French, and their intereft intirely destroyed, 373. Precipitate return, xxvi. 235. xxviii. 252. xxix. 468. Sudden death, character, and issue, xxiv. 104 (G). In him ends the direct line of Valois, 106. Charles IX. fucceeds his brother Francis II. king of France, xxiv. 246. The conftable recalled, and the queen-mother has the power of regent, ibid. Affembly of the ftates, and their proceedings, 247. The queen-mother at the head of affairs uncontrouled, 248. Declared major, and the queen out of fpite becomes a zealous catholic, 251. Peace with England, and progrefs made by the queen with the king, ibid. She publishes an edict against the proteftants, 252. The year begun in January, ibid. An accident at Paris near reviving the war, ib. Prince Henry fet up by his mother as competitor to Condé in the conftablefhip ineffectually, 253. The queen-mother's dark policy, with the king of Spain's diffimulation, all aimed against the proteftants, ibid. Retreat of the court from Meaux to Paris, performed by the Swifs, and their reward for this fervice, 256. The queen-mother's cabinet council, with their views, and an attempt to feize the prince and admiral, bccafions the third civil war, 259. He appears in a new point of light, and his marriage with Elizabeth of Auftria, and her character, 266. Speech to his baftard brother Henry, and the duke of Guife's retiring from court, with the king's feeming to confult his true intereft under the deepest diffimulation, 267. Treacherous c joling of the queen of Navarre, and her death, 269. Fires on the flying Hugonots, with the fate of Peter Ramus, and its effect on Lambin, ibid. This cruelty, which lafts three days, is avowed and boasted of by the king, with the execution of two gentlemen for a feigned plot, 273. The example in Paris followed in other cities, and called the Mattins of Paris, ibid. Thirty thousand proteftants butchered, and the governors in fome of the provinces relent, or abfolutely refuse the orders, ibid. Settles affairs according to the queen-mother's defire, and bis miferable end, 279. Account of him and character, ib. (L). Famous faying with regard to piety; his queen, daughter, other iffe, with his device and medals ftruck upon the maffacre of St. Bartholomew, ibid. An interregnim after his death, with the conduct of the queen-mother as regent, 280. The queen-regent fets out for Lyons, 283.

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of Arragon prevails on the ftates to proclaim him, and grant a free gift, xxi. 221. Marries his fifter Leonora to the king of Portugal, who had before her two MOD, HIST. VOL. XLIV.

221.

II. of Spain, fucceeds his father Philip IV. xxi. 428. Character of his mother the queen regent, with her unaccountable conduct by bringing her confeffor Nitard into the regency, 429. Forced to make peace with Portugal, and acknowledge the houfe of Braganza, 430. Declared of age, his fpirited anfwer to his mother, and fufpicion for the change in his temper, 439. His fenfible answer to the French and English minifters, 459. The queen-mother s influence, and the ufe made of it, i id. The great fhare he has in a revolution by the prince of Orange, 460. Acts wifely to ftrengthen the confederacy against France, with the queen's death, and the king's marriage with the princess palatine, 461. A war breaks out, 462. In Rouffillon and Flanders the Spaniards are fuccefsful, ib. Queen's public entry, and a well-penned paper of Spain against France, with the fuccefs of the campaigns, 464. Arrival of the galleons at Cadiz, ibid. Count Oropela his difgrace, and why, ibid. He appoints a junto for the finances, 456. The campaign goes equally on both sides, 467. The public engaged to relieve itfelf with good effect, ibid. Intrigues about the fucceffion, 468. Spain and her allies have the worst every where, ib. Spanish court torn by factions, 475, with the king's health declining, ibid. De Harcourt's management, 476. The first partition treaty between king William and Louis XIV. 477. Reafon of his making a will, and for whom, ibid. Remonftrance from France on this head, 478. Death of the prince of Bavaria alters things with regard to the king's will in his favour, and a fedition in Madrid, 479. The king vifits the Efcurial, and has the coffins of his mother and wife opened, with a commotion by removing Monterey, 480. The king refents the conduct of Great Britain in the first partitiontreaty, ib. He is fuppofed to be bewitched, and what follows, 481. His fituation, xxv. 145. How his difeafe increased, xxi. 482. On Portocarrero's reprefentation, makes a will in favour of the duke of Anjou, xxviii. 329. R

