Pool, Mat. i. 308.
Poor of England, ii. 659.
Pope Innocent, his character, i.
705. his disputes with France,
706. succeeded by Alexander
VIII. an enemy to France, ii.
72. succeeded by Innocent
XII. 73, 176. and he by Cle-
ment XI. 251. who is in the
French interest, 252, 263, 269,
286, 294, 323, 395. threatens
the
emperor and arms, 512. is
forced to submit, 514, and own
king Charles of Spain, 533.
Popery, increase of in the time
of Charles I. 26, 27.
Popoli, duke de, ii. 420.
Porter, captain, in the assassina-
tion plot, ii. 165, 166, 169.
many tried and convicted on
his evidence, 171, 172, 173,
174. he discovers practices on
him, 183.

Porter, sir Charles, chancellor of

Ireland, i. 654. ii. 159, 160.
Portland, earl of, (see Benthink,)
i. 575. made groom of the
stole, ii. 5, 35, 36. the assas-
sination plot discovered to
him, 165, 192. his private ne-
gotiation with Boufflers, 200,
201. Ambassador in France,
224. resigns his place of
groom of the stole, 225, 226,
235. negotiates the partition
treaties, 225, 260, 261, 264. is
impeached, but not prosecuted,

265, 274, 280, 301, 303, 306.
Portocarrero, cardinal, ii. 252.
Portsmouth, duchess of, i. 337,
379,392,410, 436,456. for the
exclusion, 481. why, 486, 487,
503, 531,556,564, 592. a new
scheme concerted at her lodg-
ings, 604, 605. attends the
king in his last illness, 607.
her account of his death, 610.
Portugal, John V. king of, firm

to his father's treaties, ii. 476.

marries the emperor's sister,
479, 480. great riches from
America, 524, 620. campaigns
on his frontier, 504, 531, 556.
agrees to the treaty at Utrecht,
618.

Portugal, Peter king of, enters
into the French alliance, ii.
289, 290. is neutral in the war,
323. enters into the grand al-
liance, his treaty with Eng-
land, 352, 353. campaigns on
his frontier, 389, 390, 423,
444, 445. his death, 476.
Powel, judge, i. 424. his opinion
in the trial of the seven bi-
shops, i. 743. and in the affair
of Ailesbury, ii. 367.
Powel, Mr. i. 478.
Powis, lord, i. 430, 447.
Powis, countess of, i. 475, 750.
Powis made solicitor general and
attorney general, i. 669, 742.
ii. 367.

Powle, i. 389, 424, 474.
Powlet, earl of, ii. 552,553, 612.
Prance discovers Godfrey's mur-
der, i. 445, 446, 447.
Prayer, form of, devised for Scot-
land, i. 10.

Preachers in conventicles punish-
able with death, i. 292.
Preaching, mode of, in 1661.
i. 191.

Presbyterian (Scotch) preachers,
their character, i. 34, 35. au-
thor recommends that some
of the more moderate shall be
placed in vacant churches, 281.
Presbyterians, English, against
king Charles's murder, i. 47.
an union with them proposed
at the restoration, 178. thank
the king (Charles II.) for the
toleration, 308. a comprehen-
sion proposed at the revolution,
ii. 30, 31, 32. does not succeed,
33, 34. divisions among them,
247.

Presbyterians, Scotch, discon-
tented, i. 116, 119, 121, 144.
refuse the oath of supremacy,
146. silenced, 153. their cha-
racter, 156. their discipline,
157. an accommodation with
them treated, 273, 274, 275,
278. rejected by them, 293.
Conferences thereon, 294, 295,
296, 297. the fury of the Car-
gillites and Cameronians, 511,
512. the presbyterians insolent
to the episcopal clergy,804,805.
their fury at the revolution, ii.
29, 30, 64. alienated from
king William, 87. reconciled
to him, 121. are provoked a-
gain, 122. methods taken in
1712. to incense them, 594,
595.
Presbytery new modelled in Scot-
land, i. 33. their leaders, 34,
35. their general assembly op-
pose the parliament, 42, 43.
they raise the Whiggamore
insurrection, 43. divisions a-
mong them, 55, 61, 62, 63.
presbyteries prohibited, 141.
presbytery established in Scot-
land, ii. 22, 23, 24, 64, 360,
[357] made unalterable at
the union, 461.
Preston, Dr. i. 19.

