Lauder, William, pretended discovery of plagiarisms of Milton, i. 137, and note.
Laureats, sketch of the history of, i. 454; ancient, ib.; Petrarch the first modern, ib.; degrees granted to, ib.; formula employed in granting the degree of, 455; their honours disgraced in Italy, ib.; Querno crowned in a joke, ib.; honours lavished on, by Maximilian I., 456; honours still conferred on, in Germany, ib.; unknown among the French, ib.; appointment of, in Spain, ib.; in England never solemnly crowned, 457; salary of, in England, ib.
Lazzaroni, iii. [82].
Lazzi, dramatic side-play, ii. 128.
League, the, its pretext and its cause, iii. [142], [143].
Learned men, persecution of, i. 27; poverty of, 29; imprisonment of, 35; amusements of, 38.
Le Clerc, antagonist of Bayle, and author of three Bibliothèques, the Universelle et Historique, Choisie, and Ancienne et Moderne, i. 15.
Le Fevre, Nicholas, edition of his works by Lenglet du Fresnoy, iii. [249], and note.
Legends, origin of, i. 89; Golden, 90; of the Seven Sleepers, 91; account of several, 92, 93; Golden, abounds in religious indecencies, 366; of St. Mary the Egyptian, ib.
Leibnetz, his admiration of Barclay’s Argenis, iii. [339]; anecdote of, iii. [455].