Russel, lord, his character, I. 388, 478. moves the exclusion, 481, 493, 508. meets the duke of Monmouth at Shephard's, 537, 540, 542. imprisoned, 547. his behaviour, 550. examined by a committee of council, 550, 551. his trial, 553. and condemnation, 556. his preparation for death, 557. his execution and dying speech, 560, 561, 646. II. 690, 691. Russel, admiral, meets at lord Shrewsbury's, I. 712. goes to the Hague, 746. his character, 763, 766, 780, 781, 788. II. 52. commands the fleet, 73, 78, 92. obtains a great victory at la Hogue, 93, 94. accused by lord Nottingham, and turned out, 103, 104. again at the head of the fleet, 123. sent into the Mediterranean, 129. winters at Cadiz, ibid. returns to the Mediterranean, 154, 164. disappoints the invasion. in 1696, 167, 168, 182. is made earl of Orford, 195, 343. See Orford.

Russel, Mr. lord Russel's bro

ther, I. 790.

Russell, Mr. marries Cromwell's daughter, I. 83.

See Roos,

Rutherford, I. 34.
Rutland, earl of.
lord.
Ryswick, treaty of, II. 199, 200,

201, 202, 203. Sacheverel, Dr. Henry, his two famous sermons, II. 537, 538, 539. he is impeached for them, and grows popular upon it, 540. tried in Westminster hall, ibid. his defence, 541, 542. his trial occasions riots, 542. he is condemned by the lords, but gently punished, 545. his progress into Wales,

pression of his in her speech, 558, 566.

St. Alban's, duke of, a holder of first-fruits, II. 713. Saint Amour, his character, I. 566.

St. Germain, I. 394. St. John, I. 68. II. 575. St. John, II. 488. secretary of war, lays down with Harley, 496. made secretary of state, 553, 575. and viscount Bolingbroke, 611. See Bolingbroke.

St. Mary's plundered by the English, II. 331.

St. Ruth, mareschal, commands for king James in Ireland, II. 78. is killed at the battle of Aghrem, 79.

Salisbury, earl of, I. 401, 402.
See Cecil.
Salmasius, I. 163.

Sancroft, Dr., I 184. made arch

bishop of Canterbury, 392, 408. moves that the king's declaration should be read publicly by the clergy, 500, 524. attends king Charles II. on his death-bed, 607. is one of the ecclesiastical commission, 675, 696. joins in the petition of the seven bishops, 733, 738. met with the privy counsellors that invited the prince of Orange, 797, 802. absents from the convention, 810. and from parliament, II. 6. his conduct in respect to the consecration of our author, 8. his death and character, 135, 136. Sanders, I. 532. chief justice, 535. his judgment of the city charter, ibid. 591. Sanders's book answered by Burnet, I. 396. Sands, I. 269.

fleet, II. 512.

Sarsfield cuts off a convoy to
king William, II. 58. a memor-
able saying of his in honour of
the king, 81.

Saville, George, I. 267. See Ha-
lifax, marquis of.
Saville, lord, his forgery, I. 27.
discovered, 29. made earl of
Sussex, ibid.

Savoy, duke of, in the alliance
against France, II. 64, 100. in
a secret treaty with France,
128, 154, 176. reasons that
induced him, 177, 355. joins
to drive the Germans out of
Italy, 177, 201. a scheme for
giving him the Spanish suc-
cession, 224. marries a daugh-
ter to the duke of Burgundy,
177, 178. another to Philip
king of Spain, 287, 294, 328.
comes into the alliance against
France, 354, 355, 356. his
danger and distress, 356, 357,
385, 389. loses almost all his
country, 392, 418. the queen
assists him, 445. he, with
prince Eugene, raises the siege
of Turin, 455. besieges Tou-
lon, 477- raises the siege,
478. recovers all Savoy, 504.
takes Exiles and Fenestrella,
513, 531, 560, 575. agrees to
the treaty of Utrecht, 618.
Savoy conference, I. 179, 180,
181.

Savoy, duke of, persecutes the

Vaudois, I. 76.
Sawyer, attorney general, I. 532,
535, 536, 742.

Saxe Gotha, duke of, II. 289,

Schomberg, count, advice of his
in writing history, I. 49. bis
discourse with king Charles II,
I. 172, 173. sent to command
the English, 345. weary of
that post, 352. made a mare-
schal of France, 404, 405, 542,
564, 565. quits the French
and Portuguese service, 774-
is in that of Prussia, 777, 786,
788. made a duke in England
with a present of 100,000l.
from parliament, II. 19. goes
to Ireland, 20. is killed in the
battle of the Boyne, 50, 51,
529.
Schomberg, duke, his son, com-
mands in Savoy, II. 84. and in
Portugal, 390.
Schutz, Mr., II. 698.
Scio, island of, taken by the Ve-
netians, but abandoned, II.
131.

