547. seized at Leyden, sent
over, and executed, 577, 578,
579, 599.
Army, Scotch, defeated by Crom-
well, I. 54. attempts to raise a
new army in Scotland, 55. a
body of Highlanders stand for
the king, 58. their chief of-
ficers, 58, 59, 60. send over
messages to the king, ibid.
are dispersed, 61. the English
army how managed at the re-
storation, 86. disbanded, 161.
army on free quarters in the
west of Scotland, 418. the
army at Hounslow-heath, 703.
king James's army desert to
the prince of Orange, 790.
parties engage in Dorsetshire
and at Reading, 798.
Army, standing, odious to Eng-
lish ears, II. 85, 206. rea-
sons for and against one, ibid.
reduced to seven thousand
men, and how modelled, 221,
263.
Arnot, Rachel, I. 18.
Arragon, kingdom of, declares
for king Charles III. II. 449.
reduced by the duke of Or-
leans, 475, 555, 556.
Arran, lord, I. 481, 507, 631,
751.
Articles, bishop Burnet's Exposi-
tion, II. 227, 284.
Arundel, lord, I. 395, 43°, 492.
Asgill, II. 248.
Ashby, I. 467. II. 93, 94.
Ashley Cowper, I. 85. See Shaftes-
bury, earl of.
Ashton, seized with lord Pres-
ton, II. 69. executed, 70. his
paper to the sheriff, ibid.
Assiento, meaning of, II. 608.
Astrology, instance of its sup-
posed truth, I. 318.
Athlone, the siege of, II. 79.
Athlone, earl of, (see Ginkle,) II.
220, 239, 300, 323. his con-
duct in Flanders extolled, 324,
325, 326.
Athol, marquis of, I. 245, 299,
338, 340, 376, 400. sends
Highlanders in the west to
live on free quarter, 418, 419,
420, 433, 439.
Athol, marquis of, II. [358,]
[359.] made a duke, 372, 398.
opposes the union, 460.
Atterbury, Dr. I. 674. II. 249,
280, 281, 569, 573, 602, 603.
is made bishop of Rochester,
629, 630.
Aubigny, lord, in the secret of
king Charles II.'s religion, I.
74, 136. marries him to queen
Catharine, 174. seconds the
motion for a general toleration,
193, 197, 615.
Augustus, king of Poland, II. 196,
197, 199. (see elector of Sax-
ony.) his conduct in Poland,
222. his alliances against Swe-
den, 230. his designs on Po-
land, 231. the war there, 243,
244, 256, 322, 329. he is de-
posed, 357, 358. Stanislaus
chosen and crowned in his
room, 394, 424. he defeats a
body of Swedes, ibid. resigns
the throne, 473. the war con-
tinues, 514. he resumes the
crown on the king of Sweden's
defeat, 534.
Aumont, duke de, ambassador
from France, II. 613.
Austria, Charles archduke of, II.
232. a treaty with Portugal in
his favour. See Charles III.
king of Spain.
Auverquerque, general, his emi-
nent service in Flanders, II.
78, 303, 381, 382.
Azuph taken by the Muscovites,
II. 178.
Bacon, sir Francis, an erroneous
maxim of his relative to Scot-
land, I. 280, 382.
Baden, Lewis prince of, beats
the Turks, II. 82, 83. comes to England, 125, 128. besieges Landau, 323. and takes it, 327. repulses Villars at Stolhoffen, 348, 349, 350, 382. takes Landau a second time, 385, 386. disappoints the duke of Marlborough after measures concerted, 414. his death, 472. Baillie cited before the council
in Scotland and fined, I. 400, 433. confers with Monmouth's party at London, 540. seized and examined before the king, 548. imprisoned and cruelly used, 550, 569. further proceedings against him, 585, 586. his execution, 587. Baillie, Mr. of Jerviswood, II. 720.
