INDEX.] 



LuhecJc. 



I53J PropoTes to conquer Sweden . ii,7j; 



1571 Liibeck (hips feized by Si^eden - 153 



1641 Though declined, has above 600 /hips, fomc 



very large . - - 415 



1662 Privileges in England refcinded - 507 



168S Declining, in confequcnce of bigotry • 631 



1713 L. enters intoa treaty with Holland for 50 years iii, 37 

 1151 Luca has dealings in money and exchange i, 399 



1272 King of Kngland indebted to the merchants 424 

 1282 They have houfes in London, &c. 432, 437 



1314 Said (falfely)toengrofs the filk trade till now 501 

 1391 Merchants of Luca import crowns, &c to Engl. 603 

 1488 They obtain abatement of duties in England 711 

 Lumber — definition of the term - iii, 163 n 



1721 Importation from America encouraged - 120 

 Encouragerhent continued - 395,417,418 



I771 Import of wood, ftaves, &c. from America 



without duty - . 512 



Aft for importation without duty continued 



522, 633; iv, io6, 170, 372 

 14 Luna trades in cheefe, wine, &e - i, 123 



Lutecia — See Paris. 

 I556*£.v</!fiw fpare corn to Greece - - i, 10 



ii79*Said to be mafters of the fea, and inventors of 



coinage - - - - 20 



\* Said to lend a colony to Italy - - 20 



54S*Conquer' d by Cyrus — tlie nobles vary rich 44 



ii56||i)'«nf, an opvilent city with much foreign trade 1,331 



1393 Has large warlike fhips in foreign fervice 606 



1394 The merchants appear on many occafions to 



have had large dealings with Norway, &c 

 . — they had now 21 houfes in Bergen, which 

 were burnt and plundered by pirates 621 



141 2 They charge the Hanfards with confpiring to 



diftrefs the Englifh trade - - 62$ 



• K.Henry fecms 1 1 rank them among theHanfe626n 

 1475 A houfe in Lynnc given to the Hanfe - 691 



14 £)'0W ('/.«^n'«n«ra^ a flourifhingcity - 1,131 



i52i||Silk manufafture eftablifhed in Lyons ii, 59 



. The ciiy very rich ... 60 



1641 Said to fuffer by impolitic impofitions - 416 



^Si6\\J^'][■^CA0 obtained by Portugal from China ii,:8o 



1699 The population ... 181 



1788 Obfervation f De la Peroufe concerning M. iv,i40 



y:ii* Maccta, an emporium for fpice - i, 84 



Machinery — See Hydraulic engines. 

 14S1 Machinery for fulling hats, on the clamour 



of the work-people, prohibited by pari. i, 699 

 1719 A patent for machinery for organzining lilk iii, 75 

 1767 An improved crane ... 474 



1775 Mr. Watt's patent for his great improvements 



in fteam engines prolonged by parlimient 578 



1776 Machinery in tjie woolen numuhifture dcl'royed 592 

 1781 Export of machinery ufcd in manuf.iiTtures 



ftriftly prohibited - ' - - 689 



1785 Machinery for fpinning cotton, brought to per- 



feftion by Sir R. Arkwright, now made 



public - - - - 'V, 77 



1787 Machinery for fpinning flax invented - 134 



1794 And lor combing wool . - 2i;i 



1797 I''or working 111. my looms by one moving power 401 

 1799 Mr. Bonlton allowed to export m. for coining 477 

 iSoo Valuation ot m. in the woolen nuinufafhire 526 

 — — Andof ni. in the cotton manufaftory in Scotland 528 

 ^\^\MadagaJ'car, fuppofed Phanbalou, and vilited 



by Arabian traders - - i, 



iigslJOccupied by Saracens — ricli, produces ivory 

 1487 Apparently called Illand of the Muon by tl'.e 



Moors .... 



