INDEX.
[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [Y] [Z]
- Abraham, Noah, and Moses said to have been alchymists, i. [95], [114].
- Acre besieged in the Third Crusade, ii. [69];
- its surrender to the Christians, [71].
- Addison’s account of a Rosicrucian, i. [177];
- his opinion on duelling, ii. [281].
- Agricola, George, the alchymist, memoir of, i. [145].
- Agrippa, Cornelius, memoir, and portrait of, i. [138];
- his power of raising the dead and the absent, [142].
- Aislabie, Mr., Chancellor of the Exchequer, his participation in the
South-Sea fraud, i. [73], [78];
- rejoicings on his committal to the Tower, [79].
- Alain Delisle. (See [Delisle].)
- Albertus Magnus, his studies in alchymy, i. [99];
- Alchymists, the, or Searches for
the Philosopher’s Stone and the Water of Life, i. [94]-[220];
- natural origin of the study of Alchymy, its connexion with astrology, &c., i. [94];
- alleged antiquity of the study, [95];
- its early history, [96];
- Memoirs of Geber, [96];
- Alfarabi, [97];
- Avicenna, [98];
- Albertus Magnus, with portrait, Thomas Aquinas, [99];
- Artephius, [102];
- Alain Delisle, [102];
- Arnold de Villeneuve, with portrait, [103];
- receipt for the elixir vitæ ascribed to him, [103];
- Pietro d’Apone, [104];
- Raymond Lulli, with portrait, [105];
- Roger Bacon, [110];
- Pope John XXII., [111];
- Jean de Meung, [112];
- Nicholas Flamel, [113];
- George Ripley, [118];
- Basil Valentine, [119];
- Bernard of Treves, [119];
- Trithemius, [124];
- Maréchal de Rays, [125];
- Jacques Cœur, [132];
- inferior adepts of the 14th and 15th centuries, [135];
- progress of the infatuation in the 16th and 17th centuries, [137]-[189];
- Augurello, [137];
- Cornelius Agrippa, with portrait, [138];
- Paracelsus, with portrait, [142];
- George Agricola, [145];
- Denis Zachaire, [146];
- Dr. Dee, with portrait, and Edward Kelly, [152];
- Dr. Dee’s “Shewstone” (engraving), [154];
- the Cosmopolite, [163];
- the Rosicrucians, [167];
- Jacob Böhmen, [177];
- + Mormius, [178];
- Borri, [179];
- inferior Alchymists of the 17th century, [185];
- their impositions, [188];
- Alchymy since that period, [189]-[220];
- Jean Delisle, [189];
- Albert Aluys, [197];
- the Count de St. Germain, [200];
- Cagliostro, [206];
- present state of Alchymy, [220].
- Alexius I., Emperor, his treatment of the Crusaders, ii. [17]-[19];
- Alexius III., usurping the Greek empire, is expelled by the Crusaders, ii. [77].
- Alexius IV. made Emperor of the Greeks by the aid of the Crusaders,
ii. [77];
- his deposition and murder, [78].
- Alexius Ducas (Murzuphlis) chosen Emperor instead of Alexius IV.,
ii. [78];
- defeated by the French and Venetians, [79].
- Alfarabi, the Alchymist, memoir of, i. [97].
- Almanac-makers: Lilly, Poor Robin, Partridge, Francis Moore, Matthew Laensbergh, i. [240].
- Aluys, Albert, the Alchymist, memoir of, i. [97].
- American laws against duelling, ii. [299].
- Amsterdam, witches burnt at, ii. [160].
- Animal Magnetism. (See [Magnetism].)
- Andrews, Henry, the original of “Francis Moore,” portrait, i. [244].
- Anna Comnena, her notices of the Crusaders, ii. [22], [25].
- Anne, Queen, duels in her reign, ii. [289];
- her efforts to suppress them, [292].
- Antioch, besieged by the Crusaders, ii. [29];
- Aquinas, Thomas, his studies in Alchymy, i. [99];
- Arabia, the chief seat of the Alchymists, i. [96].
- Arnold de Villeneuve. (See [De Villeneuve].)
- Arras, view of the Town-hall, ii. [101];
- persecution of the Waldenses at, [115].
- Art, works of, destroyed by the Crusaders at Constantinople, ii. [79].
- Artephius, his extravagant pretensions as an Alchymist, i. [102].
- Astrology, its prevalence in England, i. [243];
- account of Lilly’s prophecies, [244];
- its connexion with Alchymy.
- (See the [Alchymists], [Dr. Dee], &c.)
- Augurello the Alchymist, memoir of, i. [137].
- Augury, an almost exploded study, i. [272].
- Aurea-crucians, a sect founded by Jacob Böhmen, i. [177].
- Avicenna the Alchymist, memoir of, i. [98].
- Bacon, Lord, portrait of, ii. [286];
- Bacon, Roger, his pursuit of Alchymy, i. [110];
- his scientific discoveries, [111].
- Bagnone, Francisco, the magnetiser, i. [272].
- Bailly, M., his account of Mesmer’s experiments, i. [281], [293].
- Baldarroch Farm-house, “haunted,” ii. [235];
- investigation by the elders of the kirk; the noises caused by servant-girls, [237].
- Baldwin (King of Jerusalem), joins the Crusaders at Nice, ii. [27];
- Baldwin, Count of Flanders, chosen Emperor of the Greeks, ii. [80].
- Ballads. (See [Songs].)
- Bamberg, view in; witches executed there, ii. [162].
- Banditti in Italy, ii. [256].
- Banking schemes of John Law, i. [4].
- Bank of England, its competition with the South-Sea Company, i. [48], [66].
- Baptism mocked in the witches’ “Sabbaths,” ii. [109].
- Barbarin, Chevalier de, his experiments in animal magnetism, i. [286].
- Barbarossa, the Emperor, commences the Third Crusade; his death, ii. [63], [64].
- Barthelemy, Peter, his pretended vision and discovery of the “holy
lance;” its effect on the Crusaders; battle of Antioch, the Turks
defeated, ii. [35]-[40];
- charged with falsehood, subjected to the fiery ordeal, and burnt to death, [41].
- Bastille, the. (See [Paris].)
- Bavaria, ordinance against moustaches, i. [302].
- Beards forbidden to be worn; religious and political prejudices, i.
[296]-[303].
- (See [Hair].)
- Beckmann’s remarks on the tulip, i. [86].
- “Beggar’s Opera,” its popularity and immoral influence, ii. [258].
- Beranger’s Song, “Thirteen at Table,” i. [257].
- Bernard of Treves, the Alchymist, memoir of, i. [119].
- Best and Lord Camelford, their fatal duel, ii. [297].
- Bethlehem, Shrine of the Nativity (engraving), ii. [43];
- Richard I. arrives there; view of the city, ii. [73].
- Bible of the Queen of Baldwin, King of Jerusalem, (engraving), ii. [50].
- “Blue Beard,” the Maréchal de Rays his supposed prototype, i. [132].
- Blunt, Sir John, Chairman of the South-Sea Bubble, his share in the fraud, i. [63], [74], [77];
- Bodinus, his persecution of witches, ii. [159].
- Boerhave, his belief in Alchymy, i. [185].
- Bohemund, his courage displayed in the Crusades, ii. [21], [28], [30], [31], [35], [38], [39];
- Böhmen, Jacob, the Alchymist, memoir of, i. [177].
- Bonfires on Tower Hill, on the committal of the South-Sea schemers, i. [79].
- Booker, an astrologer, notice of, i. [244].
- Boots, torture of the (engraving), ii. [131].
- Borri, the Alchymist, memoir of, i. [179].
- Bourdeaux, haunted house at, ii. [221].
- Bourges, house of Jaques Cœur (engraving), i. [134].
- Boyd, Captain, killed in a duel, ii. [293].
- “Brabant Screen,” the, a caricature of the South-Sea Bubble, i. [76].
- Breda, siege of, i. [270].
- Bremen, Nadel’s escape from prison, ii. [257].
- Brinvilliers, Madame de, her atrocious murders; escape from France;
subsequent trial and execution, ii. [208]-[214];
- relics of her fate anxiously sought after, [305].
- Brown, Sir Thomas, portrait of; his belief in witchcraft, ii. [151].
- Bubble Companies, contemporaneously with the South-Sea Scheme, their extravagant character, i. [52];
- “Bubble Cards,” or Caricatures, i. [60], [61].
- Buckingham, Villiers, Duke of, his rise in the favour of James I., ii. [197];
- Byron, Lord, his trial for the murder of Mr. Chaworth in a duel, ii. [292].
- Byron, Lord, his poetical villains, ii. [259].
- Cagliostro, memoir of, i. [206];
- Cagliostro, the Countess, i. [208];
- Cambridge University, annual sermon against witchcraft, ii. [127].
- Camelford, Lord, killed in a duel, ii. [297].
- Camhel, Sultan, his generosity to the Christians, ii. [84], [85].
