Index.] Jllerchaui-advouurcys. 



1564 Tlicii- trade removed to Enidcn - ii, I39 



— — Aie chartered as a corporation - 140 



ij;^68 Dillreffed by tlie duke of Alvd — their niiijra- 



tions . . - 14(1 



i.;82 They remove from Staden to !Iamburj;h 171 



1556 Charters confirmed — other removals - iSo 



1557 Their coinnicrce iiiftrumeiital in Javing Kng. 



hind from invalion - - 1S4 



T58S Tliey fiiinilh 10 (liips of waragaind Spain 1S5 « 



1591 The Hanfards get tlieni expelled from Staden, 



and attempt the fame at Klbing 199 

 1597 They are expelled from Germany — fettle in 



Uroningen - - . 212 



1601 Nature of their trade - - ' z^o 



They are invited to return to Staden - 223 



i6o8 Their cliarter fcizcd by the king - 250 



1615 And now rellored to them - - 2ji 



They employ 35 (hips - - 2S1 



16 17 Get a new charter — have 4000 members 286 

 1624 Refolution of parliament againd their imports, 



:'nl for laying open tlie export of woolen 

 goods . . - . 327 



1634 Privileges confirmed — all merchants adtnifllble 



— adniiffion fines fixed - 3S1 



Said to make prcfents to the minillcrs - 3S1 



1637 Privileges confirmed ... 407 



1643 Pay ^30,000 for a confirmation by parliament 424 

 1647 Again confirmed — they remove to Dort 432 



j'649 Are invited to return to Bruges, but refufe 43S 

 1651 Are again invited, and refufe - - 446 



1661 Their if.iples now at Hamburgh and Dort 447,500 



Are complained of by the clothiers, &c 499 



■ Tlicir anf'.ver — their conftitution - 501 



They afterwards make Hamburgh their folc 

 (laple - - - - 502 



i688 Are favoured in Hamburgh, and contribute 



largely to its profperity - - 630 



1740 They thank the king for remitting the toll at 



his town of Staden - . iii, 225 



1765 Their trade has long been declining - 430 



Mrtaxa, filk thread, or raw lilk i, 177 n, 226, 231 n 

 1360II A/fAjVo feemingly vifited by an Orkney man i, 563 

 1517 Invaded by the Spaniards - • 11,36,54 



1556 Population of Spaniards and Indians 122,154 



i2()i\^Microfcopes conOrutted by R. Bacon i, 452 



iS2i Are re-invented ... u, kjz 



147 1 MiddUburg in Flanders gets privileges in Eng- 

 land . . - i, 6S7 



6S8' 

 689 

 596 

 599 

 600 



641 



6S2 



J472 And obtains a fniall fliare of the wool trade 



1474 Vv'hich is now taken fro.m it 



13S4 Middlekirg in ZelaiidlrAS the wool fiaple 



1387 Offers to buy all the wine, taken by Arundel 



1388 1 he fiapleib removed from M. to Calais 

 1425 The if'ple of Scottifh commerce removed from 



M:<'dleburg to Flanders 

 1467 Scoipfli merchants now fail to Middloburg 

 1709 Midd.'rjex — a r;:gifter of all deeds aftecfing lands 



in M. ordered by att of parliament iii, 9 



324-334 Mi/iin fMidiolanum J occiii'njiy.iWy the capital 



of the Roman empire - . i, 207 



1251 Milanefc deal in money and exchange . 399 



3367 Great ojulencc of Galeaz, lord of Milan 573 



J560 Trade of Milan with Antwerp ■ - ii, 129 



1590 During 400 ye.us has no increafe 196 



1593 Miff fixed by law to contain 1,760 yards ii, 203 



1 ^l' Mil flans called mailers of the feas — they found 



many colonics - i, 29 



J337 Military uniform — order for 1000 foldiers to have 



the fame drefs . . . i, 518 



ioo*M/// driven by water firft mentioned - i, 112 



■ 500II Such are conunon in Britain and Ireland 223 



537 Barge mills ufcd, probably invented, by Belif- 



arius - . . i. 228 



1, 42 



'U 

 28S 



3 2). 



