'. 



(lie 



', 



i, 

 ii, 



rifi 

 130 

 5'i 



455 



457 



639 



•3 



23 



73 



INDEX.] 



1560 Poland exports mucli corn to Holland 



Trade of Pohnid with Antwerp 



i33^1jP<i/<, WtUiam de la, a famous merchant 

 iL<)^\\Polp, MarcOf his travels and accounts of 



countries vifited by him 

 Efi'ctt of his narrative in Europe 

 1414. Pror, or beggars, regulated in Scotland 

 i^g*! Regulated in England 

 1503 Ag.iin regulated in Scotland - 



1531 Poor licenced to beg in England 



Reg>ilated and provided for in the Netherlands 73 



1J36 Act for voUintary alms to the poor 



'547. 1.555 Tl-.e fame repeated 



1563 Legal provifion made tor the poor 



J57J Every pari Ih in England aflelfed 



r579 And alfo in Scotland 



1^97,1601 New afts for pari(h airelTments 



1629 Irilh dilbanded foldiers ordered to Ireland 



1662 Aft for work-houfcs in London, &:c 



i;6g4 Poor's rate of P^ngland /■665, 000 



1696 Poor of England tiiimated at 1,400,000 



1774 Poor's rate at various times 



I7!i5 Expenfc of the poor in 1776 and 1783 



1365 Pcpulalionoi England efiimated 



1377 Of the chief towns and the whole kingdom 



j67oi'| At lead 6 millions in England 



1686 Sir W. Petiy'i eftimateof 8 cities in Europe 



1689 Above 7 millions in England and Wales 



1690 About II millions in the three kingdoms 

 1695 Not quite S millions in England 

 1698 Increaled about 900,000 fince the year 1600 



According to Philips, 8 millions in England i 



.7=6 

 >733 

 1735 

 175S 



81 

 99.122 



ny 

 •55 

 163 



210,221 



359 



■ 505 



614 



687 



iii, 560 



iv, 98 



'.571 



583 



, 6S 



628 



<'34; 



647 



674 



704 



34 



J760 

 '774 



1781 

 1781 

 J7S8 

 1791 

 851 

 14S7 



1615 

 1631 



]8i, 196 

 206 

 310 



3'3 

 3'6 



222 

 559 

 5''I 

 703 

 721 



Numbers in Ireland at different times 

 Population of Vienna 

 Of France ... 



1759 ^^ DaniHi dominions 



Of Venice and Rome - - . 



Ot chief towns in Great Britain and Ireland 

 Of the affbciated colonies of America 

 Of Leeds in York-fhire 

 OfEngland and Wales 

 Of the United dates of America 

 Ot the Britilh and French Weft Indies iv, 156,157 

 Of the United (tates of America - 218 



Porcelain made in China - i, 256 and 458 



Sent from Eg.ypt to Lorenzo de Medici 708 



Porcelain of Japan finer than the Chinefe ii, 108 

 Fiiftmention of porcelain imported in Engl. 2So« 

 Now an ufual article of importation 

 Now made in perfetlion in Saxony 

 J7O3 Made by Mr. Wedgwood 

 J 775 A patent fur making porcelain prolonged 

 1785 Annual value of the manufacture eftimatcd 

 Before 1066 Port-grrrf, chief magiftrate of London i, 297 

 And continued till about 1189 . 347 



1493 Porto Rico, or S. Juan de Puerto Rico, difcovercd 



by Chriftopher Colon - . li, 5 



1593 Taken by the Englifli - - 203 



1731 Thinly fettled by the Spaniards . iii, 161 



1544 Portf:!ioutkioruf\QA ... ii^ gi 



J 147 Portugal, newly made a kingdom, acquires Lif- 

 bon by help of fome adventurers, Englilb, 

 Flemifh, &c - - - j, 



IJ94 Portuguefe merchants trade to England 

 1295 AnEnglifh (hip plundered by the Portuguefe 

 1308 Portuguefe merchants licenced to trade in Eng- 

 land 

 1325 An Englirti vefiel fails to Portugal for corn 

 1344 Friendly treatment offered to P. in England 

 J3j» ProteChon given to trade in both countries 

 1412 An Englifh Ihip feized in Portugal — her cargo 

 — no wine .... 



