144. Formerly applied to miniatures, or pictures in little, 336. Meditation, Jeremy Taylor's remarks on, 45. Medoc, derivation of, according to Bollendus, 608. Meekness, the way to win gain- sayers, 66.
MEITZADE, the tomb of, 521. MELIADUS, quoted, 319, 320, 325, 332.
Mendoza, in Chili, the vine- yards of, 533.
Menu, Institutes of, quoted, 422, 432, 433, 461, 463, 492, 503, 504.
Men milliners, 301.
Merida, the windmills of, 648. MERLIN, prophecies of, 344,
Methodists, labour of the local
preachers among, 32. Metre, remarks on Spanish and Portuguese, 249. Mexicans, bloody religion of, and their predisposition thereby to receive the Chris- tian faith, 62. Atrocious custom of, 522. Mexico, extreme heat in the sound of, 533. MICHAELIS, remarks on blas- phemous thoughts, 117. MICHELTON, MARY, impostor, inspired in favour of the Co- venant, 195. MICKLE'S curious account of Portuguese sacred drama as represented at Lisbon in 1780, 289. Microscopic animals, wonders of, 116.
MIDDLE AGES, &c. 295, &c. MIEDES, the historian, rascally remarks of, 291. His men- tion of K. Jayme el Con- questador's skill in surgery, 318, 319, 326, 330. Miges, natural courage of, 537. Milicia Indiana, by D. Ber- nardo de Vargas Machuca. Cotton cloths used as a de- fence against the arrows of the Chichimecos - Recom- mendation of short swords- Long hair a hold for the enemy, 643. The sayo, or
coat of cotton-Ear pieces of the Morion hinder the word of command, 644. Millstone of Novogorod and St. Antony, 621.
MILTON, defends the regicides by quotations from Calvin and his followers, 191. "No Bishop no King," manufac- tured out of the Aphorism, "One Pope and one King,"
Mimosa tree, a guide to water in the desert, 580. Minarets, Quære? Were they ever used as beacons ? 445. The shaking minarets at the mosque of Jethro, 447. Minever, what? 335. Minho el Rio, 270. Ministers, aged, the duty of providing for, 35. Painful treatment of, 36. Mint and Pimento, Turkish drink of, 647.
Miracles never cease, 7. Lying miracles, 57. Day of, gone by: vain claim of the Romish Church, 98. False, 119. Question of evidence con- cerning a remarkable one,
black earth of Peru to make ink of, 574. MONASTIC ORDERS, Notes for, &c. 369, &c. All favoured by the Pope as lessening the power of the bishops,
396. MONETARIUS, THOMAS, insur- rection of German peasants encouraged by, 119. Monkey catching, 588. MONMOUTH, GEOFFREY OF,
MONSTRELLET, quoted, 340. Badge and arms of the Count d'Armagnac, 341, 349, 356. MONTAIGNE, quoted, 205, 207. Monterey, extraordinary state-
ment as to the immense num- ber of cattle in the neigh- bourhood of, 523. MONTEZUMA's way of keeping
up the population in poison- ous districts, 522. Descrip- tion of the ambassador of, 535.
MONTRO,ANTONIO DE, impiety of his poetry, 240. Moon, rising, dispels clouds,
615. Speech of men in, 651. Moorish metre, specimen of, 242. Customs adopted by the Spanish women, 270. MORALES, quoted, 283, 378, &c. 381, 382.
MORE, SIR THOMAS, and study, 14. On the question of sanctuary, 90. MORE, HENRY, 333, 334. MORELL, quoted from the
Mass. Hist. Coll. Indian cun- ning and training, 660, 661. MORETON, BISHOP, self-devo- tion of, during the Plague,
Huge ones seen by Flinders near Point Possession, 647. NICHOLAS, SAINT, tale of, from the Roman Breviary, 80. NICHOLS, JAMES, Calvinism and Arminianism compared, extracts from, 191, &c. NICHOLSON and BURN'S, Cum- berlant and Westmoreland, quoted, 295, 321, 323. Tra- velling expenses in 1656, 325. Trial by combat of arms, 338. NIECAMP, quoted, 428. Plea- santness of eastern evenings, 430.
