THE WORKS

OF

FRANCIS BACON.

Ba.com, Francis, viscount St. Hlian,

THE

WORKS

OF

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FRANCIS BACON,

BARON OF VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST. ALBANS, AND

LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND.

Collected and Edited

BY

JAMES SPEDDING, M. A.

OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE;

GENERAL

University
MICHIGAN

ROBERT LESLIE ELLIS, M. A.

LATE FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE;

AND

DOUGLAS DENON HEATH,

BARRISTER-AT-LAW; LATE FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE

VOLUME XII.

BEING

VOL. II. OF THE LITERARY AND PROFESSIONAL WORKS.

PUBLISHED BY HURD AND HOUGHTON.

Cambridge: Riverside Press.

1869.

RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE:

STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY

H. O. HOUGHTON.