- Campbell, Major, his duel with Capt. Boyd, and execution, ii. [293].
- Candlemas Eve, superstitious customs, i. [258].
- Cant phrases. (See [Popular follies].)
- Cards. (See [Fortune-telling].)
- Caricatures, referring to the Mississippi Scheme (four engravings), i. [25], [29], [37], [40], [44].
- Caricatures of the South-Sea Bubble (seven engravings), i. [60], [61], [68], [70], [76], [82], [84].
- Casaubon, his account of Dr. Dee’s intercourse with spirits, i. [155].
- “Chambre Ardente,” instituted by Louis XIV. for the trial of poisoners, ii. [214], [283].
- Change Alley during the South-Sea Bubble (engraving), i. [60].
- Charlemagne, his edicts against witches, ii. [109].
- Charles I. prevents a duel, ii. [287].
- Charles II., his disgraceful conduct in reference to a duel, ii. [288].
- Charles VI. of France, his studies in Alchymy, i. [117];
- his work on that subject, [136].
- Charles IX. of France, his patronage of Nostradamus, i. [246];
- Chaworth, Mr., killed by Lord Byron in a duel, ii. [292].
- Chemistry, its connexion with Alchymy; valuable discoveries of the Alchymists, i. [207], [221].
- Children in the Crusades; their personal bravery, ii. [45];
- are sold to slavery, [81].
- Children executed for witchcraft, ii. [163], [179], [181].
- Christina, Queen of Sweden, her patronage of Alchymy, i. [183], [185].
- Clermont, Urban II. preaches the Crusade there; cathedral of (engraving), ii. [9].
- Cock-Lane Ghost, history of the deception; views of the “haunted house,” ii. [228], [230].
- Cœur, Jaques, memoir of, i. [132];
- his house at Bourges (engraving), [132].
- Cohreddin, Sultan, his generosity to the Christians, ii. [84], [85].
- Coke, Chief Justice, portrait of, ii. [199];
- the poisoners of Sir Thomas Overbury tried by him, [198].
- Collins, Joseph, contriver of mysterious noises at Woodstock Palace, ii. [224].
- Comets regarded as omens, i. [223], [225];
- actually dangerous, [228].
- Conrad, Emperor of Germany, joins the Crusades, ii. [56];
- Constance, view of the town gate, ii. [116];
- Constantinople during the Crusades, ii. [17],
[23]-[26], [56], [77]-[80];
- view of, [78].
- Contumacy (refusing to plead to a criminal charge); its severe punishment, ii. [199].
- Cornhill at the time of the South-Sea Bubble (engraving), i. [51].
- Cosmopolite, the, an anonymous alchymist, memoir of, i. [163].
- Cowley’s poetical description of the tulip, i. [86];
- his lines on relics of great men, ii. [308].
- Craggs, Mr. Secretary, portrait of, i. [64];
- Craggs, Mr., father of the above, his participation in the fraud; his death, i. [80].
- Criminals, anxiety to possess relics of their crimes, ii. [306].
- (See [Thieves].)
- Cromwell, Sir Samuel, his persecution of “The Witches of Warbois,” ii. [126].
- Cross, trial or ordeal of the, ii. [264].
- Cross, the true. (See [Relics].)
- Crusades, The, ii. [1]-[100];
- differently represented in history and in romance; pilgrimages before the Crusades, ii. [2];
- encouraged by Haron al Reschid; pilgrims taxed by the Fatemite caliphs; increase of pilgrimages in anticipation of the millenium, [3];
- oppressions of the Turks; consequent indignation of the pilgrims, [4];
- Peter the Hermit espouses their cause; state of the public mind in Europe, [5];
- motives leading to the Crusades, [6];
- Peter the Hermit stimulates the Pope; his personal appearance, [7];
- council at Placentia, [8];
- the Pope preaches the Crusade at Clermont, [9];
- enthusiasm of the people, [10];
- increased by signs and portents, [11];
- zeal of the women, [12];
- crowds of Crusaders, [13];
- “The truce of God” proclaimed; dissipation of the Crusaders, [14];
- popular leaders; Walter the Penniless, and Gottschalk, [15];
- conflicts with the Hungarians, [15], [16];
- Peter the Hermit defeated; arrives at Constantinople, [17];
- the Emperor Alexius; dissensions and reverses of the first Crusaders, [18];
- Peter the Hermit assisted by Alexius, [19];
- fresh hordes from Germany and France; their cruelty to the Jews, [20];
- defeated in Hungary; fresh leaders; Godfrey of Bouillon, Hugh count of Vermandois, Robert duke of Normandy, Robert count of Flanders and Bohemund, [21];
- the immense number of their forces; Hugh of Vermandois imprisoned, [23];
- his release obtained by Godfrey of Bouillon, [24];
- insolence of Count Robert of Paris; weakness of Alexius, [25];
- the siege of Nice, [26];
- barbarity of the Crusaders and Musselmen; anecdote of Godfrey of Bouillon, [27];
- Nice surrenders to Alexius; battle of Dorylœum, [28];
- improvidence and sufferings of the Crusaders, [29], [30];
- the siege of Antioch, [29], [31];
- Crusaders reduced to famine, [30];
- Antioch taken by treachery in the garrison (engraving), [32];
- the city invested by the Turks, [34];
- increasing famine and desertion, [35];
- Peter Barthelemy, his pretended vision, and discovery of the “Holy Lance” (engraving), [35]-[37], [40];
- revival of enthusiasm, [38];
- battle of Antioch, and defeat of the Turks, [38];
- dissensions, [40];
- fate of Peter Barthelemy, [41];
- Marah taken by storm, [42];
- shrine of the nativity at Bethlehem, (engraving), [43];
- first sight of Jerusalem (engraving), [44];
- the city besieged and taken, [45];
- Peter the Hermit’s fame revives, [46];
- Jerusalem under its Christian kings, [48];
- Godfrey of Bouillon succeeded by Baldwin; continual conflicts with the Saracens; Edessa taken by them, [50].
- Second Crusade:—Society in Europe at its commencement,
[52];
- St. Bernard’s preaching; Louis VII. joins the Crusaders, [53]-[55];
- receives the cross at Vezelai (engraving), [54];
- is joined by Conrad emperor of Germany and a large army, [56];
- their reception by Manuel Comnenus, [57];
- losses of the German army, [58];
- progress to Nice, and thence to Jerusalem, [60];
- jealousies of the leaders; siege of Damascus, [61];
- further dissensions; the siege abandoned, [62].
- Third Crusade:—Progress of chivalry, [62];
- successes of Saladin, [63];
- Barbarossa defeats the Saracens, [64];
- Crusade joined by Henry II. and Philip Augustus, [64];
- they meet at Gisors (engraving), [65];
- the Crusade unpopular, [66];
- delayed by war between France and England, death of Henry II.; Richard and Philip proceed to Palestine, [67];
- Richard attacks the Sicilians, [68];
- arrives at Acre, [69];
- siege and surrender of the city, [71];
- dissensions, Philip returns to France, Saladin defeated at Azotus, [72];
- Crusaders reach Bethlehem (engraving), retreat agreed on, [73];
- Jaffa attacked by Saladin and rescued by Richard, peace concluded, Richard’s imprisonment and ransom, [74].
- Fourth Crusade, undertaken by the Germans; its failure, [75].
- Fifth Crusade:—Foulque, Bishop of Neuilly, enlists the chivalry of France; assisted by the Venetians; siege of Zara, [76];
- Sixth Crusade, prompted by the Pope, [81];
- Seventh Crusade:—Undertaken by Frederick II. of Germany, [84];
- Eighth Crusade, commenced in France, [87]:
- Ninth Crusade, began by Louis IX., [90];
- Tenth Crusade, by Louis IX. and Prince Edward of
England, [95];
- Louis dies at Carthage, [96];
- Edward arrives at Acre, [97];
- defeats the Turks at Nazereth; is treacherously wounded; the legend of Queen Eleanor, [98];
- her tomb at Westminster (engraving); a truce concluded; Edward returns to England; subsequent fate of the Holy Land, [99];
- civilising influence of the Crusades, [100].
- Currency in France, the Mississippi scheme, i. [4].
- D’Aguesseau, Chancellor of France, his opposition to the Mississippi
scheme, i. [11];
- portrait of; his financial measures, [33].
- Damascus, besieged by the Crusaders (engraving), ii. [61].
- Damietta besieged by the Crusaders, ii. [83], [93].
- Dances of witches and toads, ii. [108], [109].
- D’Ancre, the Maréchale, executed for witchcraft, ii. [166].
- Dandolo, Doge of Venice, his encouragement of the Crusaders, ii. [76].
- D’Apone, Pietro, his studies in alchymy; his command of money;
charged with heresy, is tortured, and dies in prison, i. [104];
- portrait of, ii. [140].
- D’Argenson, French minister of finance, a supporter of the
Mississippi scheme, i. [11], [42];
- portrait of, [42].
- Dead, the. (See [Raising the Dead].)
