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ference with the puritans, 99, 105-Publishes his Apology for the
Oath of Allegiance, 117-Account of this work, 119-Numerous re-
plies to it, 122-Writes his Premonition, 124-His motives for
writing it, ib.-Great effects pretended to have been produced by it,
129-Impiety of this pretence, ib.-Its indifferent reception abroad,
132-Opposes with virulence the admission of Vorstius to the pro-
fessor's chair of divinity at Leyden, 134. 137-Causes two of his
subjects to be burnt for heresy, 143-Further instance of his perse-
cuting spirit, 144-Stigmatizes the Arminians, and deprives them
of all ecclesiastical and academical functions, 147, 151-Advances
several of them to the greatest dignities, 154-Publishes his Remon-
strance for the Rights of Kings, in answer to cardinal Perron, 157—
Other works written by him, 161-His aversion to war leads him to
make an impolitic treaty of peace with Spain, 164; and to neglect
the interest of his daughter and her progeny, 177-Suffers the British
flag to be affronted with impunity by the Dutch, i. 188-Surrenders
to the Dutch the cautionary towns, 192-Overlooks their cruelty to
the English at Amboyna, 197-His weakness in permitting his son to
go into Spain to conclude the match with the infanta, 201-Is ridi-
culed by foreign princes, 207; and by his own subjects, 211-His
absurd value of his hereditary right, 213-Carries his notions of pre-
rogative to a degree of impiety, 219-Treats his parliament con-
temptuously, 224-Imprisons several members of the house of com-
mons for their free speaking, 230-His unparalleled treatment of sir
Walter Raleigh, 237-Iniquitously pardons Somerset and his lady,
the murderers of sir Thomas Overbury, 240-Professes himself a
protestant, but suffers those of that persuasion abroad to be op-
pressed, 252-Favours the catholics, 260-His bitter persecution of
the puritans, 273-His death and burial, 281-Question of his having
been poisoned by his son Charles the First, and the duke of Buck
ingham, examined, ib. ii. 21-His issue, i. 290-Characters of him
by various writers, 288-Dr. Birch's additions respecting him, 303
-His advice to his successors to neglect parliaments, iv. 52-His
reply to one who told him that his ministers were bribed by Spain,

V. 229.

James, duke of York, converts his first wife, a protestant, to the
catholic religion, and married for his second, a lady of that pro-
fession, v. 76.

James, sir J. a tool of the court to corrupt the house of commons,
under Charles the Second, v. 289.

Jefferies, judge, his character, v. 331-His conduct on the trials of lord
Russell and Algernon Sydney, 341. 348.

Jenkins, sir L. son of a tailor, v. 282-Excuses the duke of York's
attachment to popery, on the question for the bill of exclusion, and
declares him to be no bigot, 172-His arguments heard with indig-
nation, 173-Promoted for his services in parliament, v. 282-In-
defatigable in negotiating a peace for France, ib.

Jepthson, Mr. charges lord Dillon and lord Taaffe with using the
king's name to encourage the Irish rebels, ii. 402.

Jermin, Mr. concerned in the project for awing the last parliament
of Charles the First, ii. 384.

Jermyn, lord, his objections to the expected terms to be laid on
Charles the Second, for his restoration, over-ruled, iv. 314.

Jesuits, gunpowder plot ascribed to them, i. 111-Refuse to renounce
the temporal authority of the pope, v. 75-See Catholics.
Johnson, Mr. Samuel, on bishop Tillotson's doctrine of non-resist-

ance, v. 243.

Jolliffe, Mr. opposes the establishment of an excise, iv. 373.

Jones, general, commands the parliamentary forces in Dublin, iii. 220—
Defeats Ormonde, 222-A member of Barebone's parliament, 326.
Jones, sir William, his speech in the house of commons on the bill for
the relief of dissenters having been removed from the table secretly,
when it should have received the royal assent, v. 128.

