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Robert Boyle

INDEX

Reading edition

Abbot, George, Archbishop of Canterbury, 22

Act of Oblivion. See Indemnity Bill

Air, the Spring and Weight of the, 189, 202, 248, 288

Aix, 99

Albemarle, George Monk, Duke of, 224, 232, 237, 269, 270

Aldersgate Street, 128, 130, 133

Aldgate, 128, 133

All Souls’ College, Oxford, 199, 254

Amadis de Gaule, 67, 68

Amoretti, Spenser’s, 7

Anglesey, Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of, 239

⸺, Lady, 262 note

Annarye, 112

Antibes, 106

Apple-Tree Yard, 286

Apsley, Joan, 7, 11

⸺, William, 7

Arcadia, the French, 87

Arcadia, Sir Philip Sidney’s, 61, 76

Argyle, Archibald Campbell, 8th Earl of, 160

Arlington, Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of, 274, 278

Armagh, 147

Arminianism, 45

Arminius, 44

Armstrong, Archie, 57

Army Remonstrance, The, 167

Arno, the, 106

Art of War, The, 280, 295

Artillery Walk, 240

Arundel, Earl of, 22

⸺ House, 272, 273, 294

Ashmole, Elias, 242

Astrea, 87

Athlone Castle, 25, 31, 38, 75, 302

Aubrey, John, 242

Audley End, 262

Augsburg, 44, 66

Auvergne, 57

Bacon, Anthony, 9

⸺, Francis, Lord, 44, 67

Badnedge, Mr. Thomas, 39, 40, 41

Baillie, Robert, 212

Ball, William, 241

Balliol College, Oxford, 190

Bandon, 171

Bandonbridge, 114

Barbican, 130, 146 note, 161, 172 and note, 234

Barebones Parliament, 182

Barlow, Dr., 191, 199 and note, 200

Barrow, Dr. Isaac, 243 and note, 286

Barrymore, Alice Boyle, Countess of, 13, 15, 23, 24, 37, 60, 63, 74, 81, 83, 92, 111, 135, 146 note, 172

⸺, David Barry, 1st Earl of, 15, 24, 26, 36, 37, 60, 63, 64, 71, 72, 78, 88, 107, 111, 113, 119, 120 and note

⸺, Richard, 2nd Earl of, 130, 135, 146 note, 161, 172 and note, 210, 234, 235 and note

⸺, Susan Killigrew, first wife of 2nd Earl, 172 and note, 235 and note

⸺, Martha Lawrence, second wife of 2nd Earl, 235 and note

Bartholomew Close, 237

Basinghall Street, 240

Bates, Dr., 208

Bath, 63, 77, 78, 133, 135, 168, 169

Bathurst, Dr., 242

Beaconsfield, 202, 262 and note

Beale, Dr. John, 253

Beaumont, Lady, 16, 21

⸺, Sapcott, 16, 21, 25, 75

Bede, the Venerable, 191

Bedell, Bishop, 130

Bedford, Francis Russell, 4th Earl of, 20

Ben Jonson, 8

Bennet College, Cambridge (Corpus Christi), 3

Bergamo, 103

Berkeley, Lord, 260 note

Berwick, 77

Betterton, Thomas, 231, 232 and note

Beza, 44, 88, 124

“Black Pots,” 46

Black Prince, The, 277

Blackwater, the, 36

Blount, Colonel, 214

Bodleian Library, the, 187, 191, 199, 200

Bohemia, Queen of, 44

Bologna, 103

Bond Street, 287

Booker’s Almanack, 270

Boyle, Alice. See Barrymore, Countess of

⸺, Anne. See Hinchinbroke, Lady

⸺, Charles, e.s. of Earl of Burlington, 93, 202

⸺, Charlotte Jemima Henrietta-Maria, 277 note

⸺, Dorothy. See Loftus

⸺, Elizabeth. See Spenser

⸺, Frances, e.d. of Earl of Burlington, 62, 92, 229 note

⸺, Francis. See Shannon, Viscount

⸺, Geoffrey, 13, 16

⸺, Henrietta. See Hyde

⸺, James of Hereford, 7

⸺, Joan. See Kildare, Countess of

⸺, John, Bishop of Cork, 12, 13, 20

⸺, Katherine. See Ranelagh, Viscountess

⸺, Lettice. See Goring

⸺, Lewis. See Kynalmeaky, Lord

⸺, Margaret, 22, 24, 25, 26, 31, 36, 59, 60

⸺, Mary. See Warwick, Countess of

⸺, Richard. See Cork, 1st Earl of, “The great Earl”

⸺, Richard, Lord Dungarvan, 2nd Earl of Cork, and Earl of Burlington. See Burlington, Earl of

⸺, Richard, son of Earl of Burlington, 258 note

Boyle, Robert: Birth and infancy, 1, 2, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 24;

in Dublin, 25, 33;

at Lismore, 35-39;

at Eton, 40-54, 58, 59, 65, 66, 67;

at Stalbridge, 68, 69, 70, 72;

at the House of the Savoy, 79-84;

goes abroad, 85-88;

in Geneva, 88-92, 96, 97, 99;

in Italy, 100-107;

after the debacle, 117, 120;

in England again, 122-139;

at the Manor of Stalbridge, laboratory and literary work, the Invisible College, ill health, 140-158;

visits to London, Moore Park and Leeze, 159-166;

at Stalbridge again, 167-169;

“the Thing called Love,” 171-181;

visits Ireland, 181-188;

one of the Learned Junto at Oxford, 189-205, 212, 213, 214, 215, 217, 220, 223;

after the Restoration, 230-236, 239;

one of the founders of the Royal Society, 240-245;

science and politics in London and Oxford, 246-257;

during the Plague and the Fire, 260-266, 268;

Oxford and London, 271, 274, 277, 279, 280;

leaves Oxford and settles in Pall Mall, 281-288;

paralytic seizure, 290, 291, 292;

a series of publications, 299, 300;

last years, 300-309

Boyle, Roger, father of 1st Earl of Cork, 3

⸺, Mrs. Roger, mother of 1st Earl of Cork, 3

⸺, Roger, “Little Hodge,” eldest Son of 1st Earl of Cork, 12, 13, 21, 152, 228

⸺, Roger, Lord Broghill, 1st Earl of Orrery. See Orrery, Earl of

⸺, Sarah. See Digby, Lady

Boyne, Battle of the, 302

Bradshaw, John, 232, 233 note

Breda, 65 note, 173 note, 224, 270

Brescia, 103

Bridgeman, Sir Orlando, 276

Bristol, Countess of, 79

⸺, John Digby, 1st Earl of, 59, 61, 63, 71, 72, 79

⸺ family, 154, 180

British Museum, 296 note

Broghill, Lord. See Orrery

⸺, Margaret Howard, Lady. See Orrery

Brouncker, Lord, 240, 244, 255, 294

Browne, Mr. and Mrs., of Sayes Court, Deptford, 12, 13, 21, 215

⸺, Sir Richard, 214 note, 215

Bruce, Mr., 240

Buckhurst, Lord, 255, 257

Buckingham, George Villiers, 1st Duke of, 19, 21, 93

Buckingham, George Villiers, 2nd Duke of, 243

Bull’s Head Tavern, the, 148, 241

Bunhill Fields, 240

Burlamachy, Philip, 40, 58, 88, 106, 127, 128

Burlington, Elizabeth Clifford, Lady Dungarvan, Countess of Cork, Countess of, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 55, 56, 63, 64, 73, 92, 110, 113, 114, 136, 171, 229, 230

