Drummer of Tedworth. (_See_ Haunted Houses.)
Du Barri, Vicomte, killed in a duel at Bath, ii. 293.
DUELS AND ORDEALS, ii. 261-301;
the ordeal by combat, or trial by battle, its natural origin; authorised
by law, 262;
discouraged by the clergy, 263;
the oath upon the Evangelists, 264;
judgment by the cross, 264;
fire-ordeal, 265;
ordeals used by modern Hindoos, 265;
water ordeal, 265;
the _corsned_, or bread and cheese ordeal, 266;
ordeals superseded by judicial combats, 267;
duels of Ingelgerius and Gontran (_engraving_), 269;
De Montfort and the Earl of Essex, 270;
Du Guesclin and Troussel (_engraving_), 261, 271;
Carrouges and Legris, 272;
La Chataigneraie and De Jarnac, 273;
L'Isle-Marivaut and Marolles, 276;
the Dukes de Beaufort and de Nemours, 282;
Count de Bussy and Bruc, 282;
frivolous causes of duels, 270, 271, 276, 282, 292, 296;
their prevalence in France, 276, 277, 279, 280, 282;
the custom opposed by Sully and Henry IV.; council at Fontainebleau
(_engraving_), and royal edict, 277-279;
efforts of Richelieu to suppress duelling, 280;
De Bouteville, a famous duellist, beheaded by the justice of Richelieu;
opinion of Addison on duelling, 281;
duels in Germany, 282;
severe edict by Louis XIV., 283;
singular laws of Malta, 284;
judicial combat in the reign of Queen Elizabeth; Lord Bacon opposes
duelling, 285;
Lord Sanquir's duel with Turner; his execution for murder; combat between
Lord Reay and David Ramsay prevented by Charles I., 287;
Orders of the Commonwealth and Charles II. against the practice; Duke of
Buckingham's duel with Earl Shrewsbury; disgraceful conduct of
Charles II., 288;
practice of seconds in duels fighting as well as principals, 280, 288;
arguments of Addison, Steele, and Swift, 288;
duels in England; Sir C. Deering and Mr. Thornhill; Duke of Marlborough
and Earl Pawlet; Duke of Hamilton and Lord Mohun; trial of General
Macartney, 289-292;
Wilson killed by John Law, i. 3;
Mr. Chaworth killed by Lord Byron, ii. 292;
Vicomte Du Barri by Count Rice, the Duke of York and Colonel Lennox, 293;
Irish duels, 294;
Major Campbell executed for the death of Captain Boyd, 296;
Macnamara and Montgomery; duels of German students, 297;
Best and Lord Camelford, 297;
Frederick the Great and Joseph II. of Austria opposed to duelling, 298;
other European edicts; laws of America, 299;
general reflections, 300.
Du Guesclin and Troussel, their duel (_engraving,_) ii. 261, 271.
Du Fresnoy's history of the Hermetic Philosophy, i. 95, 96.
Duncan, Gellie, and her accomplices tried for witchcraft; their absurd
confessions, ii. 129-135.
Duval, Claude, popular admiration of; Butler's ode to his memory, ii. 255.
Earthquakes prophesied in London, i. 224, 230.
Edessa taken by the Crusaders, ii. 30;
retaken by the Saracens, 50.
Edward I., his great seal (_engraving_), ii. 97.
Edward II. joins the last Crusade, ii. 95;
arrives at Acre, 97;
treacherously wounded, 98;
his patronage of Raymond Lulli the alchymist, i. 108;
its supposed motive, 135.
Edward IV., his encouragement of alchymy, i. 135.
Edward VI., his patronage of Dr. Dee, i. 152.
Egypt, the Crusaders in, ii. 83, 84, 90, 92, 93.
Elias claimed as a Rosicrucian, i. 175.
Elixir Vitæ. (_See_ Alchymists.)
Eleanor, Queen of Edward II., her tomb at Westminster (_engraving_),
ii. 99.
Elizabeth, Queen, her patronage of Dr. Dee, i. 153, 162.
Elwes, Sir Jervis, his participation in the poisoning of Sir Thomas
Overbury, his execution, ii. 194, 197, 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.
Falling stars regarded as omens, i. 223;
falling stars and other meteors before the Crusades, ii. 11.
Faria, the Abbé, the magnetiser, i. 294.
Fashion of short and long hair, beards, and moustaches, i. 296-303.
Female Crusaders. (_See_ Women.)
Feudalism at the commencement of the Crusades, ii. 5.
Fian, Dr., tortured for witchcraft, ii. 131.
