; and (asit were) eMMaleficiate, bythe | charms of deceiving Notions and Theories ; and thereby | made impotent for Generation of W orks: But onely nowhere | | todepart fromthe Senfe and clear experience, but to'keep clofe | ‘| toit, efpecially in the beoinning. Befides, this Natural | | Hiftory was 4Debt of his, being defigned and fetdown for | 4 third Part of the Ynftauration. J have alfoheard bis | Lordhip difcourfé, That Aten (no doubt) will shintkmany | of the Experiments contained in this Colletion, to'be Ful. | 7 ar \ Se ence — ; ne 2 TD £05" ee = Pi 2 sata sa ee 5 ER SMe EO Nn OT) 1 ee To the Reader.’ gee - contrariwile,the fcope, which bis Lord{hipintendeth, ts to write | fuch a Natural Hiftory , asmay befundamental to the | eretting and building of atrue Philofophy : For the illumi-| | nation of the Underflanding ; the extragling of «Axioms, | | and the producing 0 f many noble Works.and Effects. Forhe | bapeth by this means, to acquit himJelf, of that, for whichhe taketh himfelf ina fortkound , and that i, the advancement \ | of Learning and Sciences. . For having,in the prefent Work, | collected the materials for the Building s andinhu.N ova | Organum (of which his Lardhip set to publifha Second | | Part) fet down the Infiruments and Direttions. for the | VV orks Men [hall now he wanting to themfelves, tf they raile not knowledge tothat perfection, whereof the NCature of| Mortal Menis capable. eAnd in this bebalf, I have beard | bis Lordhip [peak complainingly, That bis Lordhip (who) | thinketh, that he deferveth tobe an eA rchitett in this Build- | zag) /hould be forced to bea V- Vorkman, and a Laborer ; and | to diy the Clay, and burn the Brick , and more then that,|| (according to the hard condition of the Mraelites, atthelag=| ter end) to gather the Straw and Stubble, aver all the Pields,; | soburnthe Bucks withal, For he knoweth, thatexcept bedo| — | gt, nothing will bedone , Men are fofet tadefpife the means) f their omn good, . And as for. the bafenefS of many of the) Experiments, as long as they be Gods VVorks,. they are) | honorable enough : And for the vulgarne fs of them, tne! — | Axioms muft bedrawn from plain experience, andnot from) — doubtful, and bis Lordlhips courfesstomake VV onders plains, — 4 oe { * (Fone RSEOneT PY RR cee FTE TN a xi SSSR RMN op UET nee rome CEOS b 3 4 menta Fructifera, and Experimenta\Lueiféra, || Experiments of Ule; and Experiments of Light: e4nd he reporteth bimfelf, whether be were not re east 9 i], aud vice pleim, things V Konders\; \ and that experience like... wiferimft be broken and\ grinded 5 and .notinbolessonascét °° ligrometh ,\and for Vfe , his Lordhip, hath often jasbis | eALouth,. the two kindes of Rxperimentss Ex peri= 0. a range Man, that fhoald think, that Light bah no Ue, becaufe it hath no Maiter. Further hus Lordhip thought work of Interpreting Nature, and Framing Axi-. oms, all things may be in more readinef. eAnd for the | Canfes herein by him afiigned ,_ his Lovdfhip perfwadesh: | bimfelf, they-are far more certain, than thofe that are ren- dred by others ; not for any excellency of his own wit, (as converjation with Nature and Experience. He did tconfider likewife , That by this Addition of Caufes, eMens mindes (which make fo much hafte to fide out the | caujes of things 5) would not think themfelves utterly loft | in a val Wood of Experience , but ftay upon thefe may be more fully difcovered. TI have heard his Lordfhip | | many would have defpaired to attain by Imitation. eA fog his Lordfbips love of Order, I can refer any Man to ‘¢ Lordfhips Latin Book, De Augmentis Scien- | tiarum ; ich, if my pee be any thing, 1 written in en alr a i ag Nee « , * | good alfa, to add unto many of the Experiments them- | | felves , fome glof of the Caufes, that in the fucceeding | | bis Lordhip is wont to fay ) but in vefpett of bis continual Caufes (fuch as they are’) alittle, tlltrne Axioms!) | fay allo, That one great realon, why he would not put thefe | ‘Particulars into any exatt Method, (though he, that look- | ‘eth attentively into them, fhall finde, that they have a fe- | | oret order) was, Becaufe he conceived that other men would | | now think that they coulddothe like; and fo go on with a | | further ( ollettion , which, if the Method had been exatt, | the | i S632 f le , if ' l a J et a Pathe he en ae the one) Boral: ‘that T. — a ‘pri to _ fae thou ‘conclude, with # “ufnal Speech of bes Lord | || prefixed. co. Wor of bis Natural. Hiftory, w the de his toretip| made it, and not as Men have bes it ; i ak that i | pater Linea? Seth: Tea a wl The Epiftle is the fame), A a £7 + ‘ - 4 : » - Mary e es c x Lo A : nbd i, ta — = 4 ¥ \ ’ ) « ’ @ a 4 ‘ er ee 5 ot L ryK eh ANS t : ke; os os \ t iy « * 4 pe ped o ah ‘ ie * “ ~? ‘ a % : I or ‘ 4 roe ' 4 1 FIN 1 t A, sie ‘ " , i ¥ ' * ef 5 q . ¥ ts Es mee ds ye << Sss ° 4 | iy “ ‘S | 4 é ‘ be ‘ 2 | 4 7 7g ‘ hese f . i 3 t t “ J e .Y j * a 4 v is ; ity Ue) € es 4 & k & ; rt A "s e ae ‘. y va ee Ma fe, F. va 0 © 4 5 Tex 7a cae - s : ‘ tye i ide % - ° ( / 7 ‘ 4 ‘ e 3 4 wey 4 § ; , * . \ ‘ 4 2 FEW yer wy = £5 = / ‘ea ro ae = re : \, bos * fi, i 7 ae “ Sa “The T AnLe. af TABLE -OF THE EXPERIMENTS. Century Pi hase at | . F Straining or Percolation, Outward andiuward, kxperiment 8: ‘i page t O Of Motion upon Preffure, "Exp 5 | pag. 2 : Of Separations of Bodies L ‘guid iy weight. Exp. 3 ! % » pag.3 of Infufions iv Water and eAir. Ext. 7 pag. 4 | Of the Appers-e of Continuation in Pkg Exp. I ei bato2, 9 os) pags 5 4 Of Artificial Springs. Exp. I “pag. 6 | OF the Venemous Quality of Maas Flefh. Exp. I Reeds ORS . ibid. | Of Turning Air tno water. Exped | Von 1Did, | Of Helping or Altering the Shape of the Body, Expat ie p27 | OF Condenjing of Air ro yield Weight, or a onc Exp. t gist ibid, | Of Flame and Air commixed, Exp. z pacs8 | Of the fecret uature of Flame. Exp.1 hee ' ’ pacsg Of Flame inthe mids} and on the Sides. Exp. 1 ' ', ibid, | OF Afotion of Gravity. Exp. I a 5 jo sit ee paR 10 Of | Cont rathion of Bodies in Bulk. Exp. Eo: Pe tae abide | Of making Vines more fruitful, Expt fap ge AL ptabidy “| Of the feveral Operatcous of Purging Medicines, Exp. 9. Eat denroulbtdy | Of Meats and Drizks moft Noartifhing. Exp, 15 lie \ »\pag.12 | OF Medicines applied in Order, Exp,1 i he st pag. 16 Of €are by Cufiome. Expids 7 tek pagal |i - | Of €ure by Excefs, Exp. 1 Eis eae abidy Of Cure by Motion of Confent. E p,1 ie ; ibid, |' _ Of Cure of Difeafes contrary to Predifpofition, Sor ~-$bid, | Of Preparation before and after Pargings Exp. t rate A pag.18 \of Stanching Blood, Exp.t le ibid, jor change of Aliments and medicines. Eee [ ibid. OF Dyets. Exp; 1+, ee Se ts | p2g.19 Of Produttion | of. cold. ‘En, 7 ; Ais eer 2c 196 OF: turning Air into Water, EX), 7 ; ee ‘pag. 20 Of Indaration of Bidies, Exp.8 or pg, 22 OF Preying tf aAtir upon Waser, Exp. t : : cL airaneygimte pg: 124 ‘OF the force of Unton. Exp. t ae Pilg "4 Apid. OFM Ring Feathers andl 4-5 of divers colours. Exp: I i ger Fie icur Of Nour ifhmert of young Creatures in the E Lee or womb. Expat, ‘ pag.25 (oF ee) and Antipa hy. Ex), 3 ) * “ibid, O° the Spirits or Pseumaticars in Badies, E25) mean peg. 26 oO the Power of Heat, Exo. 1 ee , pag. 27 OF Laspoffibitity of Bum. lation [3 pk Gale Sew dtm. eae me ate pag.28 ay I. Bll ats sepoyyo? 