Jortin, Dr. on the heat and violence attendant on reformation, iii. 18.
Joyce, colonel, seizes king Charles the First at Holmby, and removes
him to the army, ii. 450. iii. 163—Rebukes Cromwell for protesting
that he was ignorant of this measure, 97-Cashiered and imprisoned
for speaking against the protector, 98.

Judges, names of, who sided with Charles the First, in the imposition
of ship-money, ii. 300-Impeached by parliament for their conduct
in this business, 305-Names of those appointed by Cromwell,

iii. 412.

Juries packed by Cromwell, iii. 443-One dismissed by judge Hale, ib.
Packed in the reign of Charles the Second, for the purpose of ex-
acting extravagant fines, v. 335.

Justice, perversion of, in the latter part of Charles the Second's
reign, v. 329.

Juxon, bishop of London, made lord high treasurer of England,
ii. 255.

K

Keinton, battle of, conduct of Cromwell during, iii. 88.
Kelsey, colonel, one of Cromwell's major-generals, iii. 438.
Kennet, bishop, his account of Henderson's controversy with Charles
the First, ii. 115-His gloss upon the disinterment of Blake's remains
after the Restoration, the effect of shame for his party, iii. 391.
Ker, Robert, honours and wealth conferred on him by James the
First, i. 64. 66-Dresses effeminately to favour the king's unnatural
propensity, 83-He and his lady, the principal actors in the murder
of sir Thomas Overbury, 90-Sir Walter Raleigh's estate of Sher-
burn Castle conferred upon him, 239-Found guilty of the murder
of sir Thomas Overbury, but pardoned by James, 240-Probable
motive of this pardon, 243.

Keroualle, mademoiselle de, duchess of Portsmouth, mistress to
Charles the Second, v. 41-French patent for creating her duchess of
Aubigny, ib.-See Portsmouth.

Kettleby, admiral, destined to act against the rebels on the Irish coast,
but called away by the king, ii. 404.

Keynton, battle of, ii. 436.

Killigrew, Mrs. E. mistress of Charles the Second, iv. 169.

Killing no Murder, wrongly attributed to colonel Titus, colonel.
Edward Sexby having avowed himself as the writer, iii. 94.

Kimbolton, lord, impeached by Charles the First, and protected by
the parliament, ii. 408.

King, Thomas, esq. a pensioner of Charles the Second, for parlia-
mentary management, v. 281.

King of England, the guardian of the rights and liberties of the peo
ple, ii. 491.

Kings, duties of, ii. 72-High notions of Charles the First, respect-
ing, 277-Lines by Milton, on the duties and offices of, 279
Never so low but they add weight to the party in which they ap-
pear, iii. 165-The people not prohibited, by any law of nature,
to lay them aside, 207-Bound by an original compact, expressed
or implied, the breach of which absolves their subjects from alle-
giance, 208-Derive a great portion of their power from usurpation
and flattery, iv. 49-Milton's description of, 284-Their pretence to
a divine right supported by the clergy, v. 241-Their best security
to be sought for in the affections of their subjects, 302-See Princes.
Kingston, Mr. his relation of the expectation of the royalists, that
terms would be insisted on for the restoration of Charles the Second,
iv. 314.

Kirkmen, act of Charles the First relating to the apparel of, ii. 318.
Knightly, sir Valentine, degraded for favouring the puritans, i. 279.
Knights, number of, made by James the First, i. 69-Arbitrary tax
respecting, by Charles the First, ii. 291. 358.

Knights' services, abolished by Charles the Second, iv. 367.
Knox, his concern in the reformation of religion in Scotland, ii. 316.

L

Lake, sir Thomas, unjust conduct of James the First to, i. 237.
Lambert, called to sit in Cromwell's first parliament, iii. 326-Ap-
pointed one of the protector's major-generals, 438-Becomes head
of the fifth monarchy men, on the death of Cromwell, iv. 170-His
defeat of the royalists at Namptwich, 213-Rewarded by the par-
liament, 214--Made a major-general by the army, 225-Banished,

V. 32.

Lamplugh, bishop of Exeter, his oppression of the non-conformists,

V. 109.

Lancashire, the inhabitants of, disarmed by the Rump parliament,
iv. 214.