Finance in France; the Mississippi scheme, i. 2, 6.
Fire-ordeal. (_See_ Duels and Ordeals.)
Flamel, Nicholas, the alchymist, memoir of i. 113.
Florimond on the prevalence of witchcraft, ii. 115.
Flowers, fruits, and trees, their significance in dreams, i. 254.
Fludd, Robert, the father of the English Rosicrucians, memoir of, i. 173;
introduces "weapon-salve" in England, 265.
Follies of great cities; cant, or slang phrases, ii. 239-248.
Fontainebleau, council held by Henry IV. and edict against duelling
(_engraving_), ii. 278.
Food, its necessity denied by the Rosicrucians, i. 176.
Forman, Dr., his participation in the poisoning of Sir Thomas Overbury,
ii. 194.
FORTUNE-TELLING, i. 242-258;
presumption of man; his anxiety to penetrate futurity, 242.
_Judicial astrologers_: Lilly, 243.
Astrology in France, Louis XI., Catherine de Medicis, Nostradamus
(_portrait_), 246;
the Medici family, 247;
Antiochus Tibertus, 247;
horoscope of Louis XIV. 249;
Kepler's excuse for astrology, 249.
_Necromancy_, _Geomancy_, _Augury_, _Divination_, 250;
various kinds of divination; cards, the palm, the rod, &c., 251;
interpretation of dreams, 253.
Foulque, Bishop of Neuilly, promoter of the fifth Crusade, ii. 76.
France, its finances in the eighteenth century; the Mississippi scheme,
i. 5, 6;
the Crusade preached there, ii. 8;
the cathedral of Clermont (_engraving_), ii. 9;
executions for witchcraft, ii. 119, 122, 174;
existing belief in witchcraft there, ii. 189;
the slow poisoners in, ii. 208;
immense rage for duelling in France, 276, 277, 279, 280;
alchymy in France. (_See_ the Alchymists, Paris, Tours, &c.)
Franklin, an apothecary, his participation in the murder of Sir Thomas
Overbury, ii. 195, 198, 199.
Frederick the Great, his opposition to duelling, ii. 298.
Frederick II., Emperor of Germany, undertakes the Crusade, ii. 84;
crowns himself king at Jerusalem, 86;
returns to Germany, 87.
Frederick III. of Denmark, his patronage of alchymy, i. 183.
Gambling speculations. (_See_ Mississippi Scheme and South-Sea Bubble.)
Garinet, Jules, his _Histoire de la Magie en France_, ii. 105, 109, 122,
189, 221.
Gateway of Merchant-Tailors' Hall, with South-Sea speculators
(_engraving_), i. 62.
Gay, the poet, his shares in the South-Sea Company, i. 65.
Geber, the alchymist, memoir of, i. 96;
his scientific discoveries; English translation of his work, 97.
Geomancy described, i. 250.
Geoffrey, M., his exposure of the tricks of alchymists, i. 188.
George I., his speeches and proclamation on the South-Sea Bubble,
i. 47-55, 69;
his grief on the death of the Earl of Stanhope, i. 75.
George III. refuses to pardon Major Campbell for the death of Capt.
Boyd in a duel, ii. 293.
Germany, executions for witchcraft, ii. 118;
duelling in, 282, 298;
alchymy in, encouraged by the emperors, i. 119, 135, 158;
the Rosicrucians in, 178;
animal magnetism in, 290.
Gesner, Conrad, the first tulip cultivator, _portrait_ of, i. 85.
Ghosts. (_See_ Haunted Houses.)
Gibbon, Edward, grandfather of the historian, his participation in the
South-Sea fraud, i. 73, 77;
heavily fined, 81;
his grandson's account of the proceedings, 81.
Gisors, meeting there of Henry II. and Philip Augustus (_engraving_),
ii. 65.
Glanvill, Rev. J., his work on witchcraft, ii. 148, 224.
Glauber, an alchymist, i. 187.
Glen, Lincolnshire, belief in witches there, ii. 185.
Gnomes. (_See_ the Rosicrucians.)
Godfrey of Bouillon, his achievements in Palestine (_engraving_),
ii. 21-24, 26, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 38, 39, 42, 46, 48.
Gold, sought by the Alchymists. (_See_ Alchymists.)
Gottschalk, a leader of the Crusaders, ii. 15, 20.
Gowdie, Isabel, her confession of witchcraft, ii. 136.
Grafton's Chronicle, account of Peter of Pontefract, i. 235.
