rebellion in Ireland, 7895 figns the peace 
of Amiens, 795. 
Corfica. annexed to the Brilifli crown, 7S0; 
abandoned, 785. 
Cranmer gains the king’s favour by the af¬ 
fair of the divorce, 636 5 pleads for Crom¬ 
well, 640; attends Henry VJ 1 I. in his 
laft moments, 641 ; favours the reforma¬ 
tion 642 ; put under arreft, 646 ; his 
apo'ffacy, repentance, and death, 647. 
Crecy, battle of, 598. 
Croifades firft fet on foot, 564 ; the fecond, 
575 3 in which Richard 1 . king of Eng¬ 
land, diftinguifhes himfelf, 576. 
Cromwell, Thomas, fecretary of ftate, 637 ; 
ordered to infpedt the mnnafteries previous 
to their difiolution, 638 ; his difgrace, 
<139 ; beheaded, 640. 
Cromwell, Oliver, his intention of emigrat¬ 
ing, 669 ; gains the battle of Marfton- 
moor, 674; preferves his commifiion, 
not with (landing the felf-denying ordinance, 
and gains the battle'of Nafeby, 673 ; made 
commander in chief, 676 ; fupprefies the 
levellers, and defeats the Scots, 677 ; re¬ 
duces the Irilh, and defeats the Scots at 
Dunbar and Worcefter, 680 ; declares war 
againft the Dutch, and turns out the rump 
parliament, 681; declared protedior, 682 ; 
bis death, 683. 
Cromwell, Richard, declared protedior, but 
retires to private life, 683. 
Crofby and Oliver, aldermen, fent to the 
Tower, 744 
Culloden, battle of, 7 19. 
Dampierre, general, his death, 777. 
Danby, lord-treafurer, his imprudent con- 
dudl, 087 ; impeached, 688. 
Danes invade England, 548; and make a 
fettlement,- 549 ; fubdueil by Alfred, 530; 
extend their ravages in the time of Ethel- 
red II. 554 ; a general maffacre of them, 
ibid, obtain the crown of England, 553; 
few remains of Danifh antiquities, 797. 
Darnley, lord, married to Mary queen of 
Scots, caufes Rizzio to be murdered, 630 ; 
is blown up in his houfe, 651. 
Davidfon, fecretary to queen Elizabeth, 636 ; 
ruined for obeying and pleafing his fove- 
reign, 657. 
Der wentwater and other rebel lords exe¬ 
cuted, 711. 
Dettingen, battle of, 717. 
Domingo, (St.) troubles occafioned there by 
the French revolution, 781 5 the Englifh 
interfere, but are unfuccefsful, 782 ; the 
Spanifh part ceded to the French, 7843, 
becomes an independent black republic 
under Defl'alines, 796. 
Doomfday-hook, 361. 
Drake, admiral, his exploits againft the Spa¬ 
niards in the Weft-Indies, 635. 
Dudley, earl of Warwick, defeats an infur- 
redlion in Norfolk, becomes, duke of Nor¬ 
thumberland, accufes the protedior of high 
treafon, 644; gets the fuccefiion fettled 
upon his daughter-in-law, Jane Grey, 
645; beheaded, 646. 
Dugommier, republican-general, 778; kil¬ 
led, 780. 
Dumblaine, battle of, 710. 
Dumourier, general, commands the French 
army againft the duke of Brunfwick, but 
defects the republican caufe, and flies, 
777 - 
Duncan (admiral, afterwards lord), defeats 
the Dutch, 788. 
Dunflan, a troublefome prieft, 352. 
Eaft-India Company, ftate of their affairs, 
740, 744 ; rapacity of their fervants, 
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743 ; lketch of their government, 753 ; 
Mahratta war,756; did not countenance ail 
the violence and rapacity of Haftings, 761, 
763 ; war with Hyder Ali, 764; order W. 
Haftings to be depofeJ, 7643 make peace 
with the Mahrattas, 765; and with Tippoo 
Saib, ibid, heads of Mr. Fox’s bill, Mr. 
Pitt’s, and Mr. Dundas’s, 771 ; their affairs 
improved by lord Cornwallis, 774 ; war 
with Tippoo Saib, 776 ; peace, ibid, war in 
which Tippoo is killed, and his dominions 
partitioned, 791 ; trade and territory up 
to the end of the year 1803, 803. 
Edgar king of England, his gallantries, 
553 j praifed by the monks, his death, 
554 - ■ 
Edgar Atheling waves his right to the 
crown, 339 ; his After marries the king of 
Scotland, 360. 
Edge-hill, battle of, 673. 
Edred and Edwy, kings of England, 332. 
Edmund king of England, inftitutes capital 
puniftiments, 532. 
Edmund Ironfide, 554 ; his death, 555. 
Edward the fon of Alfred, 551. 
Edward the Martyr, 354. 
Edward the Confeflor, 356. 
Edward I. fon of Henry III. fupports his fa¬ 
ther againft the barons, 584 j his fuccefs, 
583 ; joins the crufade, returns, and is 
crowned king, 586 3 efcapes being mur¬ 
dered, reforms abufes, conquers Wales, 
587 ; receives homage of the king of 
Scotland, 388 ; models the parliament, 
and confirms Magna Charta, 589 ; gains 
the battle of Falkirk in Scotland, 590; 
dies, leaving the conqueft of Scotland 
. unfinifhed, 591; his character, 592. 
Edward II. his favourites, 592, 593 3 defeat¬ 
ed at Bannochburn, and circumfcribed in 
his power at home, 393 ; civil wars on ac¬ 
count of his favourites, 394 ; depofition, 
and death, 395. 
