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Fawkes, Guido, discovered in a corner of Percy's cellar

is narrowly searched, after finding the gunpowder
his undaunted conduct after being secured
his deposition before the privy counsellors
the other conspirators confirm his declaration
called the devil of the vault

alias Johnson, account of his execution

has the charge of Percy's hired house
is sent into Flanders to sir William Stanley, &c.
is discovered in a corner of the cellar

is executed at Westminster in Palace-yard

Feast, an account of a great one presented to the pope by Lucifer
Features, observations on a similarity of them

Feckenham, master, his communication with lady Jane Dudley
Fee-farm of the town of Yarmouth, some account of it

-, king James is compelled to let many of his lauds in it

Fees of sheriffs, &c. some account of

Feistricz, the height of the mountains about it stated

-, an account of the place by English travellers

Felisburgh, the manner in which Wenceslaus was conveyed to
Felix II. pope is omitted by Marcellinus in his chronicle, and why
Fell, Margaret, and George Fox, their examination and trial
Fellow-commoner, a speech of one

Felonies, the various kinds of them described and stated
-, a particular enumeration of them

Felony, the proceedings, trial, and punishment in cases of Frankling is executed for aiding and abetting unisprision of, the nature of it stated

Kelton, John, conceives disgust at the duke of Buckingham
, account of his stabbing the duke

Fenwick, sir John, his serious reflections upon life and death
Ferdinaud, king of the Romans, holds a diet at Worms
Ferdinaudo, a worthy protestant of Seville, the treatment of
Fermentation, in what manner carried on in the human body
Fern, Dr. his mistakes on the nature and extent of obedience
Fernandez, Juan, the Cinque Ports ship leaves Selkirk there
-, great plenty of goats in the island of

-, cotton and piemento trees there
abundance of seals in the island of

Ferrara, a description of it by English travellers

Ferry, M. a minister of Metz, his letter to the professors of Geneva

Ferryman of Dochet, his first dialogue with the London Waterman, &c.

second dialogue

Ferte, mons. de, French ambassador, account of his intrigues

Fever, a malignant one, the lieutenant-general of death
Fevers, the dangers of, on their removal by the gout
Fiction, Homer esteemed the father of it, with its use
Field, John, one of the real printers for Barker and. Bill
Fieldfare, a bird of passage, on the numerous flocks of them
-, commonly arrives in England by a northern wind
"" a curious conjecture on the place of their retirement
Fielding, lord, viscount, his generosity to the duke of Buckingham
Fidler, the life of Roger, so called

Fiennes, commissioner, designed for one of the lords' house

Mr. John, brother of the commissioner, one of the lords

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Fight of the English with the Spanish armada

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on encountering a bull, the method of stated

of Causham bridge, a particular account of it
at sea, description of one in a coffee-house

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the rexone or weapon used in the conflict

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of the bull at Madrid, prince Charles of England present at
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by sea, account of one at Bantry-bay in Ireland

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Figueres, the daughter of, married to Gonsales

Finch, lord, his corroboration of lord Cottington's censure of Prynne, &c.

John, the accusation and impeachment of him

sir John, his successful embassy to Coustantinople

Finchley, or Finckley Park, the rangership of it sequestered

proceedings about the sale of it

Fines's party at Tangier, their miscarriage, and the cause of it

Fir-trees, very numerous to the southward of Vienna

Finsbury pettifogger, account of Jefferies being one

-, very common in Moravia, &c.

Fir, Dr. Needham's and Mr. Ray's observations on medical properties of
Dr. Merret on the shavings of, in wines

Fire, artificial, preparation of it to repel the Spanish armada
how a woman's tongue may be said to be one

-, a very heavy one among the Jews at Constantinople

-, many yery seasonable cautions for the prevention of it

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Fire, the description of the great one in London

an account of losses by it in various parts of the world
, a particular detail of damage done by that of London
an account of the great fire of Moscow, with the cause
works, a grand display of them at Mustapha's circumcision
of Loudon, &c. the plots of papists

wood, account of its being charged with duty in France
at Whitehall, a description of it, and the damage done
account of a terrible one at Mons

Firing beacons, cautions against running to the sea in those cases
Fish, directions respecting preserving or taking at York assizes
Fisher, observations on Laud's account of the conference with
Fisheries, an account of the benefit and advantage of supporting them
the nature of those carried on by the Dutch

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the Dutch proclamation respecting those of herrings
Sir Thomas Roe's speech in parliament on them

Fishery of Yarmouth displayed, an eulogium in favour of herrings
an account of various places fit for establishing one.