Lansdowne, lord, on the causes of the royalists' disasters, iv. 17-
His narrative of his father's interview with Charles the Second at
Breda, where he presented Moncke's last dispatches relative to that
prince's unconditional restoration, 321-His flattering description of
the effects produced by the Restoration, 330-Remarks on Burnet's
narrative of the death of Charles the Second, v. 359.

Laud, though an Arminian, advanced to a bishopric by James the
First, i. 155-Other church preferments enjoyed by him, 271-His
character of James, 292-Wishes to put Felton to the rack, ii. 38-
His book against Fisher epitomized by Charles the First, 74-Charged
with altering the oath to be administered to Charles the First on his
coronation, 205-His reply to this charge on his trial, 206-Sup
presses the book written against the doctrines broached by Mon-
tague, 216-His reverential bows to a crucifix hung up in the chapel
of Charles, 220-Charged with setting up pictures in the windows
of his chapel at Lambeth, 221-His inferiority, as a church ruler,
to Abbot, 225-Refuses to be a cardinal, 237-Acquitted of the
charge of intending to introduce popery, 239-Attempts to intro-
duce universal conformity, 241-High-sounding titles bestowed on
him, 251-Named one of the commissioners of exchequer by the
king, 254-Orders the prosecution of Prynne, 264-Thanks the

lords of the star-chamber for the severity of their sentences, 265-
Designed by nature for the office of an inquisitor, 268-Further in-
stances of his persecuting spirit, 269-Complains of the judges who
decided against the king in the question of ship-money, 304-His
high demeanour on the coronation of Charles the First, in Scotland,
317-Introduces a liturgy in Scotland, 323-Reasons assigned by
him, why the opposition to the liturgy was successful, 331-Ex-
tract from his Epistle Dedicatory to Charles the First, iii. 50-Offi-
ciates at the baptism of Charles the Second, iv. 3.

Lauderdale, lord, procures letters of recommendation, in favour of
Charles the Second's religious tenets, from the French Hugonots,
iv. 264-Employed in Scotland to procure an act for a standing
army there, v. 294.

Law, true, of free Monarchy, by James the First, nature of its
doctrines, i. 50-Reasoning on the violation of, by magistrates,
ii. 314.

Law, attempted to be reformed by the republican parliament, iii. 287
-Remonstrance to the commons on the bad state of the laws, 288-
Laws suspended during a civil war, iv. 337.

League and covenant, see Solemn League and Covenant.

Learning, see Literature.

Le Clerk, on the power of superstition, v. 11.

Lee, a leader of the opposition in the house of commons, receives a
bribe from Charles the Second, v. 277.

Legate, Bartholomew, burned in Smithfield for heresy, i. 143.
Leicester, earl of, appointed lord-lieutenant of Ireland, ii. 40s.
Leighton, Alexander, cruelties inflicted on, by the star-chamber, for
writing a book, entitled An Appeal to the Parliament, ii. 260-
Character of this work, 261.

Leighton, Har. his letter to the commons after the battle of Naseby,

111. 128.

Leith, Charles the First recommended to perfect its fortifications,
against the covenanters, ii. 337.

Lennox, duke of, regent during the minority of James the First, i. 7.
His character, 8-Dies in banishment, 10.

Lenthall, speaker of the commons, his letter to prince Charles, de-
siring his return from Scilly, iv. 23-Proscribed by that prince, 129.
Lenthall, Mr. reproved at the bar of the commons, for speaking dis-
respectfully of the last parliament of Charles the First, ii. 423.
Lesly, heads the Scottish covenanters, in their intended resistance of
Charles the First by arms, ii. 334.

L'Estrange, extract from his Engagement and Remonstrance of the
City of London, iv. 247.

