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divine right, 346, 347. an act securing it at the union, 463. is tolerated in Scotland, 594. Equivalent, to Scotland, II. 458.

how bestowed, 465. Ernley, sir John, I. 498. Essex, earl of, 1.40,41, 250, 272, 345. his character, 396. ambassador in Denmark, 396, 397. made lieutenant of Ireland, 397, 398, 431, 445, 450. at the head of the treasury, 454. proposes limitations on the duke of York, 455. is against the exclusion, 456. and the bishops' right of voting, 460, 468, 469, 474. quits the treasury, 476. for the exclusion, 482, 486, 493, 502, 508, 509, 537, 540, 551. sent to the tower, 552. his death there, 553. the suspicions about it, 569. II. 690, 691.

Essex, countess of, I. 50, 552.
Esterhasi, cardinal, II. 350.
Evens, or Evers, I. 444, 465.
Everard, I. 497.

Eugene, prince of Savoy, his rise, II. 203. beats the Turks near Belgrade, 204. commands in Italy, 264. his conduct successful, 285, 286. his attempt on Cremona, 287, 327. beats the French at Luzara, 328, 329, 348. president of the council of war at Vienna, 350, 351. joins the duke of Marlborough in Bavaria, 383, 384. his share in the battle of Blenheim, 384, 385, 387. beats the duke of Vendome in Italy, 418, 438, 445. his march to relieve Turin, 454, 455. beats the French and raises the siege, 455, 456. his share in the victory at Oudenarde, 505. takes Lisle, 506, 510, 511, 517. his share in the battle of Mons, 532, 533. secures the peace

of the empire in 1711, 575, 576. comes to England, 589. his character, 590, 593. commands in Flanders, 602, 606, takes Quesnoy, 609. besieges Landrecy, but forced to raise the siege by a loss at Denain, 610.

Exchequer, shut up in 1671. I. 306.

Exclusion, arguments for and against, I. 457

Eyre, Dr. chaplain to bishop Ken, II. 7.

Eyre, solicitor general. his opinion as to prosecuting Dr. Sacheverel, II. 538. is a manager at the trial, 540. chief justice, 720.

Fagel, pensioner, his character, I. 327, 374, 482, 689, 691. his letter to Steward, 731, 778. his friendship with Dalrimple, II. 24, 694.

Fagel, general, II. 418.
Fairborn, II. 330.

Fairfax, sir Thomas, I. 29, 46,

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of invasion, 173. taken, 175his pretended discoveries, 175, 182, 183. prevails on Goodman to go beyond sea, ibid. is attainted by bill, 184, 190. practices as to his discoveries, 190, 191, 192. his execution, 193. Ferdinand, elected king of Bohemia, I. 12. deposed, I. 13. Ferguson, I. 537. at West's chambers, 542, 543, 576. cabals in Holland with the duke of Monmouth, 630, 631, 641, 642. in a plot against king William, II. 36, 63. and against queen Anne, 372, 373, 376, 377. Ferrier, confessor to the king of France, I. 369, 394. Feversham, earl of, I. 607. commands against Monmouth, 643, 650. sent with a message from him to the prince of Orange, 799, 800.

Feuillade, duke de, besieges Turin, II. 454, 455, 456. Filmer's "Patriarchal Scheme," I. 571. II. 538.

Finch, Dr., warden of All Souls, sent to the prince of Orange,

I. 793. Finch, I. 225. his character, 365, 383. II. 297. See Nottingham, earl of.

Finch, Heneage, afterwards earl

of Aylsford, I. 555. II. 169, 298. made a peer, 344. Fire of London, I. 229, 230, 231, 232, 250. Firebrace, II. 146.

Firmin, Thomas, II. 211, 212,

214.

Fisher, captain, discovers the as

sassination plot, II. 165. Fitton, chancellor of Ireland, I. 682.

Fitzharris, I. 497, 498. his trial,

501, 502, 503, 504. Fitz-James made duke of Ber

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Fountain, for making Cromwell king, I. 68.

Fouquet, monsieur, I. 167. Fourbin, cardinal, I. 563. Fourbin, admiral, sent to Scot

land, II. 499, 500, 502. Fowler, Dr., I. 462. made bishop of Gloucester, II. 76, 684. Frampton, bishop of Gloucester, deprived, II. 6, 76.

Francis, father, refused his degrees at Cambridge, I. 697, 698.

Frazier, sent from St. Germains to Scotland, II. [357,] [358.] his discovery to the duke of Queensbury, [358,] [359,] 371, 373, 375. Frederick, elector palatine, marries king James I's daughter, I. 12. chosen king of Bohemia, 13. is defeated, and flies to

Holland, 13, 14. Frederick II. declares for the Hel

vetian confession, I. 14, 15. Freeman, Mr. a leading tory, II.