- De Bouteville, a famous duellist, temp. Louis XIII., ii. [280];
- beheaded by the justice of Richelieu, [281].
- Dee, Dr., memoir and portrait of, i. [152];
- his “shew-stone” in the British Museum (engraving), [154].
- De Jarnac and La Chataigneraie, their famous duel, ii. [273].
- Deleuze, M., his absurd theories on animal magnetism, i. [291].
- Delisle, Alain, an alchymist, i. [102].
- Delisle, Jean, the alchymist, memoir of, i. [189];
- Delrio, his persecution of witches, ii. [159].
- De Meung, Jean, author of the Roman de la Rose, his study of alchymy, his libel on the fair sex, i. [112].
- Demons, popular belief in, ii. [105];
- their powers and propensities, [106], [107];
- their meetings or “Sabbaths,” [107].
- (See [Witchcraft] and the [Alchymists].)
- De Nogent, his description of Peter the Hermit, ii. [7];
- De Rays, Maréchale, the alchymist, memoir of, i. [125].
- De Rohan, Cardinal, his patronage of Cagliostro, i. [213]-[215];
- D’Eslon, a pupil of Mesmer, i. [276], [280].
- Desmarets, Minister of France, his belief in alchymy, i. [192].
- Devil, the, old popular notions of, ii. [103];
- De Villeneuve, Arnold, his skill as a physician, astrologer and alchymist (with portrait), i. [103].
- D’Horn, Count, murders a broker, and steals his Mississippi bonds (engraving), i. [21];
- Diamond, famous, purchased by the Regent Orleans, i. [27].
- Diamond Necklace of Marie Antoinette, history of the theft, i. [206]-[220].
- Diamonds worn by the Count St. Germain, i. [203];
- his power of removing flaws in, [204].
- Digby, Sir Kenelm, a believer in the virtues of “weapon-salve,” i. [265].
- Diseases cured by imagination, i. [262], [272];
- pretended influence of magnetism, [262].
- (See the [Magnetisers].)
- Divination, its popularity; by cards, the tea-cup, the palm of the hand, the rod, and other modes, i. [251].
- “Domdaniel,” or Witches’ Sabbath. (See [Witchcraft].)
- Dorylæum, battle of, ii. [28].
- Dowston, John, an English alchymist, i. [136].
- Dramas on the adventures of thieves; their popularity and evil influence, ii. [253], [257]-[260].
- Dreams, interpretation of, i. [253].
- Dreams on particular nights, i. [258].
- Dream-books, their extensive sale, i. [254].
- Du Pompadour, Madame, and the Count de St. Germain, i. [201].
- Dupotet, M., his account of Mesmer’s experiments, i. [279], [285].
- Drummer of Tedworth. (See [Haunted Houses].)
- Du Barri, Vicomte, killed in a duel at Bath, ii. [293].
- Duels and Ordeals, ii. [261]-[301];
- the ordeal by combat, or trial by battle, its natural origin; authorised by law, [262];
- discouraged by the clergy, [263];
- the oath upon the Evangelists, [264];
- judgment by the cross, [264];
- fire-ordeal, [265];
- ordeals used by modern Hindoos, [265];
- water ordeal, [265];
- the corsned, or bread and cheese ordeal, [266];
- ordeals superseded by judicial combats, [267];
- duels of Ingelgerius and Gontran (engraving), [269];
- De Montfort and the Earl of Essex, [270];
- Du Guesclin and Troussel (engraving), [261], [271];
- Carrouges and Legris, [272];
- La Chataigneraie and De Jarnac, [273];
- L’Isle-Marivaut and Marolles, [276];
- the Dukes de Beaufort and de Nemours, [282];
- Count de Bussy and Bruc, [282];
- frivolous causes of duels, [270], [271], [276], [282], [292], [296];
- their prevalence in France, [276], [277], [279], [280], [282];
- the custom opposed by Sully and Henry IV.; council at Fontainebleau (engraving), and royal edict, [277]-[279];
- efforts of Richelieu to suppress duelling, [280];
- De Bouteville, a famous duellist, beheaded by the justice of Richelieu; opinion of Addison on duelling, [281];
- duels in Germany, [282];
- severe edict by Louis XIV., [283];
- singular laws of Malta, [284];
- judicial combat in the reign of Queen Elizabeth; Lord Bacon opposes duelling, [285];
- Lord Sanquir’s duel with Turner; his execution for murder; combat between Lord Reay and David Ramsay prevented by Charles I., [287];
- Orders of the Commonwealth and Charles II. against the practice; Duke of Buckingham’s duel with Earl Shrewsbury; disgraceful conduct of Charles II., [288];
- practice of seconds in duels fighting as well as principals, [280], [288];
- arguments of Addison, Steele, and Swift, [288];
- duels in England; Sir C. Deering and Mr. Thornhill; Duke of Marlborough and Earl Pawlet; Duke of Hamilton and Lord Mohun; trial of General Macartney, [289]-[292];
- Wilson killed by John Law, i. [3];
- Mr. Chaworth killed by Lord Byron, ii. [292];
- Vicomte Du Barri by Count Rice, the Duke of York and Colonel Lennox, [293];
- Irish duels, [294];
- Major Campbell executed for the death of Captain Boyd, [296];
- Macnamara and Montgomery; duels of German students, [297];
- Best and Lord Camelford, [297];
- Frederick the Great and Joseph II. of Austria opposed to duelling, [298];
- other European edicts; laws of America, [299];
- general reflections, [300].
- Du Guesclin and Troussel, their duel (engraving,) ii. [261], [271].
- Du Fresnoy’s history of the Hermetic Philosophy, i. [95], [96].
- Duncan, Gellie, and her accomplices tried for witchcraft; their absurd confessions, ii. [129]-[135].
- Duval, Claude, popular admiration of; Butler’s ode to his memory, ii. [255].
- Earthquakes prophesied in London, i. [224], [230].
- Edessa taken by the Crusaders, ii. [30];
- retaken by the Saracens, [50].
- Edward I., his great seal (engraving), ii. [97].
- Edward II. joins the last Crusade, ii. [95];
- Edward IV., his encouragement of alchymy, i. [135].
- Edward VI., his patronage of Dr. Dee, i. [152].
- Egypt, the Crusaders in, ii. [83], [84], [90], [92], [93].
- Elias claimed as a Rosicrucian, i. [175].
- Elixir Vitæ. (See [Alchymists].)
- Eleanor, Queen of Edward II., her tomb at Westminster (engraving), ii. [99].
- Elizabeth, Queen, her patronage of Dr. Dee, i. [153], [162].
- Elwes, Sir Jervis, his participation in the poisoning of Sir Thomas Overbury, his execution, ii. [194], [197], [199].
- End of the world prophesied in the year 999, i. [222];
- by Whiston in 1736, [223].
- Epigrams on John Law and the Mississippi Scheme, i. [24], [37].
- Essex, Countess of, afterwards Countess of Somerset. (See [Somerset].)
- Executions for witchcraft. (See [Witchcraft].)
- Ezekiel claimed as a Rosicrucian, i. [175].
- Falling stars regarded as omens, i. [223];
- falling stars and other meteors before the Crusades, ii. [11].
- Faria, the Abbé, the magnetiser, i. [294].
- Fashion of short and long hair, beards, and moustaches, i. [296]-[303].
- Female Crusaders. (See [Women].)
- Feudalism at the commencement of the Crusades, ii. [5].
- Fian, Dr., tortured for witchcraft, ii. [131].
- Finance in France; the Mississippi scheme, i. [2], [6].
- Fire-ordeal. (See [Duels and Ordeals].)
- Flamel, Nicholas, the alchymist, memoir of i. [113].
- Florimond on the prevalence of witchcraft, ii. [115].
- Flowers, fruits, and trees, their significance in dreams, i. [254].
- Fludd, Robert, the father of the English Rosicrucians, memoir of, i.
[173];
- introduces “weapon-salve” in England, [265].
- Follies of great cities; cant, or slang phrases, ii. [239]-[248].
- Fontainebleau, council held by Henry IV. and edict against duelling (engraving), ii. [278].
- Food, its necessity denied by the Rosicrucians, i. [176].
- Forman, Dr., his participation in the poisoning of Sir Thomas Overbury, ii. [194].
- Fortune-Telling, i. [242]-[258];
- presumption of man; his anxiety to penetrate futurity, [242].
- Judicial astrologers: Lilly, [243].
- Astrology in France, Louis XI., Catherine de Medicis, Nostradamus (portrait), [246];
- the Medici family, [247];
- Antiochus Tibertus, [247];
- horoscope of Louis XIV. [249];
- Kepler’s excuse for astrology, [249].
- Necromancy, Geomancy, Augury, Divination, [250];
- various kinds of divination; cards, the palm, the rod, &c., [251];
- interpretation of dreams, [253].
- Foulque, Bishop of Neuilly, promoter of the fifth Crusade, ii. [76].