• 786 Inhabitants, produce, &c — a colony fettled by 



Benyowlky from Krance, and another from 

 Maryland — both mifcarry . iv, 



269 

 459 



709 



1 765 Afjrff/fr— cultivation encouraged - iii, 414 

 Quantity imported from Roterdam . 429 



1799 Quantities imported 1772-1799 . 469,470 

 1344 Madeira faid to be difcovered by Matham i, 533 

 1420 Is colonized by the Porugucfe . 6;i3 

 1590 Produces good fugar, wine, &:c. . '','93 

 1641, 1660 Wine of Madeira, an article of EnglKh 



trade - . - 41S, 483 



1764 Quantity of wine carried to Jamaica - iii, 403 



1765 1 he Britilh traders opprcded - 431 

 1767 Edimate of the trade with Great Britain 45S 

 I i79*A/iM«!'rtffs make toys of ivory - i, lo 



Magtjlratcs of cities and towns— -Ste Alderman, 



iiailijf. Major, Portgerc/, Provr/l. 

 Obfervation that England and Scotland have 

 in fonie degree exchanged the titles of ma- 

 giliracy - - i, 499 «. and 447, 55? 



iioi Af<?n^/!<2c^or/a of Henry I (not fo called) i> 3'4 



1215 The more famous one of King John . 379 



1217 &c Renewed 7 times by Henry lU . 382 



1297 Confirmed by Edward I - - 461 



14 Mahogam', or a wood like it, in Mauritania 1,127 

 1770 May be imported from America withoutduty iii, 511 



1795 New duty on importation - - iv, 341 



1796 Duty rated by weight ... 374 

 Betorc 1146 Majorca paid tribute in filk - i, 322 

 1323 Has trade in Flanders — invited to England 491; 

 1328 Free trade in England granted to Majorca 501 

 1340 Trade nf M. with Klanders protecled by Engl. 527 

 1342 The king of Engl, fceks the friendiliip of M. 529 

 iToO* Malt liquor ufed in Egypt - - i, 10 



\* And on the coall of the Baltic - 80 



14 Alfo in Spain and Gaul . - 129, I31 



296-500 And in Britain and Ireland - 205, 22 j. 



1256 Price of ale regulated - - 406 



1335 Ale exported from England • - 512 



13S9 A licence for brewing and felling ale . 6ot 



146 1 Beer-brewers fubjefted to fupervifors - 674 

 14S2 Scottifii parliament prohibit mixing beer 701 



1560 Beer exported from England to Antwerp ii, 131 

 1643 Excife duty impofed on beer and ale - 426 



1761 Duty increafed ... iii, 344 

 1790 Additional duty laid on malt . - iv, 211 



14 Malta (Melita) a Carthaginian colony, its pro- 



duceand trade ... i,_ H4 



1530 Given to the knights of St. John - 'i> 57 



179S Taken by the French . . iv, 459 



1800 Taken by the Britiih forces — becomes an cm. 



porium of Britilh trade . - 52* 



170 Mancliejler, A Bntilh and Roman city - i, •9* 

 923 Apparently fortified by King F^dward . 26S 

 i02oil Has a mint .... 283 



Long before 1600 a woolen manufafture eliablilhed ii,4i5r! 

 1641 Mancheftcr has manufac^tnres of linen and cotton 415 

 1727 Contains 50,080 people — cotton the chief man. 



ufatture - - - iii, 13* 



1760 Population and trade ... 323 



1773 Velvet manufafture faid to employ 30,000 



people ' - . . -537 



177; A theatre licenced - . 577 



17S1 Number of chargeable houfes . - 704 



1784 Manufacluies not afli'ftcd by the war - iv, 63 



1785 A petition againit the duty on corton goods 71 

 . Art of d)iiig cotton in Tiirkcy red introduced, 



and a premium given for it by pailiamcnt 9; 

 i^toWMaTtdrville, Sir John, travels through Afia, Sec i, 555 

 ^H*Mandrcrlcs conltruCta a biidgc over the Bof- 



phorus - - - - •> 5* 



1762 Afuw/.'a taken by the Britilh forces - 111,358 

 17CS Defciibed by De la Peroufe . - iv, 138 

 1066 Mann, kingdom ufurped by Godrcd - 1,198 

 1156 Kingdom divided in two . - 32S 

 1231 King expelled by Alan of Galloway - 387 