⸺, Richard Boyle, Lord Dungarvan, 2nd Earl of Cork, Earl of Burlington, 13, 16, 18, 21, 25, 26, 31, 32, 34, 36, 37, 38, 46, 56, 62, 63, 64, 70, 71, 72, 77, 78, 83, 100, 112, 114, 115, 171, 184, 227

⸺ House, 73, 226, 228, 229, 290

Burnet, Gilbert, 127, 231, 238, 298, 302, 303, 304 note, 306

Busby, Dr., 200

Butler, Samuel, 251

Buttevant Church, 7, 11

“C. S.” See Charles I

Cabal, the, 278

Cælum Britannicum, 32

Calvin, 88, 100, 124

Calvinism, 45

Cambridge, 3, 9, 149 note, 190, 196

Cannon Row, Westminster. See Channel Row

Canterbury, 3

Carew, servant to Frank and Robert Boyle, 39, 41, 42, 46, 47, 48, 49, 53, 58, 65, 68, 117

⸺ the Poet, 32

⸺, Sir George, Earl of Totness, 9, 10, 11, 12, 20, 78 note

Carisbrooke Castle, 160

Carlisle, Charles Howard, 1st Earl of, 138, 139, 239

Carrickfoyle, 9

Carteret, Lady, 261, 270

Carthusians, 99

Cary, Anne, Countess of Clanbrassil, 178

⸺, Elizabeth, d. of Henry, Earl of Monmouth, 178, 179

⸺, Henry. See Monmouth, 2nd Earl of

⸺, Lionel, e.s. of Henry, Earl of Monmouth, 165

⸺, Martha, d. of Henry, Earl of Monmouth, 178

⸺, Mary, d. of Henry, Earl of Monmouth, 178

⸺, Thomas, 165

Casaubon, 44

Castell, Mr., 106, 115

Castlehaven, Lady, 15, 16

Castle Lyons, 26, 36, 74, 113, 172, 173

Castlemaine, Lady, 231, 275

Castle Martyr, 280, 295

Catherine of Braganza, Queen of Charles II, 256

Cavendish, Lady Mary, d. of Earl of Devonshire, 258, 259

Caverswell Castle, 284

Cecil family, the, 136.

See also Salisbury

⸺, Sir Robert, 10

Cerdogni, Count, 129

Chambéry, 99

Channel Row, Westminster, 19, 22, 142 note

Chapel Royal, Whitehall, 83, 93

Charing Cross, 108, 168, 170, 188, 236

Charles I, 3, 19, 26, 58, 63, 70, 72, 78, 79, 80, 83, 93, 102, 107, 132, 135, 140, 144, 145, 159, 165, 167, 168, 196, 208

⸺ II, 139, 160, 173 note, 202, 215, 224, 225 and note, 226 and note, 227 and note, 228, 231, 232, 237, 243, 244, 245, 254, 256, 260, 267, 268, 275, 276, 277, 279, 284, 285, 287, 291, 295, 300

Charleville, 227, 278, 295

Charlton, in Kent, 138

Chaucer, 8

Cheapside, 20, 111, 130, 131, 148, 241, 242

Chelsea, 233, 265, 303

Christian Virtuoso, The, 246, 282, 299

Clanbrassil, James Hamilton, Earl of, 76, 77, 78, 79, 94, 166, 178, 245

Clandeboye, Lord, 76, 77

Clarendon family, the, 275

⸺, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 228, 229 note, 230, 239, 261, 276, 277, 278, 301

Clarke, Dr., 200

Claypole, Lady, 218

Clayton, Lady, 18, 31, 36, 60, 207

⸺, Sir Randall, 31, 36

Clifford, Elizabeth. See Burlington, Countess of

⸺, Lady, 26, 33, 34

⸺, Lord, 26, 33, 34, 37

Clodius, Mr., 185, 186, 188

Clonmell, 36

Clubs, 286

Colchester, Siege of, 160, 167

Coleorton, in Leicestershire, 16, 21

Coleshill in Warwickshire, 21

Comenius, 128

“Commensals,” at Eton, 42 note

“Committee of the Two Kingdoms,” 142 note

Comus, 32, 96, 129, 239

Connaught, 182, 224

Conway, Lady, 264

Coote, Sir Charles, 224

Cork, 8, 59, 60, 115, 171, 212

⸺ Cathedral, 7

⸺, Katherine Fenton, Countess of, 11, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 214, 215

⸺, Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of, “The Great Earl,” 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 45, 47, 53, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 70, 71, 72, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 86, 87, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 96, 97, 99, 100, 101, 102, 106, 107, 108, 110, 111, 112, 114, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 136, 171, 279, 295, 301

Cornhill, 272

Corporation for the Propagation of the Gospel, 247

Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, 3 note

Cosmical Suspicions. See Tracts

Court of Request, the, 279

Courtenay, Colonel, 229 note

Covent Garden, 108

Cowley, Abraham, 226, 242

Cranborne, 270

Cranfield, Lionel. See Middlesex, Earl of

Crayford, in Kent, 274

“Crip,” 261, 262, 263

Cromwell, Frances, daughter of Oliver Cromwell, 215

⸺, Henry, 234

⸺, Mrs., 234

⸺, Oliver, 126, 132, 135, 139, 148, 160, 167, 170, 171, 181, 182, 183, 198, 206, 208, 212, 213, 215, 218, 219, 222, 233 and note, 271, 283

⸺ Richard, 219, 224, 234

Croone, the Vintner, 20 note, 111, 112, 127, 130

⸺, William, F.R.S., 242, 271

Croonian Lecture Fund, the, 242

Cross, Thomas, steward, 59, 63, 193, 288

Crown, Tavern, the, 256

Dalton, 203

Daubigne. See Dunbar

Davenant, Sir William, 232 note, 239

Denbigh, Earl and Countess of, 93

Denham, Sir John, 228 note

Deptford, 12, 13, 21, 23, 192, 198, 257, 303

⸺ Church, 215, 216, 228

Derby House, Westminster, 142

De Ruyter, 269

Desborough, John, 232, 234

Desmond Rebellion, the, 4, 6

⸺, Earl of, 179

Desmonds, the, 8

Devil of Mascon, The, 288

Devonshire, Earl of, 243, 258, 259

De Witt, 270

Dieppe, 85

Digby, Sir Kenelm, 242, 245

⸺, Robert, Lord, 15, 16, 18, 21, 24, 27, 59

⸺, Sarah Boyle, Lady, 13, 15, 16, 18, 21, 24, 27 and note, 79

⸺ family, the, 31

Diodati, Charles, 129

⸺, Diodato, 88, 106

⸺, Dr. John, 82 note, 88, 124, 128, 130

⸺, Dr. Theodore, 128, 129

⸺ family, the, 88, 127, 128, 129, 130

Discourse of Things above Reason, 299

Donne, John, 45

Dowch, Mr., the Parson, 65, 68, 72, 134

Drummond of Hawthornden, 8

Drury Lane, 258

Dryden, 242

Dublin, 2, 5, 6, 8, 11, 17, 25, 26, 27, 29, 33, 35, 36, 37, 55, 57, 59, 74, 75, 115, 171, 183, 185

