The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral
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Chapters
- 1. Introduction 1:12 Free
- 2. Of Truth 4:25
- 3. Of Death 3:27
- 4. Of Unity In Religion 8:31
- 5. Of Revenge 2:25
- 6. Of Adversity 2:12
- 7. Of Simulation And Dissimulation 6:10
- 8. Of Parents And Children 2:41
- 9. Of Marriage And Single Life 3:09
- 10. Of Envy 9:16
- 11. Of Love 3:20
- 12. Of Great Place 6:40
- 13. Of Boldness 3:21
- 14. Of Goodness and Goodness Of Nature 4:40
- 15. Of Nobility 2:48
- 16. Of Seditions And Troubles 12:44
- 17. Of Atheism 5:20
- 18. Of Superstition 2:49
- 19. Of Travel 4:23
- 20. Of Empire 8:44
- 21. Of Counsel 8:40
- 22. Of Delays 1:42
- 23. Of Cunning 6:24
- 24. Of Wisdom For A Man's Self 2:46
- 25. Of Innovations 2:12
- 26. Of Dispatch 3:11
- 27. Of Seeming Wise 2:27
- 28. Of Friendship 13:40
- 29. Of Expense 19:51
- 30. Of Regiment Of Health 3:17
- 31. Of Suspicion 2:09
- 32. Of Discourse 3:35
- 33. Of Plantations 5:55
- 34. Of Riches 6:24
- 35. Of Prophecies 5:07
- 36. Of Ambition 3:57
- 37. Of Masques And Triumphs 3:17
- 38. Of Nature In Men 2:58
- 39. Of Custom And Education 3:21
- 40. Of Fortune 3:22
- 41. Of Usury 6:59
- 42. Of Youth And Age 3:40
- 43. Of Beauty 2:08
- 44. Of Deformity 2:14
- 45. Of Building 8:01
- 46. Of Gardens 12:44
- 47. Of Negotiating 2:39
- 48. Of Followers And Friends 2:55
- 49. Of Suitors 3:20
- 50. Of Studies 2:49
- 51. Of Faction 3:07
- 52. Of Ceremonies, And Respects 2:52
- 53. Of Praise 3:05
- 54. Of Vain-glory 3:20
- 55. Of Honor And Reputation 3:24
- 56. Of Judicature 7:59
- 57. Of Anger 3:36
- 58. Of Vicissitude Of Things 10:08
- 59. Of Fame 6:10
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SALOMON saies; A good Name is as a precious oyntment; And I assure my selfe, such wil your Graces Name bee, with Posteritie. For your Fortune, and Merit both, have been Eminent. And you have planted Things, that are like to last. I doe now publish my Essayes; which, of all my other workes, have beene most Currant: For that, as it seemes, they come home, to Mens Businesse, and Bosomes. I have enlarged them, both in Number, and Weight; So that they are indeed a New Worke. I thought it therefore agreeable, to my Affection, and Obligation to your Grace, to prefix your Name before them, both in English, and in Latine. For I doe conceive, that the Latine Volume of them, (being in the Universall Language) may last, as long as Bookes last. My Instauration, I dedicated to the King: My Historie of Henry the Seventh, (which I have now also translated into Latine) and my Portions of Naturall History, to the Prince: And these I dedicate to your Grace; Being of the best Fruits, that by the good Encrease, which God gives to my Pen and Labours, I could yeeld. God leade your Grace by the Hand. Your Graces most Obliged and faithfull Servant,
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