INDEX.

A.

Aaron, novel name for a king, 279.
Abridgments of Sermons taken
down by women, temp. Car. II.,

388.

Abyssinian Women and Children,
character of, 204. St. Sunday in
Abyssinia, 204.

Aches, a dissyllable, 300.
ADAMS, THOMAS, Devil's Banquet.
Rack-Rents- - Prodigality, 98.
The World old and sick, 99.
Church property, how dealt
with Against the union of
physic and divinity The
Church, how spoiled, and usury
becoming common- Mercies
bestowed upon England, 100.
Adverbs, God a lover of, why? 10.
Advocates, pleading a bad cause,

69.

African Traders, honesty of, 77.
Sand-hills, 266. Salt-lake, 267.
Agenhine, who, 313.
Agitators, begin with the Church,

77.

Agriculture, dangers to, from war,
182. Enthusiastic Experiment-
alist in, 295.

Agues, severity of, in Ascham's
days, 333. King James I., 360.
ALAIN CHARTIES, the power of
Love, 286.

Albums, 159.

Ale, all not good. Old Song, Ex-
ale-tation of Ale, 287. Ale
houses reduced in Oxford from

300 to 100, 381.
Alliance between Church and
State, 17.

Alligators and Sharks, curious
fact respecting, 284.
Almonbury Registers, curious con-
tents, 343.

Alonzo, Don, the call of, 293.
Ambassadors, why Charles II.
admitted them often and in pri-
vate, 393.

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American Independence, 10.
Anarchy, effect of on religion, 160.
Anatomy of the Service Book,
Forms of Prayer fit only for
children Service-Book Sav-
ages worse than Mohawks, 36.
ANDREWS, BISHOP. The Speech
and the Speaker-The Grave in
Hebrew- The Tongue - We
should regard our Ends no less
than our Acts-Sowing not scat
tering-Motives, real and pre-
tended-Brief sentences, 239.
Good actions liable to ill con
struction-His careful preach-
ing-Rage for Sermons in Bish-
op Andrews's time-Psalms and
Proverbs Systematical eva
sions of the laws, 240. What
is a true congregation?-The
Plague in 1603-Signification
of the term Plague, 241.

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Barnet, the ordinary at, a place
of great resort in James I.'s
time, 360.
Barometers, 387.
BARON'S Toast, circulated by Hol-
lis, 31.

BARROW. Necessity of following
a good guide in things not with-
in reach of ordinary capacities,
32. Alludes to hawking as
common in his days, 387.
Basil, accuracy of the printers of,
in Henry VIII.'s time, who nev-
ertheless chose English as cor-
rectors of the press for their dil.
igence, 333.

Baths, Dr. Chamberlain's offer to
improve, temp. Car. I., 373.
Battle field, enthusiastic recollec
tion of, 299.

BAXTER, against the Quakers' as
sertion that there was no true
church before George Fox, 28.
Quakers formed chiefly from
separatists-Credulity of
fessors, 29. An Anabaptist
ter than a Quaker, 30.
BAYLE, on the public weal, 146.
Bear, whipping the blind, sport.
of, 360.

Beards, divers coloured, 297; dif-
ferent shapes of, 364.
Beasts, well for us that they do
not act in union, 154.
BEATTIE AND LORD MONBODDO,

223.

BEAUFORT, DUKE of, princely

economy at Badmington, 385.
BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER, 183.
Beaus, rural, 396.
Bees, instinct of, 261. Importance
of, in Edward IV.'s days, 329.
Beggars, idle, and wanderers,
Increase of, in Charles I.'s time
-Directions against, 371.
BEHMEN, JACOB, Law's study of,

221. His second rapture, 222.
Belief rejected with as little rea-
son as it is received, 160.
BELINOUS LE SAGE, an insight
into Nature, 282.
BELLAY, Du, 198.
Bells, rung all night long on All-
hallows night, 333.
Bergea, the morning star of, 253.
BERKELEY, character of, 219.
BERKELEYS, number of churches
founded by, 131. Fosbrooke's
Berkeley family, 329.
BERNARD, SAINT. What we owe
to Men, to Angels, and to God-
Bodily penance comparatively
light-Triple groundwork of re-
ligious hope, 205.
BERNI, 175, 179.

