Belhaven, Douglas, a blind and aged lord, his .design to stab lord Dumfries in a convention of estates, iii.91.
, Hamilton, lord, imprisoned for his opposition to the test in parliament, iv. 117. His speech against the union, 348. Arrested and sent to London, 375. His death, ib. Bellarmine, cardinald, accuses James VI. in a controversy, of disappointing the expectations artfully given of his speedy conversion, iii. 55.
Berkley, sir John, employed by Charles I. to negotiate with the army, ii. 58
Blackwood, Laurie of, consequences of his unjust attainder, iv.
Bonds of peace introduced instead of religious tests, iv.
51. Re- jected when required from landlords for those residing on their property, 83.
Borders, iii. 5-8. Their situation at the accession, 42. Bothwell bridge insurrection, its causes, iv. 90-96. Suppres sed by Monmouth, 100.
Bracdalbane, earl of, his character, iv. 235. Employed by William to conciliate the clans, ib. Suggests and concerts the massacre of Glenco, 236.
Brotherly assistance of 300,000l. voted to the Scots by the long parliament, iii. 194.
Brownists, iii. 280. See Independents.
Buccleugh, lord, afterwards earl of, carries the most desperate borderers to the Belgic wars, iii. 44.
-, heiress, of, married to Monmouth, who obtains the estate and title of Buccleugh in Scotland, iv. 90. Buchan surprised, and the highlanders dispersed by Livingftoun, iv. 229. His and Dundee's officers capitulate, and are trans- ported to France, 236.
Buchanan, the first modern who asserted the doctrines of popu- lar government, iii. 21. His admirable genius, 475-
Burnet, archbishop of Glasgow, iv. 43. Withholds an order sent from court to prevent farther executions, 44.
Gilbert, afterwards bishop of Sarum, his evidence against Lauderdale, iv. 69. His historical merit, 390. His history vindicated, 397.
Calderwood, David, the ecclesiastical historian, banished for life, iii. 70-but remains in Scotland. Escapes to Holland, whence his publications are transmitted to Scotland, 82. His voluminous compilations, 480.
Cameronians, their origin, iv. 107. Their leaders, Cameron and his brother, killed at Airdsmoss, 108. Cargill, their preacher, excommunicates Charles II. the duke of York, and others, il. Taken and executed with other Cameroni- ans, ib. Their services at the revolution, 187. 200. A regi- ment of Cameronians, 201. Their gallant defence at Dun- keld, 224.
Campbells, defeat and slaughter of that clan by Montrose, iii. 276. Campbell of Cesnock's trial and unexpected acquittal, iv. 135. Attainted with his son in parliament, 159.
Cannon, general, unacceptable to the Highland clans, iv. 224. Repulsed at Dunkeld, and his army disperses, ib.
Canons proposed by the prelates, confirmed by the king's supre- macy, iii. 116.
Cardross, lord, imprisoned, and, with his lady, illegally fined, iv. 72. Returns from America to join the prince of Orange, before the revolution, 187.
Carey, sir Robert, brings the first intelligence to James VI. of Elizabeth's death, iii. 4.
Carre, earl of Somerset, a favourite of James, iii. 62. Carstairs, a spy employed by Sharp, iv. 72.
