rdente," instituted by Louis XIV. for the trial of poisoners,
ii. 214, 283.

Change Alley during the South-Sea Bubble (_engraving_), i. 60.

Charlemagne, his edicts against witches, ii. 109.

Charles I. prevents a duel, ii. 287.

Charles II., his disgraceful conduct in reference to a duel, ii. 288.

Charles VI. of France, his studies in Alchymy, i. 117;
his work on that subject, 136.

Charles IX. of France, his patronage of _Nostradamus_, i. 246;
_portrait of_, ii. 119;
his belief in witchcraft, 120.

Chaworth, Mr., killed by Lord Byron in a duel, ii. 292.

Chemistry, its connexion with Alchymy; valuable discoveries of the
Alchymists, i. 207, 221.

Children in the Crusades; their personal bravery, ii. 45;
are sold to slavery, 81.

Children executed for witchcraft, ii. 163, 179, 181.

Christina, Queen of Sweden, her patronage of Alchymy, i. 183, 185.

Clermont, Urban II. preaches the Crusade there; cathedral of (_engraving_),
ii. 9.

Cock-Lane Ghost, history of the deception; _views_ of the "haunted house,"
ii. 228, 230.

Coeur, Jaques, memoir of, i. 132;
his house at Bourges (_engraving_), 132.

Cohreddin, Sultan, his generosity to the Christians, ii. 84, 85.

Coke, Chief Justice, _portrait_ of, ii. 199;
the poisoners of Sir Thomas Overbury tried by him, 198.

Collins, Joseph, contriver of mysterious noises at Woodstock Palace,
ii. 224.

Comets regarded as omens, i. 223, 225;
actually dangerous, 228.

Conrad, Emperor of Germany, joins the Crusades, ii. 56;
reaches Jerusalem, 60;
returns to Europe, 62.

Constance, _view_ of the town gate, ii. 116;
witches executed there, 117, 160.

Constantinople during the Crusades, ii. 17, 23-26, 56, 77-80;
_view_ of, 78.

Contumacy (refusing to plead to a criminal charge); its severe punishment,
ii. 199.

Cornhill at the time of the South-Sea Bubble (_engraving_), i. 51.

Cosmopolite, the, an anonymous alchymist, memoir of, i. 163.

Cowley's poetical description of the tulip, i. 86;
his lines on relics of great men, ii. 308.

Craggs, Mr. Secretary, _portrait_ of, i. 64;
his participation in the South-Sea Bubble, 64, 71, 73, 77, 78;
his death, 80.

Craggs, Mr., father of the above, his participation in the fraud; his
death, i. 80.

Criminals, anxiety to possess relics of their crimes, ii. 306.
(_See_ Thieves.)

Cromwell, Sir Samuel, his persecution of "The Witches of W