- France, its finances in the eighteenth century; the Mississippi
scheme, i. [5], [6];
- the Crusade preached there, ii. [8];
- the cathedral of Clermont (engraving), ii. [9];
- executions for witchcraft, ii. [119], [122], [174];
- existing belief in witchcraft there, ii. [189];
- the slow poisoners in, ii. [208];
- immense rage for duelling in France, [276], [277], [279], [280];
- alchymy in France. (See the [Alchymists], [Paris], [Tours], &c.)
- Franklin, an apothecary, his participation in the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury, ii. [195], [198], [199].
- Frederick the Great, his opposition to duelling, ii. [298].
- Frederick II., Emperor of Germany, undertakes the Crusade, ii. [84];
- Frederick III. of Denmark, his patronage of alchymy, i. [183].
- Gambling speculations. (See [Mississippi Scheme] and [South-Sea Bubble].)
- Garinet, Jules, his Histoire de la Magie en France, ii. [105], [109], [122], [189], [221].
- Gateway of Merchant-Tailors’ Hall, with South-Sea speculators (engraving), i. [62].
- Gay, the poet, his shares in the South-Sea Company, i. [65].
- Geber, the alchymist, memoir of, i. [96];
- his scientific discoveries; English translation of his work, [97].
- Geomancy described, i. [250].
- Geoffrey, M., his exposure of the tricks of alchymists, i. [188].
- George I., his speeches and proclamation on the South-Sea Bubble, i.
[47]-[55], [69];
- his grief on the death of the Earl of Stanhope, i. [75].
- George III. refuses to pardon Major Campbell for the death of Capt. Boyd in a duel, ii. [294].
- Germany, executions for witchcraft, ii. [118];
- Gesner, Conrad, the first tulip cultivator, portrait of, i. [85].
- Ghosts. (See [Haunted Houses].)
- Gibbon, Edward, grandfather of the historian, his participation in the South-Sea fraud, i. [73], [77];
- Gisors, meeting there of Henry II. and Philip Augustus (engraving), ii. [65].
- Glanvill, Rev. J., his work on witchcraft, ii. [148], [224].
- Glauber, an alchymist, i. [187].
- Glen, Lincolnshire, belief in witches there, ii. [185].
- Gnomes. (See the [Rosicrucians].)
- Godfrey of Bouillon, his achievements in Palestine (engraving), ii. [21]-[24], [26], [27], [29], [31], [33], [35], [38], [39], [42], [46], [48].
- Gold, sought by the Alchymists. (See [Alchymists].)
- Gottschalk, a leader of the Crusaders, ii. [15], [20].
- Gowdie, Isabel, her confession of witchcraft, ii. [136].
- Grafton’s Chronicle, account of Peter of Pontefract, i. [235].
- Greatraks, Valentine, his wonderful cures, i. [269]-[272].
- Great Seal of Edward I. (engraving), ii. [97].
- Gregorian chant, its merit tested by the ordeal of fire, ii. [266].
- Guise, the Duke of, his attempt to poison Gennaro Annese, ii. [202].
- Guizot, M., his remarks on the Crusades, ii. [51].
- Gustavus Adolphus an alchymist, i. [187].
- Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem, besieges Acre, ii. [69].
- Hair, its length influenced by religious and political prejudices; legislative enactments, i. [296];
- Hale, Sir Matthew, portrait of, ii. [148];
- his belief in witchcraft, [157].
- Hamilton, Duke of, his duel with Lord Mohun, ii. [290].
- Harcouet, his receipt for the Elixir Vitæ, i. [103].
- Harley, Earl of Oxford, the originator of the South-Sea Company, portrait of, i. [46].
- Haroun al Reschid, the Caliph, his encouragement of Christian pilgrims, ii. [3].
- Hastings, recent belief in witchcraft there, ii. [187].
- Hatton, Lady, her reputation for witchcraft; her house in Hatton Garden, (engraving), ii. [186].
- “Haunted Houses,” popular belief
in, ii. [217]-[238];
- a house at Aix la Chapelle, cause of the noises discovered, ii. [218];
- alarm caused by a rat, [219];
- the monks of St. Bruno, their trick to obtain the haunted palace of Vauvert, [220];
- houses at Tours and Bordeaux, [221];
- the story of Woodstock Palace, [222];
- Mr. Mompesson’s house at Tedworth, [224];
- the “Cock Lane Ghost,” history of the deception; believed in by the learned (engravings), [228];
- the Stockwell ghost, [234];
- Baldarroch farm-house, [235];
- effect of education and civilisation, [238].
- Hawkins, Mr., engravings from his Collection of Caricatures, i. [29], [44].
- Haygarth, Dr., his exposure of Perkins’s “Metallic Tractors,” i. [289].
- Hell, Father, his magnetic cures; his connexion with Mesmer, i. [283].
- Henry I., his hair cut short by Serlo, his chaplain (engraving), i. [262], [264].
- Henry II. joins the third crusade (engraving), ii. [64].
- Henry VI. issues patents to encourage alchymy, i. [118], [135].
- Henry VIII., his invitation to Cornelius Agrippa, i. [140].
- Henry, Prince, son of James I. suspected to have been poisoned, ii. [200].
- Henry II. of France, his patronage of Nostradamus, i. [246];
- Henry IV. of France, portrait of, ii. [277];
- Hermes Trismegistus, the founder of alchymy, i. [95].
- Hermetic Philosophy. (See the [Alchymists].)
- Heydon, John, an English Rosicrucian, i. [175].
- Heywood, his life and prophecies of Merlin, i. [233].
- Highwaymen. (See [Thieves].)
- Hogarth’s caricature of the South-Sea Bubble (engraving), i. [82].
- Holland, the tulip mania. (See [Tulip Mania].)
- Holloway’s lectures on animal magnetism, i. [287].
- Holt, Chief Justice, his opposition to the belief in witchcraft, ii. [152].
- “Holy Lance,” the, its pretended discovery (engraving), ii. [37].
- Hopkins, Matthew, the “witch-finder general,” his cruelty and retributive fate, (engraving), ii. [143]-[146].
- Horoscope of Louis XIV., i. [249].
- Hugh count of Vermandois imprisoned at Constantinople, ii. [21], [23];
- Human remains ingredients in charms and nostrums, i. [272].
- Hungary plundered by the Crusaders, ii. [15], [16], [20], [21].
- Hutchinson, Dr., his work on witchcraft, ii. [123].
- Imps in the service of witches. (See [Demons] and [Witchcraft].)
- Ingelgerius count of Anjou, his duel with Gontran (engraving), ii. [269].
- Innocent III. and IV., promoters of the Crusades, ii. [75], [80], [81].
- Innocent VIII., his bull against witchcraft, ii. [117].
- Innspruck, view of (engraving), i. [181].
- Invisibility pretended by the Rosicrucians, i. [169], [178].
- Isaac Comnenus attacked by Richard I., ii. [69].
- Isaac of Holland, an alchymist, i. [136].
- Isnik, the Crusaders defeated at (with view of Isnik), ii. [19].
- Italy, slow poisoning in (see [Poisoning]);
- the banditti of, ii. [256].
- Jaques Cœur the alchymist, memoir of, i. [132].
- Jaffa besieged by Saladin, and saved by Richard I., ii. [74];
- James I., his belief in the virtue of “weapon salve,” i. [266];
- portrait of, ii. [134];
- charges Gellie Duncan and others with witchcraft, [129];
- their trial, confessions and execution, [129]-[135];
- his work on “Demonology,” [139];
- his supposed secret vices; his favoritism to the Earl of Somerset, the poisoner of Sir Thomas Overbury; himself thought to have died by poison, [193]-[202];
- his severity against duelling, [287].
- Jean De Meung. (See [De Meung].)
- Jerusalem (and see [Crusades]), engravings, ii. [44], [47], [49];
- Jewell, Bishop, his exclamations against witchcraft, ii. [124].
- Jews plundered and murdered by the Crusaders, ii. [20].
- Joan of Arc, her execution (engraving), ii. [114].
- John XXII. (Pope), his study of Alchymy, i. [111].
- Johnson, Dr., on the “Beggar’s Opera,” ii. [258].
- Joseph II. of Austria, his opposition to duelling, ii. [298].
- Judicial astrology. (See [Astrology].)
- Judicial combats. (See [Duels].)
- Karloman, King of Hungary, his contest with the Crusaders, ii. [20].
- Kelly, Edward, the Alchymist, memoir of, i. [152].
- Kendal, Duchess of, her participation in the South-Sea fraud, i. [76], [77].
- Kent, Mr., accused of murder by the “Cock Lane Ghost,” ii. [229].
- Kepler, his excuse for astrology, i. [250].
- Kerbogha, leader of the Turks defeated at Antioch, ii. [34], [38], [39].
- Kerr, Robert, afterwards Earl of Somerset. (See [Somerset].)
- Kircher abandons his belief in alchymy, i. [185],
[183];
- his belief in magnetism as a remedy for disease, [264].
