THE HISTORY O.F MODERN EUROPE. WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, AND A VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF SOCIETY. FROM THE RISE of the MODERN KINGDOMS то THE PEACE of PARIS, in 1763. IN A SERIES of LETTERS from a NOBLEMAN to his Son. A NEW EDITION, carefully corrected. VOL. IV. LONDON, Printed for G. G. J. and J. ROBINSON, Paternofter row; and A.D. From the PEACE of WESTPHALIA, in 1648, to the PEACE of PARIS, in 1763. General View of the Affairs of Europe, with a particular Account of thofe of England, from the Restoration of Charles II. in 1660, to the Triple Alliance, in 1668. 1660 INTRODUCTORY reflections Page I Great popularity of Charles II. of England at his restoration, and eminent political fituation among the powers of Europe 2 3 His libertine and accommodating character ibid. General act of indemnity Trial and execution of the regicides State of the church Diffolution of the Convention Parliament A.D. 1661 Rigour of the High-church party 1662 Prefbyterian clergy ejected Page 8 ibid. This impolitic meafure unites the Proteftant Diffenters in a common hatred of the church ibid. The King and his brother the Duke of York, being fecretly 9 ibid. The plan of toleration oppofed by the Parliament, and laid afide ΙΟ ibid. ibid. 12 13 ibid. 14 Character of the penfionary De Wit Great naval preparations of England and Holland 1665 Dutch defeated by the English fleet under the Duke of York 15 Plague rages in London 16 France and Denmark league with the United Provinces against 1666 Memorable fea fight of four days ibid. 17 After various turns of fortune, the Dutch fleet, under de Ruyter The rebels routed, and the Prefbyterian prifoners treated with feverity State of Ireland ibid. 25 1667 Act of the English parliament prohibiting the importation of The Dutch fleet under de Ruyter, takes poffeffion of the mouth Retrospective view of the state of France and Spain His munificence, fplendor, and popularity 28 ibid. 29 ibid. 30 31 ibid. 32 ibid. ibid. |