Blake, a draper, i. 571. Blenheim, or Hocksted, battle of, ii. 385, 386. Blenheim house, suits concern- the marquis of Halifax in par- Booth, sir George, i. 66. Boots, a torture used in Scot- Borel, his answer to king Charles Bossuet, bishop of Condom, ii. Bouflers, mareschal, ii. 77, 150. his defence of Namur, 150, Box, refuses to be sheriff, i. 529. account how the Spanish ar- Bridges, Mr. his accounts, ii. 567. Brihuega, the loss there, ii. 556. Bristol, earl of, his character, i. 100. consults with the papists Broderick, sir Allen, i. 74, 194. Brown, Mr. (brother to lord Bruce, earl of Kincardin. See Bruce, his secret management Bruce, a puritan, i. 18. Brussels bombarded, ii. 152. in favour with king Charles II. 346. offers to take out of both Bull, Dr. made bishop of St. Da- ries the duke of Savoy's daugh- Burlington, lord, i. 254. declines some overtures, made history of his own times, i. 5. his character and opinion of the Eikav Bao, 51. his intimate acquaintance with the affairs of Scotland during the first twelve years of Charles II. induces him to divide his history into two periods, 92. marries lady Margaret Kennedy, 108. refuses promotion in the church at the age of nineteen, 155. of an inquisitive turn, 200 recommended to lord Hollis, 207. Scotch bishops jealous of him, 208. draws up a memorial against them, 217. lays some grievances of the clergy before the bishops, ibid. is out of favour with lord Lauderdale, 245. his letter to lord Tweedale, advising some of the moderate presbyterians to be placed in the vacant churches, 280. which is acted on, 281. chosen divinity professor at Glasgow, 287. hated and reviled by the episcopal party, 288. is at a conference with the presbyterians, 295, 296, 297. in great favour with the earl of Lauderdale, 298. writes memoirs of the two dukes of Hamilton, ibid. reconciles the dukes of Hamilton and Lauderdale, 299. refuses to give up sir Rob. Murray, ibid. proposes a further indulgence, 300. refuses a bishopric, ibid. refuses it with the promise of the first vacant archbishopric, 339. obtains a further indulgence, 341. his remonstrances to duke Lauderdale, 355. pleases the duke of Buckingham, 356. has many marks of the king's favour, ibid. attacks the duke of York about his religion, 357. introduces Dr. Stillingfleet to him, 358, 359, 360. the duke's private discourse, 361. Lauderdale persecutes him, 362. he is disgraced at court, 371, 372, 373. examined by the house of commons touching duke Lauderdale, 379. is made chaplain at the Rolls, 380. his conference with Coleman, 395. undertakes to write the History of the Reformation, 395, 396. what passed between himself, Tonge, and Oates, 427, 428, 429. his opinion of the witnesses, 433, 434. his private interviews with the king. 434, 437, 438, 439. his thoughts on the exclusion, 459. in favour with the house of commons, 483. his expedient of a prince regent, 496. he lives retired, 499. attacked in poems and sermons, 500. his letter to the king about his course of life, 507. his reception afterwards, 508. his opinion of the test, 519. his good offices to the earl of Argile, 520, 522. examined in council concerning lord Russel's speech, 562. goes over to France, 564. his character of some eminent men there, 564, 565, 566, 567. deposes against lord Howard'scredit, 571. turned out of all his preferments, 596. goes out of England, 628. resides at Paris, 655. his account of the persecution in France, 655, 656, 657, 658, 659, 660. well received at Rome, 661. cardinal Howard's freedom with him, 662. the cruelty he saw in Orange, 663. his observation on the reformed churches, 686, 687, 688. is invited to the prince and princess of Orange, 688. discovers, a conspiracy against the prince, 689. his character of the prince and princess, ibid. 690. much employed and trusted by them, 691. puts the princess on declaring what share the prince may expect in the government, 692. forbid their court in appearance at king James's instance, 708. is more trusted, ibid. draws Dyckvelt's private instructions when sent ambassador to England, 708, 709, 725. is prosecuted in Scotland for high treason, 726. naturalized at the Hague, ibid. Albeville demands him to be delivered up or banished, 728. the States' answer, 729. other designs on his life, 730. acquaints the house of Hanover with the prince of Orange's design, and intimates the probability of an entail on that family, 757. goes with the prince of Orange as his chapJain, 776. what passed between the prince and him at landing, 779. his advice to the princess of