Greatraks, Valentine, his wonderful cures, i. 269-272.
Great Seal of Edward I. (_engraving_), ii. 97.
Gregorian chant, its merit tested by the ordeal of fire, ii. 266.
Guise, the Duke of, his attempt to poison Gennaro Annese, ii. 202.
Guizot, M., his remarks on the Crusades, ii. 51.
Gustavus Adolphus an alchymist, i. 187.
Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem, besieges Acre, ii. 69.
Hair, its length influenced by religious and political prejudices;
legislative enactments, i. 296;
short hair of the Normans (_engraving_), i. 297, 303;
St. Wulstan's antipathy to long hair, 297;
Serlo cuts off the hair of Henry I. (_engraving_), 296, 298;
Louis VII. and his queen, 299;
William "Longbeard," 300;
Roundheads and Cavaliers, 301;
Peter the Great taxes beards, 301.
Hale, Sir Matthew, _portrait_ of, ii. 148;
his belief in witchcraft, 157.
Hamilton, Duke of, his duel with Lord Mohun, ii. 290.
Harcouet, his receipt for the Elixir Vitæ, i. 103.
Harley, Earl of Oxford, the originator of the South-Sea Company,
_portrait_ of, i. 46.
Haroun al Reschid, the Caliph, his encouragement of Christian pilgrims,
ii. 3.
Hastings, recent belief in witchcraft there, ii. 187.
Hatton, Lady, her reputation for witchcraft; her house in Hatton Garden,
(_engraving_), ii. 186.
"HAUNTED HOUSES," popular belief in, ii. 217-238;
a house at Aix la Chapelle, cause of the noises discovered, ii. 218;
alarm caused by a rat, 219;
the monks of St. Bruno, their trick to obtain the haunted palace of
Vauvert, 220;
houses at Tours and Bordeaux, 221;
the story of Woodstock Palace, 222;
Mr. Mompesson's house at Tedworth, 224;
the "Cock Lane Ghost," history of the deception; believed in by the
learned (_engravings_), 228;
the Stockwell ghost, 234;
Baldarroch farm-house, 235;
effect of education and civilisation, 238.
Hawkins, Mr., _engravings_ from his Collection of Caricatures, i. 29, 44.
Haygarth, Dr., his exposure of Perkins's "Metallic Tractors," i. 289.
Hell, Father, his magnetic cures; his connexion with Mesmer, i. 283.
Henry I., his hair cut short by Serlo, his chaplain (_engraving_),
i. 262, 264.
Henry II. joins the third crusade (_engraving_), ii. 64.
Henry VI. issues patents to encourage alchymy, i. 118, 135.
Henry VIII., his invitation to Cornelius Agrippa, i. 140.
Henry, Prince, son of James I. suspected to have been poisoned, ii. 200.
Henry II. of France, his patronage of Nostradamus, i. 246;
said to have prohibited duelling, ii. 273, 275;
his death in the lists, 276.
Henry IV. of France, _portrait_ of, ii. 277;
his opposition to duelling, 277, 279.
Hermes Trismegistus, the founder of alchymy, i. 95.
Hermetic Philosophy. (_See_ the Alchymists.)
Heydon, John, an English Rosicrucian, i. 175.
Heywood, his life and prophecies of Merlin, i. 233.
Highwaymen. (_See_ Thieves.)
Hogarth's caricature of the South-Sea Bubble (_engraving_), i. 82.
Holland, the tulip mania. (_See_ Tulip Mania.)
Holloway's lectures on animal magnetism, i. 287.
Holt, Chief Justice, his opposition to the belief in witchcraft, ii. 152.
"Holy Lance," the, its pretended discovery (_engraving_), ii. 37.
Hopkins, Matthew, the "witch-finder general," his cruelty and retributive
fate, (_engraving_), ii. 143-146.
Horoscope of Louis XIV., i. 249.
Hugh count of Vermandois imprisoned at Constantinople, ii. 21, 23;
at the siege of Nice, 26;
quits the Crusaders, 42.
Human remains ingredients in charms and nostrums, i. 272.
Hungary plundered by the Crusaders, ii. 15, 16, 20, 21.
Hutchinson, Dr., his work on witchcraft, ii. 123.
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. 34, 38, 39.
Kerr, Robert, afterwards Earl of Somerset. (_See_ Somerset.)
Kircher abandons his belief in alchymy, i. 185, 183;
his belief in magnetism as a remedy for disease, 264.
Knight, ----, Treasurer of the South-Sea Company, his apprehension and
escape, i. 76.