Nijaguma, wonderful book of,
NIMROD, the first who wore a crown, 450. Niwegal Sands, 631. Nonconforming Ministers, cha- racteristic anecdote of one,
Northern Signs of Spring and Summer, 632. NOTHISDALE, EARL OF, Straf- ford delays admitting to be of the Council, because he is a Papist, 181.
Novus Homo, splendour of, 636. NUNEZ DE QUIROS, El Nuncu por, 219. Nunjengode, massacre of priests at the temple of, 448. Nurses, under what circum-
stances Gonzalo Gustios re- commended two, 639.
Oak, evergreen oak of Devon- shire, 596.
Oars, by way of sails, 618. Oath, the old tradesman's at Lucca, 661. Oboe - Hautboy
QUÆRE, a corruption of Theorbo, 333. Occupations of Scripture Cha- racters, 402.
O'HALLORAN's account of Oil- liol and the lovely Moriat, 355. Airghtheach, or, of silver, origin of the term, 362. Moran the Wise, 363. Oil, wounds cured with, and the wounded blessed and psalmed, 51. Balsamic of Kentucky and Tenessee,645. Old use of to still the waves, 649.
OLIVAM, PEDRO de, and the Franciscans, 57.
Olive trees of the Morea, their value first brought into no- tice by the Venetians, 578. Ollamh-Filea Feircheirtne, who and what, 343. OLYMPIAS and the serpent, 422. Omens, with reference Charles I. 141. Onion, a nostrum plague, 339. Opium, use of among the Turks, and the casuistical question as to the use of brandy, 447. ORATORIANS, 377.
Orchards, rapid growth of the first American settlers, 657. ORDERS, Notes for the Religi- ous, &c. 368, &c. Ordination, question of canoni- cal, 15.
Orja, the marvellous tree of, that portends war, 448. Oriental Sports. quoted, 407, 414, 430. State of the Na- bob Vizier of Oude's coun- try, 441. ORIENTALIANA, or Eastern and Mohammedan Collections, 402, &c.
ORIGEN, his conjectures and opinions turned into here- sies, 78.
Original Sin, 3. ORMONDE,the man in the world the Irish rebels shewed most hatred to, 189. "The most excellent subject the King is Lord of,' says Clarendon, 190. The Ormonde family traditionally supposed to be the heirs of Becket, 203. Ormus, prevention against the excessive heat in the isle of,
OSANA, SAINT, and the rector's concubine, 51.
Osmanlu, transparent stones of the mosque of, at Tauris, 460, 461.
OSSAT, CARDINAL DE, in his
latter days, from what he had heard and seen of them, could not recommend the restoration of the Jesuits, 374.
Ostriches, account of, 585. Otaheitan funeral prayer, 634. Othomacos of the Orinoco, their
lamentations over their dead
Palatinate, war with, aversion of Strafford to-One of the most considerable passages Went- in his Letters, 169. worth advises to secure it, 180.
Palm-tree, climacteric of, 464. Male and female trees, ib. Utility of, 502. Pamphlets, corrupt ones, Ga- briel Harvey's Expostula- tion against, 651. Paned-hose, what? 322. Papal Darkness, 8. Intrigues
of France with the Papists, 181. Advice of the Pope that the Papists should not be too ready to furnish Charles I. with money, 188. To be converted by the sword in one hand and the Bible in the other, 196. Pa- pists in Ireland, in Claren- don's time, reckoned twenty to one, 203. Papyrus, 508.
Parable, Indian, on the subject of God, 437. PARASU-RAMA, account of,
PARSONS, SIR WILLIAM, a knave of the first water, 204. Father Parsons, 317. Party-divisions, evil of, 67. Passion, a sign of honesty in Lord Keeper Guildford's opinion, 205. Pastors, why formerly in con- stant motion, 97. Paternoster Row, formerly in-
habited by mercers and silk- men, 619.