- Knight, ——, Treasurer of the South-Sea Company, his apprehension and escape, i. [76].
- Knox, John, portrait of; accused of witchcraft, ii. [128].
- Koffstky, a Polish alchymist, i. [136].
- Labourt, France, 200 witches executed, ii. [166].
- La Chataigneraie and De Jarnac, their famous duel, ii. [273].
- La Chaussée, the accomplice of Madame de Brinvilliers, his execution, ii. [212].
- Lady-day, superstitions on, i. [258].
- Lamb, Dr., the poisoner, attacked and killed in the streets (engraving), ii. [202].
- “Lancashire witches” executed, ii. [141].
- Laski, Count Albert, his reception by Queen Elizabeth, his studies
in alchymy, i. [155];
- is victimised by Dee and Kelly, [157].
- Lavigoreux and Lavoisin, the French poisoners executed, ii. [215].
- Law, J., projector of the Mississippi scheme, his romantic history,
i. [1];
- his house in the Rue de Quincampoix, Paris (engraving), i. [13].
- Law, Wm., his participation in the Mississippi scheme, i. [9], [42].
- Le Blanc, the Abbé, on the popularity of Great Thieves, ii. [251].
- Lennox, Col., his duel with the Duke of York, ii. [293].
- Liège, Madame de Brinvilliers arrested there, ii. [213].
- Lille, singular charges of witchcraft at, ii. [169].
- Lilly, the astrologer, account of, i. [243].
- Lipsius, his passion for tulips, i. [86].
- London, the plague of 1665, i. [228];
- inundation prophesied in 1524, i. [228];
- the Great Fire, [230].
- (See also [Cagliostro], [Change Alley], [Cornhill], [Merchant Taylors’ Hall], [Tower], [Westminster].)
- Longbeard, William, cause of his name, i. [300].
- Longsword, William (engraving), joins the ninth Crusade, ii. [91].
- Loudun, the curate of, executed for witchcraft, ii. [168].
- Louis VII. cuts short his hair, and loses his queen, i. [299];
- Louis IX. undertakes the ninth Crusade, ii. [90];
- Louis XI., his encouragement of astrologers, i. [246].
- Louis XIII., prevalence of duelling in his reign, ii. [280].
- Louis XIV., his bigotry and extravagance, i. [5], [6];
- Louis XV., his patronage of the Court St. Germain, i. [201], [204].
- “Loup-garou” executed in France, ii. [120].
- Loutherbourg, the painter, his alleged cures by animal magnetism, i. [288].
- Lulli, Raymond, a famous alchymist, his romantic history, with portrait,
i. [105];
- his treatment by Edward II., [135].
- Lyons, view of, ii. [160].
- Macartney, General, second to Lord Mohun, his trial for murder, ii. [292].
- Mackenzie, Sir George, portrait of, ii. [138];
- his enlightened views on witchcraft, [137].
- Macnamara and Montgomery, frivolous cause of their fatal duel, ii. [297].
- Magnetisers, the, i. [262]-[295];
- effect of imagination in the cure of diseases, i. [262], [272].
- Mineral Magnetism: Paracelsus its first professor, [263];
- diseases transplanted to the earth; Kircher; “weapon-salve,” [264];
- controversy on its merits, [265];
- Sir Kenelm Digby’s “powder of sympathy,” [266];
- other delusions, [268].
- Animal Magnetism: wonderful cures by Valentine Greatraks, i. [269]-[272];
- Francisco Bagnoni, Van Helmont, Gracian, Baptista Porta, &c., [272];
- Wirdig, Maxwell, [273];
- the convulsionaires of St. Medard, i. [273];
- Father Hell, [274];
- Anthony Mesmer, his history and theory, [275];
- Mesmer, [276]-[283];
- D’Eslon adopts his views, [278], [280], [281];
- encouragement to depravity afforded by his experiments, [282], [293];
- exposures by MM. Dupotet and Bailly, [279], [281];
- Marquis de Puysegur, [283];
- Chevalier de Barbarin, [286];
- Mainauduc, Holloway, Loutherbourg, [287], [288];
- Perkins’s “Metallic Tractors” exposed by Dr. Haygarth, [289];
- absurd theories of Deleuze, [291];
- the Abbé Faria, fallacies of the theory of, [294].
- Mainauduc, Dr., his experiments in animal magnetism, i. [287].
- Malta, its singular laws on duelling, ii. [284].
- Mansfield, Lord, trial of the “Cock-lane Ghost” conspirators before him, ii. [234].
- Manuel Comnenus, his treatment of the Crusaders, ii. [56], [58], [59].
- Marie Antoinette, history of the diamond necklace, i. [216]-[220].
- Marlborough, Duke of, his duel with Earl Pawlet, ii. [289].
- Massaniello, relics of his fate treasured by the populace, ii. [305].
- Massoura, battle of, the Saracens defeated, ii. [94].
- Mayer, Michael, his report on the Rosicrucian doctrines, i. [168].
- Maxwell, William, the magnetiser, i. [273].
- Medicis, Catherine di, her encouragement of astrologers, i. [246].
- Medici family, predictions respecting them, i. [247].
- Merchant Taylors’ Hall, view of gateway, i. [62].
- Merlin, his pretended prophecies, i. [232];
- Mesmer, Anthony, the founder of animal magnetism, his history and theory, i. [275];
- Metals, transmutation of. (See [Alchymists].)
- Meteoric phenomena, their effect in inciting to the Crusades, ii. [3], [11].
- Meteors regarded as omens, i. [223].
- Milan, plague of 1630 prophesied, i. [225];
- Millenium, the, universally expected at the end of the tenth century, ii. [3].
- Mississippi Scheme, the, its
history, i. [1]-[44];
- financial difficulties in France, expedients of the Regent Orleans, i. [6];
- official peculation and corruption, [7];
- John Law’s propositions; his French cognomen, “Lass;” his bank established, [9];
- his notes at a premium; branch banks established; Mississippi trading company established; bank made a public institution; extensive issue of notes, [10];
- opposition of the Parliament, [11];
- the Regent uses coercion; Mississippi shares rise, [12];
- the Company of the Indies formed; magnificent promises; immense excitement and applications for shares; Law’s house in the Rue de Quincampoix (engraving), [13];
- hunchback used as a writing-desk (engraving), [15];
- enormous gains of individuals, [14], [16], [19], [20], [26];
- Law’s removal to the Place Vendôme, [14];
- continued excitement, [15];
- removal to the Hotel de Soissons (engraving), [15];
- noble and fashionable speculators, [17];
- ingenious schemes to obtain shares (engraving), [18];
- avarice and ambition of the speculators; robberies and murders, [20];
- a broker murdered by Count d’Horn, and robbed of shares (engraving), [21];
- temporary stimulus to trade, and illusive prosperity; Law purchases estates, and turns Catholic, [24];
- his charity and modesty, [25];
- caricatures of him, as Atlas, [25];
- “Lucifer’s new row barge,” [29];
- in a car drawn by cocks, [40];
- increase of luxury in Paris, [26];
- the Regent purchases the great diamond, [27];
- symptoms of distrust; coin further depreciated, [28];
- use of specie forbidden, at Law’s suggestion, [29];
- popular hatred excited, [30];
- fall of shares, [31];
- conscription for the Mississippi gold mines (engraving), [31];
- further issue of notes, and increased distrust and distress, [32];
- payment stopped, and Law dismissed from the ministry, [33];
- his danger from the populace, [33], [35], [38];
- D’Aguesseau’s measures to restore credit (portrait), [34];
- run on the Bank, [34];
- fatal accidents in the crowd, [34];
- the Mississippi and India companies deprived of their privileges, [39];
- Law leaves France, [40];
- D’Argenson’s dismissal and unpopularity, [42];
- Law’s subsequent history and death, [43];
- caricatures of the scheme in its success and failure, [25], [29], [37], [40], [44].
- Modern prophecies, i. [222]-[241].
- Mohra, in Sweden, absurd charges of witchcraft, and numerous executions, ii. [177].
- Mohun, Lord, his duel with the Duke of Hamilton, ii. [290].
- Mompesson, Mr., his “haunted house” at Tedworth, ii. [224].
- Money Mania. (See the [Mississippi Scheme] and [South-Sea Bubble].)
- Montesquieu “Esprit des Loix,” ii. [262]-[267].
- Montgomery and Macnamara, frivolous cause of their fatal duel, ii. [297].
- More, Hannah, on animal magnetism, i. [287].
- Mormius, the alchymist, memoir of, i. [178].
- Mortlake, Dr. Dee’s house at, i. [153], [162].
- Moses cited by alchymists as an adept, i. [95];
- claimed as a Rosicrucian, [175].
- Moustaches, fashion of wearing, i. [302].
- Mummies, an ingredient in charms and nostrums, i. [271].
- Munting’s history of the tulip mania, i. [87].
- Nadel, Mausch, a German robber, ii. [257].
- Naiades. (See the [Rosicrucians].)
