700 

 578 



599 



599 



609 

 610 



INDEX.] Provijions. 



1764 Proclamation for importation, and a reward of- 



fered for difcoveriiig combinations iii, 406 



1768 Imp. of falted p. from America permitted 476 



Perraidion renewed 503, 529, 565, &'C 



1770 Exportation prohibited, with foms exceptions 5:0 



1776 Permiflion to import provifions and cattle 



from Ireland made perpetual - 587 



— — Exports of p. from Ireland in various years iv,6o,5i 

 1795 Importation from all places permitted 335,339)476 

 Before 1066 Provojl, the title of cliief magi(!rate» 



of cities - - i, 295,349 



1208 The chief magiftrate of Yarmouth - 374 



1268 Ghifgow governed by 3 provofts - 417,447 



■ 4Provofts,fecondary magillrates,in Berwick440,446 



The chief mag. in leveral towns of Scotland . 4i6 



7482 And particularly now in Edinburgh 



1372 ^fii^'a gets Rhenifh wine from York - i, 



1379 Engli(h trade to Frufiia, apparently for corn 



1386 PruiTians trade to Flanders 



1388 The grand mafter of Pruflia arreftsEnglilh vef- 

 feli — propofes amicable negotiation— mutu- 

 al free trade agreed upon 



1391 Englifli merchants trading to Pruflia chufe a 

 governor ... 



'379 Pruflia renounces thottreaty with England 



1399 Englifh merchants complain of hardlhips in P. 



■1401 Many Englifh merchants now fettled in Pruflia 612 



1404 Englifh merchants trading to Pruflia em- 



powerd to eleft governors - - 614 



1409 A fettlement with England for piratical dam- 

 ages on both fides - - 620 



— — Treaty with England renewed — more damages 623 



A (hip of 300 tuns belonging to Pruflia - 623 



1437 Privileges of Pruflians in England enlarged 651 



Trade cf Pruflia — exports, and imports 652 



J440 English complain of hardfliips in Pruflia 656 



N. B. Pruflia generally co-operated with the Hanfe 

 towns in their tranfaftions with England. 

 1685 Acquires valuable artifans from France ii, 



1701 The fovereign ofPruflia made a king 



1762 Contempt of trade by a Pruflian governor iii, 



1763 Import of feveral manufaftures prohibited 



1765 Bank, infurance office, Turkey company, and 



Eaft-India company, efiablifhcd 

 J773 Company of maritime commerce eftabliriied 

 1775 Frigates built — fait imported, &c 

 1781 Pruflia joins the armed neutrality 

 1783 Improvements, navigation, &c cf Prnflfia iv, 

 :8oo Pruflia engages in the armed neutrality 



Ptolemy — See Egypt for kings of the name. 

 161 Ptolemy's geographical work - i, 



The coaft of Africa, furveyed by the Cartha- 



ginians, is one of the raoil correct parts of 

 his woi k .... 



And Britain and India the mofl: incorreft 

 Purviyar.cefcr the king, &c. 



1215 The abufes of it forbidden by Magna charta i, 



1258 Merchants frequently robbed by the pur- 

 veyors - - - 



I174 Act against their abuses 



1284 They are controuled by the chamberlain in 

 Scotland ... 



'353 Foreign merchants protefted from purveyors 



J360 Purveyance reftriited to the king, queen, and 

 their oldeft son . - 



1362 Name of purveyor fuppreflTed, and buyer sub- 

 flituted . . - 



1378 The abufe ftill continued, and by prelates, 

 &c . . - 



x66o Purveyance entirely aboli.flied by act of parlia- 



ment . . - ii,439 



550II PytAagortu makes great progrefs in fcience i, 4. 



616 



7'9 

 359 

 373 



419 



57S 

 6S£ 



34 

 5»3 



192 



560 

 19: 



379 



409 

 428 



440 

 547 



561 



565 



iS7 



§' Pydi-.ts makfs 'iifrovtrieson the <-oarts ot' Bri- 

 tain,. thcBaltic, &c — his great knowlege i, j<) 

 54* The menritvn.of Orkas by Diodorus Siculus ap- 

 parently from liini ... [|| 





UA R A NTl^E— Sec Lazarets. 



