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mate, 279. Greater increase inthe north than in the south, ib.Relative state of the populationin York, Lancashire, Norfolk,Suffolk, and Northamptonshire,282.

Portsmouth, Louisa de Querouaille,Duchess of; her influence overCharles II., 206. 254.

Post Office; its state in 1685, 379.Establishment of the penny postby William Dockwray; oppositionto the plan,380. Its revenues, 381.

Prerogative; of the early EnglishKings, 28. Limitations thereof,29. 30. Modern facilities forchecking its undue exercise, 31.32. Unwarrantably exercised byCharles II., 84. et seq. Consti-tutional difficulties concerning,217. 218.

Presbyterianism; distinguishingfeatures of, 52. 53.

Presbyterians; coalesce with theCavaliers, 141. Reason why theywere called Whigs, 252.

Press, the; emancipated by CharlesII., 245. Scarcity of printingpresses in the 17th century, 385.and note.

Preston, Lord; bis tribute to Hali-fax’s incorruptibility, 273. note.

Pride, Colonel, 159. note.

Prideaux, 326.

Primogeniture; scriptural views of,70. 71.

Printing, invention of; itsinfluenceupon the Reformation, 45.

Privy Council; Temple’s plan forremodelling it,238. Its defects, *6.

Procopius; his fables regardingBritain, 5.

Property; its vicissitudes onCharles’s defeat, 117. After theRestoration, 176.

Protestantism and Roman Catho-licism; comparative influence of,

47.48.

Protestants; their opposition toCranmer, 57. Their dislike ofJames II., 169. Their error inreference to Monmouth’s preten-sions to the Crown, 249.

Puritanism, and Church of Eng-landisra, contrasted, 52. 53. Itsgradual rise, 58. 59. Its republi-can spirit, 59. Its discordancywith prelacy, 81 .

Puritans; their veneration forQueen Elizabeth, 61. Their ani-mosity towards the Church, 73.78. Their imitation of Old Tes-tament exemplars,79. Theircha-racterislics, 80. Their departurefor America, 90. Their unpopu-larity at the Restoration, 158.Their peculiarities in costumeand habits, 161. Their early andlater career contrasted, 162.Their persecutions, 174.175. Po-pular sympathy for their suffer-ings, 185. Predominance of theirprinciples in the House of Com-mons, 190.

Pym, John; his views relative toCharles’s proceedings, 102. 103.His impeachment, 106. His death,115. See London, 349.

Quakers; persecuted by the Puri-tans, 162 .

Querouaille. See Portsmouth, Du-chess of, 254.

Raleigh, Sir Walter, 295.

Rebellion, Irish, 103.104.

Reformation, the, and its effects,44. 46. See Church; Roman Ca-tholics.

Religious dissensions at the Resto-ration, 155.

Remonstrance, the, 104.105. SeeHouse of Commons.

Rents; their sudden fall underCharles II., 187. Greatly increasedsince his death, 313.