ii. 338

William the Conqueror, his modification of the feudal system in England, ii. 114

William III., main characteristics of the reign of, i. 402, 403. Eulogy of Sir A. Alison, 403 _note_. Hostility between the King and the clergy, 405. His abolition of episcopacy in Scotland, 406. His deprivation of the Archbishop of Canterbury and six of his brethren, 410

Williams, John, Bishop of Lincoln, the last ecclesiastical lord keeper, i. 417 _note_

Witchcraft, period of the destruction of the old notions respecting, i. 363 _note_. Charge of Chief Baron Hale in 1665, 363 _note_. The last witches executed in England and in Spain, 364 _note_. John Wesley's belief in the existence of witches, 364 _note_. Repeal of the statutes against witchcraft, 364 _note_. Witchcraft in Scotland, iii. 37

Woodrow, value of his 'Analecta,' iii. 230 _note_

Wool manufactures of Spain in the eighteenth century, ii. 542

Writing, invention of, a cause of error in history, i. 296. Modes in which it effects this, 296, 297

Yeomanry, rights of English, ii. 119. Unknown in France, 120. Decay of the Yeomanry in England, 120 _note_

Yeomen of the Guard, establishment of the, ii. 7 _note_

Zamora, Spanish poet, ii. 480

Zoology, state of the science of, in France under Louis XIV., ii. 197

Zoology, generalizations in, of Frenchmen in the eighteenth century, ii. 375. The statical and dynamical parts of, 375. Impetus given to the science by Cuvier and Bichat, 376-381

Zurich, antiquity of, according to Swiss authorities, i. 312

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