Adds a codicil, and appoints a regency, xxi.
483. With his death, 484. The will ac-
cepted by the king of France and the duke
of Anjou, who fets out for Spain, 485,
and is acknowledged in Naples, xxviii. 229.
Death of near all his progeny, 193 (Q.)
Charles, archduke, war carried on in Flan-
ders and Piedmont, with little advantage,
xxi. 255. (See Charles VI. E). Publickly
declared king of Spain at Vienna, 496.
Arrival in England, xxx. 405. Comes to
Lisbon in an English fleet, and affumes the
title of Charles III. xxi. 497, & feq. with
the manifeftoes of this new king and the
king of Portugal, 498. Conveyed to Bar-
celona by a grand fleet, under Peterborough
and Shovel, which becomes the feat of his
government, 503. Catalonia, Roles ex-
cepted, and most part of Valentia, declare
for him, 504.
Stifles a fedition at Barce-
lone, 511.
His new queen received at
Barcelona, and the duke de Moles declared
his prime minifter, 512. His army, their
calamities, 517. Takes Madrid and To-
ledo, but could not keep them, 518. His
affairs ruined through the behaviour of the
Portuguese, xxii. 381. Death of the in-
fanta his intended fpoufe, with what terms
he influences Portugal, xxv.
159 (A).
Election of a new emperor falls on him,
Igo. Succeeds his brother Jofeph in the
empire, xxvi. 503. By the treaty at Raf-
tadt, is put in poffeffion of Naples, &c.
which refufes to acknowledge Philip king of
Spain, xxviii. 332. Invefted with Milan,
xxx. 423. Revolution in Naples for him
427. His marriage to a princess of Wol-
fenbuttle, ib. His fucceffes in Spain, xxv.
162. The pope's equivocal acknowledg-
ment of his right to Spain, xxx. 435. His
declaration, xxx. 446.

(Charobert) crowned by the legate,
whom the ftates at laft acknowledge king
of Hungary, xlii. 33. Defeats the count
palatine Matthew, who rebelled, ib. His
marriages and iffue, with his war against
Walachia, ib. Fate of Felicianus, who
attempted to murther the royal family, 34.
Invading Walachia, is defeated with the
lofs of almoft his whole army, ib. Goes
with his fon Andrew to Naples, and is vi-
fited in Hungary by feveral great perfons, ib.
His eldeft fon Lewis declared heir of Po-
land, 35. The king dies greatly lament-
ed, ibid.

191.

Albert, prefent duke of Bavaria, xlii.

Leopold of Schwerin, his marriage,
xlii. 336. Differences with the nobility,
and unhappy fituation thereon, ib. His
connections with the czar Peter, whofe
niece he marries, and the czar's views for
feizing that duchy, 337. Stipulations be-

tween him and Sweden relating to his Bri-
tannic majefty and Mecklenburg, 338. The
Ruffians occupy the duchy, 339. The
king of Sweden killed, and Goertz his mi-
nifter executed, ib. The duke deferted by
the czar, with the award by the emperor in
his nobles favour, ibid. His misfortunes
hereupon, and his brother appointed admi.
niftrator, whom the Hanoverian troops fup-
ported, ib. Succeffion of the Ruffian em-
pire, and why the duchess of Mecklenburg
was fet afide, 340. Settled in the younger
fifter Anne, duchefs of Courland, ib. Her
vigour in annulling the capitulation, un-
measurable affection for Biron, and nomi-
nating her niece of Mecklenburg her fuc-
ceffor, who, with her mother, escapes into
Ruffia, 341. Vifits his daughter incog.
who is married to Antony Ulric of Brunf-
wick, which is oppofed, but in vain, 342.
Is delivered of John, and Biron appointed
regent of Ruffia, during his minority, ib.
Prudent conduct of the duchess of Meck-
lenburg, death of the empress Anne, and
John proclaimed emperor, 343. Biron
condemned, on the princefs of Mecklenburg
being appointed regent, and prince Antony
chofen duke of Courland, ib. Revolution
in favour of princess Elizabeth, 345. The
princess of Mecklenburg arrefted with her
husband and fon, ib. The duke of Hol-
ftein adopted by the emprefs, and married,
with his fate, and death of the princess of
Mecklenburgh, 346.

Charlevoix, his contraft of the French of
Quebec and the English planters, xxxix.
377. His account of the pretended bra-
very of three French against an hundred Eng-
lih, xl. 89. His character of the English,
90 (H.) His opinion about the fub-
miffion of fome Abenaquais, and further
canvafied, 95. The French treachery,

ib. His remark on the caufe of the French
mifcarriages in America, 96. His partial-
ity to the French, and prejudices against
the English, 122 (1). His account of a
fham ceffion to Vaudreuil, by the Tfon-
nonthuan deputy, 145. His meaning of
a French neutrality, what, 149 (L). His
mistake in his map of Louifiana, 268
(Z). Character of him and his work, 277.
His report to the French court about the
want of miffionaries in Louifiana, and mea-
fures taken accordingly, 311 (E). His ha-
tred to the Natches and Chactaws, and
for what, 332. Character of the latter,
by a miffionary, ib. His unfavourable pre-
judices against the English, 333. Inaccu
racy of his maps, 362 (N.)
Charobert elected king of Hungary, is ap-
proved by the pope, xxix. 260.
Charran, Harran, Charra, where fituated, i.
298.

Charolt,

Charolt, the Malthefe admiral, his fuccefs against the Turks, xix. 300. Chaidai's letter to Joseph king of Chozar, xiii, 230 (M).

