THE WORKS

OF

FRANCIS BACON.

Bacon, Francis, viscou

+ St. Albans,

THE

WORKS

OF

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;

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.

NEW YORK:

HURD AND HOUGHTON, 401 BROADWAY.

BOSTON: TAGGARD AND THOMPSON.

MDCCCLXIV.