29 F-tMujicks Exp. 14 a m pig. 29) y Of the Nallity and Entity # Sonhde, Exp. 4 Apa Yo ‘pag.32° | Of P roduttions Confervarion, and Délatson of Sounds, Babi) 14 Jayna ‘\pay-34 lof Magnitude, Exility, aad Dampsof Sounds, Exp. 25 ue y Spgs 3 Of ong ‘and eee D, of Sy se 3 aS be ¥ , The T apre. o |} OF Communication of Sounds. Exp. 3 tech ibid. , Of Equality and Inequality of Sounds, Exp. 9 m F is. ibid, | | Of more Treble and Bafe Tones: Exp.6. Pag. 43 be Of proportion of Treble and Bafe, Exp. 4° paceq 3 f Of Extertour, Interiour Sounds, Exp, A pag. 45 Of Articulasion of Sounds, Exps 9. ° . : pag. 3 | Century III. F the Lines is which Sounds move, Exp.6 p2g. 49 Of the Lafting or Perifhing of sounds, Exp,$ pag. Of the Peffage in Interception of Sounds, Lxpe 5 , as Of the Medinm of Soands, Exp. 4 Of the Figures of Bodies yielding Sounds: Expo 3 oy e Of Mixture of Sonnds, “xp. 5. i Se p2g. OF Melioration of Sounds. ae 7 eee Of Imitation of Soands. Exp. 6 / pag. i OF Reflexion of Sounds. Exp. 13 pag. 56 Of Confent and Difvent between Andibles, and Vif bles, Exp. 23 pag. 58 F Of Sympathy and Antipathy of Sounds, Exp. 5 pag. 61 Of Hindring or Helping of Hearing. Exp. 4 ap.52 | Of the Spiritual and Fine Nature of Sounds. Exp. 4 pag. 63 Of Orient Colours in Diff olutions of Metals, Exp. r pag. 6m Of Prolongation of Life, Exp. 1 pag, 64 F Of the Appetite of Union in Bodies, Exp.¥ j ibid. { OF the like Operations of Heat and Time. Exp. t : . page 85 ; of the Differing operations of Fire and Time, Exp. Ege tid» Of Motions by Imitation, Exp,t , ibid. Of Infections Difeafes. Exp. 1 bid. F Of the Incorporations of Powders, and Liquors, Een, ; ie ibid. | Of Exetcife of the Body, and the Benefits or Evils thereof. Exp, f pag. 66 | i Meats fome Glutting, or not Glutting, Exp, 1 oy ibid, Century IV. : F Clarification of Liquors, and the eoldasithg thereof. Exp, 11 ag. 67 Of Maturation, and the Accelerating thereof ; and of the Maturation of I rinks, and Fruits. Exp. 15. | Pag. 69 Of Making Gold. Exp, 1 Of the Several Natures of Gold. Exp. I Of Inducing and Accelerating Putrefattion Exp, 12 Of Prohibiting and Preventing Putrefaction Exp. 14 Of Rotten Wood fining, Expt | Of Acceleration of Birth, Exp. 1 | Of eAcceleration of Growth and Stature. Exp. | Of Bodies Sulphareows and Mercurial. Exp. 5 : of the Chameleon, Exp. 1 aes rekon sepage cre MO ec ' of N. itrous Water, Exp. t . * OF Congealing of Air, Exp. Le ke Nee 4 | Of Congealing of Water into Cryftal, Exp eal i | OF Preferving the Smell and Colour in Rofe. Leaves, Exp.1 Of-the Lafting of Flame, Exp, 10.» ~ | Of Infufions or Burials of divers Bodies.in Earth. Exp. 5. | Of the Affetts of Mens Bodies from feveral Winds, ne OF Minter and Summer Sick neffes, Exp, I PAD eee —— si “The T avets Of Peffilextial Tears. Exp, 1 ,. 85 Of Epidemical Difeafes, Exp. 1 nal «da ae ibid. Of Prefervation of Liquors in Wells or Vaults. Exp, 1 1.4 ibid. Of Srutting, Exp.t ibid. OF [weet Smells. Exp. 4 ‘ pag. 86 Of the Goodnefs and Choice of waters. Exp. 4 i ibid, Of Temperate Heats ander the Bquinottial, Exp. t pg. 87 Of the Coleration of Black and Tawney Moors, Exp, 1 ibid. Of Motion after the Instant of Death, Exp, 1 pag. 38 Century V.. (NF Accelerating or Haftening forward Germination, Exp,12 pag. 89 O Of Retarding or patting back Germination. Exp.9 pag. 92 4 Of (Meliorating, or making better, Fruits and Plants, Exp.s5 pag. 93 } Of Comspound Fruits, and Flowers. Exp.55 } i pags 100 Of sympzthy and Antipathy of Plants. Exp, %9 ! pag. tor Of making Rerbs and Fruits Medicinable, Exp.2 pag. 104 Century VI. OF Lorinities about Fruits and Plants. Exp. 17 pag. Log of the Degenerating of Plants; and of their Tranfi mubation one into eau E pA 4 ag. Tro | | OF the Procerity and Lownefs of Plants; and of Artificial dwarfing them, Exp.5-pag.138 Of the Rudiments of Plants 5 and of the Excrefcences of Plaxtss or Super-Plants. E P 36 “4 ibid, Of Producing perfect Plants without Seed, Exp. 11 ia pag.17 Of Forrain Plants. Exp. 3 at pg. 118 | : Of the Seafons of feveral Plants, Exp.6 7 pag. 119 |: | Of the Lfting of Plants, Exps5 pag.120 { OF feveral Figures of Plants, Exp. 3 : . Paget 24, Of fome Principal differences in Plants, Exp.4 hes sy dbid, Of all Mauner of Compofts and Helps for Ground, Exp.6 : p3g.122 | Hy Century VII. OF the Affinities and Differences between Plants, and Bodies Ivanimate. Exn.6, , aa. pae.125 | Of Affinities and Differences between Plants, and Living Creatures; And of the Confer 5 _. 4d Participles of Bth, Exp. 3 pag; 126. OF Plants Experiménts Promi{cuous, Exp. 67 ts pig. 127 Of Healing of wonals, Exp. 1 pag.139 \Of Fut affufed in Flefh. Exp. ; ibid, Of Ripening Drink fpeedily. Exp.t « © ibid. \Of Pilofity and Plapsage. €xp. 1. x. - \ Ubid. of the Quicknefs of Motion in Birds. Exp! / ibid. Of the Clearnefs of tkeSea, the North wind blowing. expe k wee om abid. | Of the different heats of Fire and boyling water, Exp. t pag.T40 Of the Qualification of heat by Moiftare, Exp, > Bids; Of Yawning. Ex. 1 ibid, i the Hiccouchs, Exp, 1 ibid, ~ | mee lle = eesniteincie : ar : : , ‘ ii . t j QO’ Veins of Earth Medicinall, Exp, tr page 147 sg Of Sponges. Ex). ¥ * ae 1 ibid, ! OF Sea.filh in frefh waters. Exp, 1 . . bid. | Of Atcrattion by fimilitude of fubjtance. Exp. I ‘ pag.148 | Of certain Drints in Turkey, Exp. . oe br Of Sweat.. Exp.6 dS Of the Glo. worm, Exp. Dag. 149 | | Of the Impreffions upou the Body, from feveral Paffions ef the Mind, Exp.10 ibid. EOF Druvke nne(s. Exp. 4 é p2g 152 | of the Hurt, or Help of Wine taken is as fe We Exp,t Rs | me of Catterpiller:. Exp. 1. . ‘ te ~ ibid- ae Of the Flies Cantharides, Exp, t rt pie 161} Of Eaffitude, Exp. 2 \. PB 154 | | OF casting the Skin and Shell iene Creatures, Exp. I OF the Poftures of the Body, Exp. 3 eek: ibid’ | Of Peffilential year-. Exp. t | a pag.tg5 Of fome Prognofticks of hard Winters, Exp.t ah cugtPidy J Of certavw Méedicines that condenfe and relieve the Spirits. Exp. FE caihiae ‘ibid, ve | Of Paintings of tae Body, Exp.1 ) ene iy f Of the ufe of Bathing and Anointing, Exp.t ' se 4 'y BIZ 72SG (OF Chamolletting of Paper. Exp. 1 mr page ath gael ae Of Cuttle-Ink, Exp. 1 ie | ty op ORB Of earth increafing in weight, Exp.1 if fe We rid, | of Sleep. Exp.3 ol ala a Of -Feeth—and: aces in the Bodies of Living Creaturer, EXp.tt = = pag.157 Hi - Of the Generation, and Bearing of living Creatures in the womb, Exp.3 , Page 159 b Of (pecies Vifible. Exp, 2 } OF. tos pag. 160} Of Impulfion and fal Dede Exp.3" Y Wa heen ibid.’ |) Of Tittlacion, Ex \ BS. 161 Of fcarcity Ratna. Exp. Of Clarification, Exp, 1 a 162 | i ‘Of Plants without leaves. Exod gauged t WO 4s “ynde oe lofehe materials of Glafs. Exp. r ; ADR ch | Of Probibition of Putrefattion, and the long confervation of Bodies. Bip. Of Abundance of Nitre i in certaix Sed=[hores, Exp. I oR Of Bodies bora up by water, Exp. 1 ‘of Fuel confuming a or not hixg. Exp. E of cheap Fuel. Exp, OF Gathering of. ind for wie ee ig 11 Of Trials of Aires, Exp. 1 i Of Excreafing Milk in Milch- Beafts Exp. Of Sand of the Nature of Glafs, Exp, & 7 of the Growth of Corral, Exp.t _ é ; of the Gathering of Manna, Exp.t th Re 4 | OF the Cure of fome ulcers and Hyrts, Exp. 1 A oukay?, ba eetipagtrer | Of the Healthfulnefs or Unbealthfulnefs of the Southern wind, Exp. t on ubbid. | OF wounds made with Brafs or with Iron, Exp, 1 | a) ibid? Of Mortificatien.by Cold. Exp, wd : ibid, «| OF weight, Exp.1 ; ibid, | Of fuper-Natation of Bodies, Exp. 1 ar | ibid: Of the Flying of unequal Bodies in the Air, Exp,1 : pig. 167 Of water that it may be the M:dinm of Sounds. Exp, t. - . abid, | Of the Flight of the Spirits upon odious objects. Exp.t