CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME-

CHAPTER IV.

PACE

Death of Charles the Second.1

Suspicions of Poison.13

Speech of James the Second to the Privy Council .... 15

James proclaimed.16

State of the Administration.18

New Arrangements.19

Sir George Jeffreys. 22

The Revenue collected without an Act of Parliament ... 26

A Parliament called; Transactions between James and the French

King.28

Churchill sent Ambassador to France; his History ... 31

Feelings of the Continental Governments towards England . 35

Policy of the Court of Rome.37

Struggle in the Mind of James.40

Fluctuations of his Policy.41

Public Celebration of the Roman Catholic Rites in the Palace . 43

His Coronation.44

Enthusiasm of the Tories’ Addresses.47

The Elections.49

Proceedings against Oates ..53

Proceedings against Dangerfield.59

Proceedings against Baxter.61

Meeting of the Parliament of Scotland.65

Feeling of James towards the Puritans.67

Cruel Treatment of the Scotch Covenanters.68