Alfred, the fourth son of Ethelwolf, and
successor of his brother Ethelred, en-
counters the Danes at Wilton, v. 318.
Routs the whole Danish power at Edin-
ton, and brings them to terms, 320.
He is said to have bestowed the East-Androgeus, one of Lud's sons, has London
Angles upon Gytro, a Danish king, who
had been lately baptized, 321. A long

Antichrist, the great enemy of the church
called, iv. 466.

Antigonus, the brother of King Pandrasus,
taken in flight by Brutus, v. 169.
Antinomianism and Familism, considered,
iii. 213.

Antioch, had not the name of Theopolis
till Justinian's time, ii. 426.
Antiquity, custom, canons, and councils,
no warrant for superstitious practices,
ii. 68, 69.

Antoninus, sent against the Caledonians,
by his father Severus, v. 224. After
whose death he takes hostages, and
departs to Rome, ib.

Antony, Mark, quoted by Salmasius for
the prerogative royal, i. 46.
Apocalypse, of St. John, the majestic
image of a stately tragedy, ii. 479.
Apocryphal books, not of equal authority

with the canonical, iv, 437. Reasons for
rejection, ib.

Apollinarius, his opinion respecting the
soul of man, iv. 190.

Apology for Smectymnuus, iii. 93.
Apostacy, of man, not decreed, but fore-

Arthur, the victory at Badon-hill, by some
ascribed to him, which by others is
attributed to Ambrose, v. 258. Who
he was, and whether the author of such
famous acts as are related of him, ib.
261.

Arviragus, engaging against Claudius,
keeps up the battle to a victory, by
personating his slain brother Guide-
rius, v. 202.

Ascham, Anthony, sent as agent to Spain,
from the English commonwealth, ii, 203.
Justice demanded of the king of Spain
against his murderers, 210.

Assaracus, a Trojan prince, joins with
Brutus against Pandrasus, v. 169.

known, iv, 47. As opposed to martyr-Assembly of divines, Tract of divorce ad-
dom, v. 63.

Apostates, who are to be considered, iv. 376.
Apostles, instituted presbyters to govern
the church, ii. 466. Appointed a num-
ber of grave and faithful brethren to
assist the ministers of each congrega-
tion, ii. 492. Not properly bishops, i.
436. They assign every tribute of the
Deity to the Father alone,iv.102. Teach-
ing concerning Christ, 148. The faith
proposed in the Apostles' creed, 150.
Arcadia, Sir Philip Sidney's;, K. C.'s
prayer stolen thence, i. 328.
Archiagallo, deposed for his tyranny, v.
182. Being restored by his brother, he
then reigns worthily, ib.

Archimailus, one of the number of ancient
British kings, v. 183.
Areopagitica, speech for unlicensed print-
ing under that title, ii. 48.
Areopagus, judges of, condemn the books
of Protagoras to be burned, ii. 56.
Aretius, his opinion concerning divorce,

iii. 430.
Argentocoxus, a Caledonian, his wife's bold
reply to the empress Julia, v. 224.
Arians and Socinians, their notions of the
Trinity, ii. 512.

Ariminum, synod of more than 400 bishops
appointed to assemble there, by Con-
stantius, v. 229.

Aristotle, his definition of a king, ii. 13.
Reckons up five sorts of monarchies,
i. 37. Salmasius's extract from his
third book of Politics, 110. Commends
the kingdom of the Lacedemonians,
141. His definition of a tyrant, 200. Pro-
nounces the world eternal, iv. 185.

dressed to them, iii. 169.

Assurance of Salvation, how produced, iv.
366. In what it consists, ib. The fruits,
368.

Athanasius, his notion concerning kings,
i. 81.

Atheism opposed to the worship of God,
v. 18.

Athelstan, the son of King Edward the
elder, by a concubine, solemnly crowned
at Kingston upon Thames, v. 332. The
conspiracy of one Alfred and his accom-
plices against him discovered, 333. He
gives his sister Edgith to Sitric the Dane,
but drives Anlaf and Cuthbert out of
their kingdom, ib. The story of his deal-
ing with his brother Edwin, questioned
as improbable, ib. He overthrows a vast
army of Scotch and Irish, under Anlaf
and Constantine, king of Scoland, 334.
He dies at Gloucester, and is buried at
Malmsbury, 336. His character, ib.
Athens, their magistrates took notice only
of two sorts of writings, ii. 56.
Attributes of God,what springs from them,
iv. 29.

Atticots invade the south coast of Britain,
v. 230.

Augustine, his opinion respecting the soul
of man, iv. 190.
Augustus, libels burnt, and the authors
punished by him, ii. 58.

Aulus Plautius, sent against Britain by
the emperor Claudius, v. 200. He over-
throws Caractacus and Togodumnus, ib.
Is very much put to it by the Britons,
201. Sends to Claudius to come over,
and joins with him, ib. Leaves the

-country quiet, and returns triumphant | Bees, the government among them quoted
to Rome, 202.
to prove the pope's supremacy, i. 37.

