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INDEX TO

Barrow, 325.

Baskerville, 337.

Batavian Territory. See Holland.

Bath, city of, in 1685; described,and contrasted wilb its presentaspect, 341. 342.

Baxter, Richard; his political worksburned, 266. See also ReligiousDissensions, p. 157.

Bear-baiting; anecdotes of, 159.

Beauclerc; his marriage with anEnglish princess, and consequentunpopularity with the Normans,14.

Becket; pilgrimages to the shrineof, an indication of national feel-ing, 23.

Bede; his European fame, 9.

Bedford, Earl of; his adherence tothe opponents of Charles 1., 101.

Bedloe; emulates Oates, 234.

Beer; consumption of, in the 17lhcentury, 315.

Beveridge, 326.

Birmingham in 1685; described, andcontrasted with its present state,337.

Bishops; their restoration to theUpper House, 173.

Black box; story of the, 247. 248.See also vol. II.

Blake, Robert Admiral; his navaland military services, 296.

Boleyn, Anne, 39.

Bonner, Bishop; notices of, 74. 163.

Bonrepaux; his report of the Eng-lish Navy, 294.

Borderers, Scottish; their habitsand propensities, 281.

Bracton, 27.

Brandenburg, House of; its politi-cal insignificance in the reign ofCharles II., 195.

Breakspear, Nicholas; elevated tothe Popedom, 23.

Brighton in the 17th century; de-scribed, and contrasted with itspresent state, 339.

Bristol in 1685; described, and con-trasted with its present state,330—331.

Britain: its condition under iheRo-mans and the Saxons, 3.4. Con-sequence of the absence of clas-sic influences upon its people;superstitions of continental Eu-rope regarding it, 5. Obscurityof its early history, 5. 6. SeeEngland.

Buchanan; his political worksburned, 266.

Buckingham, GeorgeVilliers, Dukeof; his libertinism and faithless-ness, 209. His dismissal from theKing’s councils, and junction withthe City democrats, 220. Usemade by him of Oates’s disclo-sures, 234. His great income,303. His City residence, 350. Hisscientific recreations, 401.

Bull, 326.

Burnet, 326.

Butler, Samuel; incidental referen-ces to, 394. 402. note.

Buxton in 1685; described, 340.

Cabal; its origin, and character ofits members, 208. 209. 211 . Itstreatment of the public creditors,212.284. Its unconstitutional pro-ceedings, 213. Attack on its po-licy, 217. Its dissolution, 220.

Cabinet, English; its origin andnature, 208.

Calvinism; views-of its professorsas to the right of resistance, 57.Embraced by the Church, 77.Its decline among the clergy, 78.

Canada, Lower; its enterprise re-tarded by Romanism, 47.

Canterbury, Archbishop of; bis in-come in the 17th century, 303.

Capel, Arthur. See Essex.

Capital; its increase in spite of na-tional reverses, 275. 276.

Carslairs; emulates Titus Oates, 233,