ibid | Of the fuper-R-flexion of Eccho’s. Expt isd, Of the force of imagination imitating tat of the Senfe, Exp. t pag.168 } : ze og eee ' OF Corretting of wines, Exp.t | OF Bitnmen one of the Mater: ; ; abi | Of Plater crowing as hard as Marble. Exp, Hyeh oy) Gqbid, | Of che Growth or Multiplying of Metalls, Exp. t | Of Fixation of Bodies, Exp, 1 als, Exp. 30 Pape THIS Of the Caufes of Appetite inthe Stomach, Exp.t ~ pag.176 of fi meetnels of Odour from the Rata, bow: Expt & ibid, | Of {weet Smels. Exp. 1 pag. 197 | Of the Corporeal [ubftance of smels, Expt ibid, Of Fettde and Fragrant Odours. Expt ibid; Of the Canfes of Putrefatkior, Exp, t pag. 178 | OF Bodies uxperfeltly mixt. Exp. 1 : pag. 179 | a | Of ConcoBion and Crudity- Exp. I ! ibid, of Alterations which may be called Majors. Exp, I ' ibid, Of Bodies Liquefible, and not Liquefble. Exp.1 a paz. 180 | Of thé two kinds of Pneumaticalls in Bodies, Expo * ~ : Li Res hor | OF Bodies duttile axd tenfile. Expt SOs ae ibid. Of fever«l pafsions of Matter, and charatters of Bodies, Exp, % pag.182 | of Ind uration by fieapat hy. Exp. I ibice. } OF Hoxez and Sugar. Exp.t . peg. 183 OF the finer fort of bale Metals. Exp. 1 . ibid. Of certain Cemert and Quarrses, Ep ,' : ibid, f | GF the A leeris g of éolours ih Hairs and Feathers, Exp. 1 ibid, } Of the d:fference of Living Creatures, tale and Female, Exp, I prg.1d4 |} Of the Compar.tive Mag nitude of Living Creatures, Exp. 1 ibid. { Of Producing Fruit without Coar or Stone, Exp, 1 De ibid. | Of the Melioration of Tobacco. BRS. Ti. - pag.185 Of (ever al Heats working the fame Effetts, Exp. ibid. Of Swelling and Dilatation ix Boling, Exp, x 3 ibid, 0° theDalcoration of Fruits, Ex), 1 page 186 Of Fichh Edible, and not Edible, Exp, ibid. | OF the Salamander, Ex5, 1 : ; _ ibid, Of the contrary operations of Time, upon Fruits aud Liquors, x2. Pag.187 OF blows and bruifess Expt J ibid, O° theo. ris Rootes Exp. 1 ibid. Oe nen =~ TeiT aS. ale of Wildafire, Exp, 1 7 Law’ abi, Of Prefervation of Bodies, Exp.1 ‘ Rie: MR Nh ok ibid. AX : ibid, ef the drawningthe more bafe Metall in the more pretions. Exp.1>. ie ibid, : Page 169 OF the reftle(s Nature of things in them[elves, and their defire to change. Exp.t ibid. Century 1X. Na rgennes ai (YY Perception in Bodies infevfible, tending to natural Divination and fubtle tri- (Of Bodies Fragile and Tough; Exp. 1 : ibid. | Of Concrétion and diff olution of Bodies, Exp, ibid. Of Brdies hard and [.ft. Exp. 1 ibid. | of the compreffion of Liquors. Ee 1 mS ayaa la peal Of the working of water upon Air contig uons. Exp. wert i Th | Of the Nature of Air, Exp. 1 tty ua, ten 18 ee, FP the Eyes and Sight; Exp.7 4 \ is ot ea | °F the colonr of the Sea, or other water. Exp. r S ale hh a | Of Shell-Fifh. Exp. 1 oo Ofpthe Right fide. and the Left, Exp. I ‘ Of Fri Zions, Exp. I | Of Globes appearing flat at diftance. Exp, 1 | Of Shadows, Exp.1 | OF the Rowling and breaking of ne Seat. Exps I Of the Dalcoration of Salt-water, Exp. 1 a CO’ F the Tran{msiffion and Influx of Immaterinte Virtues ia the Force of iciaginasitig whereof there be Experiments Momtory, three mall, Exp. 11 _ pag. 197 Of € miffion of Spirsts in Vapour, or Exbalation, odour like, Lxp.26 pag. zn | Of Emiffiow of [piritual Speciés which «fect the Senfes. Exp. Pag, 20H Of the returmof faltnefs t in pits by the Sea-[hores Exp. E HR, ath ap B Of Attrattion by fi (imlitude of {ubtante, Exp.bs peta Pes storages lp Se Of eAttrathion, Exp. 1 “ meaty Sg, Of Heat usder earth, Exp. 1 : siash es 8 i Of Flying in the eAfir. i xp. ae Pen ae - ibid. | Of the Scarlet Dy, Exp. 1 re tie ‘ ibid, | of Malificrating. Exp. 1 hw pag. 102 ¢ Of the Rife of Lignors or Powders, by means of flame. Exp. bids f of the irfluences of the Afoons Exp. ee mi ibid. } Of Vinegar. Exp. 1 pag. 194} — Of Creatures that flcep all Winter, Exp. ibid. } an the Gennes of Créatures by Copulation, and by Putrefattion, Expsy ibid. | Century Keo . Of Emiffion of Inmatervate Vertnes, fromthe Minds, and the be Shirts of Men, by Affetie | ons, Imagination, or other Impreffiows, Exp, 21 ibid) | Of the fecret vertue of Sympathy, and A ntipa hy, Exp. 39 pag. 205). Of fecret Vertnes and Propertiers Ex). 1 poz. 214) Of the Aiton hat ed of wens Spirits. Exp, I carer pag. 2X5) eee es ee ———-- a PRT Hees ——— - ‘ . : Pie a | : 3 | be ony be he / OFTHE : dy. RIGHT HONOURABLE FRANCIS BACON ‘|| Baron of Veruxam, ame aan BY WILLIAM RAWLEY.D.D. - His Lordfhips firftand laft Chaplain, and oflate his . Majefties Chaplain in Ordinary. LONDON, ; Printed by S.G. & B.G, for William Lee, and are tobe fold atthe fisn ofthe Turks-Head in Fleet fireet, over againtt Fetter-Lane, 1670, AD er bn mitenned - soa a 18 Seem gan stetiqr es se trea leyae Nee, aomemgaagnaty ah a eanate f erty Ai ser hy Ne pe oF is asa mel an a8 . Foetal. dae owhi A At ay oe Ricut Honourasre FRANCIS BACON Baron of V erulam , Vilcount Se. Alban. tithias RANCIS BACON the Glory, of bis — # Ageand Nation, The Adorner, and Orna- = 3 = mentof Learning ; Was bornin York-houie| wsysytgs or York-Place, ea the Strand, On the 22th ee Day of January; é# the Year of our Lord,1560, His Father was that famous Councellor to Queen Elizabeth, |The fecond Prop ofthe Kingdom in his Time, Sir Nicholas Bacon, Knight, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of Eng- land; a Lord of known Prudence, Sufficiency, Moderation,| and Integrity. His Mother was Ann, one of the Daugh- ters of Sir Anthony Cook; unto whom the Erudition , of ‘King Edward the Sixth, bad been committed: A choyee Lady, and Eminent tor Piety, Vertue, and Learning ; “Being ) exquifitely skilled, for aWoman, inthe Greek, amd Latine, . Tongues. Thefe being the Parents , you may eafily imagine, hr a what rn te et a a OFTHE. / i2 || aed Towardline[s, of wit , As they were Prefages of that) ‘\how éldhe was? He anfwered withmuch difcretion, being | “| Majelties happy Reign; ; with wick anfwer the Queen m was _ lferved, to bave been more, than an Ordinary Proficient, in| . (the jerveral Aris and Sciences. Whilft be seas commorants én} tbe production of Woiks. forthe Benefit of the Lift'o - State; ‘and; foe what end, a him orver' into. The. Life of the Rite cote what the \flue, was liketobe; Having had whatfoever Na-| cure or. Breeding could put into bie hx. The “4 a " i His firSt and cbildifh years were not without (ome Mark of Eminency, At which time he was indued with that Preg 8 oe att iw Deep, and Univerfal Apprehenf on, which was manifeftin| | bim, afterward: Andcaufed bim to be taken notice of, by feve-| |ral Perfons, of Worth and Tlace; And ef pecially, by the} Queen ; who ( as 1 have been informed ) deligi ted much, thes, to confer with him; And to prove him wito Queftions ; un |to whom, be del pered Himfelf, with that Gravity, and M: rity, above his years ; That Her Majefty would often ter bim; The young Lord Keeper. “Betug asked bythe ae then but a Boy; That he was two years younger than her | much taken, : At the ordinary years, of Ribene/s, for the LehiGee ity; orl. | ratbey fomething earlier ; bewas fent by ‘bis Father, vo Prt ; | nity Colledgesi in Cambridge . To be educated; and ‘bred oe der the Tuition of Do@or Tohin White. Gif, then Malter| of thé Colledge, Afterwards the renowned Arch. Bifhop: ue | Canterbury ; a Prelate of the firlt Magnitude of Santkity, | Leaning, Patience, and A umility ; “Onder whom, He wa sob.