Fishes, in what manner the herring became the king of them
Fishing, on the advantage to be derived from the occupation of
-, on the facilities afforded to the English for pursuing it
-, trade, how engrossed by the Dutch, and revival by the English'
how lost by the English, and mode of redeeming it
of the Dutch in the British seas, the means of their rise
number of vessels employed by the Dutch in this trade
à proposition for encouraging the trade of, in England
-, an enlargement and discussion of the proposition on
-the great numbers of families it would give employment to
trade, observations on the means of improving it
ports, on the expediency of erecting work-houses at them
Fitz-gerard, the white knight of Ireland, attainted of high treason
--williams, colonel, his propositions for raising 10,000 men
walter receives a pardon, but is afterwards beheaded
an account of his being beheaded at Calais
Flaminius, how deemed guilty of the most odious vices
Flamock, Thomas, encourages the revolt of the Cornishmen
, Thomas, account of being executed and quartered

Flanders, Baldwin, a provincial jesuit there

-, an-account of the English exploits in it
the prince of Parma is governor of it

, an account of the campaign there

Flax and hemp, on the advantages of raising them in England

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the manner of raising it

Fleet, an account of king Edward's

-, the English, on its being a terror to Rome

-. on the best way of manning it

the obstructions to the manning it considered

of the French, many of them destroyed

Fleetwood, lieutenant-general, some account of him

lord Charles, account of his gift
a creature of Cromwell's

Flies of the inquisition described

account of foreign ones, and how they entrap Lutherans

Flight of woodcocks, the manner of it stated

Flocks, account of red-wings coming to England in flocks
Floods in South Wales, a warning to England

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-, famine, and mortality, productive of one another

Florence, Socinus entertained 12 years at the court there
duke of, his arbitrary imposts stated

a description of it by English travellers

Florentius, on the lives of the popes
Florida, the gulf of, its limits described

wine, Pride's account of it

Florimondus Remondus, Posseviu's opinion of him

-, a contradiction of it stated

account of impossibilities

not outdone by Bellarmine
grimes every thing he touches

on the tale of pope Joan in Mantuan
various reasons for mistrusting him

his tale about Anastasius

another proof of his incorrectness

more proofs of his inaccuracy

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, charged as a palterer

is contradicted by Genebrard

, another proof of his deception

Flushing is greatly improved, whilst possessed by the English

-, sir Thomas Morgan leaves England to go to it

a port in Holland, an account of it

Flux of spirit, a discussion upon it

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Folkmote of Edward the Confessor, an account of
Fol y of the stroakers, the boldness of it
Fomenters of the sedition in 1641, activity of Dutch
Foragers at Berwick upon Tweed, in what manner served
Forces of the Tartars, on disbanding them at Adrianople
of Sir Thomas Lunsford, an account of them
-, account of the king's at Wetherby in Yorkshire
-, attack of the king's at Islip by capt. Temple
of the parliament take possession of Lanceston
of Norway defeated by Harold

Forde, sir Edward, his plan for raising money
Foreign affairs, sir Robert Sherley on the management of
Foreigners, the mischief of encouraging them stated

› the means by which they undersell the English
their oppressions from Bishop Wren

Forerunner of Revenge, a copious illustration of
Forest, New, its creation by William the Conqueror

duke Robert's son and William Rufus killed in it
of Waltham, Aminadab Blower's lecture in it
Forfeited estates in Ireland, an account of them
Forgeries, the earl of Sandwich's observations on them
Forgery of letters by the earl of Leicester

, the nature of it described

Forica, an account of it stated

Forman, Dr. letter to him from Essex, and account of his death
Formosus, pope, in whut manner he was served after his death
Fornication and adultery, &c. advice upon them
Forrester, sir Andrew, the persecution of described
Fortescue, his observations on the conquest of England

his application of Aristotle's maxim to the body politic
-, on the laws which continue it

Fortune, sir Walter Raleigh deemed the tennis-ball of
of Villiers is envied by the earl of Somerset

Foudray, the rebels debark at it

Foulface, Philip, the author of Bacchus Bountie
Fowl, the great scarcity of them in Scotland

-, a duty paid upon them in France

Fox, bishop of Winchester, how he befriends Wolsey
-, George, his exclamation

the examination of

-, an account of his last will

, bishop, his gallant defence of Norham castle

Foyst, how catched by a whore

Foysts, a curious dialogue between two

Fragmenta Regalia of sir Robert Naunton

France, the political manœuvres of, for establishing popery

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in what manner its liberty was lost

on its attempts to obtain an universal monarchy

its surprize of Strasburg in time of peace

on Hugh Spencer's holding a correspondence with

the outrages, in the murder of the nobility, &c.