Chateaune, (William de) the eighteenth grand mafter of Maltha, xix. 41. Fortifies the Holy Land; in great favour with the pope; and dies of grief, ibid.

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abbe, on Polignac's integrity being impeached comes to Poland, but an order of the palatinates for the queen to quit Warfaw, fets all right again, xxxiv. 265. Chatelet, the laft of their conquests recovered from the Spaniards, xxiv. 551. Chatigon, or Xatigam, inhabited by fwarms of Portuguese pyrates, vi. 439 (H). Chatillon, marfhal, beaten at Marfee, xxiv. 567.

Chatots, favages, account of, xl. 337. Chatte, M. de, governor of Canada, his fuccefs by Pontgravé, xxxix. 410. Chaubayna befieged in his capital of Martavan, vii. 71. Vaft prefents offered to the Portuguese, 72. Capitulates and submits to the king of the Barmas, with his mournful proceffion and barbarous death, 73. Chaudar Tartars of Kermian, who, and whence, xii. 40 (Z). Put the Othman territories to fire and fword, ib.

Chau-ma-fa, his brave defence of Chichew,

iv. 553. Chau-migrem's bloody fight with the Avans, vii. 75. Unlucky attempt on Savâdi, 78. Artifice to fave himself and the Barmas from the Peguers, 84. Rich plunder and retreat, ib. Marches against Shemin-doo, 86. Defeats, and puts him to flight, 87. Crowned king of Pegu, and forced to compound with his mutinous army, 83. Chaumigrem's triumphal entry into Pegu, 89. Cruelty to Shemin-doo, his daughter and lords, with the farce acted after his public execution, go. His hiftory imperfect, 91. Conquefts of above twelve kingdoms, 92. When made, with his invafion of Siam by a prodigious army, 93. Reduction of the capital and kingdom, ib. A white elephant the occafion of the war, 94. The number of his forces, and expedition against Arrakan fruftrated, 95. Choufed with a sham princess, and a sham ape's tooth, 96. Both brought in a magnificent galley, 97. His public works, and death, with his wives and progeny, 98.

Chaumond, M. St. his negotiations in Germany in favour of his mafter, xxx. 228.

fent ambaffador to Siam, vii. 322. Memorial in order to convert the king, 324, with his acute and difcouraging anfwer, 325. Returns with three Siamele ambafTadors, 331.

maribal, battle between the French un

der him and the Venetians, in which the latter are defeated, and Alviano taken, xxvii. 253. His death and character, xxiv. 123.

Chaunor, or Cape Non, when, and whee difcovered, ix. 246.

Chau-pi tranflates the Chinefe books into the Mungl language, iv. 537.

Chauvin, his progrefs in Canada, by Pontgravé, xxxix. 409.

Chauvelin totally difgraced at the court of Verfailles, which offers its mediation between Britain and Spain, xxxvii. 219. Chau-ti, emperor of China, his mild reign, viii. 422.

Chau-fcang defeats the king of Ti, viii. 411, and ufurps the Chinese crown, 412. Chau-tfien, a province and kingdom in Korea, viii. 523. The king of Korea tributary to China, 534.

Chau-tfong, emperor of China, fuppreffes the Eunuchs, viii. 451. Banifhed and restored; he caufes them to be deftroyed, ibid. Is murdered by the rebel Chuneen, ibid. Chawl, or Chaol, a fortified port in Vizapur, vi. 496. Taken by the Portuguese, ix. 290. Its nine months fiege, 295. Strength and importance to Portugal, 313. fituation and strength, 372. Chaw-pafa-thong becomes king of Siam, by treafon, vi. 302. Marries the princef 303. Murthers her brothers, and pompous funeral of his daughter, 304.

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Chaw-vang, emperor of China, his odious reign, vii. 397. Drowned by a ftratagem, ibid. Portents before his death, ibid. (P). Fo born in his reign, ibid. (See Fo.) Chau-kong, great loyalty to his prince, viii.

400.

Che king of Korea, tributary to China, viii. 534.

Chebucto-bay and river, in Nova-Scotia, its conveniency, xxxix. 264.

Che-ching, one of the three khans of the Kalchas, his dominions, v. 88. Chektea, the fixth fect of Brammans in India, vi. 622.

Che-kyang, a province of China Deferta, viii. 60. Manufactures, product, &c. 61. Canais, cities, &c. 62.

Chelebi Muffulman, Bayezid's fon, submitsto Timur Bek, v. 346.

Ifa, another of Bayezid's fons, doth the fame, v. 347.

Yakub, a third fon, obtains fome provinces from Timur Bek, v. 348. All honoured by him after their father's death, 346.

Cheli, a noble lord, accufes the rapacious Sang-ko to Hupilay, iv. 590. Is cruelly baftinadoed for it, but his honeft intrepi dity rewarded, ibid.

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