maxims of political economy, 162; his reply to a borrowing lord,
ib.; his manners and opinions, 168-170; his death and general
character, 170.

AUTOGRAPHS, indications of character, iii. 163; of English
sovereigns, 165-166.

BABINGTON'S conspiracy, some account of its progress, and of the
noble youths concerned in it, ii. 171; trial and defences of the
conspirators, 173; their execution, 175-176.

BACCHUS, ancient descriptions of, and modern translations of them,
ii. 292.

BACON, Lord, sketch of his life as a philosopher, iii. 320-326; more
valued abroad than at home, 327.

BAKER, Sir Richard, author of the "Chronicle," died in the Fleet,
ii. 452; his papers burnt, ib.

BALES, Peter, a celebrated caligrapher, i. 275; iii. 173-177.

BALLARD, the Jesuit, concerned in Babington's conspiracy, ii. 172;
expression of his on his trial, 173.

BAPTISTA PORTA, founded the Accademie of the Oziosi and Segreti,
iii. 290; considered himself a prognosticator, ib.; his magical
devices, ib.

BARBIER, Louis, anecdote relating to, ii. 11; his superstitious
observances, ib., note.

BARNARD, Dr., his "Life of Heylin," iii. 217-221.

BARTHIUS, Gaspar, a voluminous author, ii. 536; an infant prodigy,
ib.; published a long list of unprinted works, 537; its fate, ib.

BASNAGE, his Dictionary, iii. 233.

BAYLE, publishes his _Nouvelles de la Republique des Lettres_, i.
14; account of his death, 391; his conduct to his friend, 392; read
much by his fingers, ib.; amusements of, ib.; anecdotes relating to,
393; his "Critical Dictionary," remarks on its character, ii.
382-388; Gibbon's remarks on, 385; publication of, ib.; his
originality, how obtained, 386; his errors, 388; his personal
traits, 389; his characteristics, 388-396; changes his religion
twice, 390; extract from his diary, ib.; his methods of study, 391;
appointed to a professorship, ib.; deprived of it, ib.; laments his
want of books, 392; anecdotes of the effects of his works, 394; a
model of a literary character, 395.

BEAM in the eye of the Pharisee, literally represented in early art,
i. 307, and note.

BEARDS, various fashions in, i. 220.

BEAUSSOL, M. Peyraud de, his preface to his condemned tragedy, ii.
304-307.

BEN JONSON, masques by, iii. 12; assisted Rawleigh in his history of
the world, 131, and note.