Catherine de’ Medici, her belief in astrology, iii. [347]; employs Montluc to intrigue to secure the election of the Duke of Anjou to the crown of Poland, [349].
Catharinot, a voluminous writer, ii. 545; his singular mode of publishing his unsaleable works, 546.
Cause and Pretext, distinction between, to be observed by historians, iii. [141]; anecdotal illustrations, [142]-144.
Caxton, the printer, his earliest works, i. 75, note.
Cayet, Dr., his “Chronologie Novenaire,” ii. 7.
Censers used to sweeten houses in the reign of Elizabeth, ii. 38, note.
Censors of books, designed to counteract the press, ii. 216; originated with the Inquisition, ib.; appointed with the title of Inquisitors of Books, ib.; disagreement among these Inquisitors, 217; in Spain, 218; their treatment of commentators on the “Lusiad,” ib.; instances of the injury done to English literature by the appointment of, 220; never recognised by English law, 221; regularly established under Charles I., 223; office of, maintained by the Puritans, ib.; treatment of Milton by, ib.; the office lay dormant under Cromwell, 224; revived and continued under Charles II. and James II., ib.; anecdotes relative to, 226-228.
Centos, i. 299.
Ceremonies, different, among various nations, ii. 12-15.
Cervantes, remark of i. 394; taken prisoner at the battle of Lepanto, ib.