| \ehe Vniverficy, about 16 years of ages ( as his Lordfhip bath) beew'. pleafed'to impart’ unto my [elf ; ) be firft f fell. emer the Diflike, of the Philofophy of Ariftotle. Not for the Worthileffenels ofthe Author, to whom be would ete ai High Attributes ; But for the Vnfruitfulnets; of the way, : Being a Philofophy, ( as bis Lordthip a/edtofay) i al flrongs for Difputations , and (ontentions ; But Batre, of hy be ta which Mind be continued to bis Dying Diy. CAG 4 ye : | «After bebad paffed, the Circle of the Liberal ys : Father thought fit, to frame, and mould oe mit f a? —_— - Francis Lord Bacon. into France ; By whom, he was; after awhile, beld fit to be en- | truftedy with _fome Meflage, or Advertifement,: to: the | Queen ; which baying performed with great Approbation, he returned back into France again; with intention to continue, a for fome years, there. Inbis abjence, in France, bis Father, \ the Lord Keeper; died , Having collected, ( as I have heard, lof Knowing Pexfons ) a confderable fum of Money, Wich hehad feparated, with Intention, to bave made acompetent —|Purchafe of Land; for the Lively. hood of this his youngelt Son ;. ( who was onely unprovided for; andthough be was 3 esomec in yearss yethe was notthe lowefts in bis Fathers| . affeétion .) But ibe [aid Purchale, being unaccomplilbed, at his Fathers Death, there came no greater [bare +o him; than his fiegle Part, and Portion, of the Money , dicvidable among ft | five Brethren ; “By which means, be lived, in fome ftreits , and Neceffiti ities, in bis younger years. For as for that pleaf ant | Scite, and Mannor of Gorhambuty, :be came not toit, vill | many years after, bythe Death, of bis Deareft Brother, Mr. Anthony Bacen ; 4 Gentleman, equal to bimy in Height of Wit 5, Though inferiour to him; in the Endowments of Lear- ; ning and Knowledge ; Onto whom be was, molt nearly con- jomnedin affection; They two being the efole Male. iffue 2A a fen cond Venter. Being returned en Travail, be applied bimfelf, 10 the Study of the Common-Law; which be took upon bimto be \bis Profeffion. In which, he obtained to great Excellency. i, Though he made that, ( as bimfalf faid ) but as an accelfary, ‘\and not as his Principal fiudy. He wrote feveral Txactates, \upow that Subjeét. wherein , though fome. great Malters, ofthe Law did out-gohimin Bulk, and, Particularities of b Cafes ; yet, inthe Science, of the Grounds, and My fkeries, Of the | Law, he was winetaed by none... Inthis ways hewas af- tera while, foorn, of tbe Queens Counfel, Learneds, Ex- traordinary., s agraces (if Lerre not). fearce known before. He [eated himfelf for. the commodity of bis (Pudiess and Pra- Sir Amyas Paulet, shen Employed Ambafladour. Lieger, a j Eife; amongft. tbe Honourable Society, of Greyes-Inn 5| Of which Houle ; he Wasa Member, ; where be, Eretteds that\ a t . { { = i . | e _ i The Life er the be Righe Honorable : oF ks oe Oa ¥ that Elegant Pile, or Structure, commonly known by the Na ane & | Counfeller, and gave him Safe and Honourable Advice, vil, a |was bis Fate and ue: ‘| Law ; But alfo, about the arduous Affairs oF Eftate .. From| ‘onely one dry Reverfion of the Regiffers Office, in the Star- ofthe Lord Bacons Lodgings ; which he Inhabited by Turns, a the mof? part of bis Lifes ( fome few years onely excepted, ) unto bis Dying Day. In which Houlebe carried himfe. fe k with fuch Sweetne/s, Comity, and Generofty, That he Sot S much revered, and beloved, bythe Rea ders and Gentlemen eS of the Houle. & Not with/tanding, tbat be profe elfed the Law for his Live. | hood, and Subfiftence . yet bis Heart and Affection was more | carvied after the Affairs and Places of Eftate ; for which, if} the Majefty Royal then, bad been pleafed, he sas most fit. Tel - his younger years, be fudietthe Service, and Fortunes, (as they call them, ) of that Noble; but unfortunate Earl, the} Earl of E flex . unto whons be was, ina fort, a Private and free cr one — inthe end, the Earl inclined too much, to the violent and preci- | tate Koen(til of others, bis Adberents, and Followers ; which | | His Birth and other Capacities qualified bim, sida O- thers of bis Profeflion; tohave ordinary acceffes at Court ;| and to come frequently into the Queens Eye ; who would of : ten grace him with private and. free Communication ; : Not onely about Matters of bis Profeffion, or Bufinels in| sohom fhe received, from timetotime, great Satisfatlion, Ne- 4 everthele/s thouyh fhe cheered him much , with the Bounty 9 of u ber Countenance 5 yet fhe never cheered him with the| Bounty of her Hand ; Having never conferred upon bins a i ay Ordinary Place or Means of Honour or “Profit y Save} Chamber ; worth about 1600 |, per Annum ; Foy which he waited in Ex.peEtation, either fully or near twenty years 5 of : which bis Lordfhip would /ay, in Queen Elizabeths ’ Time 3 e3] That it was like another mans Ground , buttalling 1 upon his Houfe ; which might mend _ his Profpect, buti it dic ic i] 7 not fill his Barn. ( ah able: in the time vu bei dee 1eS | ~ Francis. Lord | Bacon, as the Arts and Policy of 4 Great Statefman, then, who la- boured by all induftrious , and fecret. VM eans, to Juppre(s, and keep him down ; left, if he had rile, be might have obfcur-. ed bis Glory: ~ Butthongh; be ftood long at a fan, in ‘tie Dages of his. Mi- — | ftrefs Queen Elizabeth ; Yet, after the change, and Coming in of bis New Mafter,. King James, be made a great. pro- qgre[s; by whom be was ‘much comforted, in Places of Truft, Honour, and Revenue, Ihave (een, a Letter of bis Lord- fhips, toKing James, wherein he makes Acknowledgement . That*he was that Mafter t to him, that had raifed and ad- vanced him nine times , Thrice in Dignity , and Six times in Office, His Offices ( as I conceive ) were Countel learned extraordinary , tobis Majefty, ashe bad been, to Queen Elizabeth , Kings Solliciter General ; His Maje. -{fties Atturney General ; Counfellor of Eftate » being yet but Atcurney ; ; Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England; | Lafily,Lord Chancellor: which two laf “Places sthough they be the fame, in Authority and Power, yetthey differ in Pa- tent,Height, and Favour of the Prince. Since whofe time , _ | none of bis Succeffors, untilthis prefent Honourable Lord. didever bear the Title of Lord Chancellor. His Digni. ties Were firft Knight, then Baron of Verulam, Laffly, Vifcount Saint Alban : Befides other good Gifts and Boun- ties of the Hand, which bis Majesty gave him, Both out of \the Broad- Spal aad out of. the Aleniation - Offices To the v4 lue, ia both of eighteen hundred pounds pet-annum ; which ‘| with bis Mannour of Gorhambury ; and. other Lands and | Poffelfi 1ons, weartherewnto adjoyning, amounting toa third more, beresained to bis Dying Day... x) iy Towards his Rifing yearssnot. before, be entered i invoia sar. \nied Eftate , and took to Wife, Alice, one.of the. Daughters, |man. of London, swith whem. he received, a fufficiently am. none - Whi though shey. be. tbe means, to. perpetuate, our +4 Names) after our Deaths s. yet he bad other Iflues to perpe- | ~saonid Name; The Iflues of bis Brain. in which he was e- ver and Co-heits of Benedi& Barnham, Efquire, ang. Alder. ef Pes and libe Portion, in - - Marriage. Children be. Bad | ead | va cia or. the Natural Hiltory.. The oh’ ie Like of the Right Honi fi, Eo : ay Raarloeiphn. sein | ever happy, and admired ; as Jupiter was, ithe p: oduié flow of Pallas. Neither didi the want of Children , “deta from bis good nfage of bis Confort , during the Intermarr : whom he profecuted, with much Conjugal Love [peck ; with many Rich Gifts, and Endowments’; “E Befides|. a Robe of Honour; which he inrveftedh her witha hich fel wore untill her prs Day; ; being diay) ie ts mores Es : ter his Death. : si ore ety . The laft five years of bis Life, neti ib dribhs : vil affaires , and from an Agtive Life, he employed a in Contemplation and Studies. 