1798 Regulations for veflc'ls liable to quarai\tine iv, 442 

 1779, 1800 Further regulations - 477, 49^ 



Quebec— ^st Canada, 



1 176 Qucen-hitli:, a principal landing place i, 343 



1225 Is the market for corn, fidi, &c . 386 



Quick lime used in naval battles i, 383, 711 



(It is introduced by Chaucer in the battle of Actiiim.) 



1566 (2«jc4A/wr difccvered in Peru, and afterwards 



uled in refining filver . ii, 95, 154 



I20j gz^ZTjiicfif of feveral towns . . i, 371 



i2o8|]That of London bought up — the demesne 



merchants of the earl of Leicester exempted 371 

 1303 Tlie Cinque ports farm their quinzieme 473 



1774 

 1777 

 •795 

 '58 + 



1586 

 15S7 

 1593 

 '595 

 1603 

 1616 



1618 



17S1 

 '775 



1789 

 1790 



'795 



'4 



554 



•3301 



'357 



'5'7 



1770 



1776 



1786 



1704 



1708 

 1709 



•735 



1786 

 17S7 

 1794 



'795 



'797 



'538 



506' 



474 



1271! 



'337 

 1360 

 1421 



'570 

 1657 



JtLaISINS — duty on great ones reduced iii, 554 

 Duty on importation regulated . 607 



New duty impofed . . iv, 341 



Rateiqh, Sir fV. and afl"ociates fend vefTels to 



Virginia . - - ii, 174 



He fends privateers againrt Spain - i8« 



He fends another colony to Virginia - 182 



Again fends (hips againll the Spaniards 200, joi 

 His expedition in iearch of El Dorado 208 



Hiseflay on commerce, &c - . 233 



Is commilTioneJ to lead a colony to any place 



in America ... 283 



Returns unfuccefsful — is beheaded . 288 



Ranfom of vefl'els taken by enemies prohibited iii, 710 

 Rapefeedmiiy be imported from Ireland, when 



Britifli is above ;^i7 lof per laft ii, 576 



Accounts of the fales of it to be kept iv, 18S 



May be imported from Britifh America 203 



May be imported from any country - 34J 



Liberty of importstioii continued 373,443,47« 

 Ravenna, . a ftation of the Roman navy i, lai 



Is made the feat of government - 229 



|Is ruined by war and difcord . 504 



Rtcapture o/vej/e/s reg,u\Attd . ',55* 



Reformation oj religion begins in Germany ii,5> 



Regijitr of com e&3.hVi(heA - iii, 498 



Continued ..... 607 



Further continued . - 17,106 



Regijlercf landi enafted for the Weft riding of 

 York-lhire - . . ii, 730 



And alfo for the Eaft riding - . iii,4. 



The fame enabled for Middlefex 

 And for the North riding of York-fhire 

 Regifier of flipping to be ftriftly kept iv. 



Further regulations relpetling regiflers 

 AcX for regifterof veflels belonging to French 



i Hands - . • . 



Act far regifler of inland-navigation craft 

 And for regilter of vefTels belonging to places 



taken • - - 



9 



105 

 107 

 i»5 



»97 

 344 



419 



Regifrer of weddings, ckrijlenings, &c begun ii, 83 



Rejpondatlia afpecics of HattoriTy, which fee. 

 Revenue — of Perfia under Dari;is .. i, 59 



Joint ftock of Greece for a war againft Perfia 65 

 •Revenue of the Ptolemies in Egypt . i4o)» 



Revenue of England and of Scotland 4i3i425 



Of the church of England - 519 



Of Ireland - . . 561 



Of England, chiefly arifing from trade 634 



Revenue and expenditure of England ii, 150 



The fame of Britain and Ireland - 473 



