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virtue, 178.179. Effect of the Re-formation and progress of learn-ing upon the temporal positionand influence of her dignitaries,319-321. See Clergy.

Cibber, the sculptor, 407.

Civil War; its transient effects inthe Middle AgOs, 36. Breaks outwith Charles 1., ill. See Charles1.5 Cromwell; Parliament.

Civilisation; its progress in Englandchecked by the Danish invasions,10. Its advance in the 14th cen-tury, 19. Advantages of its pro-gress to the common people, 415.416. Its influence upon nationalcharacter, 416—418. See Society.

Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of;his character, 169. His elevationto power, 170. His zeal for Epis-copacy, and hatred of the Puri-tans, 171. His maintenance ofthe Act of Indemnity, and unpo-pularity with the Royalists, 191.His avarice and ostentation, 191.192. His adherence to obsoleteviews, 192. His disgrace, im-peachment, and flight, and theirconsequences, 194. His imputedattachment to France, 197. Hisgreat gains whilst in office, 305.

Clayton, Sir Robert, 347.

Clergy: their state at the death ofCharles 11. j relative social posi-tion; and change effected by theReformation, 319. 323. Distinc-tions between the country clergyand the clergy of the towns anduniversities, and advantages pos-sessed by the latter, 324. 327. In-fluence of the rural clergy; theirspiritual intolerance and Loryism,327—329. See Church.

Cleveland, Duchess of, 206.

Clifford,SirThomas; his character,209. His elevation to the peerage,216. His retirement from publiclife, 220.

Coaches in the 17th century, 371-374.

Coal; influence of its discovery,282 . Former and present con-sumption thereof,313. SeeMines.

Coffee-houses: their political im-portance in the 17th century;their origin; court jealousy oftheir influence, and attempt tosuppress them; excitement ihcre-by produced, and rapid increasein their number, 361. 362. Will’scoffee-house, and John Dryden,their critics and poetasters; theirvariety of guests; Puritan coffee-houses; Israelitish ditto, andtheir money changers; Popishditto, and incipient plots, 363.364. Their value in the infancyof newspapers, 383.

Coleman, Edward: accused by Ti-tus Oates; popular excitementproduced by the seizure of hispapers, 230. 231.

Colepepper; his opposition toCharles’s misgovernment, 98.

College: his trial and execution;Tory exultation thereupon, 260.261.

Collier; his censure on stage licen-tiousness,395.note. SeeClergy,326.

Comines, Philip de; his eulogyupon IheEnglish constitution, 36.

Commons. SeeHouse ofCommons.

Commonwealth. See Cromwell.

Constitution, English; its origin,16.17. Its superiority the resultof gradual development, 24. 25.Necessity of great changes in itat the commencement of theseventeenth century, 43.

Convention; election of the parlia-ment so called, 146. Its firstmeeting, 147. Its dissolution, 172.

Cooper’s defence of prelacy, 74.

Copper. See Mines and Minerals.

Corn. See Agriculture.

Cornwall, Duchy of. See Revenue.

—Mines of. See Mines and Minerals*