- Nantwich, Nixon’s prophecy of its fate, i. [240].
- Naples, arrest and execution of La Tophania, the slow poisoner, ii. [207].
- Napoleon’s willow at St. Helena and other relics, ii. [307].
- Naudé, Gabriel, his exposure of the Rosicrucians, i. [173].
- Necromancy, its connexion with alchymy, i. [129];
- danger of its practice, [250].
- New England, women, a child, and a dog, executed as witches, ii. [180].
- Nice besieged by the Crusaders, ii. [26].
- Nixon, Robert, the Cheshire prophet, i. [238].
- Noah, the patriarch, a successful alchymist, i. [95].
- Noises. (See [Haunted Houses].)
- Normandy, witches in, ii. [172].
- Nostradamus, the astrologer; his prophecies (portrait), i. [246].
- Oath on the Evangelists and holy relics, a test of innocence, ii. [264].
- Odomare, a French alchymist, i. [136].
- Official peculation in France under the Regent Orleans, i. [7].
- Omens: winding-sheets, howling dogs, death-watch, “coffins,”
shivering, walking under ladders, upsetting salt, thirteen at table,
piebald horses, sneezing, dogs, cats, bees, itching; Oriental belief
in omens, i. [255].
- (See [Comets], [Falling Stars], and [Meteors].)
- Oneiro-criticism; interpreting dreams. (See [Dreams].)
- Ordeals. (See [Duels and Ordeals].)
- Orleans, Duke of. (Regent of France) portrait of; his patronage of the Mississippi Scheme, i. [5];
- Orleans, Duchess of, her remarks on the Mississippi scheme, i. [5], [19], [24], [35], [36].
- Ortholani, a French alchymist, i [136].
- Overbury, Sir Thomas, portrait of, ii. [195];
- Palestine. (See the [Crusades].)
- Palmistry. (See [Fortune-Telling].)
- Paper currency, introduced in France by John Law, i. [4].
- Paracelsus, memoir and portrait of, i. [142];
- Paris, the Palais Royal (engraving), i. [12];
- John Law’s house, Rue de Quincampoix (engraving), [13];
- Hotel de Soissons (engraving), [16];
- incidents of the Mississippi scheme (four engravings), i. [15], [18], [21], [31];
- the Place de Grêve (engraving), ii. [192];
- the Bastile (engraving), ii. [209];
- house of Nicholas Flamel, in the rue de Marivaux, i. [118];
- the Rosicrucians in, i. [170]-[173];
- Mesmer’s house; his experiments, [278].
- Parsons and his family, concoctors of the “Cock Lane Ghost” deception, ii. [228].
- Paul’s Cross, Dr. Lamb, the poisoner, attacked and killed there (engraving), ii. [202].
- Persecution of alleged witches. (See [Witches].)
- Peter the Great taxes beards (portrait), i. [267].
- Peter the Hermit. (See the [Crusades].)
- Peter of Lombardy, an alchymist, i. [136].
- Peter of Pontefract, his false prophecies described by Grafton, i. [234].
- Petronella, the wife of Nicholas Flamel, i. [116].
- Philalethes, Eugenius, a Rosicrucian, i. [175].
- Philip I. excommunicated, ii. [8].
- Philip Augustus joins the third crusade (engraving), ii. [64], [66];
- Philip IV., portrait of, ii. [112];
- his persecution of the Templars, ii. [113].
- Philosopher’s stone, searchers for the. (See [Alchymists].)
- Pietro D’Apone. (See [D’Apone].)
- Pigray on witchcraft in France, ii. [122].
- Pilgrimages to Jerusalem before the Crusades, ii. [2].
- Pilgrim’s staff (engraving), ii. [56].
- Place de Grêve (engraving), ii. [192];
- Plague at Milan prophesied, i. [225].
- Plays on the adventures of thieves, their evil influence, ii. [253], [257].
- Poisoning, in Greece and Rome; its
spread in Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries;
declared high treason in England, ii. [192];
- Sir Thomas Overbury poisoned; full history of his case, with portraits of Overbury, the Earl and Countess of Somerset, Lord Coke, and Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, [193]-[201];
- suspicious death of Prince Henry, son of James I., [200];
- Buckingham said to have poisoned James I., [201];
- fate of Dr. Lamb, the poisoner (engraving), [202];
- slow poisoning in Italy, its general prevalence; employed by the Duke of Guise; much used by Roman ladies to poison husbands, [203];
- trial and execution of La Spara and others; other women punished, [204];
- atrocious crimes of La Tophania; the nature of her poison; protected in sanctuary by the clergy of Naples; seized by the viceroy, tried, and executed, [206]-[208].
- In France: Exili, Glaser, and Sainte Croix, the first criminals, [208];
- Madame de Brinvilliers and Sainte Croix; their crimes and punishment, [208]-[214];
- M. de Penautier charged with poisoning; popular mania for the crime, [214];
- Lavoisin and Lavigoreux executed, [215];
- charges against the Marshal de Luxembourg and the Countess of Soissons; recent revival of the crime in England, [216].
- Pope, his sketch of Sir John Blunt, Chairman of the South-Sea Company, i. [74].
- Popular Follies of Great Cities,
ii. [239]-[248].
- Cant or slang phrases:
- Songs:
- Portraits.—John Law, i. [1];
- the Regent Orleans, [5];
- D’Aguesseau, [34];
- D’Argenson, [42];
- Earl of Sunderland, [80];
- Harley Earl of Oxford, [46];
- Sir Robert Walpole, [49];
- Mr. Secretary Craggs, [64];
- Conrad Gesner, the first tulip cultivator, [85];
- Albertus Magnus, [100];
- Arnold de Villeneuve, [103];
- Raymond Lulli, [105];
- Cornelius Agrippa, [138];
- Panacelsus, [142];
- Dr. Dee, [152];
- Philip IV., ii. [112];
- Charles IX., [119];
- John Knox, [128];
- James I., [134];
- Sir George Mackenzie, [138];
- Pietro d’Apone, [140];
- Sir Matthew Hale, [148];
- Sir Thomas Brown, [151];
- Louis XIV., [177];
- Henry Andrews, the original of “Francis Moore,” i. [244];
- Nostradamus, [246];
- Peter the Great, [267];
- Sir Thomas Overbury, ii. [195];
- Villiers duke of Buckingham, [198];
- Lord Chief Justice Coke, [199];
- Earl and Countess of Somerset, [200], [201];
- Henry IV. of France, [277];
- Lord Bacon, [286].
- Political prejudices and enactments against long hair and beards, i. [296]-[303].
- Poetry and romance, their obligations to the Rosicrucians, i. [179].
- Powell, Chief Justice, his opposition to the belief in witchcraft, ii. [152].
- Prophecies: Plague of Milan, i. [225];
- plague of London, 1665, inundation of London, 1528, [228];
- great fire, 1666; earthquake, 1842, [230];
- Mother Shipton, with view of her cottage, [232], [241];
- Merlin, [232]-[238];
- Peter of Pontefract, [234];
- Robert Nixon the Cheshire prophet, [238];
- almanac-makers, [240] (see [Fortune-Telling]);
- end of the world, [222], [224];
- earthquakes, [224].
- (See [Modern Prophecies], the [Crusades], [Peter Barthelemy], &c.)
- Puysegur, the Marquis de, his discovery of clairvoyance; his magnetic elm, i. [283]-[286].
- Raising
the dead and absent, a power ascribed to Cornelius Agrippa, i. [142];
- and Cagliostro, [217].
- Raleigh, Sir Walter, an inveterate duellist, abandons the custom, ii. [297].
- Raymond of Toulouse, a leader of the first crusade, ii. [21], [26], [29], [31], [34], [45], [46];
- Raymond Lulli. (See [Lulli].)
- Reinaldo, a leader of the first crusade, ii. [18].
- Relics, brought by the early
pilgrims from Palestine, ii. [2];
- swearing on, a test of innocence, [264];
- fragments of the true cross; bones of saints; tears of the Saviour; tears and milk of the Virgin; Santa Scala at Rome; relics of Longbeard, Massaniello, La Brinvilliers, Dr. Dodd, Fauntleroy, Thurtell, Corder, Greenacre, Thom, Shakspere, Napoleon, Waterloo, [302]-[308].
- Religious prejudices and ordinances against long hair and beards, i. [296]-[303].
- Rhodes, Richard I. at (engraving), ii. [69].
- Rice, Count, tried for killing Du Barri in a duel, ii. [293].
- Richard I. sets out for Palestine, ii. [67];
- Richelieu an alchymist, i. [198];
- Ripley, George, the alchymist, memoir of, i. [118].
- Robert duke of Normandy, a leader of the Crusades, ii. [21], [31], [39], [46].
- Robert count of Flanders, a leader of the first Crusade, ii. [21], [30], [31].
- Robert of Paris (Count), his insolence to the Emperor Alexius, ii.
[25];
- killed at the battle of Dorylæum, [29].
