history of his own times, I. 5. his character and opinion of the Εἰκὼν Βασιλική, 51. his intimate acquaintance with the affairs of Scotland during the first twelve years of Charles II. induces him to divide his history into two periods, 92. marries lady Margaret Kennedy, 108. refuses promotion in the church at the age of nineteen, 155. of an inquisitive turn, 200. recommended to lord Hollis, 207. Scotch bishops jealous of him, 208. draws up a memorial against them, 217. lays some grievances of the clergy before the bishops, ibid. is out of favour with lord Lauderdale, 245. his letter to lord Tweedale, advising some of the moderate presbyterians to be placed in the vacant churches, 280. which is acted on, 281. chosen divinity professor at Glasgow, 287. hated and reviled by the episcopal party, 288. is at a conference with the presbyterians, 295, 296, 297. in great favour with the earl of Lauderdale, 298. writes memoirs of the two dukes of Hamilton, ibid. reconciles the dukes of Hamilton and Lauderdale, 299. refuses to give up sir Rob. Murray, ibid. proposes a further indulgence, 300. refuses a bishopric, ibid. refuses it with the promise of the first vacant archbishopric, 339. obtains a further indulgence, 341. his remonstrances to duke Lauderdale, 355pleases the duke of Buckingham, 356. has many marks of the king's favour, ibid. attacks the duke of York about his religion, 357. introduces Dr. Stillingfleet to him, 358, 359, 360. the duke's private discourse, 361. Lauderdale persecutes him, 362. he is disgraced at court, 371, 372, 373. examined by the house of commons touching duke Lauderdale, 379. is made chaplain at the Rolls, 380. his conference with Coleman, 395. undertakes to write the History of the Reformation, 395, 396. what passed between himself, Tonge, and Oates, 427, 428, 429. his opinion of the witnesses, 433, 434. his private interviews with the king, 434, 437, 438, 439. his thoughts on the exclusion, 459. in favour with the house of commons, 483. his expedient of a prince regent, 496. he lives retired, 499. attacked in poems and sermons, 500. his letter to the king about his course of life, 507. his reception afterwards, 508. his opinion of the test, 519. his good offices to the earl of Argile, 520, 522. examined in council concerning lord Russel's speech, 562. goes over to France, 564. his character of some eminent men there, 564, 565, 566, 567. deposes against lord Howard's credit, 571. turned out of all his preferments, 596. goes out of England, 628. resides at Paris, 655. his account of the persecution in France, 655, 656, 657, 658, 659, 660. well received at Rome, 661. cardinal Howard's freedom with him, 662. the cruelty he saw in Orange, 663. his observation on the reformed churches, 686, 687, 688. is invited to the prince and princess of Orange, 688. discovers a conspiracy against the prince, 689. his character of the prince and vours to preserve episcopacy bill, 338, 364. his scheme for augmenting the poor livings in England takes effect, 370, 371. he argues for the union, 464. his reflections on it, 467, 468. he proposes that forfeitures in treason shall not affect the posterity, 522. argues against Sacheverel, 543, 544. speaks freely to the queen, 547. reasons for continuing his History beyond its first intended period, 548, 549. his justification of the old ministry, 574. he speaks freely to the queen against the peace, 582, 583. his sentiments as to censuring Whiston's tenets in convocation, 603. a speech prepared by him in case the ministry had moved for an approbation of the peace, 623, 624, 625, 626, 627, 628. Burnet, sir Alexander, II. 674. Burnet, Robert, II. 674. Burnet, Thomas, brother of the author, II. 674. Burnet, Thomas, (judge Burnet,) his life of Gilbert Burnet, II. 672, to 726. Burton, I. 259, 506. II. 14. Buys, plenipotentiary at Gertruydenberg, II. 551, 607. Byng, sir George, sent after Fourbin to Scotland, II. 499, 500. prevents the pretender's landing there, chases the French fleet, and takes their vice-ad miral, 500, 501. Cabal, I. 308. Calais, a proposal to recover it for England, I. 72. Cadiz, the expedition thither, II. 330, 331. Calamy, Benj. I. 462. Calamy, Edmund, refuses a bishopric, I. 185. Calemburgh, admiral, saves the Dutch fleet near Beachy by a stratagem, II. 53. Calonitz, cardinal, II. 350. Callieres, II. 179. Camaret, a design upon it miscarries, II. 129, 130. Cambray, archbishop of, II. 215, 216, 225, 226. Cambridge, duke of, proposal for his precedence, II. 587. Cameron, I. 511. Campbell, sir Hugh, tried, I. 580. 