-, Pope Sixtus Quintus's character of king Henry III. of
the murder of king Henry IV. of

Burleigh's account of it.

the king of, in what manner to treat him

the state of it described by sir Thomas Overbury

-, account of its military weakness

Henry IV. of, his murder by Francis Rauilliack
the exclusion of bastards from its government

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the difficulties it encountered in vanquishing the Normans
the succours taken to it in 1591 by Robert earl of Essex
account of its oppression by Spain

Henry of, on Rauilliack's murder of him

-, on the design to assassinate him
duke Joyeuse submits to him
the laws of, and reason of being reformed
-, account of Henry VIII.'s invasion of it

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Ginger, the produce of it in the West India colonies stated
the utility of it as a spice, and regulation of its price
Ginkle, mons. left in Ireland by king William to reduce it
Girald, archbishop of York, refuses precedence to Auselm
Girth's advice at Hastings to the usurper Harold
Glamorgan, earl of, commissioner to the Irish catholicks

his instructions to Mr. Edward Bosdon
his negotiations with the Irish
his letter to lord Culpeper

the countess of Glamorgan

Mr. Eustace's account of his negotiations
Glasgow and other places, the provosts of incapacitated
Glass-makers of Murano, some account of them
Glencow, the laird of, murdered in cold blood in his bed
Glendour, Owen, a nickname for archbishop Williams
Glequin, sir Bertram de, how he employed the British captains
drives the king of Castile out of Spain
is taken captive by the Black Prince
constable of France for his valour

Gloucester, a place where the court frequently kept Christmas

is summoned by king Charles I. and defended by Massey
-, the siege of is raised by the earl of Essex's army

Glyn, chief justice, an instrument for bringing Strafford to the block
Goad, Dr. his great knowledge of the stars, interior to the gout
Goats, in what manner Selkirk caught them at Fernandez isle
God of the Sea, why Neptune was so called

or Man, how far the authority of government from either
God's warning, or an account of the heavy floods in Wales
Godbold, Mr. of Uxbridge, Roger Crab's dedication to him
Goddard, Dr. Jonathan, on the practice of physick
Godfrey, sir Edmundbury, suspected of being murdered by papists
, Bolron's pretended account of his death
design of papists in murdering him

Godly and faithful, on the advantages to be taken by them

-, an account of their various gifts

Hugh Peters, how he persuaded the soldiers to Ireland
their qualifications, a practical application of

Gods, contention of heathen ones on the weather

in what manner the statuaries of Athens chose them
Goff, colonel, or lord Goff, his qualifications for being a lord
Goffe, William, on the means of advancing national trade
Goia, John, or Flavio Goia, the inventor of the compass
Gold mine, sir Walter Raleigh's assertion about one

coin, on its being clandestinely conveyed out of England
-, on the chymical powder for converting metals into it
-, experiments of converting the powder stated

coin, how its increased value is injurious to the nation

, on the propriety of calling it in

and silver coin, how an increased value impoverishes a nation
-, a proposal discussed for reducing it to its coined value
-, esteemed the soul of the world, slighted at Madagascar
Goldsmith, his purchase of Wenceslaus's transmuted gold
Gomines, why adjudged a traitor by Richard II.'s parliament
Gonawicz or Gonavitz, south from Gratz, a description of it
Gondamor or Gondomar, his alarm at sir Walter Raleigh's voyage
-, count de, the partiality of king James toward's him
the incendiary-general of Christendom

-, some of his tricks and plots stated

-, a description of his perturbed mind

his soliloquy on sir Walter Raleigh

-, a supporter of the traitor Garnet

how he effected sir Walter Raleigh's death

-, a narrative of his wicked plots
the account given by him of his mission
is interrupted by the archbishop of Toledo
the duke pastrane

his policy on the English East India trade
his boast of effecting Raleigh's death
his opposition to bishop Bancroft, &c.

as a statesman and politician, how immortal

Gondolas of Venice, an account of their numbers

Gonsales, Domingo, the little Spaniard, his voyage to the Moon

an account of his family at Seville

his introduction to duke d'Alva's court
how he makes a composition for murder

-, sone particulars of his voyage to the Moon

-, account of the palaces in the Moon

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returns to a mountain near Pequin in China
the manner of his treatment by a mandarin
Gonsalvo, captain, on Friday being a fortunate day to him
~~~~~, John, is cast into prison for preaching the faith of Christ

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