⸺ Castle, 24, 29

Duke’s Theatre, the, 280

Du Moulin, Lewis, 210 note

⸺, Peter, 210 note, 288

Dunbar, Earl of, 108 note

Dungarvan, Lord and Lady. See Burlington

“Dunkirkers,” 19, 23, 85

Durdans, 260 note

D’Urfé, Marquis, 87

Durie, John, 128, 150 note, 194, 209, 294

East India Company, 297

Edict of Nantes, 301

Edinburgh, 43, 198, 212

Egham, 141

Eikonoklastes, 235

Elizabeth, Princess. See Bohemia, Queen of

⸺, Queen of England, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 165

Elephant in the Moon, The, 251 note

Encænia, the, 189, 192, 282

Ent, Sir George, 263

Epitaphium Damonis, 129, 239

Epithalamium, Spenser’s, 7, 9

Epsom, 260 and note

Erskine, Sir James, 30

Escheator-General, 6

Essex, Earl of (Elizabeth’s), 9, 44

⸺, Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of, 132, 144 and note

Eton, 34, 39, 40, 65, 66, 129, 134

Eugenius, 153, 156

Eusebius, 153

Evelyn, John, 88, 103, 137, 166, 174, 178, 189, 190, 192 and note, 193, 195, 206, 213, 214, 215, 216, 220, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 232, 233, 236, 242, 244, 245, 248, 249, 250 note, 254, 257, 267, 272, 273, 276, 277, 282, 283, 288, 291, 292, 293, 294, 296, 303, 304, 305

Evelyn, Mrs., 190, 192, 193, 214 and note, 215, 216, 221

Exchange, the, 256, 257, 266

Exeter Chapel, 216

Experiment, The, 226, 255

Experimenta observationes physicæ, 300

Experiments of Light, 277

Faerie Queene, The, 6, 7, 8

Fairfax, Sir Thomas, 126, 160, 167

Farnham, 140, 141

Faversham, 3

Fell, John, Dean of Christchurch, 193

⸺ John, son of the Dean, 193, 194, 283 note

⸺, Mrs., wife of the Dean, 193, 194

Fenton, Sir Geoffrey, 11, 13, 24

⸺, Katherine. See Cork, Countess of

⸺, Lady, 13, 18, 25

Ferabosco, the, 273

Fermoy, 112

Ferrara, 103

Fielding, Lady Elizabeth. See Kynalmeaky

Fire of London, 246, 261, 265, 269, 294

Fish Street, 242

Fleet Street, 213

Fleetwood, Charles, 182, 232, 234

Florence, 101, 103, 104, 105, 106, 115

Foster, Professor of Astronomy, 148

“Four Miles Water,” 35

Free Discourse against Customary Swearing, A, 154

French, Dr., 190, 192

⸺, Mrs., 192

Fry, Mr., tutor, 26

Galbaly, 9, 11

Galileo, 104

Galtee Hills, 6

Gaunt, Elizabeth, 300

Geneva, 82 and note, 88, 90, 91, 92, 94, 96, 97, 98, 100, 101, 102, 106, 117, 118, 119, 120, 123, 124, 125, 133, 137, 144, 145, 147 note, 148, 194

Genoa, 83, 106

Genorio, 153

Gibbon, Mr., the musician, 191

Gifford, Dr., 22

Glanville, the lawyer, 20

⸺, Mr. (Royal Society), 288

Goddard, Dr., 148, 189, 196, 198, 208, 241, 250, 263

Goodwin, John, 235, 237 and note, 238

Goring, George, 21, 24, 26, 31, 65 and note, 76, 78, 107, 134, 135, 239 note

⸺, Lettice Boyle, wife of George Goring, 13, 16, 19, 21, 24, 31, 49, 50, 65, 73, 78, 121 and note, 134, 239 and note

⸺, Lord, 110, 239, 296

Grammont, Comte de, 280, 286

Grandison, Lord, 19, 25 note

Graunt, John, 243

Gravesend, 270

Greatrakes, Valentine, 264, 265

Grenoble, 99

Gresham College, 148, 161, 188, 226, 240, 241, 248, 249, 250, 251, 256, 263, 266, 271, 272, 273, 294, 308

⸺, Sir Thomas, 240 note

Grisons, the, 103

Guildhall, 266

Gulliver’s Travels, 156, 157 note

Gwynne, Nell, 232 and note, 287

Haak, Theodore, 148, 243

Hague, the, 31, 134, 158, 225 and note, 228, 301

Hales, John, 45, 46, 66

Halkett, Anne, Lady. See Murray

Hall Barn, 202, 262 and note

Hamilton, Marquis of, 93, 160, 167

⸺, Mr. James. See Clanbrassil

Hamlet, 231

Hampton Court, 110, 111, 159, 218, 260 note

Hanworth in Middlesex, 78

Harrison, Mrs. Frances, 93, 94, 95, 109

⸺, John, 40, 41, 45, 46, 49, 50, 51, 52, 65, 67, 68

⸺, Major-General, 235, 236

Hartlib, Samuel, 128, 133, 148, 149, 153, 154, 161, 173, 174, 183, 188, 202 and note, 203, 209, 214, 216, 217, 232, 236, 249