333 

 34+ 

 344 « 

 391 

 441 



Mills. 



1769 Burning mills made felony - ii', 48* 



1795 Mills let up in Kent in order to keep the price 



of Hour from being immoderate • w^^iit 

 1799 Act for commuting thill age to mill ; in Scotland 47 1 

 1695 Million Lank citablilhed, not incorporated ii, 673 

 1720 Soutli-fea frenzy raifes their (lock to 440- 111,91 

 1765 They raife their dividend from 4 to 5 percent 419 



1796 Tiie partnorlliipdilfolved . . 'v, 375 



Mines (Rritijh) — See Tin, Coal, Oc. 

 550*Mines of tin and lead in Britain 



Britain polielfes all the metals 

 Before io6(i Iron in Glauceller-lhire 

 1 1 53 II Silver in Cumberland 



(7ald cxpeiSieJ in Fife 



Gold and (ilverin Ireland 



iiSgllCopper, iion, tin, lead, filver, in England 



Silver in Wales 



1 239 Silver in Durham, copper in Cumbei land 



12S4 Lead in Wales 



'377-1399 Several miningprojetts — fuccefs unknown 609 



1424 Lead, yieldinga certain proportion of filver, in 



Scotland, tlie property of the king . 639 

 l437llGoid ore carried from Ireland to London 6^j 



1452 Miners brought from Germany to England 669 

 1561 Copper iri Cumberland, and calamine i'ji.j'' 



1625 A commilfion for fearching for mines . 3';3 



16S9 Mines yielding gold and filver no longer royal 63; 

 1690 Mines of lead and copper in Wales . 647 



1769 Mines near Newcaftle produce filvet and 



gold . - . iii, 4S7 



Dellroying engines, ways, &c. made felony 48S 



1795 Gold mine difcovered in Ireland . iv, 358 



1704 Mine-advcnlurcrs company — their hifiory ii, 647, 731 



1710 Parliamentary inquiry — managers cenfured iii, 10 



1711 Parliament endeavour to relieve their creditors 15 

 1708 Minorca taken by the Britilh forces • iii, 3 

 1756 Taken by the French ... 307 

 1763 Rellored to Great Britain at the peace - 367 



1752 Taken by the French and Spaniards - 70S 



1753 Ceded to Spain at the peace - - iv,4 



1798 Taken by the Biitifh forces - 461 



1799 Trade with Minorca licenced - - 469 

 Before 1640 Mint in Tower of London ufed by the mer- 

 chants as a depot for their calTi ; but the 

 king having borrowed /'20o,coo from it, 

 they carry no more thither . ii, 411 



14 Mifcmnn, a ftation of the Roman navy . i, i2t 

 Mijifippi company of France — See Franct. 



1717 Efiablillied — Louiliana grantel to tliem 'i'jSj 



1718 Funding and trading projects — llockati20 65 



1719 The Ealt-India company united with thcai 66 



Wild (cliemcs — Ituck at 1200 and 1300 - 67 



1720 The bank alfo united with them S 104 



Stock run up to 2,050 per cent . 1D5 



ConvuUions produced by the frenzy and the 



tricks for (tripping the people of their pro. 



perty .... 106 



1723 The proprietors divided by the king into fair 



purchafers and llock-jobbing intruders, the 



capital fixed, and fund declareil — the com. 



merce of India alligned to the company 129 



1730 Four lliips arrive this year from India - 155 



179S Models and cifts — tlic property of. them fecured 



totheartids ... iv, 447 



14 AfoifHa ('Mfi/nrtJ noted for excellent wool i, 123 

 1270 Iutei-e(l in Modena 20 per cent . 419 



1306 Modenaexcellsin the filk manufacture— the city 



draws a revenue from it, and regulates the 



trade - - ■ 500 



§ Molucca, or Spice, ifands — the trade of them 



mollly in tlie hands of the Arabians i, 281 



i5o8||TI'.e Poriuguefe obtain the trade . . ii< 32 

 15 1 9 The Spaniards arrive at the iflunds - 55 