Scot, Dr., I. 462.
Scotland, reformation in, I. 6.
state of parties there during
the minority of James I, ibid.
episcopacy established there by
James I, 9. its state under
Cromwell, 61. citadels de-
stroyed, 107. episcopacy re-
stored by Charles II, 131. ci-
vil government, 210. a rebel-
lion designed there, 340. great
discontent there, 354. a rising
in favour of king James, II. 22,
25, 27. another defeated by
Levingston, 61. changes in
the ministry there, 74, 120.
the project of Darien, 162,
179, 217. miscarrying, raises
great discontents, 234, 235. a
plot there in favour of the pre-
tended prince of Wales, [357,]
[358,] 371, 372, 373. the
union how treated there, 446,
447, 457, 458, 459, 462. the
customs there mismanaged,

466. a privy council kept up, 470, 486, 497. taken away by parliament, 498. an invasion from France miscarries, 499, 500, 501, 502. the Scotch members are divided, 519. treason and trials of it made the same there as in England, 520, 521, 522. the Scotch peers retire from the house of lords, 593. but are prevailed with to return, 594. move to dissolve the union, 621, 622. Scots, the, enter England, I. 28. treat with king Charles II, 51. settle at Darien, and pursue it at a vast expense, II. 216, 217. driven from it by the Spaniards,

233, 234.

Scott, Mrs. Mary, married to the author, II. 695. Scougal, bishop of Aberdeen, his character, I. 217.

Scroggs, chief justice, I. 448, 468. impeached, 484. turned out, 501.

Seafield, earl of, II. [359,] 460. Seal, great, of England, thrown in the Thames by king James II. and discovered by a fisherman, II. 16.

Seaton, earl of Dunfermling, I.

8, 27.

Sea, squadrons at, II. 20, 28, 49,

52, 53, 54, 78, 93, 114, 115, 116, 129, 130, 131, 154, 155, 178, 195, 330, 331, 332, 333, 353, 354, 358, 359, 388, 390, 423, 447, 450, 476, 477, 478, 485, 488, 512, 514, 537, 577, 578.

Sedley, sir Charles, I. 264, 265. Sedley, Mrs., I. 624, 628. cre

ated countess of Dorchester, 682. See Dorchester. Seekers, I. 164. Seimour, sir Edward, I. 251. his

character, 382. the king refuses him for speaker, 452. is

impeached, 484, 496, 639. joins the prince of Orange, and proposes an association, 792. is governor of Exeter, 793. comes into the ministry, II. 86. opposes the court, 108, 140, 145, 169, 170, 259, 343. made comptroller by queen Anne, 314, 343, 381. is dismissed, 381.

Seimour, is made a peer, II. 344. Seignelay, II. 17, 95.

Selden, John, his "Mare Clau-
"sum," I. 305.
Semple, I. 233-

Seneff, battle of, I. 376.
Serjeant, I. 194, 466.

Sermons, the author's opinion of
what are the most beneficial,
II. 647, 648.
Shaftsbury, earl of, his character,

I. 96, 159, 263, 265, 303. ad-
vises the shutting up the ex-
chequer, 306. made lord chan-
cellor, 307. his speech against
the Dutch, 346. opposes the
king's declaration, 348. advises
the king to yield to the house
of commons, 349. loses the
king's favour, 352. the seals
taken from him, 361, 362, 363,
364, 365. for resistance, 384.
takes credit for raising a dis-
pute between the two houses
of parliament, 385, 388, 393,
401. sent to the Tower, 402,
407. discharged upon submis-
sion, 431, 434, 437, 454, 455.
made president of the council,
456. against the bishops' votes
in cases of treason, 460, 466.
for the exclusion, 469, 477,
482. accused by lord Stafford,
494, 499, 502. sent to the
tower, 506. acquitted by the
grand jury, 508, 510. leaves
England, 530, 537, 541, 542,
543, 55T.

Sharp, sent as agent by the re

solutioners, I. 64. betrays their
interest, 92, 109, 116, 117, 119,
120, 131. made archbishop of
St. Andrew's, 133. nominates
all the bishops except Leigh-
toun, 133, 134, 138, 139. by
proclamation hinders the meet-
ing of presbyteries, 141, 154.
his behaviour to Lauderdale,
201, 204. his violence, 206,
208, 209, 210. accuses Lau-
derdale, and retracts, 212, 214.
for excommunicating Burnet,
217. severe to the prisoners,
234, 235, 236. turned out
from being president of the
convention, 239. returns to
council, 242, 243, 246, 247. an
attempt to murder him, 277,
278, 284, 290, 291, 297, 300,
339, 374, 399. he discovers
who it was, 413. is afterwards
murdered, 47°, 471.
Sharp, Dr. John, I. 462. preaches
against popery, 674, 675, 677.
made archbishop of York, II.
76, 720.