PATRICK, SAINT, and the spirit that prayed in his inside, 13. His Horn, 51. A wonder- ful Preacher, 124. PAUL V. Petition of eleven Priests confined in Newgate to, 83. Pauperism, increased danger of, 609.
Peace, the true way to, to put out the seeds of sedition and rebellion, 665. Pea-fowls, of Jungleterry and Terriagully, 431. 241. PEDRO DEL REY D. Chronica de Conde Don, 277, 280.
Pelican, why called the Cha-
meau d'eau, 458. Pellets, of the Owl or Eagle, 645.
PEMBROKE, EARL of, to Oxford, 323. Pemican, food of the Chepe- wyans and other Indians, how made, 644. Penitence, gate of, 108. People, bad and good every- where, 94.
Romance PERAZA, ALONSO DE, fecho por el Bachiller, 222. PERCEVAL, Romance of, quot- ed, 367. PEREIRA, GABRIEL DE CAS- TRO, 214.
PEREYRA LYS, his Elegiada,
Pero Nino, Spanish expression of, 615. PERRONET, CHARLES, in com-
munion with the Father and the Son, 22. Persecution, desire of Charles I. and the Bishops to do away with, 188. Persia, Funeral of the Kings of, 431.
Persian Botany Bay, 403. No- tion that no house endureth
which is built by oppression, 445. Beggars buried up to the neck, on the anniversary of Hosein's death, to excite charity by a show of piety, 446. Way of eating, 496. Peruvian Custom of chewing the Coca leaves, 530. PETERS, HUGH, said to have been expelled from Jesus College, Cambridge, and to have acted in Shakespere's Company, 150.
Petrary, two knights set in, and hoisted over the castle, 366. PHARAOH'S Bath, Arab stores of, 443. PHARONNIDA, W. CHAMBER- LAYNE'S, referred to as illus- trating the want of disci- pline in Charles I.'s army, 148. Quoted, 324, 325. Phengites, transparent, in the monastery of St. Luke of Stiris, 476. Philippine Islanders, supersti- tion of, 606.
Phoca Vitulina, uses of, by the Aleutian Islanders, 560. Pictures, Popish, curious mis- take about, 152.
PIETRO DELLA VALLE, often quoted, e g. 425, 440. Death of his wife, 631. Pigeons, the carrier ones of Bagdad, 447.
Pigs in Italy, destroyers of the Locust larvæ, 655. Pilgrims, privileges of, 58. Pimento and Mint, Turkish drink of, 647. Pinto-Tree, 666. Pirates, passage to Ireland in- fested by, in Strafford's time,
Pomegranate seeds, dried by the Persians to flavour ra- gouts with, 598. Pomp, considerations on reli- gious, 69.
Poor, question about the sup- port of, Bp. Sanderson's views, 91.
Popery, Charles I.'s aversion to, especially after he had viewed the practice of it in Spain, 141. Pope's Supremacy, 17, 29. Temporal over Spain denied by the Spanish clergy, 278. Porcupine, very destructive in gardens, 648. Porrage or porridge, and pot- tage, derivation of, 647. Portugal, change of military terms in, 358. Religious darkness of, 639. Mean con- duct of the Court of, 285. Portugucze Language, 257. Postal Directions in 1549, 295. Potato-Pie, 301.
Pottery, skill of the Hottentots in, 634.
Poultry, greater use of, in for- mer days, 354. POYER, COLONEL, account of,
Prayer, remarkable answer to, 37. Praying and saying Prayers, the difference be- tween, 89. Extempore, 105. Fervency of, 126. Ostenta- tious, 285. Holy Prayer,
Preacher, how to distinguish a true from a false, 48. Po- pular, 109. JAMES II.'s di- rections to, 124. Preaching, Puritanical, South's remarks upon, 39. Lengthy, and Love-feast, 41. Mili- tary, 62. Sober, 81. Plain, 102. Women's, Johnson's remark upon, 126.