Preston, lord, i. 301, 638. made
secretary of state, 783. seized
going over to France, ii. 69.
tried, condemned, and par-
doned, 70, 71.
Pretender, the, owned by France,
ii. 293. by the pope, Savoy
and Spain, 294. is attainted,
296. an oath abjuring him,
297, 298, 301. a plot in Scot
land for him, 376, 377, 378.
his expedition from Dunkirk
thither, 500, 501, 502. his
campaign in Flanders, 503.
called first the pretender in
the queen's speech, ibid. his

sister's death and character,
602. he removes to Bar le
duc, 629. Addresses to remove
him thence, ibid.
Priests, the best spies, i. 311.
Primi, abbot, i. 301.
Primrose, Archibald, his charac-
ter, i. 20, 27, 104, 105, 109.
clerk register, 110, 113. draws
the prerogative acts, 116. and
the rescissory act, 118, 122,
288, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417.
Princess royal, her death, i. 171.
Princess Anne. See Denmark.
Prince George. See Denmark.
Prior, Matthew, ii. 580.
Privilege of peers, act relative to,
ii. 271.
Protestant religion, its first erisis,
i. 310.
second crisis, 311.
third crisis, 311, 312, 313.
fourth crisis, 314. fifth crisis,
321, 656.
Prussia, king of, (see Branden-
burgh,) ii. 322, 324. judged
prince of Neufchatel, 482.
France owns his regal title,
528. his death and character,
616, 617.

Puritans, their character, man-

ners, and conduct, i. 17, 18.
bill against them, temp. Eliz.
i. 494. attempt to repeal it,
495.
Pyrenees, treaty of the, how ob-

served by France, ii. 529.
Quakers' behaviour on prosecu-
tions, i. 270, 271, 702. divi-
sions among them, ii. 248, 249.
Queen Anne. See Anne.

Queen Catherine. See Catherine.
Queen Christina. See Christina.
Queen Elizabeth. See Elizabeth.
Queen Mary. See Mary.
Queen Mary II. See Mary II.
Queen mother of England, Hen-

rietta Maria, her dislike to
Montrose, i. 52.

Queen motherof France, i.31,251.

Queen of Poland's intrigues, i.

594. ii. 196.

Queen of Scots. See Mary queen
of Scots.
Queensbury, earl of, i. 523, 581,
582. made a marquis and
duke, 634. his scheme, 635,
636. gets the better of the
earl of Perth, 651. is disgraced
and in danger, 653, 678, 679,
680. his death and character,
ii. 149.
Queensbury, duke of, his son, ii.
234. has the garter, 290, 320,
360. he discovers a plot,
[357] [358,] [359,] [360,]
372. is dismissed, but screened
by an artifice, 395, 400. again
employed, 426, 446. fearful of
the union, 462. made duke of
Dover, 517, 518, 586. is se-
cretary of state, 519.
Quota, settled between England
and Holland, ii. 73.
Raby, lord, created earl of Straf-
ford, ii. 581.

Racine, commended, ii. 653.
Radnor, earl of, i. 266, 477, 592.
Ragotzi, prince, ii. 350, 393,

422, 472.

Raleigh, sir Walter, i. 16, 17.
Ramellies, battle of, ii. 450.
Ranelagh, countess of, letter
from her to the author, ii. 700.
Ranelagh, earl of, i. 266, 398. ii.
342, 365, 567.
Rapparees plunder Ireland, ii.
61, 66.

Ratcliff, i. 430.

Ratcliff, Dr. his treatment of
queen Mary blamed, ii. 136.
Rawlinson, made commissioner

of the great seal, ii. 3.
Reading, tries to discredit the
evidences of the popish plot, i.
449, 450.

Rebellion, in the west of Scot-
land, i. 234. and at Bothwell
bridge, 471.

Records of Scotland lost by sea,
i. I 10.
Reformation of manners, socie-
ties for it, ii. 317, 318.
Regency bill, debate on, ii. 431.
Regicides, i. 162.

"Rehearsal Transprosed," i. 260.
Reinolds, made bishop of Nor-
wich, i. 185.
Reinschild, ii. 425.

Renaldi of Este made a cardinal,
i. 704.

Restoration of Charles II. in-
toxicates the people with joy,
i. 93.

Retz, cardinal, i. 74, 194.
Rheims, archbishop of, his cha-
racter, i. 564. his opinion of
king Charles II. 603, 605.
Rich, sheriff, i. 529, 557.
Richelieu, cardinal, i. 48, 59. ii.

400.

Richmond, duchess of, i. 431.
See Steward.

Richmond, duke of, i. 148, 151,
251, 304.