Balmerinoch, lord, i. 8. his trial,
22, 23, 24. condemned, but pardoned, 25. Bamfield, colonel, i. 618. Banautine, bishop, i. 26. Bank of England, when erected,
ii. 124. its good consequences, 125. opposed, 144. enlarged in 1709, 524. against a change of ministry in 1710, 552, 553. Bank, land, II. 170, 171. failed totally, 175, 176.
Bantry bay, sea-fight there, II.
Barbarigo, cardinal, aspires to
the popedom, II. 73. Barbesieux, son to Louvois, II. 95.
Barcelona besieged by the French, II. 128. siege raised by the English fleet, ibid. taken by the French, 194. taken by king Charles in 1705, 422. besieged by the French, 444. king Charles defends it in person, 447. the English fleet raises the siege, ibid.
Bareith, marquis of, II. 99, 472.
Bargeny, lord, i. 515.
Barillon, I. 408, 410, 604, 660,
707, 768.
Barlow, bishop, replies to bishop
Gunning, I. 436.
Barnevelt, I. 13, 15, 315. executed, 316.
Barrier treaty, II. 595.
Bates, Dr. I. 226, 259.
Bates, a friend of lord Carmar-
then's, negotiates a bribe with
the East India company, II.
146.
Bath, earl of, I. 607. his prac
tices on Cornish elections, 625. offers to join the prince of Orange, 788. makes Plymouth declare for him, 793. a holder of first-fruits, II. 713. Bavaria, elector of, I. 13. Spanish Flanders put into his hand, II. 85. his son proposed as successor to the Spanish monarchy, 223, 263. he is gained by France, 289, 323, 327. distresses the empire, 327, 347, 348, 349, 356, 381. his troops routed at Schellemberg, 382, 383. he is beaten at Hocksted, 384, 385. loses all his territories, 385. his conduct in Flanders, 413, 414. his share at the battle of Ramellies, 450, 453. commands on the Rhine, 509. his attempt on Brussels, 510. is restored to his dominions, 616. Baxter, captain, II. 694. Baxter, Mr. manager at the Savoy conference, I. 180. he refuses the bishopric of Hereford, 185. at a treaty for comprehension, 259. returns the pension sent him from the court, 308.
Bayly, a minister, I. 34.
Beach, William, letter from, II.
Beachy in Sussex, a sea-fight
near it, II. 52, 53.
Beaufort, duke of, I. 484, 591.
II. 612.
Beaumont, colonel, refuses Irish
recruits, I. 767.
Beddingfield, I. 425.
Bedford, earl of, I. 312.
Bedlow, his evidence in the
popish plot, I. 431, 432, 435,
436, 443, 446, 448, 449, 45°,
464, 465, 467, 468, 488.
Belcarras, earl of, I. 58, 59, 60.
Belhaven, lord, I. 20.
Belisarius, parallel between his
case and the duke of Marl-
borough, II. 588.
Bellarmine, cardinal, I. 8. II. 673.
Bellasis, lord, I. 430, 432.
Bellasis, lady, her contract with
the duke of York, I. 353, 751.
Bellefonds, mareschal, I. 303. his
Bennet, secretary of state, I. 99,
193, 198, 225. See Arling-
ton, earl of.
Benthink, envoy from the States
to Brandenburgh, I. 757. his
secrecy in the expedition to
England, 781, 799, 818. made
earl of Portland, II. 5.
Berkeley, Mrs., bishop Burnet's
wife, II. 719.
Berkeley, lord, Berkeley of Strat-
ton, II.
553-
Berkeley, sir George, II. 165. has
king James's commission to
attack the prince of Orange in
his winter quarters, 165, 167.
escapes, 168.
Berkley, Charles, made earl of Fal-
mouth, I. 99. his character, ibid.
Berkley, lord lieutenant of Ire-
land, I. 267, 348, 618.
Berkshire, earl of, I. 148.
Berry, duke of, II. 600.
Berry, I. 445. executed, 446, 447·
Berwick, duke of, his character,
I. 749. II.165, 166, 373, 376,
390, 444, 445, 448, 475, 531.