Preciosa, A, by SOR MARIA DE CEO, 250. Predestinarian Doctrine, effects of, 46.
Pre-eminence, love of, 24. 'Prentices, London, the insub- ordination of, 322.
Press, liberty of, in revolution- ized France! 652. Preux Chevaliers and Knights Mamelot, their distinction, 366.
Pride, spiritual, not confined to the rich, 53. Princes of the nations in Hea-
ven, 120. Good, produce good subjects, 339. Principles, false, 118. Produce of the Earth influenced by man's sins, 96. Prognosticators of Elizabeth's days, enactment against, 637.
Provencal Poetry, poverty of,
Prudence, religious, 63. PRYNNE, account of, 175. His own penitence, ib. His ears grew again after they were cut off and sewed on, ib. Psophia crepitans, 605. Pudding, favourite dish of our forefathers, 298. Puff-ball, powder of, stops bleeding, 598. Pulpit, antics in, 14.
Pullets, or, ST. EPPALETS, 53. Pumpkin Pies, had in New England on Thanksgiving Days, 614.
PURCHAS, quoted, 419, 421, 429, 432, 448. Purchasing, rule worthy to be forhent in, 339. Purgatory, doctrine of, 99,
Quaker's Grass, a name in ex- istence before the sect, 123. Quash, Russian drink, made by pouring hot water upon rye bread, and leaving it to ferment, 596.
Quern, use of, in California, 563.
QUINTANA, 265, 274, 283, 289. QUINTIN, CRAUFURD'S Sketch- es, &c. the dolé and tamtam, 508. Oriental war instru- ments, 510. Women's dress, ib. Oriental dress, 511. The Jamu, ib. Account of the dress of the Khatries, 512.
Rabbit Warrens, established formerly near the metropo lis for the value of the fur, 335.
Rain sulphureous, like ink, 602. Rainbow, caused by falling waters, 535.
Raisins of Persia, 514. RAMIRO, K. and ORTIGA, story of, 360.
Ramists, the, formed a party as late as James I.'s time, 333.
Rashid, fertility of the country about, 502.
Rationalists, new sect of, in Charles I.'s time, - Their doctrine, 190-1.
Rats, plague of, between Mut- tra and Delhi, 588. Rattle-Snake, charmed by mu- sic, 604. Soup made of, 649. "Rebuke them sharply," 4. Recluse, summary mode of making one, 108. Recreation, lawfulness of, 3. Red-Hall, at Leeds, why so called, 162.
Rein Deer Moss, 579, 612. Rein Deer, destruction of their fawns by the ŒEstrus Rangi- ferinus, 529. Reformation, the, 52.
Com- pared, in some parts, with the French Revolution, 364. Relic, marvellous present of, 110. Of the archangel Ga- briel, 381. Religions, divers, the spawn of
Quails, mentioned as a dainty Religious Improvement, 1. In-
tolerance, 7. Falling off, 8.
Respuestas, Lus, 400, extracts from, 285, 288, 291. Rhe, Island of, unfortunate descent upon, 178. Rheumatism, infants about Pittsburg in Pennsylvania subject to, 596. RIBEYRO, BERNARDINO, 214. Rice and Cotton Fields in the East, 427, 430. In the Ce- lebes, 442. The rice of Na- vapoura, its excellence, 497. Planting of, 516. RICHEOME, Plainte Apologe- tique, 372. RICHELIEU, his saying con- cerning Strafford, that "the English nation were so fool- ish that they would not let the wisest head among them stand upon its own shoul- ders," 164. Prime com. missioner on the treaty of marriage, 177. Employs French Capuchins in Scot- land, 187. His notion of be- coming Patriarch of France, 195.
Ring and Sarazen, what? 638. Rings, antiquity and use of,
Rivers, encroachment of, in the
Robin Hood's Day, 299. His
bottle purchased, 436. Robin, the poem of Robin Con- science, or Conscionable Ro- bin, 619.
