Of Unity in Religion;

Of Religion 1612; rewritten 1625

Of Simulation and Dissimulation

Of Parents and Children

Of Marriage and Single Life

Of Envy

Of Love

Of Great Place

Of Boldness

Of Goodness, and Goodness of Nature

Of Nobility

Of Seditions and Troubles

Of Atheism

Of Superstition

Of Travel

Of Empire

Of Counsels

Of Delays

Of Cunning

Of Wisdom for a Man’s Self

Of Innovations

Of Dispatch

Of Seeming Wise

Of Friendship

Of Expense

Of the true Greatness of Kingdoms and Estates

Of Regimen of Health

Of Suspicion

Of Discourse

Of Plantations

Of Riches

Of Prophecies

Of Ambition

Of Masques and Triumphs

Of Nature in Men

Of Custom and Education

Of Fortune

Of Usury

Of Youth and Age

Of Beauty

Of Deformity

Of Building

Of Gardens

Of Negotiating

Of Followers and Friends

Of Suitors

Of Studies

Of Faction

Of Ceremonies and Respects

Of Praise

Of Vainglory

Of Honor and Reputation

Of Judicature

Of Anger

Of the Vicissitude of Things

Fragment of an Essay of Fame

Of a King

An Essay on Death

Cassandra, or Divination. Explained of too free and unseasonable Advice

Typhon, or a Rebel. Explained of Rebellion

The Cyclops, or the Ministers of Terror. Explained of base Court Officers

Narcissus, or Self-Love

The River Styx, or Leagues. Explained of Necessity, in the Oaths or Solemn Leagues of Princes

Pan, or Nature. Explained of Natural Philosophy

Perseus, or War. Explained of the Preparation and Conduct necessary to War

Endymion, or a Favorite. Explained of Court Favorites

The Sister of the Giants, or Fame. Explained of Public Detraction

Acteon and Pentheus, or a Curious Man. Explained of Curiosity, or Prying into the Secrets of Princes and Divine Mysteries

Orpheus, or Philosophy. Explained of Natural and Moral Philosophy

Coelum, or Beginnings. Explained of the Creation, or Origin of all Things

Proteus, or Matter. Explained of Matter and its Changes

Memnon, or a Youth too forward. Explained of the fatal Precipitancy of Youth

Tythonus, or Satiety. Explained of Predominant Passions

Juno’s Suitor, or Baseness. Explained of Submission and Abjection

Cupid, or an Atom. Explained of the Corpuscular Philosophy

Diomed, or Zeal. Explained of Persecution, or Zeal for Religion

DÆdalus, or Mechanical Skill. Explained of Arts and Artists in Kingdoms and States

Ericthonius, or Imposture. Explained of the improper Use of Force in Natural Philosophy

Nemesis, or the Vicissitude of Things. Explained of the Reverses of Fortune

Achelous, or Battle. Explained of War by Invasion

Dionysus, or Bacchus. Explained of the Passions

Atalanta and Hippomenes, or Gain. Explained of the Contest betwixt Art and Nature

Prometheus, or the State of Man. Explained of an Overruling Providence, and of Human Nature

Icarus and Scylla and Charybdis, or the Middle Way. Explained of Mediocrity in Natural and Moral Philosophy

Sphinx, or Science. Explained of the Sciences

Proserpine, or Spirit. Explained of the Spirit included in Natural Bodies

Metis, or Counsel. Explained of Princes and their Council

The Sirens, or Pleasures. Explained of Men’s Passion for Pleasures