BERRIDGE'S World Unmasked.

a goldsmith's receipt at Auck-
land from Bishop Cosin for £100
for plate and workmanship on
the covers of, 393.
Bible, Sir Thomas More's opinion

of, 15. Plate and cover for, 393.
Bidding, notice of a Welsh, 303.
Bilberries of Sherwood Forest, the
profit and pleasure of the poor,

Blandford, lace made at, 396.
Boar and Sow, military engines,
temp. Charles I., 368.
Bodleian, James I.'s exclamation
in, If I were not a King I would
be a University Man! 193.
Bohemian custom of throwing out
at windows, 272.
Boldness, great, sometimes great
wickedness, 253.

Books, errors of great, 303.
Books, few recommended by Dona
Oliva, 108. Ill-pointed, i. e.
badly printed, 360.
Book-coverings for Henry V., 182.
Bookseller's Shops, very rare in
Queen Ann's time, in provincial
towns, 397.

Boonen, William, a Dutchman,
first brought coaches here, 347,
352.

Boots, the ruff or ruffle of, what,

365. Common use of, in James
I.'s time, 366.

BONAPARTE's expedient for di-
verting attention from the mur-
der of the Duke D'Enghien, 174.
Bordarii, who? 315.

Border, the, in Charles II.'s reign,

Breakfast, abolished in Holin
shed's days, 130. Old English,
in a Baronial family, 201. Not
eaten by Cotton or Viator, 393.
Brick-buildings, introduced

in

London by the Earl of Arundel,
in James I.'s time, previous to
which they were chiefly of wood,
355. Complaint against it, and
James' reply, 356. First brick
house at Leeds, 372. Benefit
of, 386.

Bristol, shopkeepers at, 234, 385.
BRITONS, Manners of, &c., 306.
BROMFALL, Sheriff, instrumental
to the saving of the Cottonian
Library, 375.

BROOKE, Lord, his Mustapha, 56.
A serious thought, 278.
Broth, the Liturgy so called by
the sectarians, 373.
BROWNE, SIR THOMAS, a painful
query of-Better prospects, 275.
Brown, the great pudding eater
of Kent, 371.

BRUYERE, LA, Inequality-Men
evil if not good-Men who are
determined to succeed, 85.
BUCKINGHAM, first used six horses
to a coach, 357.
BUDEUS, account of his studies,

121.

Buff coat, covers shabby clothes,

393.

Buildings, edicts against new, by
James I. to hinder the increase
of London, 355.
Bull-baiting, apology for, by Per-
kins, 357.

BUNYAN, JOHN, on extempore
prayer Prayer with devotion,
109. All mischief commences
in the name of God, says Luther
-A man hanged upon his own
self-accusation, 110. Anticipa-
tion of the Pilgrim in the Her-
motimus of Lucian, 263.
Burlesque Poetry, the depraver
of taste, 282.
BURTON, ROBERT, Anatomie of
Melancholie. Ruin of maritime
cities-What waters are purest,
175. Water through leaden
pipes-Sheltered sites of En-
glish country houses, 176. Idle-
ness generating melancholy,
178. Soul and body, 179. Mul-
tiplication of books, 184. De-
mand for new Latin works de-
creasing, aud for English ones
increasing-Of his own style-
Physicians turning divines, and
divines physicians-Backward-
ness of English manufactures
and fisheries-Surplus popula
tion, how disposed of amongst
the ancients, 185. Luxurious
selfishness-Discouragement of
Theological studies - Manuers
of the gentry, 186. Employ
ments of women-Prerogative
of personal beauty-Arts of
temptation adapted to individ-
ual character and circumstances
-Blind credulity of the multi-
tude, 187. Fowling, its various
kinds-Fishing, its advantage
over other sports of the field-
Winter amusements-Standing
waters unwholesome-Miseries
of idleness, 188. Occupation the

best cure for discontent-Evils
of compulsory solitude-Pleas
ures and pains of meditative
melancholy, 189. Total disso-
lution of religious houses la-
mented, 190. Marriage versus
Poverty, 198. Study a cause
of melancholy, 248. The clergy
sometimes the coiners of their
own bad coin-Fanatic preci-
sians, 249. The miseltoe, 262.
Bush, Good Wine needs no
Bush,' 395.

