FOOTNOTES
[1] Edward II., Richard II., Richard III., James II.
[2] In the several barons' wars in the reign of King Stephen, King John, &c.
[3] Especially of the persecuted protestants in the Low Countries, in Queen Elizabeth.
[4] Henry IV., who turned papist, and with much difficulty granted liberty to his protestant subjects by the edict of Nantes.
[5] The French refugees, who being received here, are grown rich and wealthy by our trade.
[6] The Flemings, when threatened with the inquisition from Spain, under the reign of Philip II.
[7] Under William Henry, the first Prince of Orange, who formed the revolt of the Dutch provinces, and laid the foundation of the States General and their commonwealth.
[8] The circles of Swabia and Franconia, the Palatinate, and the countries of Hessia, Wirtemberg, and others.
[9] The Thanksgiving for the Revolution.
[10] Monthly fasts appointed the first Wednesday of every month during the war in King William's time.
[11] Vid. The Collection of Addresses in King William's reign.
[12] Act for Offering the Crown; The Claim of Right; Act for Security of his Majesty's Person and Government, &c.
[13] Vid. The several Prayers ordered to be read in Churches upon the occasion of the Fasts in King William's time.
[14] Vid. The Act of the Settlement, and the Act of the Union; the Act to extinguish the hopes of the Jacobites; and the Act for farther securing her Majesty's Person and Government.
[15] Vid. The Act of Parliament for settling the Succession of the Crown on the illustrious House of Hanover.