THE

HISTORY

OF

England,

FROM

THE INVASION OF JULIUS CÆSAR

ΤΟ

THE REVOLUTION IN 1688.

BY DAVID HUME, Esq.

VOL. IX.

LONDON:

Printed by C. CORRALL, Charing Cross;

For J. WALKER;

F. C. and J. Rivington; Lackington, Allen, and Co.; J.
Richardson; Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe; R. Lea; Long-
man, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Browne; Cadell and
Davies; S. Bagster; J. Booker; Black, Parry, and
Kingsbury; Sherwood, Neely, and Jones; J. Asperne;
and J. Faulder.

Schemes of the cabal....Remonstrances of sir

William Temple...Campaign of 1674...A par-

liament... Passive obedience...A parliament...

Campaign of 1675...Congress of Nimeguen...

Campaign of 1676...Uncertain conduct of the

king...A parliament... Campaign of 1677...

Parliament's distrust of the king...Marriage of

the prince of Orange with the lady Mary...

Plan of peace... Negotiations... Campaign of

1678... Negotiations... Peace of Nimeguen...

State of affairs in Scotland...............Page 1

CHAP. LXVII.

The popish plot...Oates's narrative and charac-

ter... Coleman's letters... Godfrey's murder...

General consternation...The parliament...Zeal

of the parliament... Bedloe's narrative...Ac-

cusation of Danby... His impeachment...Dis-

solution of the long parliament...Its character

...Trial of Coleman...Of Ireland...New elec-

tions...Duke of Monmouth...Duke of York

retires to Brussels...New parliament.Danby's

impeachment... Popish plot... New council...

Limitations on a popish successor...Bill of ex-

clusion...Habeas corpus bill...Prorogation and

dissolution of the parliament...Trial and ex-

ecution of the five jesuits...and of Langhorne

....Wakeman acquitted....State of affairs in

Scotland...Battle of Bothwell-bridge...Page 63

CHAP. LXVIII.

State of parties...State of the ministry...Meal-tub

plot... Whig and Tory...A new parliament...

Violence of the commons... Exclusion bill...

Arguments for and against the exclusion...Ex-

clusion bill rejected...Trial of Strafford...His

execution...Violence of the commons...Disso-

lution of the parliament...New parliament at

Oxford.... Fitzharris's case....Parliament dis-

solved... Victory of the royalists............120

CHAP. LXIX.

State of affairs in Ireland...Shaftesbury acquitted

...Argyle's trial...State of affairs in Scotland

...State of the ministry in England...New no-

mination of sheriffs...Quo warrantos...Great

power of the crown...A conspiracy...Shaftes-

bury retires and dies...Rye-house plot...Con-

spiracy discovered....Execution of the con-

spirators...Trial of lord Russel...His execution

...Trial of Algernon Sidney...His execution...

State of the nation...State of foreign affairs...

King's sickness and death...and character...163

CHAP. LXX.

JAMES II.

King's first transactions...A parliament...Argu-
ments for and against a revenue for life...Oates
convicted of perjury...Monmouth's invasion
...His defeat and execution...Cruelties of Kirke
...and of Jefferies...State of affairs in Scotland
...Argyle's invasion...defeat...and execution...