Butter, Dutch forbidden to export
from the West of England, and
Wentworth advised to make
the same prohibition for Ireland,
because the best commodity to
be sent to Spain, 376.

C.

Cabbages, not a hundred years,
says Evelyn, since the first
came from Holland-Sent as
presents from Holland in Ben
Jonson's time, 365.
California, modern, 301.
Caligraphy, neglected in Charles
I.'s time, 373.
CAMERARIUS, his old age. 117.
Canada, etymology of, 175.
CANOPIUS, NATHANIEL, a Cretan,
the first who made and drank
coffee in Oxford, 374.
Canterbury, new establishment
at, 295.
Capital, a Pecuniary word, 159.
Employed in trade in Queen
Anne's reign, 77.

Caps, two, worn under the hat,
curious custom, 90.
Cards, box of ancient, 336. Rab

elais amuses Gargantua with
tricks upon, 337.

Care, necessary for the preserva-
tion of life, natural and spiritual,
300.
CARLISLE, EARL of, introduced
great expense in dress, 367.
Carp, brought into England by

Mr. Mascal of Plumsted in Sus-
sex, 339. Five shillings a piece
in London in Taylor the water
poet's time, 362.

CARTER, MRS. ELIZABETH, let
ters, &c. Utility of trifling oc-
cupations, 213. Strained bypo-
thesis, its temptations, 220
Emptiness of party politics-
Progress of luxury among the
poorer classes-Management of
domestics-Charm of a familia
object seen in its happiest light

221.

CARVAJAL and the poisoned ar
rows, 303.
CASTILLEJO's story of Action mor
alized, 269. National propensi
ties, 271.
Castle-building, in Charron, build
ing castles in Spain, 269.
Casting-bottles, 362.
CATILINE'S radicalism-Motives,
159.

Catholics, Bishop Watson's opin-
ion that they were not to be
trusted with political power,

61.

Cattle, Cornish notions on, 125

Quantities brought from Ire
land in James I.'s time, 359.
Cauldrons of Lance Caraibe, 268

Celibacy, Erasmus and Augustine
upon, 55.

Chairs close, another project for,

378.

CHAMBERLAYNE, DR. the man-
midwife, 377.
Chancery lane, no sewers in, 385.
Chapel Royal, children of-School-
master of, 200.
CHAPMAN, the poet, Habington's
lines upon, 304.

Charcoal, use of, as fuel, 299.
Charity, want of, in Puritans and
Papists, 70.

CHARLES I., efforts to prevent the
trial of, 89. English manners
and literature, in time of, 367.
A dicer, 376.
CHARLES II, English manners
and literature, 385.
CHARLES V., emperor, and the
swallow's nest, 283.
Charmers, numerous in Eliza-
beth's reign, 341.
Chelmsford, sectaries of, 15.
Chicaranos, cause of their gi
gantic stature, 284.
Chimneys, rarity of, in ancient
times, 319, 372.
Christianity. 10. Power of, 253.
Church, plundered by churchmen,
35. Churches like ships, 97.
Effect of the overthrow of the
Church, 104. Church dignity,
121. Low state of, in Eliza
beth's early years, 341.
of taking away and making
clergy stipendary, 396.
CHURCHILL'S Sermons, Levity of
the last age, 211. Vindictive-
ness and meekness contrasted,

212.

CLARENDON.

Plan

Abolition of offices
and Privileges, 10. Necessity
of church dignity, 121. Extracts
from, illustrative of the time of
Charles L., 367, &c.
Claret, terse, what, 389.
CLARKE'S Travels. Primitive
quarantine-Lasting effects of
heat, 246. Instance of fraud
sanctioned by the highest au-
thority, 259.