4° thing , where | Lordfhip would often {peak, during bis A@ive Life Kae if 4 be afjeétedto dyin the Shadow, and notin the Lightswhieb| alfo may be found in feveral Paljages of bis bigiste rs which time be compofed, the greatest ‘part of his Books? gpd] Waitings ; “Both in Englith and Latine; Which’ tle mevate, (as ner as I can) inthejal? order, x wherein they’ | written. The Hiftory of the Reign of King Henty” venth . Abcedarium Nattire ;°or a vietschyfatgh | which i is 5 lof Hiftotia Ventorum ; oe Vitae 8 N ee i vis & Levis; sbiebe is alfo bof A Diteour if ware ‘| Spain, A Dialogue, roncbing an Holy War. ie b tbe New Atlantis. Prefaze toa Digeft of the'La } of England, TheBeginning; of the Hiftory of she'k of King Henry the Eighth. De Augmentis ‘Scientiatt Or tbe Advancement of Learning , ‘put into Latin, fevévilt Bnvichmems and Enlargements: °C \Counfel: and Moral. Or bis ‘Book ‘of Eflayes, \ikewife : ! and Enlarged. The Converfion ofc certain Plalm -Englifh Verfe. ‘The ‘Tranflation into Latin; ftory of King Henry the Seventh, Ofthe Cor | and Motal. Of the Dialogue af the Holy Wat. i Fable oft the New Atlantis: For: the Benefit of ot | tions.” His Recvifing” of ‘bis. Book 5 De Sapienti: “ram. * “Inquifitio de “Magnetes | To ica Ingu | Luce & Lumine: ; “Both thefe mor.yet rinted) J L: ———. 6 - 3 oe ea - , - —* rae ; : , ‘ , B : _ Franers: Lord Breon2! ae * EER and Produétions, of bis laff five years. Fis’ Lord- jfhip-aljo defigned upon the Motion and In-vitation of bes lace| - | Majelty ;-To have written ‘the Reign of King F tenty ‘the _|Eighth; But chat Work Perifhed in the Defignation: ineer~ i bys God not lending bim Life,to proceed urther upon it then only in one Mornings Work: ‘whereof there is Bxtant, An, | Ex Ungue Leonem: already prianeasit a eee Mic. cellany Works. Tbere ts a Commemoration tie? As well, to bis bilities, and Fertues, as to the’ Courte of bis Life. "Thofe Abilities, | | which conimonly go fingle in other Mens thotigh of prime, and | Obfer-veable, ‘Parts, were all conjoynéits and met in Him, | Thofe ‘are, Sharpnels of Wit, Memory, ‘Judgment , and -jElocution. For the Former T bree, bts Books do iat dantly {peak them , which, with what sufficiency he wrote, let| _|the World judge; “But with what Celerity be, wrote hem, ‘Leas bef? teftifie. But for the Fourth, bis Elocution ; I vill | only fer down what Ibeard,Sit Walter Rawleigh; once Speak 0 bim by Way of Gomparifon ( whofe Judgment may well be|. trifted. ) Thatthe Earl of Salifburg, was an excellent f ker, but no good Pen-man 3 That the Earl of Norzb-| \ampton , ’ (the Lord Henry Howard ,) was an excellent] _ |Pea-man, but‘no good speaker ; But that Sir Francis|, Bacou,was Eminent in both. | | -Ibarve been. enduced to think That if there were, a| Beam of Knowledge derived from God upon any | Man, in thefe Modern Times , it was upon Him. For - |though be was a great Reader of Books ; yet he had not bis Knowledee from Books 3 But from fome Grounds,| and Notions » from within Himfelf. Which notwith- \eanding , be vented with great Caution’ and Circum- {pe sion. His Book, of Inftauration Magna, ( which, in bis own Account, wwas the thiefe ft of bis Works,) was no Slight Ima ination, ar Fancy, of bis brain. but a setled, ic “Notion, The Produétion of many years, Labour, , and’ eave, I my Self, have fee, at the lest, Twelve Coppies; of the Inftauration : ‘Revifed, year by | regi another , And every year altered, and amewded,| Te, ‘B in —— og inthe Frame as , Till, at lap, it einai Models i whichit was committedto the Prels; As many Living Cs tures,do lick their young ones, till they ering them , ftreng th of Limbs,” : da he Compofing of his Bopha: he did eather ic) Mafculine awd clear Exprefsion, than at agy Finenels,¢ fectation of Phrafes, and would often ask, if the feaning| were exprefjed plainly enough : as being one that accounted | words to.be but fubfervent, or Minifterial, to Matter ;and| not the principal. And if bis Stile were Polite , it was ben caufe be could dono otherwife. Neither was be given, to any Light Conceits; Or Defcanting upon Words ; ‘But did ever, purpofely,andinduftrion|lys avoid them ; For be held | fuch Things; to be butDigrelsions,or Diveshong) from He | Scope intended , and to aicedani frente Weight and. \ nity of the Reita, Ge He was no Plodder upon Books; Though he read ; that with great fudgement and Rejection of anaes ; incident tomany Authors 3 For he would ever satan ie Moderate Relaxation of His Minde with bis Str As Walking, Or Taking the Airabroad in bis Coaches r| fome other befitting Recreation , andyet, he would loofe no Time, Jas much, as upon his Fir and Immediate Rewarny be would fall to Reading again, and, fofuffer no Moment. of | Time ¢o Slip fest him ‘without fome prefent Improve | ment. ers th 4 His Meales were Refeétions of the Eare as wall as | the Stomack : Like the Notes Atticx; or Convivia De no-Sophiftarum , Wherein a Man might be refrefbed in Mind and underftanding, no lefs thew in his Body. 1 barve known fome, of no mean Parts, thathawe pro make ufe of their Note-Books 5 whew they have rife bis Table. In which Converfations , and oth was no Dafbing Man, as fomemenare ; “But ever a: 10) tenancer,and Foherer 5 of another Mans Parts. pac he one, tbat would appropriate the Speech, wholy to Himf or delight to ont-vie others ; “But leave a Liberty )Co-Alleffours, to take their burn. Wherein be wo % hi eee 7" Frawers Lord Bacow. _ |wherein he was peculiarly Skilful, and would delight to peak. | Aud, ‘for Himfelf, be dpinlvacioedh no. Mans Oblervations, | but would light bis’ Torch atever'y mans Candle. .6). His Opinions and Affertions were, for the moff pare, Bin- | sling: and not contradicted by any ; Rather like Oracles, thas | Difcourles. Which may be imputed; either to the well weigh- _ lingof bis Sentence, by the Skales of Truth, and Reafon ; | Orelfe to the Reverence and Eftimation, wherein he was | commonly bad,. that no Man. would r\conteft. with him: So\ | that there was no Argumentation, or:Pro. and Con (> as they termit ) at bis Table: Or if there chanced to, be any it was | carried with much Submiflion and Moderation;. 4... oe often obfer-ved , and fo hace other Men of great : ecount That if he bad: occafion to repeabanotber Mans Words die: be ‘bad an ufe and faculty. to drefs thems in, better 4 ie ge they had before: So that. the |Authour fhould find sbis own speech. much amended; and tthe fubftance of it (fill retained : As if it bad bea Na. 4 asalto bim to ufé tog reid Abas of bis. Ba, | ale yecmnchiicia HO caibajyrt hah: & | — vie. ei ered ax't bere aR ands =a} | veal EE aod ‘tentabam feribere, Mit ert PAO se est Baiolins sissils. 20d E . ow gt ait: Officécalled-hims as ie Keipes Conny Learned, torcharge any. Offenders) either in: »Criminals, | Capitals; He was never ofan \nfulting, or Domineering Pp atuired-ver them’; Bun alwayes tender Hearted, and car a yim felf deeently towards the Paxtiesis.