Vol. IV, 



1415 The Portuguefe now conceit e tlve id>;s of .t 

 route to India — fcience encoui.iged byPr^nco 

 ^lenry, wlio (er.dsout vell'els ondifcovcry 1, 629 

 '4a7 Trade of England with Portugal— wirte now 

 ^ . . mentioned . . . - 651 



"4<y In exploring Africa the Portuguefe get fome 



Negro flaves — an Africancompany charterei! 6St 

 '457 T in and lead carried from England to Portug.il 672 

 '474 The king obtains a chart having India l.Tid 



down on the weft fide of the Atlantic 664 it 



i4Si The Portuguefe build a fort in Afiica— tlic 



king affumesthc title of lord of Guinea 

 I4S2 He claims ti:e exclul^ve trade of Africa, and 

 the king of England prevents his fubjcfts 

 from failing to it - - . »oo 



14S7 The king fend; feveral meffengers to learn the 

 route to India — Covillan aftually gets to 

 Calicut .... 70J 



Diaz paffes the Cape of Good Hope - 709 



'495 The floors and Jews expelled or converted ii, 7 

 '497 <jania arrives in India - - 14 



1500 A fecond fleet fail— difcover Brazil, build 

 forts in Africa, and bring a rich cargo from 



69) 



Indi, 



'9 



so 

 21 



30 



369 



ii, 120 



38' 



578 



iv, 16 



< 322 



453 

 455 



475 

 496 

 530 

 546 



62$ 



The P. commerce now in the greateft fplendour 20 



1501 A third Hcet fails for India 



1502IJ 1 he Portuguefe obtain fome ports in Barbary 



Eftablifti a trade in fpices, i.'c at Antwerp 



'5°5 They fettle at Ceylon 



1507 They occupy Ornuiz 



1508 Take Goa — Their progrefs in India 32, 77 

 1517 They iail to China — and to Newfoundland 51 

 J521 The Venetians offer to buy all the fpice 6o 

 1529 Portugal pays .Spain for lefigniiig the Moluccos 59 

 1538 Portuguele areattacked by tiie Turks in India 83 

 '539 They trade to Hifpaniola— are prohibited 85 

 '542 They difcover Japan — are kindly received 89 

 1550 And have a good trade there - - 107 

 '560 Trade of the Portuguefewith Antwerp 132 



1571 They allow the Engl, to ftiare the Guinea trade 153 



1572 Englilh merchants injured by the Portuguefe 155 

 1577 Portuguefe Ihips fcized by Englifli — rtftored 

 15S0 Portugal united to Spain 

 ijS5,i Portuguefe obtain i\lacao from China 

 1591 rhe Portuguefe at war with Angola — routed 

 1593 A P. ftiip of 1600 luns taken by the Englilh 

 1614 Portuguele factixies in the Indian feas 

 J 640 Portuguefe (Iiake off the ipanifti yoke 

 16S1 They make peace with Holland 

 1699 P. poliellions in Alia and Africa decayed 

 1703 Treaty with England for admitting I*, wine at 



lower duty than tnat of France, and Portu- 

 gal receiving the woolen manufactures of 

 England — in conleqv.ence the vineyards are 

 nuich increaled 



1731 The king eftablillies a company for cnc" voyage 

 to India v.ith one Ihij) - - iii, 



1747 Pirtuguefe remaining fettlemenis in the Eaft 



1762 Pjrtugal attacked by France and Spain, effec- 

 tually protected by the Biitidi forces 



1765 View of Britilh trade at Lilbon, and great com- 

 plaints of oppicliion and injuftice 



1767 Still heavier complaints — eftimate of the Brit- 

 i.'h trade with Portugal, Madeira, &c 



1770 Oppreftion of ilritifti trade continues 



1774 Britilh trade now funk to halt 



1780 Frivolous complauit of Portuguefe ambaffador 654 



1781 Irilh woolens and linens prohibited in P. 685 

 • Portuguefe allowed to iuipoit their colonial 



produce into Great Britain - 6S8 



Pojlsfor conveying titlert 

 538*Eftablinied by Cyrus, with, apparently, regul 



5S 

 lid 

 180 



200 

 200 



277 



409 

 4.j5 

 -06 



729 



169 



256 



358 

 425 



457 



50J 

 560 



ar ftages 



I, 4« 



