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Videna, flays her fon Porrex in revenge of her other fon Ferrex,

iv. 17.

Vigenius and Peredure, expelling their brother Elidure, share the
kingdom between them, iv. 21.

Virgil, mifquoted for the unlimited power of kings, iii. 136, 137.
Virius Lupus, has the north part of the government affigned him
by Severus the emperor, iv. 66.

Virtue, ever highly rewarded by the ancient Romans, iv. 44. The
only foundation of true liberty, vi. 441.

Ulfketel, duke of the Eaft-angles, fets upon the Danes with great
valour, iv. 212. His army defeated through the fubtlety of a
Danish fervant, 215. He is flain with feveral other dukes, at
the fatal battle of Affandune, 223.

Ulpius Marcellus, fent lieutenant into Britain by Commodus, ends
the war by his valour and prudence, iv. 65.
United Provinces, lee States.

Vortigern, his character, iv. 95. Advised by his council to invite in
the Saxons against the Scots and Picts, ibid. He bestows upon
Hengift and the Saxons, the Ifle of Thanet, 97. Then all Kent
upon a marriage with Rowen, Hengift's daughter, 98. Con-
demned in a fynod for inceft with his daughter, he retires to
a caftle in Radnorfhire, 99. His fon Guortimer dead, he re-
fumes the government, 101. Drawn into a snare by Hengist,
ibid. Retiring again, is burnt in his tower, 102.
Vortipor, reigns in Demetia, or South Wales, iv. r14.
Vows, remarks on those of king Charles, iii. 71.

Urianus, reckoned in the number of ancient British kings, iv. 22.
Uther Pendragon, thought to be the fame with Natanleod, iv. 104.
Utbred, fubmits himfelf with the Northumbrians to Swane, iv.
217. To Canute, 221. He is flain by Turebrand a Danish
lord, ibid. His victory over Malcolm king of Scots, ibid.
Uxbridge, attack at Brentford, during the treaty there, iii. 48.
Uzziah, thrust out of the temple for his opinioned zeal, iii. 26.
Thruft out of the temple as a leper by the priests, 145. Cealed
to be king, ibid.

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WALDENSES, denied tithes to be given in the primitive church,
iii. 364. Maintained their minifters by alms only, 382.

Wedlock, expofition of feveral texts of Scripture relating to it, ii.97.
when unfit, ungodly, and difcordant, to be diffolved by divorce,
193. See Marriage, &c.

Wen, fable of the Wen, head and members of the body, i. 36.
Wefembechius, his opinion concerning divorce, ii. 236.

Wefifriezland, letter from the protector Richard, to the states of
that province, v.6.

Westminster-Abbey, rebuilt and endowed by Edward the confeffor,

iv. 238.

Weft-

Weft-Saxon kingdom, by whom erected, iv. 105. Weft-Saxons,
and their kings converted to the chriftian faith by Berinus, 133.
Wibba, fucceeds Crida in the Mercian kingdom, iv. 116.
Wickliffe, before the bishops in the reformation, i. 206.
Wilbrod, a prieft, goes over with 12 others to preach the Gospel in
Germany, iv. 145. Countenanced by Pepin, chief regent of
the Franks, and made firft bifhop of that nation, ibid.

Wilfred, bishop of the Northumbrians, deprived by Ecfrid of his
bishopric, wanders as far as Rome, iv. 141. Returning, plants,
the Gospel in the Ifle of Wight, and other places affigned him,
ibid. Has the fourth part of that island given him by Kedwalla,
which he bestows on Bertwin, a priest, his fifter's fon, 142.
Wilfrida, a nun, taken by force, and kept as a concubine by king
Edgar, iv. 202.

William the Conqueror, fwears to behave as a good king ought to do,
iii. 263. iv. 257. Remarkable law of Edward the confeffor,
confirmed by him, iii. 284. Honourably entertained by king
Edward, and richly difmiffed, iv. 241. He betroths his daugh-
ter to Harold, who fwears to affift him to the crown of England,
249. Sending after king Edward's death, to demand perform-
ance of his promife, is put off with a flight anfwer, 252. He
lands with an army at Haftings, 254. Overthrows Harold,
who, with his two brothers, is flain in battle, 256. Crowned
at Westminster by Aldred, archbishop of York, 257.
William of Malmbury, a better hiftorian than any of his predecef-
fors, iv, 148. His account of the diffoluteness of manners, both
of the English clergy and laity, 257, 258.

Willowby, fir Hugh, made admiral of a fleet, for the discovery of
the northern parts, iv. 300. Puts into Arzina in Lapland, where
he and his company perifh with cold, 301.

Winchester, by whom built, iv. 13..

Wine, if prohibited to be imported, might prevent drunkenness, ii.
163.

Wipped, a Saxon earl, flain at a place called Wippedsfleot, which
thence took its denomination, iv. 101.

Withgar, fee Stuf

Withgarburgh, in the Isle of Wight, the burial-place of Withgar,

iv. 109.

Withlaf, the fucceffor of Ludiken, vanquished by Ecbert, to whom
all Mercia becomes tributary, iv. 161.

Wologda, in Ruffia, winter and fummer churches there, iv. 275.
Wolves, when and by whom rooted out of England, iv. 200.
Woman, that she should give law to man, faid to be awry from the
law of God and nature, iv. 20.

Writing, freedom of it to be allowed, i. 286, 315. The restraint
of it a difcouragement to learned and religious men, 316. See
Licenfing.

Wulfer,

Wulfer, the fon of Penda, fet up by the Mercian nobles, in the
room of his brother Ofwi, iv. 139. Said to have been taken
prifoner by Kenwalk, the Weft Saxon, ibid. He takes and wastes
the Ifle of Wight, but causes the inhabitants to be baptized, ibid.
Gives the island to Ethelwald, king of South Saxons, ibid. Sends
Jarumannus to recover the Eaft Saxons, fallen off the fecond
time from chriftianity, 140. Lindsey taken from him by Ecfrid
of Northumberland, ibid. His death accompanied with the stain
of fimony, 141.

Wulf herd, king Ethelwolf's chief captain, drives back the Danes at
Southampton with great flaughter, iv. 165. He dies the fame
year, as it is thought, of age, ibid.

Wulketul, earl of Ely, put to flight with his whole army, by the
Danes, iv. 172.

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XENOPHON, according to him, tyrannicides were honoured by
the people, iii. 225.

Y

YMNER, king of Loegria, with others, flain in battle by Dun-
wallo Molmutius, iv. 17.

Youth, exercife and recreations proper for them, i. 282.


ZEAL, poetical description of it, i. 232. Recommended by the
Scripture, in reproving notorious faults, ibid.

Zipporah, fent away by Mofes for her prophaneness, i. 363.
Zones, Salmafius's account of them, iii. 261.

Zorobabel, afferted truth to be the strongest of all things, iii. 90.

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