Lessius, Leonardus, writes against king James's Defence of Oaths
of Allegiance, i. 305.

Letters, of Charles the First, the charge by Clarendon, of their pub-
lication in a mutilated state, combated, ii. 3-Letters of that king
to pope Urban the Eighth, 187-Official, relative to the battle of
Naseby, iii. 128-Original, of Oliver Cromwell, 491-Copies of
those found in Charles the Second's closet, declaratory of his attach-
ment to the church of Rome, v. 63-Probability of their being
written by some other hand, and only copied by Charles, 68.
Leven, earl of, his petition to Charles the First, in the name of the
Scottish army, l. 152.

Liberality to foreign sufferers not unknown to our forefathers, iii. 399.

Liberty of conscience, a favourite maxim of Cromwell, iii. 39-Pro-
mised by Charles the Second at Breda, iv. 266.

Liberty, essential to the happiness of mankind, v. 237-Treated as a
fiction or jest by Hobbes, 246-Natural to men, 248-The notions
of, entertained by the northern nations long before they were ac-
quainted with the Greek or Roman writers, ib.-Promoted in this
country by the reformation, 249.

Liberty of the press, restrained by Charles the Second, v. 250-A
committee proposed to inquire after books that have spoken against
the royal right, &c. that they may be burnt, 252.

Licensers, appointed to inspect all works intended for the press, v. 254.
Lichfield, Leonard, esq. printer to the university of Oxford, pane-
gyrises Oliver Cromwell, and afterward Charles the Second, iii. 362.
Lilburn, John, severities inflicted on, by the star-chamber, for printing
without licence, ii. 273-His bold behaviour under the punishment
of the pillory, 274-Imprisoned by Cromwell, iii. 281, 445.
Lilly, consulted as an astrologer by Charles the First, ii. 66-Doubts
the Icon Basilike being written by that king, 124.

Limitations in government, beneficial to prince and people, iv. 324.
Lincoln, bishop of, punished by the star-chamber for disloyal words,
ii. 313-Requires the clergy of his diocese to enforce the laws
against non-conformists, v. 107.

Lincolnshire fens, disputes about the drainage of, iii. 55.

Lindsey, archbishop of Glasgow, rudeness of Laud to, at the corona-
tion of Charles the First in Scotland, ii. 318.

Litany of the puritans against the prelatists, iii. 47.

Literature, encouraged by the commonwealth, iii. 291, 299, 305; and
by Cromwell, 419-Less benefited by the Restoration than usually
supposed, v. 8.

Littleton, lord keeper, supports the militia bill, ii. 416.

Liturgy, English, order in council for it to be observed in all foreign
parts and plantations, ii. 241-Scottish accounts of its introduction,
323-Tumult in the church of Edinburgh and other places on the
first reading of it, 326-From the means of enforcing of it failing, the
act relating to it is nulled, 329-Restored in England by Charles the
Second, v. 83.

Lloyd, Dr. on the murder of sir E. Godfrey, v. 145.

Loan, a general one required by Charles the First, ii. 287-Persons
punished for refusing to subscribe to it, 288-Rigorous proceedings
respecting this loan the cause of the enactment of the petition of
right, 289.

Locke, Mr. on resistance and passive obedience, ii. 432-On pro-
rogation, 493-Extract from his poem in praise of Cromwell's go-
vernment, iii. 361-On the impolicy of the act of uniformity, and
the indiscreet hurry with which it was carried into execution, v. 88,
94-His narrative of the commotions excited by the episcopalian
clergy in Scotland, on the publication of an indulgence to dissent-
ers, 125-On the measures pursued by Charles the Second, for
eradicating the love of liberty from the minds of his subjects, 239-
On the lawfulness of resistance, 250.

London, vast sum of money exacted of the citizens of, by James, the
First, i. 236-Rated at twenty ships for the guard of the seas by
Charles the First, ii. 288-Fined by the star-chamber twenty thou-
sand pounds, 312-Refuse to assist Charles against the Scots on

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