( ‘Though it was his uty ys tacargetbem om: ») ‘But yetsasone, that looked mp. “ ree b lex withthe Bye of Severity, But upowthe Per- q sib theitiga of Pitty; 4d Compaflion. Awd in Civil Buhinels, «as be was Counlellor of Eftate's he bad the be, of advifing : Not engaging bis Matter, in \any Precipi- : prob gba cruyasy: but igi» Moderate, and Fair ieodings= The King, whom he ferved; gicvinghim shis |Tefimony, That be ever dealt , in siecainass Suavibus jwaY | B2 Modis ;\ ee ‘* s Ae ae Py) ae. \4Man on, and-allure bim, to fpeak wpon fuch a Jubjeck, as 3 var Pie = ae eae The Life of Te Rill ze Modis ; “Which wasthe vay thatwwas.moft ac to his civia hua bento on Leriek’ ered WIMP Lace ae - Neither'was He Diba nihevdefneqratifia with the Cy than with his Soveraign. He mas ever acceptable to the rates 4 of Commons, whew be wasa Member thereof. ' ‘Being th the'l Kings Atturney; and chofento aplace saDaslismedal be-was| & |allowed and difpenfed with to fit imthe thloule ; awh ds) | not permitted tootber'Atrurneys. ©.) di, po | _ And ds he wasa' good Sexvant to bis Maltet'; Bein A lin nineteen years fervice (as be bimfelf averred,) rel the King for any Thing relating tobts Majefty ;: ‘Sobe agood Mafter to bis Servants’, And rewarded their Jo |tendance with good Places, freely when they fellinto: bis Power. Which was rhe Canfe that fo many onesie jmen of Blood and Quality 3: fought to. li8t them/felves 4 {bw Retinue. | Andif bewere'abujed by any of: them in re | Places , Ic was onely the Extour, of the'Goodnels, of bas tute ; bubthe ““— f sbeir inne and Intem ae ranceg. s2asiidubedeee © | > The Lord wad RitiGious ; For shough the World e° apt} | ,0/ufpect, and prejudice, Great Wits, and Politicks toy rot j fomewhat of the Atheift , Yet be was ‘con vérfant with God :| hy | 4s appeareth, by feveral Pafages, throughout He whole Cr |rent of bis Writings. Orbermife be fhould bave | |bis owe Principles, which were , That a little Philo: phy, - maketh Men: ‘apt to forget God ; As) aceribinting |too much tofecond Caufes; But Depth of 7 al bringeth Men back to God agains: Now 1 am fi rel txno Man bat will deny bim, or account ot! if bim,| but to bavehim beewa deep Philofopher. Aud inlte . : n > \ he e " I / \ < l a be A ee y Suretng (a : ; % f Bunt i i Oe e.. MSA 5a YUAN ARM f . *. ; wi ' 4 » \ 5 1 ’ , a ‘ ! ’ tra 4 \ i so iy Das % 4 gia si Uy ri 4 . , ' salt a, . - ; ! ‘ 1 \ Pes 7 ean J ’ ae cl - hh 5 ai bigot ae 1% 3 Teak ae ali re barsanriy aera ay Cle iio ae ' ry 1 ny po a wy ft ~ 2 . Soe =| ae | | ; VANES) MATE GDGIGIED LISS NEW ATLANTIS. mE failed from Peru (where we had continued by the Gl foace of one whole year) for China and Fapan by the South Sea,taking with-us Vidtualsfor Twelve Moneths, and had good Winds from the Eaft; though foft arid weak,. for Five Moneths fpaceand more; but then the -~Wind came about, and fetled in the Weft for many days; {0 as we could make little or no way, and were | fometimes in purpofe. to turn back : But then again, there arofe ftrong and great Winds from the South, with a Point Eaft, | which carried us up (for all chat we coulddo) towards the North; by which | time our ViGtuals failed us; though we had made good {pare of them: So that finding our felves inthe midft of the greaceft Wildernefs of Waters in the World, without Victual, we gave ourfelvesforloftmen, and prepared for death. Yet we did lift up our hearts and voices to God above, Who heweth his wonders in she deep ; befeeching him of his mercy, That as in the Beginning he ‘difcovered the Fave of the deep, and brought forth dry-land; fo he would now difcover Land tous, that wemight not perifh. And iteameto pafs, that the next day about Evening, we faw within‘a Kenning before us, towards the North, as it were thicker Clouds, which did put us in fome hope of Land; knowing how that part of the South-Sea was utterly un- | known, and might have lflands or Continents that hitherto were not come | tolighr.. Wherefore we bent our courfe thither, where we faw the ap- _| pearance of Land all that nights and in the dawning of the next day, we } might plainly difcern thatit was a Land flatto ourfight, and full of Bofcage, \-which made it fhew the more dark; and after an hour and a halfs failing, | We entred into a good Haven, being the Port of a fair City, not great in- deed, but well built, and that gave apleafant view fromtheSea: And we thinking every minute long, till we were on Land, came clofetothe Shore and offered to land; but ftraight-ways we faw divers of the people with Baftons in their hands, (as it were) forbidding usto land, yet without any cies or fiercenefs, but onely as warning us off by figns that they made. | Whereupon being nota little difcomforted, we were advifing with our | felves, what we fhould do. During which time, there made forth ro us a {mall Boat with about eight perfons in it, whereof one of them had in his hand a Tip-ftaff of a Yellow Cane, tipped at both ends with Blew, who _\made aboard our Ship without any fhew of diftruft atall : And when he " |faw one of our number prefent himfelf.fomewhat afore the reft, he drew l forth a little Scroulof Parchment (fomewhat ycllower then pamearise 2 Ae A an { New Atlanta. ~~ he likeche Leavecof Wiinivo. Tables. lie one a ia and fhining like the Leaves of Writing-Tables, but otherwile foft and flexi- ble) and delivered it to our focemole man. In whic Scroul were writren | in ancient Hebrew, ahdin ancient Greek, and ingood Latine of the Schéol, andin Spanifh, thefe words, ‘“Landyenot, none of you, and provide robe “gone from this Coaft within fixteen days, except you have further tite “given you : Mean while, if you want Frefh-water or Victual, or help for “ your Sick, or that your Shipneedeth repair, -weire down your wants, and ‘you fhall have that which belongeth to Mercy. This Scroul was figned| | with aftamp of Cherubims VVings, nov fpred, buthanging downwards, and by them a Crof, This being delivered, the Officer returned, and left onely| | a Servant with us to receive ouran{wer. | Confulting hereupon amongft our | (elves, we were much perplexed, The denial of Landing, and hafty warn- | ing us‘away, troubled us much. On theother fide, to findéthat the peo- | | ple had Languages, and were fo full of Humanity, did comfort us not a} little 5) and above all, the Sign of the C7of to that Inftrunient, was to 92 | great rejoycing, and, as it were, a certain prefage of. good. Our anfwer was |. in the Spanifh Tongue, “ That forour Ship it was-well, for we had rather | | « met-with Calms and contrary Winds then any Tempetts, For our Sick, | «they were many, and in very ill cafe 3, fo that if they were not permitted to} | land, they ranin danger of theirlives. Ourother wants we fet down in| | particular, adding, “That we had fomelittle ftore ef Merchandize, which | We ‘offered: fome: reward in Piftoléts untothe | — | Servant; .and_ a‘piece of Crimfon'Welver to 'bé prefented: to the Officer’; q | but the S€rvant cook them: nat, inor Would fcarce look upon them, and|’ fo left us, and. went) back” in another little Bont which’ was fent for} — him: q Le at.) -% | About three host aes k we bad sifpaccnect our ur Anfwer) ree cameto-| | wards us aperfon (as it feemed) of place :. He had on him:a:Gown with| — | wide Sleevesiof akinde of Water-Chamolet, of an excellent ‘Azurecolour,| — | far more gloffic th€n.ourss his under apparel was green, and fo was his Har,} being in the form of a Turbant, daintily made’, and not fo hnge as the) | Zarkz/o, Turbants;, and the Locks of his Hair came down below the brims |} | of it: AReverend Man’ was he-to:behold. ‘He came ina Boarigilt infome | part of ir, with four perfons more onely in that Boat; and wasfollowed by another Boat wherein. were fome twenty. When he was'come withinya | | Sight-fhotof our:Ship;. figns were made to'us; ‘that we fhould fend forth | ~ | fome to meet him:upon the Warér’; which we prefently: did in: ‘out Ship- } ‘ | boat, fending the principal Man amongft us fave one, and fourof our num | | | ber with him... ‘When weswere come within fix yards of heir Boat, thes | called to us to ftay,. and norito approach furthers which we did¢ And there. | : upon the. Man whoml before deferibed ftood up; ‘and with aloud: voieein | a | Spani/h, asked, Are ye Ghriffians?: We anfwered ;\VVe weres, fearing thelets, | becaule of the Cro wehad feen.inthe Subicription. . Arwhich’anfvyer,the | faid perfon lift up his right hand:tovvards Heaven, ‘and. drevvitfoftly tohis | / mouth,,.