Sheldon, Dr. Gilbert, opposes
Gawden's promotion, I. 51,
132, 138. archbishop of Can-
terbury, 177. at the Savoy con-
ference, 179, 184. the strict-
ness of the act of uniformity
imputed to him, 185, 192, 200,
209. for the five mile act,
225, 243. approves an inquiry
into the conduct of the Scotch
clergy, 247, 252, 308, 358,
374. his death, 392.
Sheldon, father, proffers his ser-
vices to our author, I. 360.
Shelton, I. 624, 640.
Shening, general, II. 98, 99.
Shepherd, I. 553, 578.
Sheredon, I. 485.

Sheriffs of London, disputes
about their election, I. 479,
528.
Sherlock, Dr., I. 462, 674. leaves

the Jacobites, and made dean
of St. Paul's, II. 71, 212, 213.
Short, Dr. poisoned for talking
of king Charles's death, I.
609.

Shovel made commissioner of
the admiralty, II. 104. is sent
to the Mediterranean, 358,
365, 387, 390, 453. besieges
Toulon by sea, 476. cast away
upon the rocks of Scilly,
485.
Shrewsbury, earl of, meetings at
his house in favour of the
prince of Orange, I. 712. his
character, 762. goes over to
Holland, 766, 780, 792, 795.
801, 820. is made secretary
of state, II. 3, 15, 39, 41. re-
signs, 45, 104 again made se-
cretary, 123, 136, 182. prac-
tices against him, 190, 191,
192. made lord chamberlain
to queen Anne, 546. sent am-
bassador to France, 613,
720.

Sibbald, sir Robert, I. 679.
Sicily, an earthquake there, II.

IOI.

Sidley. See Sedley.
Sidney, Algernoon, I. 67, 81, 226.
answers king Charles II's de-
claration, 500, 504. his cha-
racter, 538, 539, 548, 550.
trial, 569, 570, 571, 572. exe-
cution, 573.

Sidney, Mr., I. 479. in high fa-
vour with the prince of Orange,
756. his character, 763, 764,
776, 780. secretary of state,
lieutenant of Ireland, and
master of the ordnance, II. 5,
118. made lord Sidney, and
afterwards earl of Rumney,
ibid. See Rumney.
Sidserfe, bishop of Galloway, I.
26. translated to Orkney, I.

133.
Simon, P., I. 539.

Smith, a priest, I. 449, 490, 504.
Smith, Aaron, sent up from Scot-
land, I. 540, 551.

Smith, a spy, his letters, II. 190,
191, 192.

Smith, Mr. his character, is
chosen speaker, II. 428.
Smith's discourses recommended,
II. 675.

Sobieski, king of Poland, raises
the siege of Vienna, I. 594.
beats the Turks, II. 132. his
death, 196.

Sobieski, his eldest son, seized

by a party at Breslaw, II. 357,
358.

Socinianism, its great progress,

II. 211, 212, 213, 214.
Soissons, Madam de, I. 302, 303.
Solmes, count, I. 801. II. 97,

113.

Somelsdych, Miss, marries Bruce

earl of Kincardin, I. 109.
Somers, Mr. answers K. Charles's
declaration, I. 500, 509. soli-
citor general, II. 42. made at-
torney general, and soon after
lord keeper, 107. his expe-
dient against clipping, 147.
his account of Charnock, 171.
his administration applauded,
218. attacked in the house of
commons on Kid's affair, and
cleared by a great majority,
236, 237, 239. is dismissed,

designs against him, 260, 261,
264, 265. is heard at the bar
of the house of commons, 266,
267. is impeached, 267, 273,
276. and acquitted by the
house of lords, 279, 280, 370,
378, 438. his act for the
amendment of the law, 439.
a principal manager in the
union, 458, 464, 491. made
president of the council, 516,
517. is dismissed, 553, 712.
letter from, 715, 720.
Somerset, earl of, I. 11, 16, 17.
Somerset, duke of, I. 51.
Somerset, duke of, I. 716. II. 316,

354, 377, 488, 495, 554.
Somerset, duchess of, groom of
the stole, II. 564.

Sophia, princess, II. 315. See
Hanover.

South, Dr. writes against Sher-
lock, II. 213.
Southampton, earl of, his account
οἱ Εἰκὼν Βασιλική, I. 51. angry
with lord Clarendon at calling
home the king without condi-
tions, 89. his character, 95.
against a standing army, 161.
visits not the king's mistresses,
177. moderate in church mat-
ters, 178, 224, 225. his death,
249.
Southesk, earl of, jealous of the
duke of York, I. 227, 228.
South sea company erected, II.
574.

Southwell, sir Robert, his au-

thority quoted, I. 166. II. 56.
Souvray, son in law to Louvois,
II. 17.

Spanheim, baron, his character,
I. 567. his account of the
French councils on the king
of Spain's death, II. 252.
Spanish armada, how diverted
for a year, I. 313.
Spanish Netherlands.

See Ne-