⸺, Mrs., 153

Haselrig, Sir Arthur, 234

Hastings, Lady Mary, 283, 284

Hatfield, 112

Hatton Gardens, 291

Haymarket, 286

Henrietta-Maria, Queen, 19, 58, 78, 79, 83, 93, 160

Henry VIII, 191

Hereford, 7

Hermione, 176, 179

Herringman, the publisher, 257

Hibernia Pacata, 10

Higgins, Mr., 60

Hill, Mr., 241

Hinchinbroke, Anne Boyle, Lady, 228, 229 and note, 230

⸺, Lord, 228, 229 and note

History of Cold, The, 254

History of the Reformation, 298

Hobbes, Dr., 197, 202, 305

Hodge, Little. See Boyle, Roger

Holborn, 110, 131, 160, 161, 162, 207, 240

Holmby House, 159

Hooke, Robert, 200, 201, 243, 249, 250, 254, 256, 260, 296 and note, 297, 308

Horton, 66

Howard, Lady Ann, 112, 120, 136, 137, 138

⸺, Charles. See Carlisle, 1st Earl of

⸺, Lord Edward, of Escrick, 112, 136, 138, 139, 141 note

⸺, Mr. (son of Lord Edward), 138

⸺, Mr. Henry, 272

⸺, Lady Mary, 287

⸺, Stuarta, 227 note

⸺, Mr. Thomas, 93, 94, 95, 109

Hudibras, 251

Huntingdon, Earl of, 283

Hurst Castle, 167

Hussey, Mrs., 174

Huygens, 249

Hyde, Anne, Duchess of York, 275, 276

⸺, Dr., 200

⸺, Laurence, son of Clarendon, 229, 275, 276, 277

⸺, Henrietta Boyle, wife of Laurence Hyde, 228, 229 note, 261 and note

Hydrostatical Paradoxes, 265

Ianthe, 231, 232 and note

Ilfracombe, 40

Inchiquin, Earl of, 145 and note, 160

Indemnity and Oblivion, Bill of, 234, 236, 237, 238

Inns of Court, 32

Invisible College, the, 127, 148, 149, 189, 196, 243

Invisibles, the, 168, 174, 188, 196, 200, 241, 242

Ireton, Henry, 160, 183, 233 note

Irish Bible, the, 298

Isle of Wight, 159, 167

James I and VI, 12, 43, 44, 45, 165

⸺, Duke of York, James II, 160 and note, 226, 228, 229, 254, 256, 275, 276, 277, 284, 300, 301

Jeffreys, Judge, 300

Jewin Street, 240

Joliffe, Sir William, 284

Jones, Arthur. See Ranelagh, 2nd Viscount

⸺, Catherine. See Mount-Alexander, Lady

⸺, Elizabeth. See Melster, Mrs.

⸺, Frances, 211 note, 258, 280, 281

⸺, Inigo, 32

⸺, Richard. See Ranelagh, 3rd Viscount and 1st Earl of

“Kemb,” a minister, Admiral of revolting ships, 161

Kepler, 44, 67, 68

Kilcolman, 6, 8

Kildare, George Fitzgerald, 16th Earl of, 21, 25, 26, 31, 32, 37, 65, 76

⸺, Joan Boyle, Countess of, 13, 16, 19, 21, 30, 31, 32, 37, 65, 154

Killigrew, Mrs. Elizabeth. See Shannon, Viscountess

⸺, Katharine, 110

⸺, Sir Robert, 78

⸺, Susan. See Barrymore

⸺, Thomas, 78, 86, 96, 97, 102, 227

Kimbolton, 262

King, Sir Edmund, 291, 308

⸺, Edward, 129

King’s Head Tavern in Fleet Street, 20 and note, 242 and note

⸺ ⸺, the, in Pall Mall, 286

⸺ School, Canterbury, 3

⸺ Theatre, the, 277

Kinsale, 9, 10, 59, 171

Knight, Mrs., 286

Knockbrack, 173

Kynalmeaky, Lewis Boyle, Lord, 14, 25, 26, 31, 36, 37, 39, 57, 58, 65, 70, 71, 72, 81, 82 and note, 83, 88, 89, 93, 107, 111, 114, 115, 119, 120, 121, 162

⸺, Elizabeth Fielding, Lady, 93, 113, 114

Lambert, Colonel John, 160, 232, 234, 237

Lambeth Hill, 242

Langham, Sir James, 283, 284

Langley Park, 22

Laud, William, Archbishop of Canterbury, 28, 30, 31, 37, 63, 64, 102, 125, 133, 134, 191

Lawrence, President, 172 note, 234, 235 note

⸺, Henry, son of President, 172 note, 209, 234, 235 note

⸺, Martha. See Barrymore

Leeke, Sir John, 17, 23, 70, 74, 75

Leeze, in Essex, 111, 112, 131, 166, 167, 206, 207, 208, 223, 253, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 293, 295

Leicester, Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of, 102

Le Monde, 89

Lenthall, William (Speaker), 234

Lichfield, 12, 20

Limerick, 6, 7, 9, 11

Lincoln’s Inn Fields, 250, 259

Lindamor, 153, 156 and note, 166

Linus, Franciscus, 202, 306

“Lion Whelps,” fleet of, 22

Liscarrol, battle of, 119, 120 and note, 227

Lisle, Mrs., 300

Lismore, 14, 15, 16, 22, 37, 39, 59, 111, 114, 171, 296

⸺, Church of, 120

⸺, the House of, 1, 2, 17, 18, 19, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 113, 182

Lismore Papers, the, 1, 2

Livorno, 106

Loftus, Sir Adam, 16, 23 note

⸺, Arthur, 16, 18, 21, 26, 64

⸺, Dorothy Boyle, wife of Arthur Loftus, 14, 16, 26, 31, 64

⸺, Lord Chancellor, 23 and note, 26

Lombard Street, 20

Lombardy, 103

Londonderry, siege of, 202

Long Acre, 110, 165 note

⸺ Parliament, 107

Longe, Jacob, 59

Ludlow, Colonel Edmund, 234

Luther, 45

Lycidas, 129

Lyons, 87, 88, 117

Maccabees, 280

Machina Boyleana, 201, 248

Magdalen College Chapel, Oxford, 191

Magdalene College, Cambridge, 149 note

Mall, the game of, 29 and note, 284, 285, 286

Mallet, John, 154, 181, 290

⸺, Lady, 154

⸺, Sir Thomas, 154

Mallow, 7

Manchester, Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of, 126, 132, 239, 259

Manwood, Sir Richard, 3

Marcombes, M., 57, 58, 65, 71, 72, 79, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 96, 97, 99, 100, 101, 102, 104, 105, 106, 107, 114, 115, 116, 117, 123, 127, 134, 135, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147 and note, 148, 154, 159, 162

⸺, Madame, 82, 101, 103

Marseilles, 106, 115, 116

Marsh, Narcissus, 297, 298

Marston Bigot, 112, 113, 154, 168, 252, 253

Marston Moor, battle of, 126, 165

Martyrdom of Theodora and of Didymus, The, 176, 179, 299

Marvell, Andrew, 206, 237, 239

Mary II, Queen, wife of William III, 303

⸺ of Modena, wife of James II, 301

⸺ Queen of Scots, 301, 302

Masques, 32

Maynooth, 32

Meath, 5

Medicina Hydrostatica, 299

Mellifont, 5

Melster, Elizabeth Jones, Mrs., 211 and note, 258, 280, 281, 307

Memoirs of the Natural History of the Human Blood, 299

Mentone, 106

Meredith, Dr., 261

Merton College, Oxford, 189, 194, 198

Middlesex, Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of, 58, 162

Middle Temple, 3, 4, 5, 9, 20

Middleton, Earl, 179

⸺, Mrs., 257

Milton, John, 66, 74, 128, 129, 130, 133, 146 note, 161, 162, 172 and note, 209, 210, 211, 212, 217, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 294

