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the presbyterians on account of his former compliances, ib.
Appointed secretary, 235. Instigates the massacre of Glen-
co, 238. His inhuman orders, ib. His observation on the

massacre, 241. note. Dismissed from office, 255. See Stair.
Dalziel, general, defeats the insurgents at Pentland, iv. 42. His
and Drummond's cruelties in the west, 45.
Darien, the settlement projected there, iv. 251.
Unsuitable to
Scotland, 253. Embraced with enthusiasm, 256. Settle-
ment attempted there, 259. Disadvantages attending it, 260.
Abandoned by the colony, 261. Resumed and again aban-
doned, ib. National ferment, 262. Distress and despair
produced by the loss of Darien, 264. The rights of the com-
pany asserted by parliament, and its immunities prolonged,
270. Its stock repaid with interest out of the equivalent,
334. 367.

Declaration and claim of rights, iv. 206. More comprehensive
than the English, ib.

Dispensing powers exerted by James, iv. 175. In a declaration
of indulgence, 177. To relieve the papists from the penal
laws and the test, ib. Its effects in Scotland, 178. In
England, 179.

Douglas, marquis of, joins Montrose, iii. 312.

general, the marquis of Queensberry's brother, one of
the officers noted for cruelty, iv. 147.

Drummond of Hawthornden, his poetry, iii. 477.

general, his cruelties in the west, iv. 45. Confined

a year in Dumbarton castle, 72. Commands the army dur-
ing the military executions, 147.

Duffus, lord, surrenders Perth to Cromwell, iii. 440.
Dumbarton, castle of, one of the national fortresses, surprised by
the covenanters, iii. 160.

Dumfermline, Seton, earl of, chancellor, iii. 54.

earl of, his son, commissioned with Loudon to
vindicate the proceedings of parliament at court, iii. 175.
Dunbar, sir George Hume earl of, James's favourite minister,
iii. 31. His cruel policy in reclaiming the borderers, 44.
His death, 62.

Dunbar, battle of, iii. 432.

Dundee, stormed, but abandoned by Montrose, iii. 306. Storm-
ed and the garrison put to the sword by Monk, 448.

His

-, viscount of, (see Graham of Claverhouse) retires at
the revolution from the convention to Stirling, iv. 200.
character and exploits, 216. Begins a civil war, 218.
Encounters and defeats Mackay at Killycranky, 219. Is
mortally wounded, 222. Writes to James before his death,
ib. His memory revered and celebrated by his party, 223.
His army disperses, 224. Fate of his officers, 236.
Dysart, countess of, her character, iv. 57. Married to the duke
of Lauderdale, 61. Her profusion and rapacity, 62. 77. note.

Edgehill, battle of, iii. 231.

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Tumults in

The

Edinburgh, erected into an episcopal see, iii. 105.
Edinburgh on the introduction of the liturgy, 122.
castle surprised by Leslie, 160. Compelled by famine to
surrender, 184. Edinburgh defended by Leslie, and pro-
tected by strong lines, from Cromwell's approach, 427.
Opens its gates to Cromwell, after the battle of Dunbar,
434. The castle surrenders to his batteries, 438. Insurrec-
tion in Edinburgh at the revolution, iv. 192. The castle
held against the convention, 199. Surrendered, 219. Tu-
mults in Edinburgh at the union, 339.

Elizabeth, queen, her death, iii. 4.

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princess, iii. 5. Her marriage with the elector pala-
tine, 8o. Her posterity raised to the throne, 406.

Engagement of Charles I. with the Scots at the Isle of Wight,
ii. 368. Its effects on the English parliament, 370. Op-
posed in Scotland by the clergy, 373. Founded on dupli-
city, 378. Suppressed by the Whigs, 382.

Entails, reason of their late introduction into Scotland, iv. 160.
Magnitude of the evil, 162.

Episcopacy disguised under the pretext of ecclesiastical confor-
mity, iii. 16. Circumscribed by the assembly, 19. Its in-
troduction after the accession, 25, &c. Abolished by the as-
sembly at Glasgow, 153. Abolished in England, 290. Re-
established at the restoration, iv. 23. Episcopal clergy eject-
ed at the revolution, 194. And episcopacy again abolished
in Scotland, 215. The remaining clergy protected in their
livings, 246. Exempted from presbyterian jurisdiction on
qualifying, 248.