Robin Redbreast, the talking,
RODERICK, derivation of the name, 261. ROGER, H. in Picart, the age at which a child is reckoned to be a Brahmin, 471. Vi- cramaarea, account of, 471,
Roland and Oliver, figures of, according to Canciani, at Verona, 353. Romaic-origin of the modern term, 613. ROMAN CATHOLICS, Protestant
work not to be relied upon when edited by, 16. Romish trumpery, 56. Frauds of, 58, 60. Statesmen's atten- tion called to the cunning of the Roman court, 88. Priests impudently imprudent, 148. Flatter Cromwell, 154.
When they raised contribu- tions for Charles, 1639, the Pope ordered them to de- sist, 205. Romance, carelessness of the composers of, 347. Ronas, the Indian grape, so celebrated for its dye, 480. RONSARD, Venus in her lament for Adonis, 635. ROQUE, DE LA, Les Puits de
Salomon, 478. Ancient ha- bitation of Libanus, 479. Rosary, borrowed by St. Do- mingo from the Moslem, 399.
Rose-leares, a substitute for tea, 598.
Rose, Romaunt of, extracts from, 315.
Rose Lake, supposed suction in, 593.
Rosline Castle, superstition re- specting, 357.
Rotten-wood, advantage of, to fatting swine, 596.
Sailors' swearing and praying just the same, 125. Saint, appropriation of the title of, 119.
SALAS, JUAN YAGUE de, Los Amantes de Teruel, 254-256, 287, 293. SALAZAR, FRANCISCO DE, on the exercises of the Jesuits, 376. Good consideration that "all creatures except man fulfil the end of their creation," ib. SALLINAS, all description and no ornament, 210. Epitaph on Fr. Manoel, ib. Salsette, Bees in the caverns of, 418.
Salt Provisions, quicker lose their saltness by soaking in salt water than in fresh, 596. Sam, the juice of, and its effects, 505.
Samaritan Fable, 653. Samson Agonistes, quoted, 640. Sanctuary, question of, 90.
Royal Buckler, quoted, 323, Sand-filter, 600.
Ruby of Paradise, 439. RUDYARD, SIR BENJAMIN, his remark on the quarrel be- tween preaching and prayer, 146. Indemnified with lands, 148. Remark on religion,
Rump, the burning of, 323. Rural Deans, great use of, 68. Rushlights, the antiquity of, illustrated from W. Harris's tr. of Ware's Antiq. of Ire- land, 351. RUSHWORTH, quoted, 130, &c. 146, &c. Bracewell be- queathed to, but it did not prosper in his hands, 206. Died of dram drinking in a gaol, ib.
Sack, a cure for foot soreness, instanced in the case of Ni- cholas Ferrar, in walking through Spain, 646. SACONTALA, quoted, 470. Bri- dal array, 476.
Saffron, Irish custom of co- louring linen with, to save charges of washing, 365. Sagamores, or Indian kings, 660. The Sagamore and his notch cane, 667.
Sand, White, sprinkled on stacks, a preventative against mice, 597. SANDERSON, BISHOP, his in- most thoughts, 1. His aug- mentation of small vicarages, .9. Averse to extempore sermons, 31. His Visita- tion and Assize sermons, 37. On the support of the poor,
His assertion that the extremes of Popery and Presbyterianism meet, 195. Sannyasi, the, their austere life according to the Institutes of Menu, 493. Santiago del Estero, or, Maho- met's paradise, 575.
Sarama Pereimal, end of, 425. Sarazen and Ring, sport of, 638.
Sartrina, the, in religious houses, i.e. the tailor's office, 369.
Satan, delusions of, 20. Stra tagems of, 46. SAUNDERS, DR., Cranmer's enemy, 53.
Sayo, the, or, Coat of Cotton, defence against Indian ar rows, 644.
Scenery, description of, 618. Schools, Public, question of,
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