Orange, 782. draws up an association at Exeter, 793. his conference with the marquis of Halifax concerning king James, 794, 799. protects the Papists and Jacobites at London from insults, 802. opposes Benthink in behalf of the princess of Orange, 818. declares her sentiments, 821. is made bishop of Salisbury, ii. 8. opposes the imposing the oaths on the clergy, 8, 9. for the toleration, 10. for leaving the comprehension to the convocation, ibid. by king William's order moves the naming the duchess of Hanover in the succession, 15. enters into a correspondence with her, 16. endea vours to preserve episcopacy in Scotland, 23, 26. lord Melvil excludes him from meddling in Scotch affairs, ibid. his share in the scheme for a comprehension, 30, 31. king William's free discourse to him about the civil list, 35. Montgomery's plot discovered to him, 37. his reply to king William when the civil list was granted only for a term of years, 43. dissuades the duke of Shrewsbury from resigning, 45. king William's discourse to him before he went to Ireland, 46. he is reflected upon by both parties, 118. is for erecting the Bank of England, 124. his friendship with archbishop Tillotson, 135. attends queen Mary in her last sickness, 137, 138. speaks for the bill of attainder against sir John Fenwick, 193. does him private services, ibid. is made preceptor to the duke of Gloucester against his will, 210, 211. his character of the czar of Muscovy, and conversation with him, 221. he publishes an Exposition of the Thirtynine Articles, 226, 227. a motion to remove him from the duke of Gloucester rejected in the house of commons by a great majority, 237. his conduct in that prince's education, 245, 246. the lower house of convocation censure his Exposition, 284, 285. but refuse to point out their objections, 285. he attends king William in his last sickness, 302, 303 his character of that prince, 304. he opposes clause in the bill for prince George of Denmark, 339. his zeal against the occasional a bill, 338, 364. his scheme for augmenting the poor livings in England takes effect, 370, 371. he argues for the union, 464. his reflections on it, 467, 468. he proposes that forfeitures in treason shall not affect the posterity, 522. argues against Sacheverel, 543, 544. speaks freely to the queen, 547. reasons for continuing his History beyond its first intended period, 548, 549. his justification of the old ministry, 574. he speaks freely to the queen against the peace, 582, 583. his sentiments as to censuring Whiston's tenets in convocation, 603. a speech prepared by him in case the ministry had moved for an approbation of the peace, 623, 624, 625, 626, 627, 628. Burnet, sir Alexander, ii. 674. Burnet, Robert, ii. 674. Burnet, Thomas, brother of the author, ii. 674. Burnet, Thomas, (judge Burnet,) his life of Gilbert Burnet. ii. 672, to 726. Burton, i. 259, 506. ii. 14. bin to Scotland, ii. 499, 500. prevents the pretender's landing there, chases the French fleet, and takes their vice-admiral, 500, 501. Cabal, i. 308. Calais, a proposal to recover it for England, i. 72. Cadiz, the expedition thither, ii. 330, 331. Calamy, Benj. i. 462. Calamy, Edmund, refuses a bishopric, i. 185. Calemburgh, admiral, saves the Dutch fleet near Beachy by a stratagem, ii. 53. Calonitz, cardinal, ii. 350. Callieres, ii. 179. Camaret, a design upon it miscarries, ii. 129, 130. Cambray, archbishop of, ii. 215, 216, 225, 226. Cambridge, duke of, proposal for his precedence, ii. 587. Cameron, i. 511. Campbell, sir Hugh, tried, i. 580. 581. Campbell, i. 548. father and son imprisoned, 636, 637. Canada, an expedition thither unsuccessful, ii. 577, 578. Cant, i. 34. Capel, sir Henry, i. 478. votes for the exclusion, 481. Capel, lord, sent one of the lords justices to Ireland, ii. 119. is made lord lieutenant, 159. his dispute with Porter the lord chancellor there, ibid. 160. Caprara, ii. 84. Caraffa, ii. 84. Cardenas, Don Alonso de, endeavours to engage Cromwell in the Spanish interest, i. 72. Cargill, executed, i. 511, 512. obstinacy of his followers, ibid. 580. Carlisle, earl of, i. 65, 80, 261, 372, 493. ii. 192, 316. Carlton, sir Dudley, his advice to king James I. to beware of priests, i. 12. Carmarthen, marquis of, (see Danby,) i. 453. made president of the council, ii. 4. sets the whigs upon attacking the marquis of Halifax, ibid. 39, 41, 45, 56. is himself attacked, 68, 69. discovers a negociation with king James, 69. is attacked for a present said to have been made him by the East India company, 145, 146. impeached for it, ibid. he is |