581. Campbell, I. 548. father and son imprisoned, 636, 637. Canada, an expedition thither unsuccessful, II. 577, 578. Cant, I. 34. Capel, sir Henry, I. 478. votes for the exclusion, 481. Capel, lord, sent one of the lords justices to Ireland, II. 119. is made lord lieutenant, 159. his dispute with Porter the lord chancellor there, ibid. 160. Caprara, II. 84. Caraffa, II. 84. Cardenas, Don Alonso de, endea vours to engage Cromwell in the Spanish interest, I. 72. Cargill, executed, I. 511, 512. obstinacy of his followers, ibid. 580. Carlisle, earl of, I. 65, 80, 261, 372, 493. II. 192, 316. Carlton, sir Dudley, his advice to king James I. to beware of priests, I. 12. Carmarthen, marquis of, (see Danby,) I. 453. made president of the council, II. 4. sets the whigs upon attacking the marquis of Halifax, ibid. 39, 41, 45, 56. is himself attacked, 68, 69. discovers a negotiation with king James, 69. is attacked for a present said to have been made him by the East India company, 145, 146. impeached for it, ibid. he is made duke of Leeds, 155. See Caron, a priest, I. 194. Carstairs, a persecutor of conven- ter, I. 695, 700, 739. Caryl, sent to Rome, I. 623. Cassiles, earl of, I. 22. sent to I. 292. Castile, Almirante of, II. 419. Clarendon, I. 248. Castlemain, earl of. See Palmer. I. 260. II. 392. Cecil, secretary, his private cor- Chaise, father la, I. 369. his cha- Chamilliard, II. 494, 509. he is Chancery appeals to the house Chanley sent to the duke of Sa- Charity schools, their rise here, Charles of Grats, a patron of the Charles Lewis, elector palatine, will, 251. the duke of Anjou declared his successor, ibid. Charles III. king of Spain, owned by England, II. 352, 353. comes over hither, 353, 354. goes to Lisbon, 354. thence to Catalonia, 419. is for besieging Barcelona, 420. his letters to queen Anne and lord Godolphin, 422. Valentia and Catalonia declare for him, 443. stays at Barcelona when besieged by the French, 444, 447. delays going to Madrid, 448. Arragon declares for him, 449. and Carthagena, 450. takes Alicant, ibid. earl Rivers sent with forces to him, 453. his affairs take an unhappy turn, 473, 478, 479. seven thousand imperialists sent him from Italy, 479. he marries the princess of Wolfembuttle, 480. complains of the earl of Peterborough, 492. the conduct in Spain censured, 493. supplies sent from Italy to Spain by sir John Leak, 504. the campaign in 1709, 531. the battle of Almanara, 555. he goes to Madrid, 556. the battle of Villa Viciosa, ibid. he is neglected by his allies, and his affairs go amiss, 556, 557. he succeeds to the Austrian dominions, 568. quiets the troubles in Hungary, ibid. leaves his queen in Spain, and goes to Italy, 575. thence into Germany, 576. is chosen emperor, 575. See Charles VI. emperor. Charles I. of England, at first a friend to puritans, I. 19. dislikes his father's familiar behaviour, 20. crowned in Scotland, 21. erects a new bishopric at Edinburgh, 22. his af consequence of lord Balmerinock's trial, 25. feebleness of the government, 26. complaints of popery, 27. ill state of the king's affairs, 30. good advice given, but not followed, 38, 39. his slowness ruins the treaty in the isle of Wight, 44. the secret of the design of erecting the Netherlands into a republic ill kept by him, 48. who were chiefly concerned in his death, 46. his behaviour at the last, 47. his death turned the nation, 49. his Elk Bariik, 50. an unfavourable character of him by our author, 298. statue erected at Charing-cross, 373. an indecent parallel between him and our Saviour, in a sermon by Dr. Binks, II. 316. Charles II. his son, proclaimed king by the Scots, I. 51. they send commissioners to him at the Hague, 53. he goes to Scotland, and is ill used, 54, 56. his declaration condemning himself and his father, 56. attempts to escape, but prevented, 57. is crowned, and takes the covenant, ibid. comes into England, and is pursued by Cromwell, 58. a body in the Highlands stand firm, 59, 60. their little army routed, 61. the king and his brother dismissed from France, 73. he changed his religion there, 73, 74. goes to the congress at the Pyrenees, 85. matters in England tending to his restoration, he goes to Breda, 86. he is called home without terms, 88, 89. the nation runs into vice, 92. the king's character, 93. the state of his court, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, |