Ritondella taken by the duke of
Ormond, ii. 332.

Rivers, earl of, sent to Spain, ii.
453, 560. ambassador to Ha-
nover, 581. made master of the
ordnance, 593-

Roberts, lord, a leader of the
presbyterian party, i. 85. his
character, 98, 460. See Rad- ·
nor, earl of.
Roberts, Mrs. one of king
Charles's mistresses, i. 263,
507.

Robinson, Dr. envoy in Sweden,
ii. 535. his character of that
king, ibid. made bishop of
Bristol, privy seal, and pleni-
potentiary to Utrecht, 580. de-
clares the queen disengaged
from her alliances, 607, 608.
made bishop of London, 630.
Rochelle, the siege of, i. 48.
Rochester, earl of, i. 254. his

character, 258. in the treasury,
454, 478, 484, 507. charged
with bribery, 531, 532. is pre-
sident of the council, 592.
and lieutenant of Ireland, 601.
made lord treasurer, 621, 622,
626. and one of the ecclesi-
astical commission, 677. his
conference about religion, 684.
loses the white staff, 685. for
a prince regent, 810. recon-
ciled to the king and queen by
Dr. Burnet's means, ii. 71,
116, 117. opposes the court,
125, 140, 170, 254. made lieu-
tenant of Ireland, 255. loses
ground with the king, 280,
290. goes over to Ireland, his
conduct there, 291, 299. con-
tinued in that post by queen
Anne, 313, 315, 317, 321. re-
signs it, 340, 341, [360,] 364.
proposes bringing over the
princess Sophia, 407, 429. op-
poses the regency bill, 432,
438. and the union, 464, 491,
526. is made president of the
council, 553. letters from, 701,
702, 704.

Rochester, Wilmot, earl of. See
Wilmot.

Rodolph, emperor, i. 12.
Rohan, duke de, i. 47, 48.
Rook, sir George, his success at

la Hogue, ii. 93, 94. convoys
the Smyrna fleet, and escapes
with some of them, 114, 115,
116. commands a squadron at
Cadiz, 164. commands another
sent to the Baltic, 243. com-
mands a squadron to Cadiz,
330, 331. takes and destroys
the galleons at Vigo, 332, 333.
his conduct approved by par-
liament, 341, 358, 387. takes
Gibraltar, 388, 389. fights the
count de Thoulouse, 390, 391,
401.
Rookwood, executed for the as-

sassination plot, ii. 174.
Roos, lord, his divorce, i. 262.
ii. 126.
Rosewell, his trial, i. 597, 598.
Ross, Dr. i. 283. archbishop of
Glasgow, 590, 680.
Rothes, earl of, opposes the pre-
rogative act, i. 21, 22, 24, 28.
is gained by king Charles, 30.
his character, 102. president
of the council in Scotland,
110, 119. dissolves the synod
at Fife, 120, 122. is king's
commissioner, 203, 205, 209.
his conduct, 210, 234. severe
to the prisoners, 236. made.
lord chancellor, 242, 246, 262,
290, 413, 415, 416, 514.
Rothes, earl of, instrumental to
the union, ii. 460.
Roucy, marquis de, i. 74.
Rouille, president, sent to nego-
tiate at the Hague, ii. 527.
Rouvigny, ambassador from

France, i. 366, 367, 391, 405,
423, 564, 614, 623, 656, 657.
Rouvigny, his son, made earl of

Galway, ii. 82. See Galway.
Rowse, his execution, i. 559.
Roxburgh, earl of, for the union,

ii. 460. made a duke, 469.
opposes the duke of Queens-
bury, 519, 720.
Royal society, i. 192. ii. 440,

441.

Rumbold, i. 543, 545, 576, 632.
Rumney, earl of, (see Sidney,)

made secretary of state, ii. 5.
is sent lord lieutenant to Ire-

land, 118, 119. is recalled,
ibid. 236.
Rumsey, i. 537, 542, 543, 545,
546, 547, 551, 553, 554, 559,
571,576, 578, 651.
Rupert, prince, saves the English

fleet, i. 229, 352, 435, 450.
opposed by the captains, ii.
698.
Russel, lady, ii. 693.

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 con-
demnation, 556. his prepara-
tion for death, 557. his exe-
cution 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.
made earl of Orford, 195, 343.
See Orford.

is

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 Bo-
lingbroke, 611. See Boling-
broke.

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 commis-
sion, 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 Bur-
net, i. 396.
Sands, i. 269.

Sandwich, earl of, i. 98, 223.