Bethel, sheriff, I. 480.
Beveridge, Dr. II. 318. is made
bishop of St. Asaph, 406, 464.
Beuning, Van, I. 479.
Bezons, mareschal, II. 531, 533,
534.
Binks, Dr. his 30th of Jan. ser-
mon, II. 316.
Binnius' collection of councils,
II. 675.
Birch, colonel, his character, I.
388, 442.
Bishops, English, their conduct
at the revolution, II. 6, 7.
they engage in a correspond-
ence with St. Germains, 69,
71. their sees are filled up, 75.
the character of the new bi-
shops, 76, 118, 126. divided
as to the point of the duke of
Norfolk's divorce, 127, 281,
282, 283, 284, 285.
Bishops, Scotch, their errors, I.
10, 26. men sought out to be
bishops, 132, 133, 134. are
consecrated, 139. come to
Scotland, 142. are introduced to
the parliament, 143. prejudices
against them, 158, 217. their
severity to prisoners, 236, 237.
are against a comprehension,
273. are offended at the act
of supremacy, 284, 285. their
conduct at the revolution, II.
23. is the cause of abolishing
episcopacy, ibid.
Bishops, their right of voting in
capital cases discussed, I. 460.
advice to, by the author, II.
642, 643, 644, 645, 646.
Blackelow, I. 194.
Blackhall, Dr. bishop of Exeter,
II. 487.
Blair, I. 34.
Blair, of Virginia, II. 119.
Blake, admiral, his spirited and
judicious conduct, I. So.
Blake, a draper, I. 571.
Blakewood, his trial, I. 525.
Blandford, bishop, attends the
duchess of York in her last
sickness, I. 310.
Blareignies, battle of, II. 532,
533.
Blenheim, or Hocksted, battle of,
II. 385, 386.
Blenheim house, suits concern-
ing it, II. 615.
Bohemia, affairs there, I. 13.
Frederick elector palatine ac-
cepts the crown of, ibid.
Bolingbroke, viscount, sent to
France, II. 611, 622.
Bolton, duke of, II. 34. attacks
the marquis of Halifax in par-
liament, ibid. his death and
character, 225.
Bon taken by the prince of O-
range, I. 367.
Booth, sir George, I. 66.
Boots, a torture used in Scot-
land, I. 237.
Borel, his answer to king Charles
II. I. 81, 324, 325.
Borghese, prince, I. 662.
Boromeo, cardinal, II. 73.
Boscawen, I. 443.
Bossuet, bishop of Condom. II.
215.
Bothwell-bridge rebellion, I. 473.
Bouchain besieged, II. 576.
Boucher, in a plot, II. 373, 374,
375, 376.
Boucour, Mr. I. 757-
Bouflers, mareschal, II. 77, 150.
his defence of Namur, 150,
152, 153. his negotiation with
lord Portland concerning king
James, 200, 201. commands
in Flanders, 323, 324. his
conduct in 1703 censured, 348,
349, 506. his defence of Lisle,
510, 511. his retreat after the
battle of Mons, 533.
Bourdalou, father, his character,
I. 566.
Box, refuses to be sheriff, I. 529.
Boyle, earl of Cork, I. 313. his
account how the Spanish ar-
mada was delayed, ibid.
Boyle, Mr. Robert, of the royal
society, I. 193. II. 676.
Boyle, Mr. secretary of state, II.
496. is dismissed, 553.
Boyne, the battle of, II. 51.
Bowles, sir John, II. 271.
Braddon, fined for talking of lord
Essex's murder, I. 570.
Bradshaw, the regicide, I. 46.
Braidalbin, earl of, sends seven-
teen hundred Highlanders into
the west of Scotland to live on
free quarter, I. 418. his con-
duct in the affair of Glencoe,
II. 88, 157.
Brandenburgh, elector of, I. 15,
332, 342, 367. his death and
character, 746, 747, 748.
Brandenburgh, elector of, takes
Keiserwaert and Bonne, II. 28.
joins the Dutch in Flanders,
52, 198, 230, 243. is king of
Prussia; see Prussia.
