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  • Abraham, Noah, and Moses said to have been alchymists, i. 95, 114.
  • Acre besieged in the Third Crusade, ii. 69;
    • its surrender to the Christians, 71.
  • Addison’s account of a Rosicrucian, i. 177;
    • his opinion on duelling, ii. 281.
  • Agricola, George, the alchymist, memoir of, i. 145.
  • Agrippa, Cornelius, memoir, and portrait of, i. 138;
    • his power of raising the dead and the absent, 142.
  • Aislabie, Mr., Chancellor of the Exchequer, his participation in the South-Sea fraud, i. 73, 78;
    • rejoicings on his committal to the Tower, 79.
  • Alain Delisle. (See Delisle.)
  • Albertus Magnus, his studies in alchymy, i. 99;
    • portrait of, 100;
    • his animated brazen statue destroyed by Thomas Aquinas, 100;
    • his power to change the course of the seasons, 101.
  • Alchymists, the, or Searches for the Philosopher’s Stone and the Water of Life, i. 94-220;
    • natural origin of the study of Alchymy, its connexion with astrology, &c., i. 94;
    • alleged antiquity of the study, 95;
    • its early history, 96;
    • Memoirs of Geber, 96;
    • Alfarabi, 97;
    • Avicenna, 98;
    • Albertus Magnus, with portrait, Thomas Aquinas, 99;
    • Artephius, 102;
    • Alain Delisle, 102;
    • Arnold de Villeneuve, with portrait, 103;
    • receipt for the elixir vitÆ ascribed to him, 103;
    • Pietro d’Apone, 104;
    • Raymond Lulli, with portrait, 105;
    • Roger Bacon, 110;
    • Pope John XXII., 111;
    • Jean de Meung, 112;
    • Nicholas Flamel, 113;
    • George Ripley, 118;
    • Basil Valentine, 134.
    • Boyd, Captain, killed in a duel, ii. 293.
    • “Brabant Screen,” the, a caricature of the South-Sea Bubble, i. 76.
    • Breda, siege of, i. 270.
    • Bremen, Nadel’s escape from prison, ii. 257.
    • Brinvilliers, Madame de, her atrocious murders; escape from France; subsequent trial and execution, ii. 208-214;
      • relics of her fate anxiously sought after, 305.
    • Brown, Sir Thomas, portrait of; his belief in witchcraft, ii. 151.
    • Bubble Companies, contemporaneously with the South-Sea Scheme, their extravagant character, i. 52;
      • profits of the promoters, 53;
      • declared unlawful, 55, 86;
      • companies dissolved, 57.
    • “Bubble Cards,” or Caricatures, i. 60, 61.
    • Buckingham, Villiers, Duke of, his rise in the favour of James I., ii. 197;
      • portrait of, 198;
      • suspected to have poisoned the king, 201.
    • Byron, Lord, his trial for the murder of Mr. Chaworth in a duel, ii. 292.
    • Byron, Lord, his poetical villains, ii. 259.
    • Cagliostro, memoir of, i. 206;
      • his adventures in London, 209;
      • view of his house, 215;
      • implicated in the theft of the diamond necklace, tried and acquitted, 216-220;
      • again in London, imprisonment and death at Rome, 220.
    • Cagliostro, the Countess, i. 208;
      • his accomplice; her wit, beauty, and ingenuity, 213-216.
    • Cambridge University, annual sermon against witchcraft, ii. 127.
    • Camelford, Lord, killed in a duel, ii. 297.
    • Camhel, Sultan, his generosity to the Christians, ii. 84, 85.
    • Campbell, Major, his duel with Capt. Boyd, and execution, ii. 293.
    • Candlemas Eve, superstitious customs, i. 258.
    • Cant phrases. (See Popular follies.)
    • Cards. (See Fortune-telling.)
    • Caricatures, referring to the Mississippi Scheme (four engravings), i. 25, 29, 37, 40, 44.
    • Caricatures of the South-Sea Bubble (seven engravings), i. 60, 61, 68, 70, 76, 82, 84.