Minehead, 40

Miraculous Conformist, The, 264

Morus, Alexander, 124 and note

Monaco, 106

Monk, General. See Albemarle, Duke of

Monmouth, Duke of, 300

⸺, Robert Cary, 1st Earl of, 165

⸺, Henry Cary, 2nd Earl of, 165, 174, 175, 178

⸺, Countess of, wife of 1st Earl, 165

⸺, Countess of, wife of 2nd Earl, 162, 163, 164, 165, 175, 178, 179

Montagna di Morbegno, la, 103

Montague House, 296 note

Montrose, Marquis of, 173 note

Moor, Dr., 22

Moore, Sir Edward, of Mellifont, 3

⸺, Lady, of Mellifont, 15

⸺ Park, in Hertfordshire, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 175, 176

Moray, Sir Robert, 240, 243, 250

Morrice, Dr. Chaplain, 275, 276, 278, 279

Morrice, Sir William, 239

Moulins, 87

Mount-Alexander, Catherine Jones, Lady, 211 note, 280.

See also Parsons, Lady

⸺, Lord, 211 note

Mountmorris, Lord, 55

Munster, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 37, 63, 113, 145, 146, 168, 171, 173, 182, 224, 227, 264, 275, 278, 301

Murray, Thomas, Provost of Eton, 44, 138

⸺, Mrs., widow of Provost, 138

⸺, Anne (Lady Halkett), daughter of Provost, 138, 139, 160 and note

⸺, Tom, 134, 135, 144

Mustapha, 231

Nag’s Head Tavern, in Cheapside, 20 note, 111, 112, 127, 130

Naseby, battle of, 135, 198

Naseby, The, 271

Naylor, Joan, mother of the 1st Earl of Cork. See Boyle, Mrs. Roger

⸺, Peter, lawyer, 20, 112, 127, 136

⸺, Robert, father-in-law of the 1st Earl of Cork, 3

⸺, Robert, chaplain, 15

Neile, Sir Paule, 240, 241

Newcastle, 70, 140

⸺, Duchess of, 272, 273

⸺, Marquis of, 126

New College Chapel, Oxford, 191

New Experiments, 201, 202

New Fish Street, 20

Newington, 263

New Inn, 112, 127, 136

“New Model,” The, 140, 162

Newton, Isaac, 203, 218, 288, 289, 290

⸺, Lady, 138

Nice, 106

Ninth Whelp, The, 22, 23, 26, 31, 32, 61

Nonsuch, 20, 260 and note

Northall, 20, 21

Northampton, 2nd Earl of, 42

⸺, 3rd Earl of, 243

Novum Organum, 44, 68

Obstructors of Justice, The, 237 note

Occasional Reflections on Several Subjects, 140, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 164 note, 166, 196 and note, 257, 261

Offaley, 31

Of the High Veneration Man’s Intellect Owes to God, 299

Old Mall, The. See Pall Mall

Oldenburg, Henry, 209, 210, 211, 217, 232, 237, 242, 244 and note, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 254, 260, 261, 263, 264, 265, 268, 269, 273, 274, 277, 289, 293, 294, 295

⸺, Rupert, 295

O’Neil, Shan, 4

Origin of Forms, The, 265

Ormonde, James Butler, Marquis and 1st Duke of, 145, 160, 239, 278, 280

Orrery, Lady Margaret Howard, Countess of, 94, 108, 109, 112, 113, 114, 120, 136, 146 note, 154, 168, 170, 253, 279, 280, 296, 303

⸺, Roger Boyle, Lord Broghill, 1st Earl of, 14, 25, 36, 37, 39, 57, 58, 65, 70, 71, 72, 77, 81, 82 and note, 83, 89, 93, 94, 107, 108, 110, 112, 114, 115, 135 and note, 140, 141 and note, 145 and note, 146 and note, 147 and note, 154, 162, 168, 170, 171, 172, 173, 179, 184, 206, 212, 215, 219, 224, 227, 228, 233 and note, 239, 247 and note, 252, 253, 264, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 295, 296, 303

Osborne, Dorothy, 234

Owen, John, 190

Oxford, 21, 126, 132, 140, 148, 187, 188, 189, 190-205, 210, 211, 220, 232, 249, 250, 252, 253, 254, 261, 262, 269, 271, 274, 277, 281, 282, 283, 284, 290

Padua, 103

“Painted Chamber,” The, 287

Palatine, Prince, 196, 197

Pall Mall, 38, 131, 170, 188, 207, 209, 224, 237, 259, 260, 265, 271, 281, 284, 285, 286, 287, 293, 295, 297, 300

“Papin’s Digestors,” 297

Paradise Lost, 217, 239

Paris, 85, 86, 106

Parkhall, 262

Parliaments. See Short, Long, Rump, and Barebones.

Parsons, Sir Lawrence and Lady, 18

⸺, Sir William, 211 note

⸺, Lady, wife of Sir William. See Mount-Alexander

Parthenissa, 168, 170

Pavement, the. See Pall Mall

Pays de Forest, 87

“Pegg,” Lady. See Orrery, Countess of

Pembroke, Shakespere’s Earl of, 164

Pennington, Isaac, 234

Pepys, Samuel, 73, 139, 226, 228, 229, 230, 236, 245, 246, 249, 255, 256, 257, 258, 261, 263, 267, 271, 272, 273, 277, 278, 280, 284, 285, 286

⸺, Mrs., 230, 280

Perkins, Mr., the London tailor, 19, 23, 31, 47, 50, 53, 58, 59, 106, 114, 115, 116, 127, 134

Perugia, 106

Peterborough, 1st Earl of, 41, 42

Peters, Hugh, 235

Petition and Advice, 215

Pett, Sir Peter, 195, 243

Petty France, Westminster, 209, 210, 211, 217, 235, 237, 240

Petty, Sir William, 148, 183, 184, 185, 226 and note, 241, 245, 260, 291, 294

Philaretus, 1, 2, 15, 34, 35 note, 49, 55, 97, 99, 100, 122

Philosophical College. See Invisible College

Physick Garden, Oxford, 191

Physiological Essays, 211 note, 246, 288

Piazza, Covent Garden, the, 255

Piccadilly, 228, 276, 277, 293, 303

Pilgrim, The, 9

Pisa, 106

Pistoia, 106

Piur, 103

Plague, the Great, 246, 257, 260, 261, 262, 263

Pococke, Dr., 200

Portsmouth, 21, 65 note, 160

Povy, 250 and note

Powell, Mary, 209

Poynington, 154, 290

Prayer Book, abolition of the, 132

Preston, in Kent, 3, 20, 22

⸺, battle of, 167

Pro Populo Defensio Anglicano, 235

Pudding Lane, 269, 270

Pyrophilus, 211 and note, 280, 303

Queen Street, Covent Garden, 108

Quintus Curtius, 51

Raleigh, Sir Walter, 6, 9, 10, 44, 113

Raleigh-Desmond Estates, 10, 11

Ranelagh, 1st Viscount, 75

⸺, Arthur Jones, 2nd Viscount, 25, 37, 38, 65, 74, 75, 76, 131, 212, 280, 302, 307

