CONTENTS

O F T H E

TWELFTH VOLUME,

CHARLES II.

CHAP. LX I X.

State os affairs in Ireland. — Sbaftesbury acquitted —>Ar gyle's trial — State of affairs in Scotland — Stateof the ministry in England — New nomination ofsheriffs •— Qito fp arrant os — Great softer of thecrown — A conspiracy — Sbaftesbury retires and dies— Ryc-houfe plot — Conspiracy discovered — Executionof the conspirators — Trial of lord Ruffel — Hisexecution — Trial of Algernon Sidney — His execution

— State of the nation — State of foreign affairs —King's sickness aud death — And Character. Page i

JAMES II.

CHAP. LXX.

Kings first transactions — A parliament — Argumentsfor and against a revenue for life — Oates convictedof perjury — Monmoutb's invaston -7- His defeat —•and execution — Cruelties of Ilirke —- and of Jefferies

— State of affairs in Scotland — Argyle's invaston

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