Knox, John, _portrait_ of; accused of witchcraft, ii. 128.
Koffstky, a Polish alchymist, i. 136.
Labourt, France, 200 witches executed, ii. 166.
La Chataigneraie and De Jarnac, their famous duel, ii. 273.
La Chaussée, the accomplice of Madame de Brinvilliers, his execution,
ii. 212.
Lady-day, superstitions on, i. 258.
Lamb, Dr., the poisoner, attacked and killed in the streets (_engraving_),
ii. 202.
"Lancashire witches" executed, ii. 141.
Laski, Count Albert, his reception by Queen Elizabeth, his studies in
alchymy, i. 155;
is victimised by Dee and Kelly, 157.
Lavigoreux and Lavoisin, the French poisoners executed, ii. 215.
Law, J., projector of the Mississippi scheme, his romantic history, i. 1;
his house in the Rue de Quincampoix, Paris (_engraving_), i. 13.
Law, Wm., his participation in the Mississippi scheme, i. 9, 42.
Le Blanc, the Abbé, on the popularity of Great Thieves, ii. 251.
Lennox, Col., his duel with the Duke of York, ii. 293.
Liège, Madame de Brinvilliers arrested there, ii. 213.
Lille, singular charges of witchcraft at, ii. 169.
Lilly, the astrologer, account of, i. 243.
Lipsius, his passion for tulips, i. 86.
London, the plague of 1665, i. 228;
inundation prophesied in 1524, i. 228;
the Great Fire, 230.
(_See_ also Cagliostro, Change Alley, Cornhill, Merchant Taylors' Hall,
Tower, Westminster.)
Longbeard, William, cause of his name, i. 300.
Longsword, William (_engraving_), joins the ninth Crusade, ii. 91.
Loudun, the curate of, executed for witchcraft, ii. 168.
Louis VII. cuts short his hair, and loses his queen, i. 299;
joins the Crusaders, ii. 53;
is consecrated at St. Denis, 55;
reaches Constantinople and Nice, 58;
his conflicts with the Saracens, 59;
arrival at Jerusalem, 60;
his sincerity as a Crusader, 61;
returns to France, 62.
Louis IX. undertakes the ninth Crusade, ii. 90;
his valour at the battle of Massoura, 94;
taken prisoner, 94;
his ransom and return, 94;
his second Crusade, 95;
effigy of (_engraving_), 220.
Louis XI., his encouragement of astrologers, i. 246.
Louis XIII., prevalence of duelling in his reign, ii. 280.
Louis XIV., his bigotry and extravagance, i. 5, 6;
remonstrated with by his Parliament on his leniency to supposed witches,
ii. 171;
_portrait_ of, 177;
establishes the "chambre ardente" for the trial of poisoners, 214, 283;
his horoscope, 249;
his severe edict against duelling, 283.
Louis XV., his patronage of the Court St. Germain, i. 201, 204.
"Loup-garou" executed in France, ii. 120.
Loutherbourg, the painter, his alleged cures by animal magnetism, i. 288.
Lulli, Raymond, a famous alchymist, his romantic history, with _portrait_,
i. 105;
his treatment by Edward II., 135.
Lyons, _view_ of, ii. 160.
Macartney, General, second to Lord Mohun, his trial for murder, ii. 292.
Mackenzie, Sir George, _portrait_ of, ii. 138;
his enlightened views on witchcraft, 137.
Macnamara and Montgomery, frivolous cause of their fatal duel, ii. 297.
MAGNETISERS, the, i. 262-295;
effect of imagination in the cure of diseases, i. 262, 272.
_Mineral Magnetism_: Paracelsus its first professor, 263;
diseases transplanted to the earth; Kircher; "weapon-salve," 264;
controversy on its merits, 265;
Sir Kenelm Digby's "powder of sympathy," 266;
other delusions, 268.
_Animal Magnetism_: wonderful cures by Valentine Greatraks, i. 269-272;
Francisco Bagnoni, Van Helmont, Gracian, Baptista Porta, &c., 272;
Wirdig, Maxwell, 273;
the convulsionaires of St. Medard, i. 273;
Father Hell, 274;
Anthony Mesmer, his history and theory, 275;
Mesmer, 276-283;
D'Eslon adopts his views, 278, 280, 281;
encouragement to depravity afforded by his experiments, 282, 293;
exposures by MM. Dupotet and Bailly, 279, 281;
Marquis de Puysegur, 283;
Chevalier de Barbarin, 286;
Mainauduc, Holloway, Loutherbourg, 287, 288;
Perkins's "Metallic Tractors" exposed by Dr. Haygarth, 289;
absurd theories of Deleuze, 291;
the Abbé Faria, fallacies of the theory of, 294.
