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CONTENTS.
Of the compression of liquors 119
Of the nature of air 119
Of the working of water upon air contiguous 119
Of the eyes and sight 119
Of the colour of the sea or other water 120
Of shell-fish 120
Of the right side and the left 121
Of frictions 121
Of globes appearing flat at distance 121
Of shadows 121
Of the rolling and breaking of the seas 121
Of the dulcoration of salt-water 121
Of the return of saltness in pits upon the sea shore 121
Of attraction by similitude of substance 121
Of attraction 121
Of heat under earth 122
Of flying in the air 122
Of the scarlet dye 122
Of maleficiating 122
Of the rise of water by means of flame 122
Of the influences of the moon 122
Of vinegar 123
Of creatures that sleep all winter 123
Of the generating of creatures by copulation, and by putrefaction 123
Century X.
Of the transmission and influx of immateriate virtues, and the force of imagination 124
Of the transmission of spirits, and the force of imagination 124
Of the emission of spirits in vapour, or exhalation, odour-like 126
Of emission of spiritual species which affect the senses 128
Of emissions of immateriate virtues, from the minds and spirits of men, by affections,

imagination, or other impressions

129
Of the secret virtue of sympathy and antipathy 129
Of secret virtues and proprieties 136
Of the general sympathy of men's spirits 137
TRACTS RELATING TO SCOTLAND.
A discourse of the happy union 138
Articles touching the union 142
Certificate of the commissioners 149
Naturalization of the Scottish nation 150
Union of laws 158
Proposition towards the union of laws 160
The post-nati 166
TRACTS RELATING TO IRELAND.
Considerations touching the plantation 183
Letter to Mr. Secretary Cecil 187
Considerations touching the queen's service in Ireland 188
Letters to Sir Geo. Villiers 190
TRACTS RELATING TO SPAIN.
Report of the Spanish grievances 193
Notes of a speech concerning a war with Spain 199
Considerations touching a war with Spain 201
Miscellaneous tracts 214
Report of Lopez's treason 216
TRACTS RELATING TO ENGLAND.
Of the true greatness of Britain 222
Proposition touching the amendment of the laws 229
Offer of digest of the laws 233
Certificate touching the penal laws 236
Advice touching the charter-house 239
Observations on a libel 242
SPEECHES.
Touching purveyors 266
About undertakers 269
To the king upon the grievances of the Commons 272
On wards and tenures 273
Declaration for the master of the wards 274
On receiving the king's messages 276
Concerning impositions on merchandises 278
To grant supplies to the king 281
Relating to the mint 282
To the speaker's excuse 284
On the motion of a subsidy 286
CHARGES.
Commission for the verge 289
Of subordinate magistrates 294
Against duels 295
Decree of Star-Chamber against duels 300
Against Mr. Oliver St. John 303
Against Mr. Lumsden, &c. 307
Against Lord Sanquhar 311
Against Mr. Owen 313
Against Countess of Somerset 315, 319
Against Earl of Somerset 321
Against Letter to the king 326
Against To Sir G. Villiers 326
Against To the king 328
Against To Sir G. Villiers 330
Against Of Somerset's arraignment 330
Against To the king, about Somerset's examination 331
Against To Sir G. Villiers, about Lady Somerset's pardon 331
Against William Talbot 389