- Robin Hood, popular admiration of, ii. [250].
- Robinson, Ann, the Stockwell “Ghost,” ii. [234].
- Rochester, Viscount, afterwards Earl of Somerset. (See [Somerset].)
- Roger Bacon. (See [Bacon].)
- Romance and poetry, their obligations to the Rosicrucians, i. [179].
- Rosenberg (Count), a patron of Dr. Dee, i. [159].
- Rosicrucians, the, their romantic doctrines; history of their progress, i. [167];
- Rouen, view in, ii. [171];
- the Parliament remonstrate with Louis XIV. on his leniency to suspected witches, [172].
- Rudolph (I. and II.), Emperors, their encouragement of alchymy, i. [158], [165].
- Rupecissa, John de, a French alchymist, i. [136].
- Russia, tax on beards imposed by Peter the Great, i. [301].
- “Sabbaths,” or meetings of witches and demons, ii. [107], [133].
- (See [Witchcraft].)
- Sainte Croix, the slow poisoner in France, his crimes and death, ii. [208], [211].
- Saints, relics of, ii. [304].
- Saladin, his military successes, ii. [63];
- “Saladin’s tithe,” a tax enforced by the Crusaders, ii. [65].
- Salamanders. (See the [Rosicrucians].)
- Santa Scala, or Holy Stairs, at Rome, ii. [304].
- Schinderhannes, the German robber, ii. [256].
- Scotland, witchcraft in. (See [Witchcraft].)
- Scott, Sir Walter, his anachronisms on the Crusades, ii. [74], [98].
- “Scratching Fanny,” or the Cock Lane Ghost; her remains in the vault of St. John’s Church, Clerkenwell, ii. [230].
- Seal of Edward I. (engraving), ii. [97].
- Seifeddoulet, the Sultan, his reception of Alfarabi, the alchymist, i. [98].
- Semlin attacked by the Crusaders, ii. [15].
- Sendivogius, a Polish alchymist, i. [164], [165].
- Senés, Bishop of, his report on Jean Delisle’s success in alchymy, i. [193].
- Serlo cuts off the hair of Henry I. (engraving), i. [296], [298].
- Seton, the Cosmopolite, an alchymist; memoir of, i. [163].
- Sevigné, Madame, her account of Madame de Brinvilliers, ii. [208], [213].
- Shakespere’s Mulberry-tree, ii. [307].
- Sharp, Giles, contriver of mysterious noises at Woodstock Palace, ii. [224].
- Shem, the son of Noah, an alchymist, i. [95].
- Sheppard, Jack, his popularity—lines on his portrait by Thornhill,
ii. [252];
- evil effect of a novel and melo-dramas representing his career, [253].
- Sherwood Forest, and Robin Hood (engraving), ii. [249], [250].
- Shipton, Mother, her prophecy of the fire of London, i. [230];
- Simeon, the Patriarch, a promoter of the Crusades, ii. [7].
- Slang phrases. (See [Popular Follies].)
- Slow Poisoners, the. (See [Poisoning].)
- Smollett, on history and the South-Sea Bubble, i. [67].
- Soliman the Sultan, his conflict with the Crusaders, ii. [18].
- Somerset, the Earl of (poisoner of Sir Thos. Overbury), portrait of, ii. [200];
- Somerset, the Countess of, her participation in the murder of Sir Thos. Overbury, with portrait, ii. [201].
- Songs:
- Songs, Beranger’s “Thirteen at Table,” i. [257].
- Songs of the Rosicrucians, i. [168], [204].
- Sorcery. (See [Witchcraft] and [Alchemy].)
- Sorel, Agnes, her patronage of Jacques Cœur, the alchymist, i. [132].
- South-Sea Bubble, history of, i.
[45]-[84];
- the Company originated by Harley, Earl of Oxford; its primary object, [45];
- visionary ideas of South-Sea trade; restrictions imposed by Spanish Government, [46];
- proposals to Parliament to reduce the debt; capital increased to twelve millions; success of the Company, [47];
- its application to take the whole state debt; counter application by the Bank of England; the former adopted by Parliament; stock rises from 130 to 300, [48];
- Sir R. Walpole’s warning; directors’ exertions to raise the prices, [49];
- bill passed; great demand for shares, [50];
- other bubble schemes started and encouraged, [51], [52];
- eighty-six of them dissolved, [55], [57];
- shares at 400; fall to 290, but raised by the directors’ schemes, [51];
- dividend declared; increased excitement, [52];
- Swift’ lines on Change Alley; extent of the delusion; frauds of schemers, [54];
- fears of the judicious; bubble companies proclaimed unlawful, [55];
- continued excitement; stock at 1000, [62], [63];
- Sir John Blunt, the chairman, sells out; stock falls; meeting of the company; Mr. Secretary Craggs supports directors, [63];
- increased panic; negociation with Bank of England, [64], [65];
- they agree to circulate the company’s bonds, [66];
- total failure of the company; social and moral evils of the scheme, [67];
- arrogance of the directors; petitions for vengeance on them; King’s speech to Parliament, [69];
- debates thereon, [69], [71];
- punishment resolved on, [70];
- Walpole’s plan to restore credit; officers of the company forbidden to leave England, [71];
- ministers proved to have been bribed by shares, [73], [77];
- directors apprehended; treasurer absconds, [73];
- measures to arrest him, [73], [74];
- directors expelled from Parliament, [74];
- chairman’s examination, [75];
- treasurer imprisoned at Antwerp, but escapes, [76];
- reports on the details of the fraud, [76];
- Mr. Stanhope, Secretary to Treasury, charged but acquitted; dissatisfaction thereon, [78];
- Mr. Aislabie, Chancellor of the Exchequer, committed to the Tower, and consequent rejoicings (engraving), [79];
- Sir George Caswall punished; the Earl of Sunderland acquitted; death of Mr. Secretary Craggs, and his father, participators in the fraud, [80];
- heavy fines on the directors; account of these proceedings by Gibbon the historian, [81];
- measures adopted to restore credit, [83];
- caricatures by Hogarth and others (seven engravings), [60], [61], [68], [70], [76], [82], [84].
- South-Sea House, view of, i. [45].
- Spara, Hieronyma, the slow poisoner of Rome, her trial and execution, ii. [205].
- Speculations. (See [Money Mania], the [Mississippi Scheme], [South-Sea Bubble], and [Bubble Schemes].)
- Spenser, his description of Merlin and his cave, i. [232], [237].
- Spirits. (See [Demons], [Witchcraft], [Cornelius Agrippa], [Paracelsus], &c.)
- Sprenger, a German witch-finder; his persecutions, ii. [118]-[159].
- St. Bernard preaches the second Crusade, ii. [53], [55];
- St. Dunstan and the devil, ii. [103].
- St. Evremond, his account of the impositions of Valentine Greatraks, i. [270].
- St. Germain (Count de), the alchymist, memoir of, i. [200];
- St. John’s Eve, St. Mark’s Eve, St. Swithin’s Eve, superstitious customs, i. [258].
- Stanhope, Earl, supports the proposition to punish the directors of
the South-Sea Company, i. [72], [73];
- is stigmatised in Parliament, and dies suddenly, [75].
- Stanhope, Charles, secretary to Treasury;
- Stedinger, the, a section of the Frieslanders; their independence; accused of witchcraft by the Pope, and exterminated by the German nobles, ii. [110], [111].
- Stephen, king of Poland, his credulity and superstition, i. [159].
- Stock jobbing. (See [South-Sea Bubble].)
- Stonehenge ascribed to Merlin, i. [237].
- Suger dissuades Louis VII. from the Crusade, ii. [55]-[62].
- Sully, his wise opposition to duelling, ii. [279]
- Sunderland, Earl of, portrait of, i. [80];
- Superstitions on the 1st of January, Valentine Day, Lady Day, St. Swithin’s Eve, St. Mark’s Eve, Candlemas Eve, Midsummer, St. John’s Eve, 29th February, [258].
- Surrey and the fair Geraldine; the vision shewn by Cornelius Agrippa, i. [142].
- Sweden, executions for witchcraft, ii. [177].
- Sylphs. (See the [Rosicrucians].)
- Syria. (See the [Crusades].)
- Tancred, his achievements in the first Crusade, ii. [26], [35], [38], [39], [45].
- Tax on beards imposed by Peter the Great, i. [301].
- Tedworth, Wiltshire, the “haunted house” there; narrative of the deception, ii. [224].
- Tempests caused by witches, ii. [102], [106], [133], [134].
- Templars, Knights, subdued by Saladin, ii. [63];
- Têtenoire, a famous French thief, ii. [255].
- Theatrical productions, on the lives of robbers; their pernicious influence, ii. [253]-[257].
