Bourdaloue, i. 257.
Bourgeois, Père, one of the Chinese missionaries, account of his attempt at preaching in Chinese, i. 268.
Bouts Rimes, i. 296.
Brandt, Ship of Fools, i. 7.
Bridgewater, late Duke of, destroyed many family MSS., ii. 451.
Buckingham, Duke of, his familiarity and coarseness with James I., i. 463, note; his conduct in Spain, ii. 4; equally a favourite with James I. and Charles I., 5; Hume’s character of, ib. and 355; anecdote of him and the Queen of France, 6; his audacity and “English familiarity,” ib.; anecdote of him and Prince Charles, 7; his rise, 10; his magnificent entertainment of Charles I. and the French ambassador, 327; his character, 356-358, and notes; his fears of being supplanted, 357, note; contrast between him and Richelieu, 358; secret history of his expedition to Spain with Prince Charles, 359; prognostics of his death, 364; portrait of, 366, note; determined to succour Rochelle, 367; his death, 371; satires on, 369, 370; possessed the esteem of Charles I., ib.; his extravagance in dress, iii. [407]; intrigued with the Puritans, [443]; his intercourse with Dr. Preston, a Puritan, [444]; discovers Preston’s insincerity, and abandons the Puritans, [445]; his impeachment, [452]; his failure at the Isle of Rhé, [458]; offers to resign his offices, [469]; hatred of, by the parliament, [470]-474.
Buffon, Vicq d’Azyr’s description of his study, iii. [208].
Buildings in the metropolis, opposition to, from the days of Elizabeth to those of Charles II., iii. [363]; statutes against, [364]; proclamations against, [365].
Burnet, his book against Varillas, i. 132, and note.
Burying grounds, iii. [231].