NO.

11. Of Great Place......1612; slightly enlarged 1625.....

12. Of Boldness

13. Of Goodness, and Good-

.1625;

ness of Nature.....1612; enlarged 1625.

1612; rewritten 1625.

14. Of Nobility...

15. Of Seditions and Trou-

bles......

16. Of Atheism...

17. Of Superstition......1612;

18. Of Travel ...........1625;

19. Of Empire ...

20. Of Counsels

21. Of Delays.

22. Of Cunning...

23. Of Wisdom for a Man's

Self

24. Of Innovations ......1625;

25. Of Dispatch...

.1612;

26. Of Seeming Wise....1612;

27. Of Friendship.......1612; rewritten 1625........

28. Of Expense

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113

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29. Of the true Greatness

of Kingdoms and Es-

tates.

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30. Of Regimen of Health 1597; enlarged 1612; again 1625 166

31. Of Suspicion. ........1625;

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32. Of Discourse

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again 1625

33. Of Plantations....... .1625;

34. Of Riches

35. Of Prophecies........1625;

36. Of Ambition....

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37. Of Masques and Tri-

umphs...

38. Of Nature in Men....1612; enlarged 1625

..1625;

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180

185

39. Of Custom and Educa-

tion.

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40. Of Fortune..

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..1625;

... 197

41. Of Usury

42. Of Youth and Age...1612; slightly enlarged 1625.... 202

43. Of Beauty....

204

44. Of Deformity........1612; somewhat altered 1625.... 206

45. Of Building.

207

46. Of Gardens.

47. Of Negotiating..

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48. Of Followers & Friends 1597; slightly enlarged 1625.... 222

49. Of Suitors......

224

50. Of Studies

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227

51. Of Faction.

52. Of Ceremonies and Re-

spects.

53. Of Praise...

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190

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231

233

THE WISDOM OF THE ANCIENTS; A SERIES OF

MYTHOLOGICAL FABLES.

Preface..

1. Cassandra, or Divination. Explained of too free and

unseasonable Advice...

........

4. Narcissus, or Self-Love...

5. The River Styx, or Leagues. Explained of Necessity,

in the Oaths or Solemn Leagues of Princes..

6. Pan, or Nature. Explained of Natural Philosophy..

7. Perseus, or War. Explained of the Preparation and

Conduct necessary to War.....

237

240

246

8. Endymion, or a Favorite. Explained of Court Favor-

ites

248

256

258

2. Typhon, or a Rebel. Explained of Rebellion.

3. The Cyclops, or the Ministers of Terror. Explained of

base Court Officers...

277

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NO.

9. The Sister of the Giants, or Fame. Explained of Pub-

lic Detraction...

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10. Acteon and Pentheus, or a Curious Man. Explained

of Curiosity, or Prying into the Secrets of Princes

and Divine Mysteries.....

11. Orpheus, or Philosophy. Explained of Natural and

Moral Philosophy....

14. Memnon, or a Youth too forward. Explained of the

fatal Precipitancy of Youth..

15. Tythonus, or Satiety. Explained of Predominant Pas-

sions.

12. Cœlum, or Beginnings. Explained of the Creation, or

Origin of all Things.

302

16. Juno's Suitor, or Baseness. Explained of Submission

and Abjection...

13. Proteus, or Matter. Explained of Matter and its

Changes.....

305

17. Cupid, or an Atom. Explained of the Corpuscular

Philosophy

18. Diomed, or Zeal. Explained of Persecution, or Zeal

for Religion......

19. Dædalus, or Mechanical Skill. Explained of Arts and

Artists in Kingdoms and States...

20. Ericthonius, or Imposture. Explained of the improper

Use of Force in Natural Philosophy..

296

21. Deucalion, or Restitution. Explained of a useful Hint

in Natural Philosophy..

297

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307

308

309

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321

22. Nemesis, or the Vicissitude of Things. Explained of

the Reverses of Fortune

322

23. Achelous, or Battle.

Explained of War by Invasion.. 324

24. Dionysus, or Bacchus. Explained of the Passions.... 326

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25. Atalanta and Hippomenes, or Gain. Explained of the

Contest betwixt Art and Nature...

330

26. Prometheus, or the State of Man. Explained of an

Overruling Providence, and of Human Nature...... 332

27. Icarus and Scylla and Charybdis, or the Middle Way.

Explained of Mediocrity in Natural and Moral Philos-

ophy.......

345

28. Sphinx, or Science. Explained of the Sciences...... 346

29. Proserpine, or Spirit. Explained of the Spirit included

in Natural Bodies...

30. Metis, or Counsel. Explained of Princes and their

Council

81. The Sirens, or Pleasures. Explained of Men's Passion

for Pleasures

350

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356