- Thieves, Popular admiration of Great,
ii. [249]-[260];
- Robin Hood, ii. [250];
- Dick Turpin, [251];
- Jack Sheppard, [252];
- Jonathan Wild, [254];
- Claude Duval, [255];
- Aimerigot Têtenoire, [255];
- Cartouche; Vidocq, [256];
- Italian banditti, [256], [257];
- Schinderhannes and Nadel, [257];
- evil influence of the “Beggars’ Opera” and other plays on the subject of thieves [253], [257], [258];
- Lord Byron’s “Corsair” and Schiller’s “Robber,” [259].
- Thomas Aquinas. (See [Aquinas].)
- Tiberias, battle of, ii. [63].
- Tibertus, Antiochus, his wonderful prophecies, i. [248].
- Toads dancing at the witches’ “Sabbaths,” ii. [108].
- Tophania, La, a famous poisoner in Italy, her crimes and execution; the nature of her potions, ii. [206].
- Torture, its cruelty exposed by the Duke of Brunswick, ii. [170].
- (See [Witchcraft].)
- Toulouse, witches burnt at, ii. [160].
- Tournaments and judicial combats. (See [Duels].)
- Tours, haunted house at, ii. [221].
- Tower Hill, bonfires on the committal of participators in the South-Sea Bubble (engraving), i. [79].
- Tower of London, Raymond Lulli the alchymist said to have practised
there, i. [109];
- poisoning of Sir Thomas Overbury, ii. [195].
- Transmutation of metals. (See [Alchymists].)
- Trees, their significance in dreams, i. [254];
- susceptible of magnetic influence, [284].
- Trial by Battle. (See [Duels and Ordeals].)
- Trithemius, the alchymist, memoir of, i. [124].
- Trois-Echelles executed for witchcraft, ii. [120].
- Troussel, William, his duel with the Constable Du Guesclin (engraving), ii. [261], [271].
- “Truce of God,” the, proclaimed by the first Crusaders, ii. [14].
- “True Cross,” fragments of the, ii. [3], [71].
- (See [Relics].)
- Tulip Mania;
- the flower first introduced into Europe by Gesner, portrait of Gesner, i. [85];
- great demand for plants in Holland and Germany, introduced in England from Vienna, the flower described and eulogised by Beckmann and Cowley, [86];
- rage for bulbs in Holland and their enormous prices, [87];
- amusing errors of the uninitiated, [88];
- marts for the sale of bulbs, jobbing and gambling, ruinous extent of the mania and immense profits of speculators, [89];
- “tulip-notaries” appointed, sudden loss of confidence and fall of prices, meetings, deputation to the government, [90];
- unfulfilled bargains repudiated by the law courts, [91];
- the mania in England and France, [91];
- subsisting value of choice bulbs, [92].
- Tunis invaded by the Crusaders, ii. [96].
- Tunbridge Wells, a witch doctor there in 1830, ii. [189].
- Turner, Mrs. her participation in the poisoning of Sir Thomas Overbury, ii. [194], [198], [199].
- Turpin, Dick, popular admiration of, ii. [251].
- Undines. (See the [Rosicrucians].)
- Urban II. preaches the Crusade (frontispiece), ii. [7].
- Valentine, Basil, the alchymist, memoir of, i. [119].
- Valentine’s Day superstitions, i. [258].
- Vauvert, the ruined palace at, haunted, ii. [220].
- Vezelais, cathedral of (engraving), ii. [54].
- Villars, Marshal, his opposition to the Mississippi scheme, i. [16].
- Vulgar phrases. (See [Popular Follies].)
- Visions, pretended. (See [Barthelemy], [Agrippa], and [Dr. Dee].)
- Waldenses, the, persecuted and burnt at Arras, ii. [115].
- Walpole, Sir Robert, his warning of the evils of the South-Sea bubble, portrait of him, i. [49]-[55];
- Walter the Penniless, a leader of the first Crusade, ii. [15], [18].
- Warbois, the witches of, absurd charges against them, their execution, ii. [125].
- “Water of Life,” searchers for. (See [Alchymists].)
- Water ordeal. (See [Duels and Ordeals].)
- “Weapon-salve,” controversy respecting, i. [265].
- “Wehr-wolves” executed, ii. [120], [168].
- Westminster Abbey, Raymond Lulli, the alchymist, said to have
practised there, i. [109];
- tomb of Queen Eleanor (engraving), ii. [99].
- Weston, Richard, an accomplice in the poisoning of Sir Thomas Overbury, ii. [194], [198], [199].
- Wharton, Duke of, his speeches on the South-Sea Bubble, i. [50], [75].
- Whiston, his prophecy of the end of the world, i. [223].
- William of Tyre preaches the Crusade, ii. [63], [65].
- Wilson, ——, killed in a duel by John Law, i. [3].
- Wirdig, Sebastian, the magnetiser, i. [273].
- Witchcraft:—Account of the witch
mania, ii. [101]-[191];
- popular belief in witches, ii. [102];
- their supposed compacts with the devil; popular notions of the devil and demons, [103];
- witches could secure their services, [107];
- their meetings or “Sabbaths,” [107], [133], [166], [169], [171];
- frequent persecution on the pretext of witchcraft, [110];
- the Stedinger, a section of the Frieslanders, exterminated on that charge, [110];
- the Templars accused of witchcraft; the Grand Master and others burnt; execution of Joan of Arc (engraving), [113];
- combined with heresy as a charge against religious reformers, [114];
- the Waldenses persecuted at Arras; their confessions under torture; belief common to Catholics and Reformers; Florimond on the prevalence of witchcraft, [115];
- witches executed at Constance; Bull of Pope Innocent VIII.; general crusade against witches, [117];
- Sprenger’s activity in Germany; Papal commissions, [118];
- executions in France; sanctioned by Charles IX., [119], [122];
- Trois Echelles, his confessions and execution, [120];
- “men-wolves,” executed, [121];
- English statutes against witchcraft, [123];
- Bishop Jewell’s exclamations, [124];
- the witches of Warbois; absurd charges and execution of the victims, [125];
- annual sermon at Cambridge, ii. [127];
- popular belief and statutes in Scotland, [127], [154];
- charges against the higher classes; against John Knox, [128];
- numerous executions; trial of Gellie Duncan and others, [129];
- James I., his interest in the subject; Dr. Fian tortured (engraving), [131];
- confessions of the accused, [132];
- their execution; further persecution, [135];
- case of Isabel Gowdie, [136];
- opinions of Sir George Mackenzie (portrait), [136], [155];
- death preferred to the imputation of witchcraft, [137], [139];
- King James’s “Demonology,” [139];
- the “Lancashire witches” executed, [141];
- Matthew Hopkins, the “witch-finder general” (engraving), [143];
- his impositions, cruelty, and retributive fate, [148];
- “common prickers” in Scotland, [146];
- Mr. Louis, a clergyman, executed, [147];
- Glanville’s Sadducismus Triumphatus, [148];
- witches tried before Sir Matthew Hale (portrait); Sir Thomas Brown’s evidence (portrait); conviction and execution, [148]-[152];
- trials before Chief Justices Holt and Powell, [152], [153];
- the last execution in England, in 1716, [153];
- Scotch laws on the subject, [154];
- various trials in Scotland [155]-[158];
- last execution in Scotland, in 1722, [158];
- proceedings of Sprenger in Germany, Bodinus and Delrio in France, [159];
- executions at Constance, Toulouse, Amsterdam, and Bamberg, [160]-[162];
- numerous executions at Wurtzburg, including many children, [163];
- others at Lendheim, [164];
- the “Witches’ Gazette,” a German ballad, [165];
- the Maréchale D’Anere executed, [166];
- 200 executions at Labourt, [166];
- “weir-wolves,” belief in, [168];
- Urbain Grandier, curate of Loudun, executed, [169];
- singular cases at Lisle, [169];
- the Duke of Brunswick’s exposure of the cruelty of torture, [170];
- diminution of charges in Germany, [171];
- singular remonstrance from the French Parliament to Louis XIV. on his leniency to witches, [171];
- executions at Mohra, in Sweden, [177];
- atrocities in New England; a child and a dog executed, [180];
- the last execution in Switzerland in 1652, [182];
- the latest on record, in 1749, at Wurtzburg, [184];
- witches ducked in 1760, [185];
- Lady Hatton’s reputation for witchcraft; her house in Cross Street, Hatton Garden, (engraving), [186];
- the horse-shoe a protection against witches, [187];
- belief in witchcraft recently and still existing, [187];
- witch-doctors still practising, [189];
- prevalence of the superstition in France, [189];
- “floating a witch” (engraving), [191].
- Women accompanying the Crusades in arms, ii. [12], [57], [67].
- Woodstock Palace a “haunted house;” account of the noises, and their
cause, ii. [222];
- view of, [217].
- Wulstan, Bishop, his antipathy to long hair, i. [297].
- Wurtzburg, numerous executions for witchcraft, ii. [162], [184];
- view in, [183].
- York, Duke of, his duel with Col. Lennox, ii. [293].
- Zara besieged by the Crusaders, ii. [76].
- Zachaire, Denis, the Alchymist, his interesting memoir of himself, i. [146].
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