⸺, Katherine Boyle, Viscountess, 13, 16, 21, 24, 25, 31, 37, 38, 39, 65, 73, 74, 75, 79, 81, 83, 111, 127, 130, 131, 132, 135, 136, 139, 143, 147, 150, 154 and note, 159, 162, 168, 170, 174, 175, 188, 192 and note, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 217, 219, 224, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 265, 266, 268, 271, 280, 281, 282, 284, 285, 286, 287, 294, 295, 300, 301, 302, 303, 306, 307, 308, 309

Ranelagh, Richard Jones, 3rd Viscount and 1st Earl of, 130, 210, 211 and note, 212, 217, 232, 237, 242, 257, 280, 303

⸺ Gardens, 303 note

Rathfarnham, 16, 26, 31

Real Character: An Essay towards a, 203 and note

Rebellions, Irish, 4, 8, 113, 302

Regii Sanguinis Clamor, 210 note

Relation d’un Voyage en Angleterre, 251 and note

Rich, Charles. See Warwick, 4th Earl of

⸺, Mr. Robert, son of 3rd Earl of Warwick, 215, 216

⸺, Lord, son of Charles and Mary Rich, 4th Earl and Countess of Warwick, 258, 259

Richard II, 159

Rhodes, Mrs., Lady Wentworth, 29, 55

Rhone, the, 88

Rickmansworth, 164, 165, 179

Rochester, Dean of, 268

Rome, 102, 105, 106

Rooke, Mr., 241

Roscommon, 25, 280

⸺, Wentworth Dillon, Earl of, 229 note

Rouen, 85, 86

Royal Charles, The, 271, 258 note.

See also Naseby

Royal Mines, the Company of the, 255

Royal Society, the, 127, 148, 201, 211, 226-245, 246, 248, 249, 256, 260, 261, 263, 268, 269, 271, 272, 273, 277, 281, 283, 288-291, 294, 297, 300, 307

Rump Parliament, the, 182

Rupert, Prince, 126, 197, 248, 264, 295

Russell, Lord William, 142 note, 300

Rydowt, servant, 68

Rye, in Sussex, 85

St. Bartholomew the Less, parish of, 128

St. Bernard, Monastery of, 99 and note

St. Faith’s Church, under St. Paul’s, 268

St. Germains, 160

St. Giles in the Fields, 165 note

St. James’s, 158, 168, 174, 303

⸺ Garden, 171

⸺ Palace, 286, 293

⸺ Park, 284, 285, 286, 287

⸺ Square, 286

St. John, Oliver, 234

St. John’s College, Oxford, 191

St. Leger, Sir Anthony, 5

⸺, Lord President, 114

St. Martin’s in the Fields, 19, 306, 309

⸺ Lane, 138, 165 note

St. Mary’s, Oxford, 190

St. Patrick’s, Dublin, 24, 27 note, 29, 30

St. Paul’s Cathedral, 64, 213, 214, 250, 267, 268

St. Stephen’s Chapel, 287

Saladine, M., 137

Salisbury, 141, 253, 260 note, 306

⸺, Countess of, 93, 112, 136

⸺ House, 62, 92, 136

⸺ Plain, 140, 141

Sandwich, Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of, 224, 225, 228, 229 and note, 230, 239, 243, 256, 293

Saunderson, Dr., Bishop of Lincoln, 247 and note

⸺ Mrs. Mary, actress, 231, 232 and note

Savoy, the (in London), 46, 165 note

⸺, the House of the, 70, 80, 81, 84, 86, 92, 93, 95, 136

⸺ Duke of, 87

Sayes Court, Deptford, 12, 214, 215, 222

Scudamore, Lord, 209

Self-denying Ordinance, the, 132

Seraphick Love, 166, 167, 174, 176, 177, 207, 222, 223 and note, 232, 295

Shannon, Elizabeth Killigrew, Viscountess, 78, 81, 83, 84, 95, 96, 106, 110, 112, 116, 134, 171, 180, 207, 227 and note

⸺ Park, 227

Sheldon, Gilbert, Archbishop of Canterbury, 254, 275, 283

“Sheldonian,” the, Oxford, 254, 282

Shepperton, parish church of, 111

Sherborne Castle, 59, 63, 64, 70, 71, 72, 79, 135, 154

Short Parliament, 107

Sidney, Algernon, 142 note, 300

⸺ Sir Philip, 61, 76

Sigginstown, 121

Siege of Rhodes, The, 232 note

Skeptical Chymist, The, 205, 209, 246

Skinner, Cyriack, 209

Skipton Castle, 26, 34

Slingsby, Sir Francis, 15

Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, 297

Soho, 165 note

Solebay, battle of, 293

Some Considerations Touching the Style of The Holy Scriptures, 252

Some Considerations Touching the Usefulness of Experimental Philosophy, 252

Some Experiments and Considerations Touching Colour, 252

Sophronia, 257

Sorbière, 249, 251 note

Southampton, Thomas Wriothesley, Earl of, 230, 239

Southesk, Countess of, 286

Spa, 170

Spenser, Edmund, the Poet, 6, 7, 8

⸺, Elizabeth Boyle, wife of the Poet, 7, 8

⸺, Peregrine, 9

Sprat, Thomas, 226, 243, 251, 288

Spring and Weight of the Air, The. See Air

Stafford, Lady, 78, 79, 80, 110, 134

⸺, Sir Thomas, 70, 78 and note, 79, 80, 112, 134

Star Chamber, 34, 55, 56, 287

Stalbridge, the Manor of, 59, 61, 62, 63, 64, 70, 71, 72, 73, 77, 78, 80, 81, 83, 107, 110, 112, 113, 133, 135, 136, 140, 142, 144, 147, 149, 153, 154, 166, 167, 168, 173, 174, 175, 181, 253, 284, 295, 307

Stirling Castle, 44

Strand, the, 225, 272

Strafford, Thomas, 1st Viscount Wentworth, Earl of, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 37, 55, 56, 58, 71, 72, 102, 107, 108, 109 note, 110, 167

