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anxieties, IV. 3. Reactionof public feeling against,IV. 5—7. His difficulties,IV. 12. Assumes the direc-tion of foreign affairs, IV.15. His ministers, IV. 15•—16. His speech to Par-liament, IV. 28. His highestimation on the Con-tinent, IV. 49. Personalunpopularity in England,IV. 50. His bad health,IV. 54. His works atHampton Court, IV. 55,56. Resides at Kensing-ton House, IV. 58. Hisforeign favourites, IV. 59.Suffers from his predeces-sors’ maladministration,IV. 60 —62. And from thedissensions of his ministers,IV.63—67. His administra-tion of the Foreign Office,IV.67-69. His ecclesiasticalpolicy, IV. 75. Attemptsto compromise betweenthe Church and Dissenters,IV, 107. His coronation,IV. 117, 118. Proclaimswar against France, IV.128. His inability to send

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troops to Ireland, IV. 148.Negotiates with Tyrconnel,IV. 149. His letter to theinhabitants of London-derry, IV. 238. Summonsa Convention for Scotland,

IV. 247. His vexation atthe outrages on the Scotchclergy, IV. 250. His im-partiality in regard toChurch government, IV.258. His reply to ScotchEpiscopalians, IV. 259.His letter to the ScotchConvention, IV, 261. Hisinstructions to his agentsin Scotland, IV. 261, 262.Sends a force to Edin-burgh, IV. 282. Proclaimedking in Scotland, IV. 285.Accepts the crown of Scot-land, IV. 289. Refuses topledge himself to religiouspersecution, IV. 290, 291.Disliked by the Covenant-ers, IV. 291. His minis-ters for Scotland, IV. 292.293. Becomes unpopularwith the Whigs, V. 70.Naval affairs under him,

V. 99. His continental