Erections, lords of, iii. 31.

Essex, earl of, the parliamentary general, iii. 231. Rejects
Hambden's proposal to besiege Oxford, 232. Relieves Glou-
cester, 233. Escapes while his army surrenders in Corn-
wall, 255. Resigns his command, 296.

F

Fairfax, lord, defeated in the north of England, iii. 232. With
his son defeats Bellasis at Selby, 249.
One of the three par-

liamentary generals at Marston-moor, 250.

sir Thomas, his son, afterwards lord Fairfax, de-
feats Byron at Namptwich, iii. 249. Appointed general in
chief of the new-modelled army, 297. Victorious at
Naseby, 300.
His successes in the west, 302. Oxford sur-
renders to him, 334. Disperses the insurgents in Kent and

Essex, and besieges Colchester, 377. Resigns his command,
426. Occupies York for the parliament, 499.
Falkland, lord, killed at Newborough, iii. 233.

Ferguson, Robert, the plotter, escapes to Edinburgh, iv. 135.
Engaged in Montgomery's plots, 225. His motives, 226.
Discovers Fraser's plot to the marquis of Athol, 299.
Feuds, hereditary, prevalent at the accession, iii. 41. Suppress
ed by the covenant, 482.

Fleetwood, iii. 444. Commander of the army on Richard Crom-
well's resignation, 494. His imbecility, 499.

Fletcher, Andrew, of Salton, retires to the continent, iv. 126.
Embarks in Monmouth's expedition, of which he disapprov-
ed, 162. His character, 296. His opposition to the union,
351. Proposes a national address against it, 360. Arrest
ed on the pretender's appearance in the Forth, 375.
Fraser, Simon, afterwards lord Lovat, his plots discovered by
Ferguson, iv. 299.

G

Gillespie, a remonstrant clergyman preserved at the restoration,

iv. 19.

Gilmour, president of the court of session, vindicates Argyle
from a share in Charles I.'s death, iv. 14.

Glamorgan, earl of, his transactions in Ireland, iii. 318. Pub-
licly disavowed by Charles, but conducted with his secret
approbation and concurrence, 320.523.

Glasgow, tumults there on the union, iv. 357.

Glencairn, earl of, his insurrection in the highlands during the
usurpation, iii. 454. Suppressed, 456. He is appointed
chancellor at the restoration, iv. 3. Concurs in the design to
restore episcopacy, 5.

Glenco, Macdonald of, submits to government, iv. 237. Military
execution concerted against his clan, ib. Shot in his bed,
240. Massacre of Glenco, ib. Universal outcry against it,
241. Enquiry into the massacre, 248. Reported to par-
liament, and the guilt transferred to Dalrymple, ib.
Gowrie, earl of, supposed discovery concerning his conspiracy,
iii. 52.

Gedolphin, lord, advises the passing of the act of security, iv.
304. His motives for an union, 319. Persists in the measure,
340. Delegates the administration of Scotland to Queens-
berry and his friends, 371.

Gordon of Buskie, his address to the jury on Balmerino's trial,
iii. III.

of Haddow, executed, iii. 259.

duke of, commands the castle of Edinburgh at the re-
volution, iv. 199. Refuses to surrender or to fire upoa the
town, ib. Its surrender, 219.

VOL. IV.

LI

Graham of Claverhouse, defeated and almost taken at Loudon-
hill, iv. 97. Avenges his defeat by his rapacious cruelties,
104. His military executions, 147. See Dundee.
Green, executed for piracy, iv. 309.

Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, Scots in his service, iii. 98.
His victorious career and death, 100.

Guthrie, a clergyman executed after the restoration, iv. 18.

H

Hackston of Rathillat, his bravery at Bothwell bridge, iv. 100.
Wounded and taken at Airdsmoss, 108. His execution, 109.
Haddington, earl of, blown up with his friends in Dunglass
castle, iii. 184.

Hambden, his inflexible virtues, iii. 218.

moners impeached by Charles, 220.

ter, 231.

One of the five com-
His death and charac-

Hamillon, marquis of, holds a parliament as high commissioner,
iii. 81.

