Charles Mackay

“ Sir Thomas Overbury poisoned; full history of his case, with portraits of Overbury, the Earl and Countess of Somerset, Lord Coke, and Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, 193-201; suspicious death of Prince Henry, son of James I., 200; Buckingham said to have poisoned James I., 201; fate of Dr. Lamb, the poisoner (engraving) , 202; slow poisoning in Italy, its general prevalence; employed by the Duke of Guise; much used by Roman ladies to poison husbands, 203; trial and execution of La Spara and others; other women punished, 204 ”

“ Barbarin, Chevalier de, his experiments in animal magnetism, i. 286.
Barbarossa, the Emperor, commences the Third Crusade; his death, ii. 63, 64.
Barthelemy, Peter, his pretended vision and discovery of the "holy lance;"
its effect on the Crusaders; battle of Antioch, the Turks defeated, ii. 35-40; charged with falsehood, subjected to the fiery ordeal, and burnt to death, 41. Bastille, the. (See Paris.)
Bavaria, ordinance against moustaches, i. 302.
Beards forbidden to be worn; religious and political prejudices, i. 296-303. (See Hair.) ”

“ In France: Exili, Glaser, and Sainte Croix, the first criminals, 208; Madame de Brinvilliers and Sainte Croix; their crimes and punishment, 208-214; M. de Penautier charged with poisoning; popular mania for the crime, 214; Lavoisin and Lavigoreux executed, 215; charges against the Marshal de Luxembourg and the Countess of Soissons; recent revival of the crime in England, 216.
Pope, his sketch of Sir John Blunt, Chairman of the South-Sea Company, i. 74. ”

“ 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. ”

“ Sprenger's activity in Germany; Papal commissions, 118; executions in France; sanctioned by Charles IX., 119, 122; Trois Echelles, his confessions and execution, 120; "men-wolves," executed, 121; English statutes against witchcraft, 123; Bishop Jewell's exclamations, 124; the witches of Warbois; absurd charges and execution of the victims, 125; annual sermon at Cambridge, ii. 127; popular belief and statutes in Scotland, 127, 154; charges against the higher classes; against John Knox, 128; numerous executions ”

“ De Villeneuve, Arnold, his skill as a physician, astrologer and alchymist (with portrait) , i. 103.
D'Horn, Count, murders a broker, and steals his Mississippi bonds (engraving) , i. 21; efforts to save his life, inflexibility of the Regent, his execution, 22, 23.
Diamond, famous, purchased by the Regent Orleans, i. 27.
Diamond Necklace of Marie Antoinette, history of the theft, i. 206-220.
Diamonds worn by the Count St. Germain, i. 203; his power of removing flaws in, 204.
Digby, Sir Kenelm, a believer in the virtues of "weapon-salve," i. 265.
Diseases cured by imagination, i. 262, 272 ”

“ 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 ”

“ Soliman the Sultan, his conflict with the Crusaders, ii. 18.
Somerset, the Earl of (poisoner of Sir Thos. Overbury) , portrait of, ii. 200; his origin and rise at court; supposed vicious connexion with James I.; his intrigue and marriage with the Countess of Essex; the murder of Overbury; the earl's trial and sentence, 193-201.
Somerset, the Countess of, her participation in the murder of Sir Thos. Overbury, with portrait, ii. 201.
Songs: on the Mississippi scheme, i. 36; on the South-Sea Bubble, 50; on famous thieves, ii. 260; on witchcraft, popular in Germany, 165 ”

“ Urbain Grandier, curate of Loudun, executed, 169; singular cases at Lisle, 169; the Duke of Brunswick's exposure of the cruelty of torture, 170; diminution of charges in Germany, 171; singular remonstrance from the French Parliament to Louis XIV. on his leniency to witches, 171; executions at Mohra, in Sweden, 177; atrocities in New England; a child and a dog executed, 180; the last execution in Switzerland in 1652, 182; the latest on record, in 1749, at Wurtzburg, 184; witches ducked in 1760, 185; Lady Hatton's reputation for witchcraft ”

“ Spara, Hieronyma, the slow poisoner of Rome, her trial and execution, ii. 205.
Speculations. (See Money Mania, the Mississippi Scheme, South-Sea Bubble, and Bubble Schemes.)
Spenser, his description of Merlin and his cave, i. 232, 237.
Spirits. (See Demons, Witchcraft, Cornelius Agrippa, Paracelsus, &c.) ”

“ Songs of the Rosicrucians, i. 168, 204.
Sorcery. (See Witchcraft and Alchemy.)
Sorel, Agnes, her patronage of Jacques Coeur, the alchymist, i. 132.
South-Sea Bubble, history of, i. 45-84; the Company originated by Harley, Earl of Oxford; its primary object, 45; visionary ideas of South-Sea trade; restrictions imposed by Spanish Government, 46; proposals to Parliament to reduce the debt; capital increased to twelve millions; success of the Company, 47; its application to take the whole state debt; counter application by the Bank of England ”

“ Italy, slow poisoning in (see Poisoning) ; the banditti of, ii. 256.
Jaques Cœur 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 ”

“ 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 ”

“ St. Germain (Count de) , the alchymist, memoir of, i. 200; his profusion of jewels, 203; his pretensions to long life, 205.
St. John's Eve, St. Mark's Eve, St. Swithin's Eve, superstitious customs, i. 258.
Stanhope, Earl, supports the proposition to punish the directors of the South-Sea Company, i. 72, 73; is stigmatised in Parliament, and dies suddenly, 75.
Stanhope, Charles, secretary to Treasury; his participation in the South-Sea fraud, i. 77, 78; his acquittal by parliament, and consequent disturbances, 78.
Stedinger, the, a section of the Frieslanders; their independence ”

“ 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. ”

“ Rice, Count, tried for killing Du Barri in a duel, ii. 293.
Richard I. sets out for Palestine, ii. 67; attacks the Sicilians, 68; arrives at Rhodes (engraving) , 69; his queen Berengaria (engraving) , 70; captures Acre, 71; reaches Bethlehem (engraving) , 73; his concern on being obliged to retreat, 74; his reputation in Palestine, 74.
Richelieu an alchymist, i. 198; his opposition to duelling, ii. 279, 280.
Ripley, George, the alchymist, memoir of, i. 118.
Robert duke of Normandy, a leader of the Crusades, ii. 21, 31, 39, 46.
Robert count of Flanders, a leader of the first Crusade, ii. ”

“ 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 ”