Brandon, lord, I. 646, 647.
Brayer, father, I. 566.
Brereton, lord, chairman of the
committee at Brook-house, I.
267.
Brett, Dr. II. 603.
Bridges, Mr. his accounts, II. 567.
Bridgman, lord keeper, I. 226,
253. for a comprehension,
259. and union with Scotland,
280. refuses to seal a declara-
tion for toleration, and is dis-
missed, 307.
Brihuega, the loss there, II. 556.
Bristol, countess of, a holder of
first-fruits, II. 713.
Bristol, earl of, his character, I.
100. consults with the papists
for a general toleration, 193,
194, 195. a prediction of his,
196. he attacks the earl of Cla-
rendon, 194, 494, 615, 792.
Broderick, sir Allen, I. 74, 194.
Bromley, Mr. stands for speaker.
and loses it, II. 428, 429, 488.
is chosen speaker in 1710, 558.
Brounker, lord, of the royal so-
ciety, I. 192.
Brounker, I. 219.
Brown, Mr. (brother to lord
Montacute,) I. 752.
Brown, lady, I. 394.
Bruce, earl of Kincardin. See
Kincardin.
Bruce, his secret management
for king James I, I. 8, 9.
Bruce, bishop of Dunkeld, turn-
ed out for speaking against
the repeal of the penal laws, I.
681.
Bruce, a puritan, I. 18.
Bruce, sir Alexander, II. 321.
Brunswick, II. 244, 321. See
Hanover.
Brussels bombarded, II. 152.
Buchanan quoted by Cromwell,
in favour of king Charles the
first's death, I. 42.
Buckingham, duke of, I. 17, 19,
20, 48. fawned on by archbi-
shop Laud, 50.
Buckingham, second duke of,
in favour with king Charles II.
52. his character, ibid. 100. en-
deavours to injure lord Claren-
don in the king's opinion, 248.
promotes Wilkins to the see of
Chester, 253. presses the king
to own a marriage with Mon-
mouth's mother, 260. pro-
poses to steal away the queen,
262. brings Davies and Gwynn
to the king, 263. his friends,
265. moves for dissolving the
parliament, 279. is for an
union with Scotland, 280. and
an alliance with France, 300,
303, 323, 327. hinders Os-
sory's design on Helvoetsluys,
334. sends over a French mis-
tress to the king, 337, 345,
346. offers to take out of both
houses those that opposed the
king's declaration, 349. con-
certs with lord Clifford on a
successor to the latter, 350,
360. is attacked by the com-
mons, 365. loses the king's
favour, ibid. opposes the test
act, 384, 388. questions the
legality of prorogations, 401.
sent to the Tower, 402, 431,
546.
Buckingham, (Sheffield,) duke of,
(see Normanby,) II. 314. is
made privy seal to queen
Anne, ibid. 315, 429, 491.
and lord steward of the house-
hold, 553, 561.
Bull, Dr. made bishop of St. Da-
vid's, II. 406.
Bullion, duke of, I. 13.
Burgundy, duke of, II. 176. mar-
ries the duke of Savoy's daugh-
ter, 253. heads the French
army in Flanders, 323, 324.
takes Brisack, 350. commands
in Flanders in 1708, 503, 509.
quarrels with the duke of Ven-
dome, 530. is dauphin by his
father's death, 568. See Dau-
phin.
Burlington, lord, I. 254.
Burnet made archbishop of Glas-
gow, I. 206. his character,
207. sent to the king, 211.
severe to prisoners, 236, 237.
proposes a special council at
Glasgow, 240, 243, 247, 278.
against the indulgence, 283.
resigns his archbishopric, 286.
is restored to it, 374. his
death, 590.
Burnet, (father of the author,)
declines some overtures, made
him by Cromwell, in a plea-
sant way, I. 8o. his character,
II. 672. his death, 674.
Burnet, Gilbert, (the author,)
reasons of his undertaking a
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