Edward III. his martial fpirit, 595 ; afiumes 
the government, gains the battle of Hali- 
down-hill in Scotland, and lays claim to 
the crown of France, 396 ; his various 
fuccefs on the continent, 397 3 gains the 
battle of Crecy, 598 ; takes Calais, 399; 
his death and character, 601. 
Edward the Black Prince, fon of Edward III. 
597 ; defeats the French army at Crecy, 
598 ; gains the battle of Poidliers, 599; 
his extraordinary modefty, 600 ; gains the 
battle of Najara, 601 ; his death, ibid. 
Edward IV. fon of Richard duke of York, 
617 5 gains a great viftory at Towton, 
618 ; marries Elizabeth Grey, and quells 
fome infurredtions, 619 ; flies to Holland, 
but returns, and gains the battle of Bar- 
net, 620 ; finally defeats his enemies at 
Tewkelbury, 6213 his cruelty, diffipa- 
tion, indolence, and death, ibid, his cha- 
radter, 622. 
Edward, fon of Henry VI. murdered, 621. 
Edward V. fonof Edward IV. fent witii his 
brother to the Tower, 622 ; where they 
are both murdered, 623. 
Edward VI. fon of Jane Seymour, 639 ; 
afeends the throne, 642 ; his death and 
charadler, 645. 
Egbert, king of Weflex, 347; reduces all 
the other kingdoms of the heptarchy, and 
is crowned (firft) king of England, 548 ; 
his death, 549. 
Eleanor, queen of Henry II. poifons his mif- 
trefs and encourages his children to re¬ 
volt, 373 3 put in confinement, 574 ; re¬ 
leafed, 576; carries her foil’s ranfom over 
to Germany, 577. 
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Elfrida, married to Ethelwald and Edgar, 
S53 ; caufes king Edgar to be murdered, 
554 - 
Elgira, her beauty and misfortunes, 552. 
Elizabeth, queen, daughter of Anna Boleyn, 
declared a baftard, 639 ; her illegitimacy 
confirmed, 646 ; her perilous fituation 
during the life of queen Mary, 647 3 
afeends the throne, refufes to marry her 
fifter’s widower Philip, completes the re¬ 
formation, quarrels with Mary of Scots, 
and favours the reformation in Scotland, 
649 ; refufes to acknowledge Mary’s right 
of fuccefiion, 650 ; will not admit Mary 
into her prefence, 652 ; keeps her in con- 
. finement, 653; afiifts the Dutch, 6543 
breaks oft’ the marriage treaty, abolifhes 
torture, defeats more plots, 655 ; figns 
the warrant for the execution of Mary 
queen of Scots, 656 ; her hypocrify, and 
cruel treatment of fecretary Davidfon, 
657 ; prepares to refift the Spanifli armada, 
638 ; feizes Leicefter’s goods, 659 3 fends 
an expedition againft Spain, ibid, obliged 
to condemn her fecond favourite, 660; 
her death and charadler, 661. 
Elliot, governor of Gibraltar, made lord 
Heathfield, 7-0. 
Empfon and Dudley, two corrupt minifters 
of Henry VII. 630 ; executed, 63 1. 
England, extent and population, 528 3 rivers 
and lakes, mountains and hills, 529 3 
woods, and fruits, 530; cattle, birds, and 
fi(h, 5315 minerals, 5325 coafts and 
fhores, 532-534; dependent ifles, 3343 
ancient inhabitants, and its feventeen 
ftates at the Roman invafion, 535 ; fend 
ambafiadors to Julius Cefar, 536 ; general 
charadler of the inhabitants at that time, 
537 ; Cefar lands, and gains feveral ad¬ 
vantages, 538 ; fucceffes of Plautius, 539; 
entirely fubjedted to the Romans, 540; 
becomes a maritime power under Carau- 
fius, 541; again in fubjedlion to the Ro¬ 
mans, 5423 finally relinquifhed by them 
in the time of Honorius, 543 ; the Saxons 
called in to repel the Pidts, 544 ; Saxon 
heptarciiy, 545 3 Egbert, firft king of 
England, 548 ; invaded by the Danes, 
549 ; who are fubdued by Alfred, 550 j 
again under the Danes, 555; conquered 
by William duke of Normandy, 558; 
under the Plantagenets, 575 ; delivered 
from a French invafion, 603 ; under the 
houfe of Eancafter, 605 ; of York, 618 ; 
of Tudor, 6253 of Stuart, whereby the 
two crowns are united, 661 3 declared a 
republic, 68 1 ; houfe of Stuart reftored, 
684; the revolution brought about by 
William of Naflau, prince of Orange, 696; 
Scottifh union, 705; the houfe of Guelphs 
or Brunfwick, 709; Irilh union, 7923 
remains of antiquity, 796 ; ancient geo¬ 
graphy, 797; and hiftorical epochs, 798; 
conftitution, ibid., religion, army, and 
navy, 800 ; commerce and manufadlures, 
803 ; exports and imports, cuftoms, &c. 
804 5 rental, debt, and revenue, 805 ; 
income and expenditure, Sou ; manners, 
fcience, and climate, 807 ; chief towns, 
and national charadter, 808. 
Efl'ex, earl of, his rife and fall. 660 3 exe¬ 
cuted, fc6i ; his characier, and the ftory 
of the ring, 662, 
Efiex, earl of, commands the parliament-ar¬ 
my, againft Charles 1 . 673 ; refigns, 675 3 
found with his throat cut, 68o. 
Ethelbald, and Etbelred, 549. 
Ethelred II. a weak prince, 554, 
Ethelwolf, king of England, 549. 
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