Mainauduc, Dr., his experiments in animal magnetism, i. 287.
Malta, its singular laws on duelling, ii. 284.
Mansfield, Lord, trial of the "Cock-lane Ghost" conspirators before him,
ii. 234.
Manuel Comnenus, his treatment of the Crusaders, ii. 56, 58, 59.
Marie Antoinette, history of the diamond necklace, i. 216-220.
Marlborough, Duke of, his duel with Earl Pawlet, ii. 289.
Massaniello, relics of his fate treasured by the populace, ii. 305.
Massoura, battle of, the Saracens defeated, ii. 94.
Mayer, Michael, his report on the Rosicrucian doctrines, i. 168.
Maxwell, William, the magnetiser, i. 273.
Medicis, Catherine di, her encouragement of astrologers, i. 246.
Medici family, predictions respecting them, i. 247.
Merchant Taylors' Hall, _view_ of gateway, i. 62.
Merlin, his pretended prophecies, i. 232;
his miraculous birth, 236;
Spenser's description of his cave, 237.
Mesmer, Anthony, the founder of animal magnetism, his history and theory,
i. 275;
his theory and practice, 276;
elegance of his house at Paris, 278;
infatuation of his disciples, 282.
Metals, transmutation of. (_See_ Alchymists.)
Meteoric phenomena, their effect in inciting to the Crusades, ii. 3, 11.
Meteors regarded as omens, i. 223.
Milan, plague of 1630 prophesied, i. 225;
fear of poisoners, Mora and others executed, 226;
appearance of the devil, 227.
Millenium, the, universally expected at the end of the tenth century,
ii. 3.
MISSISSIPPI SCHEME, the, its history, i. 1-44;
financial difficulties in France, expedients of the Regent Orleans, i. 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 Mississippi Scheme and South-Sea Bubble.)
Montesquieu "Esprit des Loix," ii. 262-267.
Montgomery and Macnamara, frivolous cause of their fatal duel, ii. 297.
More, Hannah, on animal magnetism, i. 287.
Mormius, the alchymist, memoir of, i. 178.
Mortlake, Dr. Dee's house at, i. 153, 162.
Moses cited by alchymists as an adept, i. 95;
claimed as a Rosicrucian, 175.
Moustaches, fashion of wearing, i. 302.
Mummies, an ingredient in charms and nostrums, i. 271.
Munting's history of the tulip mania, i. 87.
Nadel, Mausch, a German robber, ii. 257.
Naiades. (_See_ the Rosicrucians.)
Nantwich, Nixon's prophecy of its fate, i. 240.
Naples, arrest and execution of La Tophania, the slow poisoner, ii. 207.
Napoleon's willow at St. Helena and other relics, ii. 307.
Naudé, Gabriel, his exposure of the Rosicrucians, i. 173.
Necromancy, its connexion with alchymy, i. 129;
danger of its practice, 250.
New England, women, a child, and a dog, executed as witches, ii. 180.
Nice besieged by the Crusaders, ii. 26.
Nixon, Robert, the Cheshire prophet, i. 238.
Noah, the patriarch, a successful alchymist, i. 95.
Noises. (_See_ Haunted Houses.)
Normandy, witches in, ii. 172.
Nostradamus, the astrologer; his prophecies (_portrait_), i. 246.
Oath on the Evangelists and holy relics, a test of innocence, ii. 264.
Odomare, a French alchymist, i. 136.
Official peculation in France under the Regent Orleans, i. 7.
Omens: winding-sheets, howling dogs, death-watch, "coffins," shivering,
walking under ladders, upsetting salt, thirteen at table, piebald
horses, sneezing, dogs, cats, bees, itching; Oriental belief in
omens, i. 255.
(_See_ Comets, Falling Stars, and Meteors.)
Oneiro-criticism; interpreting dreams. (_See_ Dreams.)
Ordeals. (_See_ Duels and Ordeals.)
Orleans, Duke of. (Regent of France) _portrait_ of; his patronage of the
Mississippi Scheme, i. 5;
his financial errors, 10, 12, 33, 41;
enforces the execution of Count D'Horn for murder, 23;
his purchase of the celebrated diamond, 27;
his ill-treatment of Law, 33.
Orleans, Duchess of, her remarks on the Mississippi scheme, i. 5, 19,
24, 35, 36.
Ortholani, a French alchymist, i 136.