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GENERAL INDEX. 



Minne and Minnesingers, derivation, xii. 426. 520. 



Minnis, its derivation, iii. 388. 



Minories, Holy Trinity Church, ix. 51. 



Minot (Laurence), poet, il. 246." 



Minsheu's Dictionary, xi. 284. 



Minshull (Randal) " Cheshire collections," viii. 467 ; 



proposals for printing C;)xton's works, v. 265. 

 Minshull (Handle), Milton's father in-law, viii. 12. 134. 



200. 375. 452. 544. 594; ix. 38. 225. 

 Minstrel court of Cheshire, x. 244. 

 Minstrelsy of the Midland Counties, viii. 357. 

 Mint at Southwark, vii. 303. 

 Mints, local, iii. 447. 525. 

 Mirabeau (Comte de), " Memoirs," ix. 542. 

 Mirabilis Liber, iv. 471. 474; v. 90. 

 Mires explained, v. 321. 



" Mirrour to all who follow the Wars," viii. 151. 

 Miry-land town, i. 166. 237. 



Misapplication of terms, wi. 537; ix. 44. 361. 554. 

 Misaubin (Dr.), viii. 8. 

 Miscellaneous Letters, vi. 437. 

 Miser, its original and modem meaning, ix. 12. 161. 

 Miserable, a provincialism, vii. 544. 

 Misereres, their use, iv. 367 ; v. 39. 

 Miserrimus, an autobiography, iv. 37; v. 354. 

 Mishna, passage on eternal life, ix. 122. 

 Misnomer, a singular one, vi. 289. 

 Misprints, curious, x. 521. 

 Misquotations, i. 38; viii. 315. 513; of Scripture, ii. 



374; iii. 275. 

 Miss, its early use, iv. 6. 44. 93. 

 Miss, " To miss," its etymon, vii. 375. 

 Mistakes, odd ones, vii. 404. 632. 

 Mistletoe as a Christmas evergreen, ii. 267; v. 151; 



origin of kissing under, v. 13. 208; viii. 621; in 



Ireland, vii. 270. 441. 512; on cedar and oak, vi. 



449; on oaks, ii. 163. 214; iii. 192. 22G. 306. 462; 



iv. 110; V. 418; vii. 119. 167; poplar trees, v. 534. 



596; spruce, silver, and pine fir, vi. 219. 589; vii. 



269. 

 Mistral, its causes, v. 246. 



Mistranslations, vi. 51. 111. 329. 484; viii. 201. 

 Mitford (John), " Anecdota on Thomson," xii. 365. 

 Mitre, the episcopal, its origin, iii. 62. 144, 145. 2S4; 



X. 87. 227; xi. 152. 275. 334. 354; why disused by 



English prelates, v. 275. 

 Mob, its derivation, viii. 386. 524. 573. 631; ix. 601. 

 Mocatteb mountains, iv. 266. 

 Mock-Beggar, origin of the term, ii. 478; iii. 44. 

 Mocker, its meaning, ii. 519; iii. 73. 

 Modena (Duke of), noticed, viii. 34. 113. 

 Modena family, ii. 266. 410. 

 " Modern Universal History," its maps, iv. 346. 

 Modstena, monument at, vi. 388. 518; vii. 25. 72. 

 "Modum promissionis," its meaning, ii. 279. 347. 468; 



iii. 92. 

 Modus of wheat, xi. 344. 

 Mohun (Michael), actor, v. 466. 612. 

 Moira (Eari of). Knight of the Garter, v. 77. 135. 



203. 

 Moke, used by Wickliffe, v. 374. 448. 

 Molaisse (St.), MS. legend, ii. 79 ; iii. 478 : v. 38. 

 Molasses, its etymology, vii. 36. 

 Mole in Cornwall, ii. 225; iii. 74. 



Moles, origin of, v. 534. 

 Molines of Stoke Poges, x. 444. 532. 

 Molineux's great globe, v. 467. 488. 

 MoUoy (Captain)^ x. 99 ; xi. 513. 

 Molten sea, ii. 464. 



Mompesson (Rev. William), v. 571. 621. 

 Mona, its dmvation, viii. 291. 

 Monaghan, land granted by Cromwell, iv. 87. 123. 

 Monaldeschi, his murder, viii. 34. 160; ix. 233. 

 Monasteries, arrangement of one, i. 452; ii. 93; dis- 

 solved, V. 443; libraries, i. 21. 83; in Scotland, v. 

 104. 188. 208. 

 Monastic, Kitchener's account, vii. 60. 

 Monboddo (Lord), noticed, vii. 281. 

 Money, chimney, ii. 174. 269. 344. 379; smoke, ii. 



120. 

 Money, change in its value temp. Edward VL, xii. 

 306. 



relative value at different periods, xii. 229. 



value temp. Elizabeth, xii. 494. 



value in the seventeenth century, ix. 375. 478; in 

 1653, xi. 105.248. 



v.alue temp. James L, xi. 265. 335. 



value temp. Charles IL, ii. 247. 

 Money and a friend, xii. 341. 

 Money chair explained, xi. 326. 

 Monicke (Dr.), his notes and queries on the Ormulum, 



ix. 465. y. 



Monk, its etymology, viii. 291. 527. 

 Monk, legend of one, x. 66. 175. 

 Monk and Cromwell families, iv. 381. 455. 506. 

 Monk (George), Duke of Albemarle, birth-place, viii. 

 316. 453; and Cambridge university, vii. 427. 486. 

 535; verses presented to, iv. 421; Skinner's Life of 

 him, i. 377. 

 Monk (Levinus), noticed, xi. 66. 

 Monk Wearmouth monastery, vi. 534. 

 Monks, aged, of the tenth century, iii. 60. 139; burial 



of, vi. 152.230. 

 Monmouth and the Foudroyant, xi. 342. 372. 

 Monmouth Close, its history, i. 4. 82. 

 Monmouth county, in Wales or England, xi. 486. 

 Monmouth (Duke of), his ash, i. 82. 



burial-place, \i. 488. 558. 



capture, i. 3. 24. 82. 198. 324. 328. 427. 



correspondence, i. 427. 



Declaration burnt, x. 12 



execution, i. 237. 



kills a watchman, ii. 46. 91. 106. 171. 



letter to Lord Arlington, i. 379 ; to the Vice- 

 Chancellor of Cambridge, iv. 9 ; to the Corpora- 

 tion of Hull, xi. 45. 



pocket-books, i. 198. 397; iv. I. 70. 391. 

 Monnoye (La), epigram, i. 373. 

 Monocacy river, its green water, xi. 445. 

 Monosyllables, ii. 305. 349. 377; iii. 57. 165. 340. 

 Mono.syllables employed by dramatists, i. 228. 285. 

 Monoux (Roland), monumental brass, i. 137. 188. 

 Mons Meg, piece of artillery, v. 105. 260. 

 Monster found at Maidstone, ix. 106; x. 274. 

 Monlacute House, Somerset, inscription on, vii. 23. 

 Montague House in olden times, vi. 241. 351. 

 Montague (Lord), " Household Book," viii. 540.' 

 Montaigne, his Select Essays, ii. 246; saying attributed 



