. The works of Francis Bacon . ngs againjiWejion, _ 594 The charge, by way of evidence, againjl Frances, coun-tefs of Somafet, concerning the poifoning of SirThomas Ovcrbury, 6co The charge, by way of evidence, againjl Robert, earlof Somerfet, concerning the poifoning of Overbury, 609 The effc£i of that which was fpoken by the lord keeperof the great feal of England, at the taking of hisplace in chancery, 617 The fpeech which was ufedby the lord keeper of the greatfeal, in the Jlar-chamber, before the fummer cir-cuits, 624 The fpeech to Sir IFilliam Jones, upon his being calledto be lord chief


. The works of Francis Bacon . ngs againjiWejion, _ 594 The charge, by way of evidence, againjl Frances, coun-tefs of Somafet, concerning the poifoning of SirThomas Ovcrbury, 6co The charge, by way of evidence, againjl Robert, earlof Somerfet, concerning the poifoning of Overbury, 609 The effc£i of that which was fpoken by the lord keeperof the great feal of England, at the taking of hisplace in chancery, 617 The fpeech which was ufedby the lord keeper of the greatfeal, in the Jlar-chamber, before the fummer cir-cuits, 624 The fpeech to Sir IFilliam Jones, upon his being calledto be lord chief jujlice of Ireland, 627 TIm fpeech to Sir John Denham, when he was called tabe one of the barons of the exchequer, 629 The fpeech to Jujlice Hutton, when he was called to beone of the judges of the Common Pleas, 631 Ordinances for the better and more regulcr adminijlra-tion of jujiice in chancery, 633 Tlu paffages in parliament againjl Francis, vifcount , lord chancellor of England, 644 THE WORKS POLITICAL Vol. II. B. Of the STATE of E U R O P E. \_TVritten about the Tear 1580.] IN the confideration of the prefent flate of Chriftendom, depending on theinclinations and qualities of the princes, governors of the fame, firft the per-fon of the pope, acknowledged for fupreme of the princes catholic, may bebrought forth. Gregory XIII. of the age of feventy years, by furname Boncompagno, born Pope;m Bolonia of the meaneft tlate of the people, his father a flioemaker by occupa-tion ; of no great learning nor underftanding, bufy rather in practice, than defirousof wars, and that rather to further the advancement of his fon and his houfe,a refpedl highly regarded of all the popes, than of any inclination of nature, thewhich, yet in thefe years, abhorreth not his fecret pleafures. Howbeit, two thingsefpecially have fet fo Iharp edge to him, whereby he doth bend himfelf {q vehe-mently againft religion. The one is a mere necefiity, the other the folicitationof the king of Spain.


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