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James, his son, marquis and duke of, accused by lord
Ochiltree of aspiring to the crown, iii. 99. Carries six thousand
men to the assistance of Gustavus, ib. Recalled in disgust,
100. Appointed high commissioner, 144. Negotiates with
the covenanters, ib. Holds the assembly at Glasgow, 149.
'Which he dissolves to no purpose, 152. Commands the
English fleet in the Forth, 160. Declines the office of high
commissioner, 169. Ingratiates himself with the convenan-
ters by procuring Loudon's release, 194. His arrest intend-
ed by the incident, 214. Retires from parliament, but invit-
ed to return, 215. Employed at the beginning of the civil
wars to gain the Scots, 240. Accused by Montrose and
arrested on his return, 244. Imprisoned two years and a
half, ib. Employed by Charles to conciliate the Scottish
Parliament, 344. At the head of the moderate presbyterians
in Scotland, who supported the engagement, 373. Appoint-
ed general, 376. His expedition into England, 377. His
misconduct, 380. Defeated by Cromwell at Preston, and
I surrenders with his cavalry, ib. His trial as earl of Cam
bridge, and execution in England, 412.

Hamilton, William, (see Lanerk,) earl of, succeeds his brother
as duke of Hamilton, iii. 413. Advises Charles II. to ac-
cept the terms offered by the Scots, 415. Mortally wound-
ed at the battle of Worcester, 445. Situation of the family
during the usurpation, 485.

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William, a younger son of the Douglas family, marries
the heiress, and obtains the titles of Hamilton, iv. 66. His
opposition to Lauderdale, 68. Removed from the privy
council, 73. His accusation against Lauderdale, 88. Re-
jected by the king, 103. Refuses to oppose the duke of

Cho-

York, 114.
Attends the prince of Orange at Whitehall,
while his son accompanies James to Rochester, 196.
sen president of the convention, 199. Appointed high com-
missioner to the convention parliament, 212.
missioner, 242. His death, 247-

Again com-

James, duke of, his son, (see Arran,) engaged in
Montgomery's plots, iv. 228. Leader of the opposition, 268,
His character and attachment to the Stuarts, 278. Secession
from parliament at the head of eighty members, 279. Sus-
pected of aspiring to the Scottish crown, 305. His conni-
vance with the court, 306. Moves to defer the succession till
a commercial treaty should be obtained with England, 311.
Opposes a treaty of union, 312. But moves, in concert with
Queensberry, that the nomination of commissioners should
be left to the queen, 314. His secret intercourse with
Queensberry, 335. Opposes the articles of union, 354.
Prevents the design to take arms, 359. Disappoints a na-
tional address against the union, 360. Proposes to protest and
secede in a body from parliament, 361. Again betrays and
deserts his party, 362. Not returned among the sixteen
Scottish peers, 367. His mortification and illness when
duped by his own intrigues, 370. Arrested after the preten-
der's appearance in the Forth, but makes his peace with the
whigs, 375. Created a British peer, but refused a seat in the
house of lords, 381. His death, 383.

Hatton, lord of session, Lauderdale's brother, iv. 63. His
adulteration of the coin, 65. Perjury on Mitchell's trial,
78. Complained of in parliament, 115.

Hebudes or western isles, their barbarous state at the accession,
iii. 49. Former attempts for their improvement ineffectual,
50. Long possessed by the Norwegians, ib. note.
Henderson, Alexander, a clergyman, petitions against the liturgy,
iii. 125. Assists in framing the national covenant, 138.
Moderator of the assembly at Glasgow, 151. Attends the
treaty at London as a divine, 190. His moderation at the
treaty of Uxbridge, 268. His controversy with Charles 1.
340. His death and character, ib.

Henry, prince, iii. 5. His death, 80.

Henrietta Maria, a princess of France, married to Charles, iii.
89. Her departure with the crown jewels to purchase
arms in Holland, 228. 522. The king's promise on her de-
parture to conclude no treaty without her consent, 234.
The terms on which to treat concerted before her departure,
273. note. 275. The king's correspondence with her taken
at Naseby, 302. Letter from Charles to the queen intercept-
ed by Cromwell, 365. 527.

High commission. See Commission.

Highlands, their barbarous situation at the accession, iii. 44.
Regulations for their coercion, 48. Highlanders and Irish,

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