488. French, the, their king's preten

sions to Flanders, I. 253. his success in Holland, 321, 322, 323. loves flattery, 332, 333.

takes Maestricht and Valenciennes, 354, 403. and Bouchain, 404. declines a battle, 405. is angry at the prince of Orange's marriage, 410, 411. takes Ghent and Ypres, 412. seizes on Luxemburgh, 564. his disputes with the pope, 595, 759. warns king James of the prince of Orange's designs, 766. offers him troops, 767. and threatens the States in case of an invasion, 768. prohibits Dutch manufactures, 769. his manifesto of war against the emperor, 770, 771, 772. and against the pope, 772, 773. England proclaims. war against him, II. 12. the joy in France upon report that king William was killed at the Boyne, 50. the French gain the battle of Flerus, 52. beat the confederates at sea, 53. alarm the English coast, 54. gain the battle of Steenkirk and Namur, 96, 97, 100. gain the battle of Landen, 112. take Charleroi, 113. take some of the English and Dutch Smyrna fleet, 115, 116. offer the duke of Anjou to Spain, 123, 131. they try to get a peace, 113, 132. break their cartel, but forced to observe it, 151, 153, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168. new attempts by them for a peace, 179, 180, 194, 199, 200, 201. they conclude a treaty at Ryswick, 201, 202. they treat for a partition of the Spanish monarchy, 223, 224, 231, 232, 233. break their treaty upon the king of Spain's death, 251, 252, 253. corrupt a party in parliament, 257,258. negotiate with the States, 259, 260, 270. own the pretender king of England, 293, 294.

join the elector of Bavaria, 348, 349. beat the Germans, and take Augsburg and Landau, 351. discover the duke of Savoy's designs, 355. seize on his troops in their service, ibid. are beat at Blenheim, 385. their credit low, 412, 468, 503. their preparation in 1706, 446, 447. forced to raise the siege of Barcelona, 448. beat at Ramellies, 450. lose many towns, 451, 453. evacuate Italy, 468. try for peace, 474. their success at Stolhoffen, 476. sink many capital ships at Toulon, 478. their descent in Scotland unsuccessful, 499, 500, 501, 502, 503. surprise Ghent and Bruges, 504. beat at Oudenarde, 505. and at Leffinghen, 507, 508. lose Lisle, 510, 511. negotiate for peace, 526, 527their king will not ratify the preliminaries agreed on, 529, 530. further negotiations, 549, 550, 551. send ministers to Gertruydenberg, 551, 552. nothing concluded, 552, 556. their preliminaries in 1711, 580. their proposals at Utrecht, 599. they beat the earl of Albemarle at Denain, 610, 611. take Marchiennes and Quesnoy and Doway, 611. their princes of the blood renounce all right to the crown of Spain, and king Philip to the crown of France, 612, 613. they deliver up Dunkirk to be demolished, 609, 615. their treaty with England and the States, 617, 618. their treaty of commerce with England, 619, 620. they send the pretender away to Lorrain, 618. Friend, sir John, in the plot of

invasion, II. 172. absolved at

Tyburn, 174. "Friendly Debate," too violent against the presbyterians, I. 260.

Frost, sent by Saville with a

forgery to Scotland, I. 28. Frost, a hard one, II. 511. Furstemberg, prince of, dean of Cologne, seized, I. 354. made cardinal, 758. pretends to be coadjutor of Cologne, 759, 760, 761. the French king espouses him, 770, 771.

Gage, informs Cromwell about
the West Indies, I. 74.
Gallas, count, the emperor's am-
bassador, II. 580.
Galway, earl of, I. 405, 423. (see
Rouvigny.) sent to Savoy, II.
176, 177. general in Portugal,
389. loses his arm at Badajos,
423. takes Alcantara, 444.
marches into Spain, 445. takes
Cindad Roderigo, 448. loses
the battle of Almanza, 475,
478, 479, 481. returns to Por-
tugal, 487, 492. his conduct
censured by the house of lords,
559, 560, 561, 562.
Garrard, sir Samuel, II. 538,
539.

Garroway, I. 351.
Gassendi, I. 59.

Gauden, bishop, author of Eikov
Βασιλική, Ι. 51, 183.
Gaultier, abbot, II. 580.

Gaunt, Mrs., her execution, I. 649.

Geddes, Dr., II. 710.
Gee, I. 674.

Genoa bombarded, I. 592. their submission to France, 594. II. 131.

George, prince. See Denmark. Germany, campaigns there, II.