Aurelius Conanus, a British king, one of Belfast, representation and exhortation of
the five that are said to have reigned
towards the beginning of the Saxon
heptarchy, v. 265.

Bishopric, the author's opinion of it, Brandenburgh, Frederic William, marquis
iii. 150.
of, Oliver's letters to him, ii. 298, 301.
Bishops, have been as the Canaanites and Bras, Lord Henry de, letters to, iii. 514,
Philistines to this kingdom, ii. 396. By 517.
their opposition to king John, Nor-Breme, the Protector's letters to the con-
mandy lost, he deposed, and the king-
dom made over to the pope, ib. 397. No
bishop, no king, an absurd position,
ib. Sometimes we read of two in one
place, 432. Not an order above pres-
byters, ib. Elected with contention
and bloodshed, 460. St. Paul's descrip-
tion of and exhortation to them, iii. 68.
Not to be compared with Timothy, 74.
If made by God, yet the bishopric is
the king's gift, 85. Most potent when
princes happen to be most weak, i. 435.
Bladud, the son of Rudhuddibras, builds
Caerbadus, or Bath, v. 175.
Blasphemy, v. 60.

Bleduno, one in the number of the ancient
British kings, v. 183.

Blegabredus, his excellency in music,

v. 183.

Blindness, instances of men of worth af-
flicted with, i. 237.

Boadicea, the wife of Prasutagus, together
with her daughters, abused by the
Roman soldiers, v. 208. Commands in
chief in the British army against the
Romans, 210. Vanquished by Sueto-
nius, supposed to have poisoned her-
self, 211.

Bodin, though a papist, affirms presbyte-
rian church discipline to be best,
ii. 490.

Body, cannot emanate from spirit, or from

nothing, iv. 181. Death of the, 268, 274.
Bonomattai, Benedict, letters to, iii. 495.
Bonosus, endeavouring to make himself
emperor, but vanquished by Probus,
hangs himself, v. 225. A sarcasm on
his drunkenness, ib.

Book of Life, enrolment in the, does not
signify eternal predestination, iv. 44.
Books, the heinous crime of killing good
ones, ii. 55. Some good, some bad; left
to each man's discretion, 62. Those of
papists suffered to be sold and read, 518
Bordelloes, author's defence from the ac-
cusation of frequenting them, iii. 113,
118.
Boris, procures the death of the emperor
of Russia, and then ascends the throne,
v. 412, 413. His method to procure the
people's love, 413.

Bowes, Sir Jerom, ambassador from queen
Elizabeth to Russia, his reception and
negociations at that court, v. 425, 428.
Bracton, the power of kings limited, ac-
cording to him, i. 181.

Bradshaw, John, character of, i. 266.
Bradshaw, Richard, sent as agent from
the English commonwealth to Hambo-
rough, ii. 209.

suls and senators of that city, ii. 247, 299.
Brennus and Belinus, the sons of Dun-
wallo Mulmutius, contend about the
kingdom, v. 179. After various con-
flicts, reconciled by their mother Conu-
venna, 180. They turn their united
forces into foreign parts, but Belinus
returns and reigns long in peace, ib.
Britain, history of the affairs thereof alto-
gether obscure and uncertain, until the
coming of Julius Cæsar, v. 165. Inha-
bited before the flood probably, 166. By
whom first peopled, ib. Named first

Samothea from Samothes, ib. Next
Albion, and whence, ib. Fruitful of
courageous men, but not of able go-
vernors, v. 240.

Britomarus, mentioned by Florus, a Bri-
ton, v. 180.

Britons, about forty years without a king,
after the Romans quitted the island, i.
172. Stoutly oppose Cæsar at his land-
ing, v. 188. Offer him terms of peace,
Their manner of fighting, ib. 194.
A sharp dispute between the Britons
and the Romans near the Stour in

189.

Kent, 193. Defeated by Cæsar, and
brought anew to terms of peace, 195,
Their nature and customs, 197, 198.
Their massacre of the Romans, 209.
This revenged by the Romans, 210.
Lived formerly promiscuously and in-
cestuously, 224. They are acquitted of
the Roman jurisdiction by the empe-
ror Honorius, not able to defend them
against their enemies, 234. Again sup-
plicate Honorius for aid, who spares
them a Roman legion, 241. And again
a new supply, ib. Their submissive
letters to Etius the Roman consul, 245.
Their luxury and wickedness, and cor-
ruptions of their clergy, 246, 262, 263.
Their embassy to the Saxons for their
aid against the Scots and Picts, with
the Saxons' answer, 249. Miserably
harassed by the Saxons whom they
called in, 251. Routed by Kerdic, 256.
By Kenric and Keaulin, 262, 266. By
Cuthulf, 266. Totally vanquish Kean-
lin, 267. Are put to flight by Kenwalk,

287.

Brittenburgh, near Leyden, built or seized
on by the Britons in their escape from
Hengist, v. 251.