    • Casaubon, his account of Dr. Dee’s intercourse with spirits, i. 155.
    • “Chambre Ardente,” instituted by Louis XIV. for the trial of poisoners, ii. 214, 283.
    • Change Alley during the South-Sea Bubble (engraving), i. 60.
    • Charlemagne, his edicts against witches, ii. 109.
    • Charles I. prevents a duel, ii. les@24518@24518-h@24518-h-29.htm.html#dviipage80" class="pginternal">80.
  • Sixth Crusade, prompted by the Pope, 81;
    • undertaken by the King of Hungary; pursued in Egypt; Damietta taken, 82;
    • Cardinal Pelagius and John of Brienne, 83;
    • dissensions and reverses; Damietta abandoned, 84.
  • Seventh Crusade:—Undertaken by Frederick II. of Germany, 84;
    • intrigues against him; he is excommunicated, 85;
    • crowns himself King of Jerusalem, 86;
    • supported by the Templars and Hospitallers (engraving), 86;
    • returns to Germany, 87.
  • Eighth Crusade, commenced in France, 87:
    • battle of Gaza; Richard earl of Cornwall; truce agreed on; the Korasmins take Jerusalem, 88;
    • they subdue the Templars, but are extirpated by the Syrian sultans, 90.
  • Ninth Crusade, began by Louis IX., 90;
    • joined by William Longsword (engraving), 91;
    • the Crusade unpopular in England, 91-97;
    • Damietta taken, 93;
    • battle of Massoura; Louis taken prisoner by the Saracens; his ransom and return, 94;
    • excitement in France, 95.
  • Tenth Crusade, by Louis IX. and Prince Edward of England, 95;
    • Louis dies at Carthage, 96;
    • Edward arrives at Acre, 97;
    • defeats the Turks at Nazereth; is treacherously wounded; the legend of Queen Eleanor, 98;
    • her tomb at Westminster (engraving); a truce concluded; Edward returns to England; subsequent fate of the Holy Land, 99;
    • civilising influence of the Crusades, 100.
  • Currency in France, the Mississippi scheme, i. 4.
    • D’Aguesseau, Chancellor of France, his opposition to the Mississippi scheme, i. 11;
      • portrait of; his financial measures, 33.
    • Damascus, besieged by the Crusaders (engraving), ii. 61.
    • Damietta besieged by the Crusaders, ii. 83, 93.
    • Dances of witches and toads, ii. 108, 109.
    • D’Ancre, the MarÉchale, executed for witchcraft, ii. 166.
    • Dandolo, Doge of Venice, his encouragement of the Crusaders, ii. 76.
    • D’Apone, Pietro, his studies in alchymy; his command of money; charged with heresy, is tortured, and dies in prison, i. 104;
      • portrait of, ii. 140.
    • D’Argenson, French minister of finance, a supporter of the Mississippi scheme, i. 11, 42;
      • portrait of, 42.
    • Dead, the. (See Raising the Dead.)
    • De Bouteville, a famous duellist, temp. Louis XIII., ii. 280;
      • beheaded by the justice of Richelieu, 281.
    • Dee, Dr., memoir and portrait of, i. 152;
      • his “shew-stone” in the British Museum (engraving), 154.
    • De Jarnac and La Chataigneraie, their famous duel, ii. 273.
    • Deleuze, M., his absurd theories on animal magnetism, i. 291.
    • Delisle, Alain, an alchymist, i. 102.
    • Delisle, Jean, the alchymist, memoir of, i. 189;
      • his success in transmuting metals, atte l">199.
      • End of the world prophesied in the year 999, i. 222;
        • by Whiston in 1736, 223.
      • Epigrams on John Law and the Mississippi Scheme, i. 24, 37.
      • Essex, Countess of, afterwards Countess of Somerset. (See Somerset.)
      • Executions for witchcraft. (See Witchcraft.)
      • Ezekiel claimed as a Rosicrucian, i. 175.
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  • Imps in the service of witches. (See Demons and Witchcraft.)
  • Ingelgerius count of Anjou, his duel with Gontran (engraving), ii. 269.