(vvhich is the gefturetheyaife ywhenthey ‘thank Gody/and themfaid , | « If you vvill {vvear. (all of-you) by/the Metits ofthe Saviour’ hatye areno | | « Pirates,,nor have thed blood;, davvfully nor ‘enlavvfully » yvithin {days paft, you may have Licenfero come of/Land. V¥e faid, “«VVe vvete | ‘allready to takeithat Oath. VVbeteupon sonevof thofe''that!¥ vvere vvith him, being as irfeemed) a Woraiy,) made an Entry of this A&. ‘VVhich | done: ‘another of. the auendanrs’ oF Great: Perlon, which vas ‘vvith | = -_ P |e ES Sacre arpa ec a New Atlantis, PE en tia A ac SET him inthe fame Boat, alter his Lord had fpokenalittlerohim, faid aloud, “My Lord, would have you, know, thar icis not of Pride or Grearnefs that «he cometh not aboard your Ship ; but for that, in your Anfwer, ycu de- «clare, That you have many fick amongf{t you, he was warned by the Con- «fervatorof Health of the City, that be fhould keepadiftance. VVe bowed eur felves towards him, and anfwered, «*VVe were his humble Servants, '*€and accounted for great Honor and fingular Humanity towards.us, that which was already done; but hoped well, that thenature of the ficknels 4 of our Men wasnorinfectious. So he returned, anda while aftcr came the Norery to. us aboard our Ship, holding in his hand a Fruit of that Coun- trey like an Orenge, butof colour between Orengeetaway and Scarlet, which catt a moft excellent Odor: Heuled it (as it (eemeth) for a Prefervative againit InfeGtion. Hegaveus our Oath, Byshe Name of Fefus, and his Merits; and after toldus, that the next day by fix of the clock inthe morning we fhould befentto, and brought tothe Strangers Houfe, (fo he called ir) vvhere vve fhould be accommodated of things both for our vvhole and for our fick. So, he left us; and vvhenvve offered him fome Piftolets, he fmiling , f{aid, He muftnot be twice paid for one labor , meaning (as I take it) that he had falary | (ufficient of the State for his fervice; for (as I after learned) they call an } Officer that rakethrevvards, Twice paid. . _ The next morning early, there came tous the fame Officer that cameto usar firft vvith hisCane,and told us, ‘He came to conduct ustothe Strangers «< Houfe, and that ke had prevented the hour, becaufe we might have the whole « day. before usforour bufinefs: For (aid he) if you vvill follovy my ad- 4 © hovv it may,be madeconvenient for you; and then youmay fend for your | ¢* fick, and the reft-of'your number which ye will bring on Land. VVethanked | him, and faid, « That this.care vvhich he took of defolate Strangers, Ged «yvyould reyvard. Andfo fix of us vvert on Land yvith him ; and vvhen | vve vvere onLand, hevvent before us, and turned to.us,’and faid, He »as | but our Servant, and our Guide. He led us through three fair Screets, and all } the way we went there were gathered fome people onboth fides, ftanding ina roy, but in fo civil fafhion, as if it had been not to wonder atus, | but to welcome us; anddiversof them, as we pafled by them, put their | acmsa little abroad, which is their gefture when they bid any welcome. The Strangers Houfe isa fair and {pacious Houle, built of Brick, of fome- | what abluercolourthen our Brick, and with handfome Windows, fome | of Glafs, fomeof akinde of Cambrick oiled. He broughtus firft into a | fair Parlor above-ftairs , and. then asked us, .“* What number of perfons | we were, andhow many fick. V2 an{wered, “ We were in all (fick and gpiole). One and fifty perfons, whereof our fick were feventeen. He defired us to have patience a little, and to ftay till he.came back to us, | which was about an hourafter; and then heledus to fee the Chambers | whichwere provided forus; being in numberNineteen. | They havingcaft | it,(as it feemeth) that fourof thofe Chambers, yvhich vvere better then the relt, might receive four of the principal. men of our company, and 4 lodgethem alone bythemfelves ; and the other fifteen Chambers yvere to lodge us, tvvo.andtvyo together ; the Chambers yvere handfome and __ | chearful Chambers, and furnifhed civilly. Then heled ustoa long Gal- dery, like a Dorture, vvhere he fhevvedusallalong the one fide (for the | other fide vyasbut Wall and Windovy) feventeen:Cells, very neatones, _ | having Partitions of Cedar-vvood. WVhich Gallery and Cells, being in all {** vice, there fhall fir’ go vvith mefome fevv of you, end fee the place, and | ORE a a Yn ee fick perfons. And he told us withal, that-asany of our fick waxed well; | he might be removed from his Cell toa Chamber; for which purpofe, | there were fet forth ten fpare Chambers, befides thé number we {pake of | before. This done, he brought us back to the Parlor, and lifting uphis’| Cane a little (as they do whenthey give any charge or command) faid to"| us, “Ycareto know, that the Cuftom of the Land requireth, that afterthis | «day andtomorrow (which we give you for removing your People from “your Ship) you are to keep within doors for three days: But letitnot “trouble you, nor do not think your felves reftrained, but rather left to ‘your Reft and Eafe. You fhall want nothing, and there are‘fix of our ‘people appointed to attend you for any bufinefs you may have abroad: We gave him thanks with all affection and refpect, and faid; God furely is manifefted in this Land. We offered him alfo twenty Piftolets ; but he fmiled, | and onely faid, VVhat, twice paid? and{ohe leftus. Soon after our Dinner | was ferved in, which was right good Viands, both for Bread and Meat, better then any Collegiate Dict, that I have known in Europe. WVe had alfo drink of three forts, all wholefome and good ; VVine of the Grape, | a Drink of Grain, fuchas is with us our Ale, but more clear; anda kinde | - of Sider made of a Fruit of that Coutntrey, a wonderful pleafing and re- |. frefhing drink. Befides, there were brought into us greatftore of thofe Scarlet Orenges for our fick, which (they faid) were an aflured remedy for ficknefs taken at Sea. There was given us alfo a Box of {mall gray or whitifh Pills, which they wifhed our fick fhould take, one of the Pills’ every night before fleep, which (they faid) would haftentheir recovery. — The next day, after that our trouble of carriage and removing of our Men and Goods out of ourShip,. was foméwhat fetled and quiet, I thought goodto call our company together, and whenthey were aflembled, faid unto them, “ My dear Friends, let us know our felves, and howit ftandeth | “with us. WVe are Men caft on Land, as ‘fonas was out of the VVhales | «Belly, when we were as buried in the deep; and now we are onLand, “we are but between Death and Life, for we are beyond both the Old | - “ VVorld atid the New, and whether ever we fhall fee Europe, God onely “knoweth: