Astræa, D’Urfé’s romance of the, i. 451; sketch of, 452-454.
Astrologers, faith in, by celebrated characters, i. 278; Lilly consulted by Charles I., ib.; Nostrodamus, by Catherine de Medici, 279; several have suffered death to verify their skill, ib.; shifts and impostures of, 279-280.
Astrology, greatly flourished in the time of the Civil Wars, i. 280; attacks on and defences of, 281-282.
Atellanæ Fabulæ, Atellan farces, ii. 131, and note, 132.
Atticus, employed to collect for Cicero, ii. 397; traded in books and gladiators, 398.
Aubrey, John, extract from his correspondence, iii. [294]; his search after gold, ib.; his idea of universal education, [296].
Audley, a lawyer and usurer, ii. 158; his commencement of life, and means of rising in, 159; anecdote of him and a draper, 161; his maxims of political economy, 162; his reply to a borrowing lord, ib.; his manners and opinions, 168-170; his death and general character, 170.
Autographs, indications of character, iii. [163]; of English sovereigns, [165]-166.
Babington’s conspiracy, some account of its progress, and of the noble youths concerned in it, ii. 171; trial and defences of the conspirators, 173; their execution, 175-176.
Bacchus, ancient descriptions of, and modern translations of them, ii. 292.