  • Innocent III. and IV., promoters of the Crusades, ii. 75, 80, 81.
  • Innocent VIII., his bull against witchcraft, ii. 117.
  • Innspruck, view of (engraving), i. 181.
  • Invisibility pretended by the Rosicrucians, i. 169, 178.
  • Isaac Comnenus attacked by Richard I., ii. 69.
  • Isaac of Holland, an alchymist, i. 136.
  • Isnik, the Crusaders defeated at (with view of Isnik), ii. 19.
  • Italy, slow poisoning in (see Poisoning);
    • the banditti of, ii. 256.
    • Jaques Coeur the alchymist, memoir of, i. 132.
    • Jaffa besieged by Saladin, and saved by Richard I., ii. 74;
      • view of, ii. 89;
      • defended by the Templars against the Korasmins, ii. 90.
    • James I., his belief in the virtue of “weapon salve,” i. 266;
      • portrait of, ii. 134;
      • charges Gellie Duncan and others with witchcraft, 129;
      • their trial, confessions and execution, 129-135;
      • his work on “Demonology,” 139;
      • his supposed secret vices; his favoritism to the Earl of Somerset, the poisoner of Sir Thomas Overbury; himself thought to have died by poison, 193-202;
      • his severity against duelling, 287.
    • Jean De Meung. (See De Meung.)
    • Jerusalem (and see Crusades), engravings, ii. 44, 47, 49;
      • first pilgrims to, ii. 2;
      • besieged and taken by the Crusaders, 45;
      • its state under the Christian kings, 48, 49;
      • council of the second Crusade there, 60;
      • captured by Saladin, 63.
    • Jewell, Bishop, his exclamations against witchcraft, ii. 124.
    • Jews plundered and murdered by the Crusaders, ii. 20.
    • Joan of Arc, her execution (engraving), ii. 114.
    • John XXII. (Pope), his study of Alchymy, i. 111.
    • Johnson, Dr., on the “Beggar’s Opera,” ii. 258.
    • Joseph II. of Austria, his opposition to duelling, ii. 298.
    • Judicial astrology. (See Astrology.)
    • Judicial combats. (See Duels.)
    • Karloman, King of Hungary, his contest with the Crusaders, ii. 20.
    • Kelly, Edward, the Alchymist, memoir of, i. 152.
    • Kendal, Duchess of, her participation in the South-Sea fraud, i. 76, 77.
    • Kent, Mr., accused of murder by the “Cock Lane Ghost,” ii. 229.
    • Kepler, his excuse for astrology, i. 250.
    • Kerbogha, leader of the Turks defeated at Antioch, ii. 6;
    • official peculation and corruption, 7;
    • John Law’s propositions; his French cognomen, “Lass;” his bank established, 9;
    • his notes at a premium; branch banks established; Mississippi trading company established; bank made a public institution; extensive issue of notes, 10;
    • opposition of the Parliament, 11;
    • the Regent uses coercion; Mississippi shares rise, 12;
    • the Company of the Indies formed; magnificent promises; immense excitement and applications for shares; Law’s house in the Rue de Quincampoix (engraving), 13;
    • hunchback used as a writing-desk (engraving), 15;
    • enormous gains of individuals, 14, 16, 19, 20, 26;
    • Law’s removal to the Place VendÔme, 14;
    • continued excitement, 15;
    • removal to the Hotel de Soissons (engraving), 15;
    • noble and fashionable speculators, 17;
    • ingenious schemes to obtain shares (engraving), 18;
    • avarice and ambition of the speculators; robberies and murders, 20;
    • a broker murdered by Count d’Horn, and robbed of shares (engraving), 21;
    • temporary stimulus to trade, and illusive prosperity; Law purchases estates, and turns Catholic, 24;
    • his charity and modesty, 25;
    • caricatures of him, as Atlas, 25;
    • “Lucifer’s new row barge,” 29;
    • in a car drawn by cocks, 40;
    • increase of luxury in Paris, 26;
    • the Regent purchases the great diamond, 27;
    • symptoms of distrust; coin further depreciated, 28;
    • use of specie forbidden, at Law’s suggestion, 29;
    • popular hatred excited, 30;
    • fall of shares, 31;
    • conscription for the Mississippi gold mines (engraving), 31;
    • further issue of notes, and increased distrust and distress, 32;
    • payment stopped, and Law dismissed from the ministry, 33;
    • his danger from the populace, 33, 35, 38;
    • D’Aguesseau’s measures to restore credit (portrait), 34;
    • run on the Bank, 34;
    • fatal accidents in the crowd, 34;
    • the Mississippi and India companies deprived of their privileges, 39;
    • Law leaves France, 40;
    • D’Argenson’s dismissal and unpopularity, 42;
    • Law’s subsequent history and death, 43;
    • caricatures of the scheme in its success and failure, 25, 29, 37, 40, 44.