a clergyman, treats with Russel and the council of six, iv. 133. Tortured, and his confession employed as evidence against Jerviswood, 137. Chaplain to William, 212. His character and influence, 246. Restrains the opposition of the clergy, and prevents their petitions against the union, 355. Charles I. his accession, iii. 87. Objects of his reign in Scot- land, 88. Executes a general revocation of tithes and church lands, 90. His journey to Scotland, and coronation there, 101. His conduct in parliament, 103. Confirms and en- joins the canons and liturgy, 116. 119. His policy to divide the supplicants, 127. Negotiates with covenanters, 146. Prepares for war, 156. Advances with his army to Berwick, 161. Negotiates with the Scots, 164. Insincere in the pa- cification, 167. Determines to renew the war, 175. Nego- tiates at Rippon, 184. And at London with the Scots, 191. His arrival in Scotland, 200. His policy on his return, 211. Explained by the incident, 215. Impeaches the five mem- bers, 219. A civil war pre-determined by him and the queen, 228. The royal standard erected at Nottingham, 230. He retires from Edgehill to Oxford, 231. Compels Essex's army to capitulate in Cornwall, 255. Insincere in the treaty at Uxbridge, 274. Sustains a total defeat at Nase- by, 300. Raises the siege of Hereford, but is defeated by Foyntz, 304. His transactions with Glamorgan and the Irish Catholics explained, 318. 321. 523. Escapes to the Scottish army, 332. Treats at Newcastle, 336. His con- troversy with Henderson, 335. He is delivered up to the English parliament, 350. His person seized by the army, 355 Negotiates with the army, 358. With Cromwell and Ireton, 360. With the parliament and the Scots, 363. His letter to the queen intercepted by Cromwell, 365. 527. Escapes to the Isle of Wight, 366. Evades a treaty with parliament, and concludes a clandestine engagement with the Scots, 367, 368. Treats at Newport with the English par-
liament, 383. Not sincere in the treaty, 387. Seized, and the treaty interrupted by the army, 389. His trial determin- ed, 391. High court of justice created for his trial, 393. Removed to St. James's, 394. His behaviour and defence, when produced at his trial, ib. His sentence, 395. And magnanimity at his execution, 398. His person described, 399. Effects of his execution on the people, ib. His cha- racter, 400. Insincerity the chief cause of his misfortunes and death, 423. The misfortunes of his house unparalleled, Icon Basilike not his, 406. 530.
Charles II. proclaimed in Scotland, iii. 411. His negotiations with the Scots at Breda, 414. His reception in Scotiand, 424. Signs a declaration injurious to his father's memory, 429. The Start, 436. He is crowned at Scone, 437. Marches into England, 441. Pursued by Cromwell, 442. Disappointed of aid, 443- His escape from Worcester, 445• Supposed to have secretly abjured the Protestant religion at the treaty of the Pyrennees, 496, Causes of his restoration, b. All parties concur in his restoration, 500. He is recal- led and restored unconditionally to the throne, 503. Public expectations and joy at his restoration, iv. 1. From what causes disappointed, 2. His ministry for Scotland, ib. His embarrassment in the settlement of the church, 4. Equivocal assurance to the Presbyterians, 5. To Argyle, 11. Dissuad- ed by Lauderdale, but induced by Clarendon and Ormond to restore episcopacy in Scotland, 20. Disgraces Middleton, 32. Personally exasperated against Wariston, 35. Levies, instead of remitting, the fines imposed by Middleton, 39. His choice invariably fixed on the worst ministers, 49. Obliged to mitigate the rigours of government, and dismisses Clarendon, 50. Evades the removal of Lauderdale, or the redress of grievances occasioned by that minister, 68. His alliance with Holland, 81. Pretext sought to introduce a standing army, 83. Highlanders introduced into the west by his orders, 84. Rejects the complaints of the nobility against Lauderdale, 87. Of whose conduct he signifies his approbation, 90. His design to introduce a milder admini- stration under Monmouth, ib. Whom he appoints com- mander against the insurgents at Bothwell-bridge, 98. With injunctions not to treat but to fight, 99. Acquits Lauderdale, whom he privately condemns, 102. Refuses to inquire after, or to pardon Argyle, 126. Ordains Gordon of Earlston to be tortured, 135. Determines ungallantly that the presbyterians were liable for the delinquency or ab- sence of their wives from church, 141. Signs a warrant for an absolute massacre, 146. note. His death, 148. Ascribed to poison, 149. Character, ib. And person, 151. Sangui- nary character of his reign in Scotland, 152.
Churchill, the duke of York's favourite, attends him in Scot
land, iv. 112. Preserved in his barge when shipwrecked, 128. Abandons James at the revolution, 189.
Civil wars originate in the demand of the militia, iii. 224. Their commencement, 231. Distinguished humanity with which the first civil war was conducted in England, 335. Concluded in Scotland, ib.
Clarendon, earl of, prime minister, iv. 3. His bigotry, 5. Urges the revival of episcopacy in Scotland, 19. His fall and
Clergy, three hundred and fifty ejected after the restoration, iv. 30. Two hundred episcopal clergy ejected or displaced at the revolution, 194.
Cochrane, colonel, engaged in the Incident, iii. 214.516.
sir John, how far engaged in the Rye-house plot, iv. 133. Escapes to Holland, 135. Taken on Argyle's in- vasion, but his life redeemed by his father, 167.
