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Sentenced by the House of Lords 3 May, 1621
PREFACE
66
UNDER the date 5 Feb. 1596 the following entry oc-
curs in the books of the Stationers' Company. "Hūfrey
Hooper. Entred for his copie under thandes of Mr
Fr Bacon Mr D Stanhope Mr Barlowe, and Mr War-
den Dawson, a booke intituled Essaies Religious medi-
tations, places of persuasion and diswasion by Mr Fr.
Bacon." This was the first edition of Bacon's Essays.
They were published in a small 8vo. volume, of which
the full title is as follows: Essayes. Religious Medi-
tations. Places of persuasion and disswasion. Seene
and allowed. At London, Printed for Humfrey Hooper,
and are to be sold at the blacke Beare in Chauncery
Lane. 1597." The dedication to Antony Bacon occu-
pies three pages. Then follow the table of Contents and
the Essays, ten in number; 1. Of studie.
course. 3. Of Ceremonies and respects.
lowers and friends. 5. Sutors. 6. Of expence. 7. Of
Regiment of health. 8. Of Honour and reputation.
9. Of Faction. 10. Of Negociating. The Essays
occupy thirteen folios, and are followed by the "Medi-
tationes Sacræ," or Religious Meditations, in Latin,
2. Of dis-
4. Of fol-