  • Modern prophecies, i. 222-241.
  • Mohra, in Sweden, absurd charges of witchcraft, and numerous executions, ii. 177.
  • Mohun, Lord, his duel with the Duke of Hamilton, ii. 290.
  • Mompesson, Mr., his “haunted house” at Tedworth, ii. 224.
  • Money Mania. (See the 165.
  • Rupecissa, John de, a French alchymist, i. 136.
  • Russia, tax bject of thieves 253, 257, 258;
  • Lord Byron’s “Corsair” and Schiller’s “Robber,” 259.
  • Thomas Aquinas. (See Aquinas.)
  • Tiberias, battle of, ii. 63.
  • Tibertus, Antiochus, his wonderful prophecies, i. 248.
  • Toads dancing at the witches’ “Sabbaths,” ii. 108.
  • Tophania, La, a famous poisoner in Italy, her crimes and execution; the nature of her potions, ii. 206.
  • Torture, its cruelty exposed by the Duke of Brunswick, ii. 170.
  • Toulouse, witches burnt at, ii. 160.
  • Tournaments and judicial combats. (See Duels.)
  • Tours, haunted house at, ii. 221.
  • Tower Hill, bonfires on the committal of participators in the South-Sea Bubble (engraving), i. 79.
  • Tower of London, Raymond Lulli the alchymist said to have practised there, i. 109;
    • poisoning of Sir Thomas Overbury, ii. 195.
  • Transmutation of metals. (See Alchymists.)
  • Trees, their significance in dreams, i. 254;
    • susceptible of magnetic influence, 284.
  • Trial by Battle. (See Duels and Ordeals.)
  • Trithemius, the alchymist, memoir of, i. 124.
  • Trois-Echelles executed for witchcraft, ii. 120.
  • Troussel, William, his duel with the Constable Du Guesclin (engraving), ii. 261, 271.
  • “Truce of God,” the, proclaimed by the first Crusaders, ii. 14.
  • “True Cross,” fragments of the, ii. 3, 71.
  • Tulip Mania;
    • the flower first introduced into Europe by Gesner, portrait of Gesner, i. 85;
    • great demand for plants in Holland and Germany, introduced in England from Vienna, the flower described and eulogised by Beckmann and Cowley, 86;
    • rage for bulbs in Holland and their enormous prices, 87;
    • amusing errors of the uninitiated, 88;
    • marts for the sale of bulbs, jobbing and gambling, ruinous extent of the mania and immense profits of speculators, 89;
    • “tulip-notaries” appointed, sudden loss of confidence and fall of prices, meetings, deputation to the government, 90;
    • unfulfilled bargains repudiated by the law courts, 91;
    • the mania in England and France, 91;
    • subsisting value of choice bulbs, 92.
  • Tunis invaded by the Crusaders, ii. 96.
  • Tunbridge Wells, a witch doctor there in 1830, ii. 189.
  • Turner, Mrs. her participation in the poisoning of Sir Thomas Overbury, ii. 194, 198, 199.
  • Turpin, Dick, popular admiration of, ii. 251.
    • Undines. (See the Rosicrucians.)
    • Urban II. preaches the Crusade (frontispiece), ii. 7.




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