Britto, named among the four sons of His-
tion, sprung of Japhet, and from him
the Britons said to be derived, v. 167.
Brook, Lord, for toleration, ii. 95.
Brownists, who are so, according to Sal-
masius, i, 139.

v. 173.

Cambridge, burnt by the Danes, v. 354.
Cambridge, University, thought to be
founded by Sigebert, king of the East-
Angles, v. 283.

Cameron, his explanation of St. Paul's
manner of speaking, iii. 407.
Candour, and its opposites, v. 120–122.
Canonical books, little or no difference
among the orthodox as to them, iv.
437.

Brutus, said to be descended from Æneas, | Camber, one of the sons of Brutus, has
a Trojan prince, v. 167. Retiring into allotted to him Cambria or Wales,
Greece after having unfortunately killed
his father, he delivers his countrymen
from the bondage of Pandrasus, 169, 170.
Marries Innogen, the eldest daughter of
Pandrasus, 170. Lands upon a desert:
island called Leogecia, 171. Where he
consults the oracle of Diana, ib. Meets
with Corineus, 172. Overcomes Goffa-
rius Pictus, ib. Arrives in this island,
ib. Builds Troja Nova, now London,
173. Dies, and is buried there, ib.
Brutus, surnamed Greenshield, succeeds
Ebranc, and gives battle to Brunchildis,
v. 175.
Bucer, Martin, testimonies of learned men
concerning him, iii. 274. His opinion
concerning divorce, embraced by the
church of Strasburgh, 279, 280. His
treatise of divorce dedicated to Edward
VI., 287. Remarkable conclusion of his
treatise of divorce, 312.

Buchanan, censured as an historian, v.
233, 261, 272, 331.

Buckingham, duke of, accused of poisoning
king James I., i. 318.

Burhed, reduces the north Welsh to obe-
dience, v. 311. Marries Ethelswida, the
daughter of king Ethelwolf, 312. Driven
out of his kingdom by the Danes, he
flees to Rome, where dying, he is bu-
ried in the English school, 319. His
kingdom let out by the Danes to Kel-
wulf, ib.

Burials, reasons against taking of fees for
them, iji. 20.

C

Cadwallon, see Kedwalla.

Cæsar, the killing him commended as a
glorious action by M. Tullius, i. 131,
153. See Julius Cæsar.

Caius Sidius Geta, behaves himself vali-
antly against the Britons, v. 201.
Caius Volusenus, sent into Britain by Ca-
sar, to make discovery of the country
and people, v. 187.

Caligula, a Roman emperor, his expedi-
tion against Britain, v. 199.
Calling, of man, iv. 319. Definition, ib.
320. Either general or special, 321.
Of particular individuals, ib. The elect,
322. The reprobate, ib. The time of, ib.
The change which takes place by rea-
son of, 323. The parts of this change,
324. Does not insure salvation, 327.
Calvin, and Beza, the dissolvers of epis-
copacy at Geneva, ii. 429.
Calvinists, taxed with making God the,
author of sin, ii. 511.
Camalodunum, or Maldon, the chief seat
of Cymbeline, v. 199. Made a Roman
colony, 203, 208.

Canterbury, by whom built, v. 175. Partly
taken and burnt by the Danes, 355.
Canute, son of Swane, chosen king after
his father's death, by the Danish
army and fleet, v. 357. Driven back to
his ships by Ethelred, ib. Returns
with a great army from Denmark, ac-
companied with Lachman, king of
Sweden, and Olav of Norway, ib. At-
tacks London, but is repulsed, 360. Di-
vides the kingdom with Edmund by
agreement, 362. After Edmund's death
reigns sole king, 363. Endeavours the
extirpation of the Saxon line, ib. Set-
tles his kingdom, and makes peace
with the neighbouring princes, 364.
Causes Edric, whose treason he had
made use of, to be slain, and his body
to be thrown over the city wall, ib.
Subdues Norway, 365. Goes to Rome,
and offering there rich gifts, vows
amendment of life, ib. Dies at Shafts-
bury, and buried at Winchester, 366.
His censure, ib. His remarkable in-
stance of the weakness of kings, 367.
Capis, one of the catalogue of the ancient
British kings, v. 183.

Capoirus, another of the same number,
v. 183.

Caractacus, the youngest son of Cunobe-
line, succeeds in the kingdom, v. 200.
Is overthrown by Aulus Plautius, 201.
Heads the Silures against the Romans,
203. Betrayed by Cartismandua, to
whom he fled for refuge, 204. Sent to
Rome, ib. His speech to the emperor,
ib. By the braveness of his carriage,
he obtains pardon for himself and all
his company, 205.

Carausius, grown rich with piracy, pos-
sesses himself of this island, v. 225.
He fortifies the wall of Severus, 226.
In the midst of the great preparations
of Constantius Chlorus against him, he
is slain by his friend Alectus, 227.
Carinus, sent by his father Carus, the
emperor, to govern Britain, is overcome
and slain by Dioclesian, v. 225.

175.

Carlisle, by whom and when built, v.
Cartismandua, queen of the Brigantes, de-

livers Caractacus bound to the Romans,