13. Proteus, or Matter. Explained of Matter and its Changes 360 14. Memnon, or a Youth too forward. Explained of the fatal Precipitancy of Youth 363 15. Tythonus, or Satiety. Explained of Predominant Passions 364 16. Juno’s Suitor, or Baseness. Explained of Submission and Abjection 365 17. Cupid, or an Atom. Explained of the Corpuscular Philosophy 366 18. Diomed, or Zeal. Explained of Persecution, or Zeal for Religion 371 19. Dædalus, or Mechanical Skill. Explained of Arts and Artists in Kingdoms and States 374 20. Ericthonius, or Imposture. Explained of the improper Use of Force in Natural Philosophy 378 21. Deucalion, or Restitution. Explained of a useful Hint in Natural Philosophy 379 22. Nemesis, or the Vicissitude of Things. Explained of the 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 the Contest betwixt Art and Nature 389 26. Prometheus, or the State of Man. Explained of an Overruling Providence, and of Human Nature 391 27. Icarus and Scylla and Charybdis, or the Middle Way. Explained of Mediocrity in Natural and Moral Philosophy 407 28. Sphinx, or Science. Explained of the Sciences 409 29. Proserpine, or Spirit. Explained of the Spirit included in Natural Bodies 413 30. Metis, or Counsel. Explained of Princes and their Council 419 31. The Sirens, or Pleasures. Explained of Men’s Passion for Pleasures 420 PREFACE. In the early part of the year 1597, Lord Bacon’s first publication appeared. It is a small 12mo. volume, entitled “Essayes, Religious Meditations, Places of Perswasion and Disswasion.” It is dedicated “_To M. Anthony Bacon, his deare Brother_.