Clergy, good defence of, 31.
Cruelty to, in the parliament's
time, 164. Provision for, 234.
Petition to sit in parliament, 350.
Clerical habit. South's complaint
of its neglect, 390.
Coaches, increase of, 299. When
introduced, 346. First flying

coach from Oxford to London
in thirteen hours, 1669, 391.
Coccolucio. or Tavardilha, disease
so called, 294.
Cockle, gigantic, or chama gigas,
use of, 276.

Cod fish, sanctorum, 123.
Coffee, 374, 376.

Houses sup-

pressed in Charles II.'s time,

Damask table cloth, great price
of, in James I.'s time, 365.
Dames, fine, delicacy and luxury
of, in James I.'s days, 361, 363.
Dance, the world's round, 135.
Dancing schools in Charles II.'s
time, 388.
DANIEL, sepulchre of, 290.
DANIEL. Saxon kings-Sweyne
-Canute, 165. Confused his-
tory of the wars between the
Anglo-Saxons and the Danes,
182. On the decline of English
poetry after Elizabeth's reign,

223.

Roman conquest of Brit-
ain, 254. Effects of Norman
conquest, 255.

Darkness, power of, over animals,

283.

Dean, the, and the singing man,

204.

407

Dean, people of the forest of, a
wild people in Edward IV.'s
time, 330.

Debts, member elected to escape,
in Elizabeth's time, 349.
Degrees prohibited, 56.
Delinquents, wine press for squeez-
ing, 18.

DELL, WILLIAM, taking of Bris-
tol--Denial of authority in mat-
ters of religion, 21. Naseby
won by faith, 22.

DENNY, SIR WILLIAM, Pelicani-
cidium, 97, 98.
Dentrifice, made of beaten china,

398.

DERING, SIR EDWARD, on the de
nial of the Creed, 36. On bow.
ing at the name of Jesus, 38.
Defence of the clergy-Defence
of the bishops-Fear of a de-
mocracy-Difficulty of satisfy
ing the people, 39.

Dew, walking up and down in, a
cure for the gout, 352.
Dignities, church, 11.
Dinner hour, 14. Prescribed for

Lord or Lady Burleigh in their
illness, 348. Twelve o'clock,
somewhat later, 360, and eleven,
364. In George II.'s time, three,

401.

Disputant, not to provoke, 165.
Dissenters, and James the Second,
70. Charge on Dissenters, 73.
Dissent, De Foe on, 124.
Divines, Scripture, 13.
DODD, argument against the sub-
jection of our Clergy to a lay
head, 28. War on the Nether-
lands produced our rebellion,

29.

Dogs, wild, of Porto Rico, 122.
Wonderful dogs, 290.
Domestics and Children, modern

question on separation of, 257.
DONNE's Letters. Religion is
Christianity The Primitive
Monks-Delusion of Romanism
-Short prayers, 236. Defender
of the faith-Supremacy of the
Romish church--Oil of gladness
-Ourselves our own umbrellas,
and our own suns-One man's
meat another man's poison-
Idleness to be resisted on re-
ligious grounds, 236. Truth
and Casuistry, 237. Donne's
serious thoughts, 250.
DOUTHWAITE's Poems, 298.
Dover, projects for bridge or tun-
nel from Dover to Calais, 174.
Downs, fertilizing process of na-
ture upon, 145.
DRAKE, SIR FRANCIS, 164.
DRAYTON, Concerning dedications
--Of his own poetry, 76. Of
his schooling in love, 77.
Dreams, use of, 71. On the early

works, 86.
Drengage tenure, what, 318.
Dress, ruinous luxury in, 179, 219.
Tight dresses and shoes worn
by fashionables and exquisites,
361. Vanity of in South's time,

390.

Drinking to excess, introduced
into England by those who had
been engaged in the Netherland
wars, 346. English, hard drink-
ers, 363.

Druidical temples, human bodies
in the foundations of, 145.