Commissary or consistorial courts restored to the prelates, iii. 57. Commission, court of, ecclesiastical or high commission, erected
in Scotland, iii. 57. Ecclesiastical commission revived, iv. 36.
Comprehension of sects attempted by Leighton, iv. 53. Declin- ed by the presbyterians, 55.
Conference at court between the presbyterian clergy and the bi- shops, iii. 34. Its issue, 35.
Field and armed
Conventicle at Another at the House and field
Consecration of the Scottish prelates in England, iii. 60. necessary, ib. Renewed at the restoration, iv. 21. Conventicles, their origin, iv. 31. Their rapid growth and en- crease, 56. Severe laws against them, 60. conventicles continue to multiply, 73. 75. Loudonhill, 97. Defeats Claverhouse, ib. Torwood excommunicates the king, 108. conventicles, rigour of the laws against them, 159. Convention, an ecclesiastical one held at Linlithgow, iii. 38. As- sumes the name and powers of a general assembly, 39. Another ecclesiastical convention, 91.
of estates held, iii. 41. Its legislative powers, ib. Another, 91. Convention of estates held without authority from the king, 236. Convention held by Lauderdale, iv. 89. Convention of estates at the revolution, 197. Abandon- ed by Dundee, 200. And the adherents of James, 202. Its proceedings contrasted with those of the English convention, 203. Declares that James had forfeited the crown, 204. Its settlement of the crown and declaration of rights, 206. Converted into a parliament, 263. Convention parliament; See Parliament.
Covenant, its origin, iii. 137. Its nature, 138. National cove- nant sworn in the Greyfriars' church, 140. And univer-
sally received, 141. King's covenant, 147. Rejected y the nation, 148. Solemn league and covenant with Eng-
land, 241. Its nature and reception in both kingdoms, 243• The covenants indirectly repealed, iv. 10. And abjured, 34. Council, privy, of Scotland, intrusted with the administration at the accession, iii. 5. Its character, iv. 19. Dissolved after the union, 372.
of peers at York, iii. 184.
Craig, sir Thomas, the learned feudalist, iii. 477-
Cromarty, earl ef, (see Tarbet,) accused by Fraser of the Scotch plot, iv. 299.
Cromwell, Oliver, his conduct at Marston-moor, iii. 252. Pro- poses the self-denying ordinance, 296. His conduct at Nafeby, 301. Instigates the army to seize the king, 356. He and Ireton negociate with Charles, 360. Request a conci- liatory letter to the army, 362. Recommend a treaty on mo-. derate terms, 363. Intercept a letter from Charles to the queen which difcovers his insincerity, 365. 527. And determines Cromwell to confide no more in the king, ib. Quells the agitators, 366. Proclaims the king's dissi- mulation and duplicity in parliament, 370. Defeats Ha- milton and the royalists at Preston, 379. Conducted to Edinburgh with his army, and renews the solemn league and covenant with the Scots, 382. Invades Scotland, 427. Opposed by Leslie, ib. Reduced to extreme distress, 431. Defeats the Scots at Dunbar, 433. Reduces the south of Scotland, 439. Crosses to Fife, 440. Defeats Holburn and Brown, and reduces Perth, ib. Pursues Charles II. into England, 443. His victory at Worcester, 445. His go- vernment or protectoral reign in Scotland, 457. 486. His death, 487. And character, 488.
, Richard, declared protector, iii. 491. Degraded by the army, 493•,
Cuningham, major, chofen by the Cameronians for their lea- der against the union, iv. 358. Betrays their designs to Queensberry, and perfuades them to difperfe, 359.
Dalrymple, president of the court of session, iv. 69. 73. Pro- poses the first confession of faith to be added to the test, 117. Displaced from the court of session, 121. Retires to the continent, 127. Provides at the revolution for a majority of presbyterians in the convention of estates, 198. Created viscount Stair, 212. See Stair.
sir John, his son, suborns evidence against lord Bargeny, iv. 115. Appointed king's advocate, 174 Pro- motes the revolution, 191. Conducts the debate in the con- vention, on the question whether James had forfeited the crown, 205. Deputed to tender the crown to William and Mary, 208. Appointed king's advocate, 212. Odious to
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