Stratford-on-Avon, 264

Strongbow’s Tomb, Dublin, 75

Stubbe, Mr., 264, 279, 288

Suckling, Sir John, 108, 109 note

Suffolk, Countess of, 94, 108

⸺, Earl of, 22, 94, 108

Swift, Dean, 156, 157 note

Sydenham, Colonel, 286

⸺, Dr., 286, 287

Tallents, Mr. Francis, 34, 149 and note

Temple, Sir William, 164, 234

Thames, the, 270

Thanet, Lady, 229 note, 303

“Thorough,” policy of, 27

Thurloe, John, 234

“Toleration Order,” Cromwell’s, 132

Tonbridge, 260

“Torricellian experiments,” 240

Tower of London, 20, 107, 108, 133, 273, 274, 294

⸺ Hill, 110, 134, 244, 245

Tract on Education, 128

Tracts about the Cosmical Qualities of Things, 288

Treaty of Breda, 173 note

Trevanion, family of, 165

Trinity College, Dublin, 25

True Remembrances, 2, 25

Tryphon, 280

Tuke, Sir Samuel, 267

Turberville, Dr., 253 and note, 306

Tuscany, Duke of, 43

Two Golden Balls, the, in Pall Mall, 286

Tyburn, 233 note, 300

Universal History, The, 82

University College, Oxford, 193

Urban VIII, Pope, 104, 105, 106

Usher, James, Archbishop of Armagh, 26, 147 and note, 162, 207

Valtollina, 103

Vane, Sir Henry (younger), 195, 196, 232, 234, 244, 245

Venice, 45, 103

Verona, 103

Verney, Sir Edmund, 22, 70, 73, 74, 75

View of the Present State of Ireland, 8

Villa Diodati, 82 note, 88, 124, 239

Vincenza, 103

Wadham College, Oxford, 148, 187, 189, 190, 191, 192, 196, 197, 203

Walker, Dr., chaplain, 207, 260

Waller, Edmund, 137, 156, 202, 243, 262 and note, 277, 285, 286, 287

Waller, Sir William, 135

Wallis, Dr., 148, 189, 196, 197, 202, 242, 254, 283, 284

Walton, Izaak, 46, 67, 231

Ward, Dr. Seth, 190, 199, 201, 242

Warwick, Charles Rich, 4th Earl of, 95, 96, 110, 111, 113, 131, 132, 134, 161, 166, 206, 207, 208, 215, 216, 224, 253, 258, 260, 262, 293, 295

⸺, Mary Boyle, Countess of, 14, 16, 18, 31, 36, 60, 64, 73, 76, 77, 79, 81, 83, 84, 93, 95, 110, 111, 113, 131, 132, 133, 134, 160, 162, 166, 206, 207, 208, 209, 224, 253, 258, 259, 260, 293, 295

⸺, Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of, 22, 110, 111, 160, 162, 206, 215, 216

⸺, Lord Rich, 3rd Earl of, 215, 216, 224

⸺ House, Holborn, 131, 160, 174, 207, 259, 260

Wentworth, Thomas, 1st Viscount. See Strafford

Westminster, 293

⸺ Abbey, 8, 168, 275, 287

⸺ Assembly, 141 note, 148

⸺ Hall, 108, 167, 279

⸺ Palace, 287

⸺ School, 200

Weston, Dr., of Christ Church, Oxford, 21, 22

⸺, Lord Chancellor, 24

Whitehall, 63, 71, 93, 167, 168, 213, 218, 226, 228, 229, 243, 244, 256, 257, 264, 275, 286, 293

Whitlocke, Bulstrode, 234

Wild, Dr., 213

Wilkins, Dr., 148, 187, 189, 191, 192, 196, 197, 200, 203, 213, 214, 241, 244 note, 250, 260

⸺, Mrs., 192

Wilkinson, Mr., tutor and chaplain, 39

William III, 116, 301, 303

Williamson, Sir Joseph, 294

Willis, Dr., 194, 198, 201, 242, 291

Winchester, 140, 141 and note

Windsor, 46, 167

Winthrop, Governor, 243, 249, 250

Woburn, 20

Wolsey, Cardinal, 191

Wonders no Miracles, 264

Woodcock, Katherine, 212

“Wood’s” in Pall Mall, 286

Wood Street, 148, 149, 150, 161, 189, 198

“Wood Street Cake,” 160 note

Worcester, battle of, 198

Wordsworth, William, 75

Worsley, Dr., 183, 293

Wotton, Sir Henry, 34, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 53, 54, 57, 58, 65 and note, 66, 67, 68, 81, 86, 129, 174, 231

Wotton, Dr. William, 174

Wray, Sir William, 137 and note

Wren, Christopher, 192, 199, 240, 241, 254, 267, 268, 269, 294

Wright, Dr., 207, 208, 209

Yeovil, 142, 253

York, 70, 72, 126

Youghal, 12, 13, 16, 18, 19, 35, 39, 40, 60, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 119, 120, 121, 135 and note, 145, 171, 181, 219