28, 98, 111, 128, 152, 154, 323, 327, 348, 383, 384, 385, 386, 414 418, 451, 476, 481,

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Ghigi, cardinal, I. 207. Gibraltar, taken by sir George Rook, II. 388, 389. besieged by the French, 391, 392. the siege raised by Leak, 413. Gibson, colonel, deputy governor of Exeter, I. 793. Gillispys, ministers of Edinburgh, I. 34.

Gilmore, I. 116. is president of the session, 124.

Ginkle, general, II. 66, 73. takes Athlone, 79. gains the battle of Aghrem, and reduces Ireland, 79, 80, 81. made earl of Athlone, 82. See Athlone. Girald, a priest, I. 445, 446. Glasgow, dean of, sent to king

William from the episcopal party in Scotland, II. 23. Glencairn, earl of, I. 58, 59, 60, 92, 104. made chancellor of Scotland, 110, 112, 113, 121, 155. opposes Sharp's violence, 205. dies, 208.

Glencoe, massacre there, II. 88. inquired into by the parliament, 156, 157, 162.

Gloucester, duke of, his character, I. 170.

Gloucester frigate wrecked, I.

523. Gloucester, duke of, put in a

method of education, II. 210, 211. his death and character, 245, 246, 716, 717. Glyn, for making Cromwell king, I. 68.

Godden, I. 445, 446, 447. Godfrey, sir Edmondbury, his

character, I. 428. is murdered, and his body found, 428, 429, 439. his murderers discovered, 445.

Godolphin, Mr. in the treasury,
I. 454. his character, 478. for
the exclusion, 481. secretary
of state, 592. is in the scheme
laid at the duchess of Ports-
mouth's, 604. one of the
queen's household, 621. sent
by king James to the prince
of Orange, 794. again in the
treasury, II. 4, 182. made lord
treasurer by queen Anne, 313,
353, 37, 399, 400, 402. de-
clares for the whigs, 426, 487,
516, 519. raises the public
credit, 438. his zeal for the
union, 468. prevails to have
Mr. Harley dismissed, 495,
546. is himself turned out,
552, 560. and attacked by the
new ministry, 567, 568, 573,
574. his death, 614, 715,
720.

Gomarus, I. 316.

Goodenough, I. 542, 544, 576,
651.

Goodman, evidence as to the

plot of invasion, II. 174, 183.
Goodwin, John, a fifth monarchy
man, I. 67, 163.

Goodwin, Thomas, an expression
of his in prayer, I. 82.
Goodwin, archbishop of Cashel,
II. 719.

Gordon, of Buckey, 1. 19, 25.
Gordon, duke of, I. 239. governor
of Edinburgh castle, I. 804.
maintains it for king James,
II. 22.

Govan, a Jesuit, his trial, 444,

464, 465, 466.
Gould, judge, II. 367.
Gowan executed, I. 127.
Gower, Lucan, (Levison) II.

314. made a peer, 344.
Gowry's conspiracy, a reason for

it, omitted by all the histo-
rians, I. 18, 19.
Grafton, duke of, joins the prince

of Orange, I. 791. killed at the

siege of Cork, II. 60.
Graham, I. 506. II. 14, 69, 71.
Grandval undertakes to kill king
William, II. 95. is executed,
and confesses it, 96.
Grant, a papist, obstructs the
water of the new river at the
fire of London, I. 231.
Granvill, Mr. II. 314. made a

peer, 344.

Graydon, see Greydon.
Green, I. 445, 446.
Greenvill made earl of Bath, I.
98. See Bath.

Gregg, his correspondence with
France, II. 494. is condemned
and executed, 495, 496, 497-
Grey, lady Jane, the struggle for
her, the means of introducing
popery, I. 541.

Grey, lord, his trick in passing
the habeas corpus act, I. 485.
meets Monmouth at Shep-
herd's, 537. escapes out of
the tower, 549. meets Mon-
mouth in Holland, 630, 631.
his ill conduct, 642. is par-
doned, 646, 685.

Greydon, admiral, commands a
squadron in the West Indies,
II. 359. attempts Placentia
unsuccessfully, 359, 365.
Griffin, lord, taken, II. 501.
Grimstone, sir Harbottle, presses

the treaty in the Isle of Wight,
I. 44. charges Cromwell with
force on the parliament, 45,
85. is chosen speaker, 159.
made master of the rolls,
ibid. 380. his character, 381.
his wife's, 382, 386, 596. his
death, 597. II. 684, 692.
Grindal, archbishop, reflected on
by Sacheverel, II. 539.
Grotius, I. 305, 316. intimate

with Burnet's father, II. 672.
Grove, a conspirator, I. 432, 443.
Grove, Dr. made bishop of Chi-
chester, II. 76.

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