APPENDIX TO ESSAYS.
| 1. | Fragment of an Essay of Fame | [301] |
| 2. | Of a King | [303] |
| 3. | An Essay on Death | [307] |
THE WISDOM OF THE ANCIENTS; A SERIES OF
MYTHOLOGICAL FABLES.
| Preface | [317] | |
| 1. | Cassandra, or Divination. Explained of too free andunseasonable Advice | [323] |
| 2. | Typhon, or a Rebel. Explained of Rebellion | [324] |
| 3. | The Cyclops, or the Ministers of Terror. Explainedof base Court Officers | [327] |
| 4. | Narcissus, or Self-Love | [329] |
| 5. | The River Styx, or Leagues. Explained of Necessity,in the Oaths or Solemn Leagues of Princes | [331] |
| 6. | Pan, or Nature. Explained of Natural Philosophy | [333] |
| 7. | Perseus, or War. Explained of the Preparation andConduct necessary to War | [343] |
| 8. | Endymion, or a Favorite. Explained of Court Favorites | [348] |
| 9. | The Sister of the Giants, or Fame. Explained ofPublic Detraction | [350] |
| 10. | Acteon and Pentheus, or a Curious Man. Explainedof Curiosity, or Prying into the Secrets of Princesand Divine Mysteries | [351] |
| 11. | Orpheus, or Philosophy. Explained of Natural andMoral Philosophy | [353] |
| 12. | Cœlum, or Beginnings. Explained of the Creation,or Origin of all Things | [357] |
| 13. | Proteus, or Matter. Explained of Matter and itsChanges | [360] |
| 14. | Memnon, or a Youth too forward. Explained of thefatal Precipitancy of Youth | [363] |
| 15. | Tythonus, or Satiety. Explained of PredominantPassions | [364] |
| 16. | Juno’s Suitor, or Baseness. Explained of Submissionand Abjection | [365] |
| 17. | Cupid, or an Atom. Explained of the CorpuscularPhilosophy | [366] |
| 18. | Diomed, or Zeal. Explained of Persecution, or Zealfor Religion | [371] |
| 19. | Dædalus, or Mechanical Skill. Explained of Arts andArtists in Kingdoms and States | [374] |
| 20. | Ericthonius, or Imposture. Explained of the improperUse of Force in Natural Philosophy | [378] |
| 21. | Deucalion, or Restitution. Explained of a useful Hintin Natural Philosophy | [379] |
| 22. | Nemesis, or the Vicissitude of Things. Explained ofthe Reverses of Fortune | [380] |
| 23. | Achelous, or Battle. Explained of War by Invasion | [383] |
| 24. | Dionysus, or Bacchus. Explained of the Passions | [384] |
| 25. | Atalanta and Hippomenes, or Gain. Explained of theContest betwixt Art and Nature | [389] |
| 26. | Prometheus, or the State of Man. Explained of anOverruling Providence, and of Human Nature | [391] |
| 27. | Icarus and Scylla and Charybdis, or the Middle Way.Explained of Mediocrity in Natural and MoralPhilosophy | [407] |
| 28. | Sphinx, or Science. Explained of the Sciences | [409] |
| 29. | Proserpine, or Spirit. Explained of the Spirit includedin Natural Bodies | [413] |
| 30. | Metis, or Counsel. Explained of Princes and theirCouncil | [419] |
| 31. | The Sirens, or Pleasures. Explained of Men’s Passionfor Pleasures | [420] |