⸺, College House of, 1, 2

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Note 5 · Corpus Christi.Note 15 · True Remembrances.Note 4 · This celebrated tavern, “haunted by roysterers and famous for its wine” in Ben Jonson’s day, and dating back into the 15th century, was in NNote 7 · Loftus, Earl of Ely. He and Sir Adam Loftus of Rathfarnham were cousins.Note 10 · In succession to Lord Grandison, whose house in Channell Row the Earl had rented.Note 11 · She was buried with her mother in the tomb in St. Patrick’s.Note 13 · Mall.Note 1 · Though, in his Philaretus, he dates it a little earlier. It is, however, evidently the same that is recorded in the Earl’s Diary under the dNote 5 · They were “commensals” at the second table. See Lyte’s History of Eton.Note 9 · George Goring was now Governor of Portsmouth. He had been wounded in the leg at the siege of Breda, had been going about London on crutches,Note 10 · He died, after a long illness, in December 1639. See his Hymn, written “in a night of my late sickness” (Percy Society, vol. vi.).Note 8 · Son of Sir George Carew, Earl of Totness.Note 14 · Broghill and Kynalmeaky had boarded with the celebrated Dr. Diodati, at the Villa Diodati, outside Geneva.Note 1 · St. Bernard.Note 10 · L. P., first series, vol. v. Daubigne’s = Dunbar’s. Lady Suffolk was daughter and heiress of the Earl of Dunbar.Note 11 · Suckling died in 1641.Note 12 · Morrice’s account of her in his “Life of the Earl of Orrery,” prefixed to the Orrery State Papers.Note 21 · Lord Barrymore died on Sept. 29. It was thought he had been wounded at Liscarrol.Note 23 · She died in England in July 1643.Note 3 · Evelyn’s Diary for 1646.Note 15 · Lord Broghill, who was Governor of Youghal, returned to England in 1645 (bringing with him his wife and Lady Barrymore and young Lord BarrymNote 17 · Sir William Wray, member of House of Commons in Long Parliament.Note 2 · Broghill seems to have been more anxious to avoid them than Robert Boyle himself. “Strange that so well-armed an head should be fearful!” saNote 3 · There is a little touch of sarcasm in this letter, which may well be a sly thrust at Lord Howard of Escrick, in his place among the Divines,Note 4 · The Committee of the Two Kingdoms, very active after the organisation of the New Model. It sat in, and issued its orders from, Derby House, Note 7 · It was Essex who had spoken the words that sealed Strafford’s doom: “Stone dead hath no fellow.”Note 8 · Inchiquin and Broghill had both declared for the Parliament.Note 9 · Bringing, it will be remembered, Lady Pegg, Lady Barrymore, and young Lord Barrymore home with him. Young Barrymore must have gone straight Note 10 · Usher.Note 12 · In due time Lord Broghill was to send his own sons to Marcombes in Geneva. The old governour was much gratified at having a batch of the secNote 14 · Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge, and former tutor to Lady Pegg’s brothers.Note 15 · Letter to John Durie about a Union of the Churches, Birch’s Ed. Works.Note 18 · “Marginal Note” in Occasional Reflections, Section II, ed. 1665, p. 187.Note 24 · See p. 194. Lindamor, the scholarly youth, well born and well bred, seems often in his writings to represent Boyle himself. The direct referNote 2 · It was Anne Murray, the girl-friend of “My Robyn’s yonge Mrs.,” who was entrusted with the dressing-up of the young Prince. See Diary of AnnNote 6 · Vide Robert Boyle’s Reflections written in that month: “Upon the prodigiously wet weather which happened the summer that Colchester was besiNote 8 · The family seem to have had their town house in Soho, and were “distinguished parishioners” of St. Giles in the Fields (see Cunningham’s LonNote 9 · He died of smallpox, 1649, and was buried in the Savoy.Note 5 · This wife died young. The second wife was a daughter of Henry Lawrence, presumably a sister of young Barrymore’s friend and fellow-pupil at Note 7 · Charles II was then at Breda, and so were the Scottish Commissioners. Montrose was executed in Edinburgh on May 21st, 1650, and the Treaty oNote 5 · Cp. Evelyn’s Diary, August 6, 1657: “I went to see Col. Blount, who shewed me the application of a way-wiser to a coach, exactly measuring tNote 6 · Birch’s Life. Lady Ranelagh’s letter is dated merely “Oct. 12.” It must have been written in October 1653, after Boyle was back in Ireland, Note 10 · Boyle’s Occasional Reflections were not published till 1665, but it is probable they were well known in manuscript.Note 11 · Bishop of Lincoln, after the Restoration.Note 20 · Oh Morning Star! give back the Day; Why dost thou delay our joys? Oh Morning Star! give back the Day!Note 21 · An Essay towards a Real Character and a Philosophical Language, published in folio, 1668. (The MS. was lost in the Fire of London.)Note 7 · Peter du Moulin, Royalist and Episcopalian, had been private tutor to the second Earl of Cork’s family in Ireland. He translated the Devil oNote 8 · Name given by Boyle to that “hopeful young gentleman,” Mr. Richard Jones, to whom Boyle addressed his Physiological Essays, etc.Note 9 · Passport granted in September 1656. See Masson’s Milton, vol. v. Her eldest daughter, Catherine, was possibly then already married and alreaNote 10 · Milton’s letters to Mr. Richard Jones. See Masson’s Milton, vol. v.Note 12 · Mrs. Evelyn was the daughter of Sir Richard Browne, English Ambassador at Paris, where Evelyn married her.Note 21 · There were nine editions between 1660 and 1708, and it was translated into Latin.Note 26 · See Pepys’s graphic account of the crossing of Charles II from The Hague, and Evelyn’s account of his reception in London.Note 1 · Petty’s invention of a “double-bottomed boat,” which made a great talk at the time.Note 3 · Charlotte Jemima Henrietta-Maria Boyle, who married a Howard (nephew of Lord Broghill’s wife). Their child, “Stuarta Howard,” died unmarriedNote 4 · Evelyn’s Diary, October 15, 1664. The first house, built by Sir John Denham, to be succeeded by the later house (Cunningham’s London).Note 6 · Life of Edward Mountagu, K.G., First Earl of Sandwich, by F. R. Harris, vol. ii. p. 179.Note 7 · “Lyttle Francke” m. (1) Colonel Courtenay, and (2) Wentworth Dillon, Earl of Roscommon. There were several daughters, and it was the fourth Note 12 · “Ianthe” was the name given to Mrs. Mary Saunderson, after her part in Davenant’s Siege of Rhodes. She married Betterton and lived till 1712Note 13 · September 7, 1660 (two days after Broghill had been created Earl of Orrery).Note 14 · March 9, 1661 (five weeks after the bodies of Cromwell, Ireton, and Bradshaw had been exhumed and hanged at Tyburn).Note 15 · Robert Boyle’s nephew, young Lord Barrymore, had lost his first wife, Susan Killigrew, and married again in 1656, “Martha, daughter of HenryNote 21 · John Goodwin, author of the Regicide pamphlet, The Obstructors of Justice.Note 24 · George Goring, Lettice’s unkind husband, was dead. He was last seen in 1657, in Madrid, ill and destitute,—disguised, it is said, in the habNote 25 · The old brick-and-timber house with its piazzas and “green court,” called after the founder, Sir Thomas Gresham, whose dwelling-house it wasNote 26 · See previous mentions from diary of Earl of Cork, and King’s Head Tavern in Cunningham’s London.Note 29 · Who preached the celebrated sermon that lasted three-and-a-half hours, and then said he felt tired from standing so long.Note 32 · Dr. Wilkins and Oldenburg were Joint-Secretaries, but Oldenburg did all the work.Note 3 · Dr. Saunderson. It is to be remembered that Lord Broghill, as one of the Lords Justices, had the drawing up of the Act of Settlement, and thNote 7 · Evelyn speaks of Mr. Povy’s “well contrived cellar and other elegancies,” and again of his “pretty cellar and the ranging of his wine-bottleNote 9 · Sorbière, Relation d’un voyage en Angleterre, 1664. Oldenburg’s correspondents in various countries.Note 10 · Butler’s The Elephant in the Moon.Note 12 · Daubigney Turberville, of Oriel College: M.D. Oxford, 1660, the well-known oculist, who, at Boyle’s suggestion, later practised in London (sNote 21 · The great victory over the Dutch, June 3, 1665. Lord Burlington’s second son, Mr. Richard Boyle, was killed on the Royal Charles.Note 25 · From Hampton Court to Salisbury, and then to Oxford.Note 26 · Nonsuch was selected for the offices of the Exchequer, and they seem to have gone to Durdans, Lord Berkeley’s house near Epsom.Note 28 · Boyle’s niece, Lord Burlington’s daughter.Note 30 · The poet Waller’s house, Hall Barn, Beaconsfield.Note 31 · Lady Anglesey’s house, near Epping.Note 1 · The pious royalist, Dr. John Fell, who himself preached in blank verse, and was perhaps not a disciplinarian.Note 11 · Now a great man, not only in the Society of which he had so long been Curator. He had blossomed out as an architect, and had achieved MontagNote 21 · Ranelagh House, afterwards sold and turned into the famous Ranelagh Gardens.Note 26 · Boyle dictated a good deal to Burnet, and the use of the Scottish word “forenoon” suggests that Burnet assisted in the drawing up of this an
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