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       APPENDIX TO ESSAYS.

       THE WISDOM OF THE ANCIENTS; A SERIES OF MYTHOLOGICAL FABLES.

       PREFACE.

       WISDOM OF THE ANCIENTS.

       NOTICE OF FRANCIS BACON.

       ESSAYS.

       ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING.

       DE SAPIENTIA VETERUM.

       INSTAURATIO MAGNA.

       LIFE OF HENRY VII.

       LETTERS.

       MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS.

       ESSAYS.

       I.—OF TRUTH.

       II.—OF DEATH. 53

       III.—OF UNITY IN RELIGION.

       IV.—OF REVENGE.

       V.—OF ADVERSITY.

       VI.—OF SIMULATION AND DISSIMULATION.

       VII.—OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN.

       VIII.—OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE.

       IX.—OF ENVY.

       X.—OF LOVE.

       XI.—OF GREAT PLACE. 129

       XII.—OF BOLDNESS.

       XIII.—OF GOODNESS, AND GOODNESS OF NATURE.

       XIV.—OF NOBILITY.

       XV.—OF SEDITIONS AND TROUBLES.

       XVI.—OF ATHEISM.

       XVII.—OF SUPERSTITION.

       XVIII.—OF TRAVEL.

       XIX.—OF EMPIRE.

       XX.—OF COUNSEL.

       XXI.—OF DELAYS.

       XXII.—OF CUNNING.

       XXIII.—OF WISDOM FOR A MAN’S SELF.

       XXIV.—OF INNOVATIONS.

       XXV.—OF DISPATCH.

       XXVI.—OF SEEMING WISE.

       XXVII.—OF FRIENDSHIP.

       XXVIII.—OF EXPENSE.

       XXIX.—OF THE TRUE GREATNESS OF KINGDOMS AND ESTATES.

       XXX.—OF REGIMEN OF HEALTH.

       XXXI.—OF SUSPICION.

       XXXII.—OF DISCOURSE.

       XXXIII.—OF PLANTATIONS. 369

       XXXIV.—OF RICHES.

       XXXV.—OF PROPHECIES.

       XXXVI.—OF AMBITION.

       XXXVII.—OF MASQUES AND TRIUMPHS.

       XXXVIII.—OF NATURE IN MEN.

       XXXIX.—OF CUSTOM AND EDUCATION.

       XL.—OF FORTUNE.