Itisakinde of miracle hathbroughtus hither, and it muft be’ “little lefs that fhall bring ushence. Therefore in regard of ourdeliver- “ ance paft,. and our danger prefent and to come, let us look upto God, “and every man reform his own ways. Befides, we are come here among ‘Sa Chriffian People, full of Piety and Humanity ; let us not bring thatcon- | “fufion of face uponourfelves, as tofhew our vices or unworthinefs be- | “forethem. Yet thereismore; forthey have by commandment (though| — “in form of courtefic) cloiftered us within thele VValls for three days; “ yvho knovveth vvhether it be not to take fome tafte of our manners and’ conditions; andif they finde them bad, to banifh us ftraight-vvays; if “good, to giveus further time? Forthefe men thatthey have givenus for | “attendance, may vvithal have an eye upon us. Therefore for Gods love, | — « and’as vve love the vvealof our Souls and Bodies, Ict us fo behave our | — “(elves as vve may be at peace vvith God, and may finde grace inthe'eyes | - “of this people. Our Company vvith one voice thanked me for my good | admonition, and promifed me to live foberly and civilly, and vvithout | giving any the leaft occafion of offence. So vve fpent our three days | — joyfully and vvithonet care, in expefation vvhat vyould be done vvith us | vvhen they yvere expired: During vvhich time, vve had every hour joy a fy | , ode oe i Se e__ i nlrnememmianentenet been eee a e a. . a Cg rd Se \ | | , New Atlantis, | at — my i ASE SEIN oa RAT atl SR of tue amcndment ot our fick, wno thought themlelves calt into fome di- vine Pool of Healing, they mended fo kindly and fo fait, ay The morrow after our three days wete palt,there came to usa new Man that we had not feen before, cloathed in blew asthe former was, fave that | his Turbant was white with a fmall Red Crofs onthe top; he had alfo a | | Tippet of fine Linnen., At his coming in he did bend tous a little,’ and put hisarmsabroad. We of our parts falured him in avery Jowly andfubmiflive manner, as looking, thar from him we fhould receive fentence of Life or Death. He defired to {pcak with fome few of us + whereupon fix cf us: onely ftaid, and thereft avoided theroom, He faid, “1 am by office Go- ‘eyernor of this Houfe of Strangers, and by Vocation kam a Chriftian Pricft ; “and therefore am come toyou to offer you my fervice, both as Strangers, “ andchiefly as Chri/fians. Some things I may tell you, which Ithinkyou ‘« willnot be unwilling cohear. The State hath given youlicenceto ftay on «‘Land forthe fpace of fix weeks; and let it pottrouble you, if your occas “ fions ask further time, for the Law in this Point is not precife; and I do «‘notdoubt, but my felf fhall be able toobrain foryou fuch further time as «fhallbe convenient. Ye fhall alfounderftand, that the Strangers Houfe is at ‘«this timerich and much aforehand, for ithath laid up Revenue thefe Thir- *« ry feven years; for fo long itis fince any Stranger arrivedinthis parc : And | “therefore take ye no care, the State willdefray youall thetime youftay, | ‘neither fhall you ftay one day lefs for that. As for any Merchandize you ‘,ave brought; ye fhallbewell ufed, and have yourReturn, either in Mere | ‘echandize, or in Goldand Silvers fortous itis alione, And if youhave | any other requeft to make, hideitnot, for ye fhall finde we will not make | “ your countenance to fali by the anfwer ye fhallreceive. Onely this Imuft } “ftellyou, thatnone of you muft go above a Karan (shatis with them a mile and | << an ba'f) from the Walls of the City without fpecial leave. “Weantwered, after we had looked awhile upon one another, admiring this gracions and | parent-like ufage, ‘* [hat we could not tell what to fay, for we wanted | «¢ words to exprefs our thanks, and his noble free offers left us nothing to | “ask. It feemedtous, that we had before us a Pidture of our Salyationin | “ Heavens for we that were a while fince inthe Jaws of Death, were now ‘“ bronght into a place where we found nothing bu: Confolations. For the | | ‘* Commandment laid upon us, we would not fail to obey it, though it | was impoffible but our hearts fhould be inflamed to tread further upon | ‘«thishappy andholy Ground. We added, “That our Tongues fhould firft | «cleave tothe Roofs of our Mouths, ere we fhould forget either this Re- | *‘verend Perfon, or this whole Nation, in our Prayers. We alfo moft | humbly befought him toaccept of us as his true Servants, by as jufta right | as everMen on Earth were bounden, laying and prefenting both our per- | fonsand allwe hadathis feet. Hefaid, He was a Prieft, and looked fora Priefts | = reward, which wa our Brotherly love, and the good of our Souls and Bodies. So he | Went from us, not without tears of tendernefs in his eyes; and left usalfo | confufed with joy and kindne(s, faying amongft our felves, That vve vvere come intoa Landof Angels, which did appear to us daily, and prevent ws With comforts Which wetbought not of, much lef expected. The next day about ten of the clock the Governor came to us again, | and after falutations, faid familiarly, That be vpas come to vifites, and called for | aChair, and fate him down; and we beirg ometen.ot us (the reft were of the meaner fort, or elfe gone abroad) fate down with him: And when we were fet, he began thus, “ Weof this Ifland of Benfalems (for fo they call it in their OL + “ee — New Atlantis. | te bheit TpeMickss have thir, Ihatby means of cur folitary firtistior, and of 3 «the Laws of Secrecy which we have for our Travellers; and our rare | « admiffion of ftrangers, we know well moft part of the Aabitabie World, ‘and are our felves unkcown. © Therefore, becaufe he that knoweth leaft, | ‘is fitteft toask Queftions, it is more reafon, forthe entertainment of the | ‘time, thatyeask me Queftions, than that 1 ask you. We anfovered, Tat | “we humbly thanked him, that he would give us leave fo todo, and that “weconceived bythe tafte we hadalready, that there was no worldly thing | ¢.on Earth, more worthy to be known, then the ftate of that happy Land. ‘But above all (vve (aid) fince that vve vvere met from the‘feveral Ends of | _ ‘the World, and hoped affuredly, that vve fhould meet one day in the| _ “Kingdom of Heaven, (for that vve vvere both parts Chriffiaus) vye defired «to knovy (inre(pedt that Land vvas fo remote, and fo divided by valt and « unknovvn Seas, from the Land vvhete our Saviour yvalked on Earth ) « yvho vvas the Apoftle of that Nation, and hovvit vvas converted tothe ‘Faith. J+ appeared inhisface, that be took great contentment in this onr Queftion. He faid , © Ye knit my heart to you by asking this Queftion in the firit place, ‘forit fhevveth that you firff feek the Kingdom of Heaven; and I fhall gladly and « briefly fatisfie your demand. +O <« About tvventy years after the Afcenfion of our Saviour, it came to “ pafs, that there vvas feen by the people of Renfufa (a City upon the Baftern Coaft of our ]fland ) vvithin night (the night vvas cloaty and calm) asit might be fome mile intheSea, a great Pillar of Light, no fhirp, “burin form of a Golumn or Cylinder, rifing from the Seaa great vvay up [ «tovvards Heaven, and on the topof it was feen a large Crof of Light, more «bright and refplendent then the Body of the Pillar Upon which {o | « (trange a {pectacle the people of the City gathered apace together upon ce the Sands towonder, and fo after pur themfelves intoa number of {nmll ‘¢ Boats to go nearcr co this marvellous fight. But when the Boats were