THE WORKS

OF

FRANCIS BACON.

Bacon, Francis, viscount St. Alban 5,

THE

WORKS

OF

FRANCIS BACON,

BARON OF VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST. ALBANS, AND

LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND.

Collected and Edited

JAMES

BY

SPEDDING, M. A.

OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE;

ROBERT LESLIE ELLIS, M. A.

LATE FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE;

AND

DOUGLAS DENON HEATH,

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

HURD AND HOUGHTON, 401 BROADWAY.
BOSTON: TAGGARD AND THOMPSON.

MDCCCLXIV.