WALLER, Mr. EDMUND, represented in dialogue with Dr. More, on
sincerity in the commerce of the world, iii. 53.
recites his history, 57.
his introduction at court, where he recommended himself by his
poetry, 60.
engaged actively in the parliament of 1640, 63.
his relationship and attachment to Mr. Hampden could never bias
him from moderation, 65.
his resolution to pursue the King’s interests, and yet keep clear
with the Parliament, 69.
his popularity drew him into difficulties, 71.
failure of his _plot_, 72.
his address in extricating himself from the danger thence arising,
77.
his hypocrisy, 79.
retired into France during the troubles of the country, 83.
ascribes his misfortunes to _sincerity_, and his escape from them,
to _dissimulation_, 84.
is admitted, on his return, to the confidence of the Protector,
whom he panegyrized, 86.
congratulated Charles II. on his restoration, 88.
his arguments in justification of his conduct, 91.
WALLS OF FIRE, mentioned in romance, what in reality, iv. 320.
WALSINGHAM, Secretary, recounts the ill effects of Queen Elizabeth’s
frugality, iii. 263. n.
his illustrious poverty, 264.
WARWICK, Great Church of, famous for its monuments, iii. 168.
WILLIAM I. his Conquest by some considered as the foundation of
absolute monarchy in England, iii. 298, 309.
his claim to the crown not conquest but testamentary succession,
311.
instituted the feudal law, 313.
consequences of his distribution of forfeited estates and
seignories, 333.
obliged to ratify the old standing laws of the kingdom, 349.
illustration of his policy in his distinction of the ecclesiastical
and temporal courts, 351, 352.
styles himself _Bastard_, in one of his charters, 363.
WILLIAM III. King, his character, iv. 14.
WOLSEY, Cardinal, charged with subjecting the laws of the land to
the imperial laws, iii. 380.
WOMEN-WARRIORS, in times of chivalry, iv. 317.
WORLD, the Commerce of, how to be prepared for, iv. 138.
a knowledge of, the most momentous part of education, and least
understood, 179.