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Porto Bello, capture of, vii. 219

Portreeve, the, i. 315; of London, 303

Portsmouth, Robert of Normandy lands at, i. 200; Bishop Moleyns of Chichester slain at, iii. 63

Portsmouth, Louise de Quérouaille, Duchess of, vi. 176, 315, 321; vii. 5

Portugal annexed to Spain, v. 335; its colonies, 330, 336; revolts, vi. 190, 192; joins the Grand Alliance, vii. 119; conquered by Napoleon, viii. 185; Wellesley's campaigns in, 186-188, 190, 191

Portugal, Don Antonio of, iv. 367

"Post-nati," v. 162, 163

Powell, Vavasour, vi. 223

Powys conquered by Offa, i. 97; annexed by Llewelyn ap Jorwerth, ii. 55

Poynings, Sir Edward, iii. 181

Pragmatic Sanction, the, vii. 199, 200

Prague seized by Frederick II., vii. 225; battles of, v. 220; vii. 248

Prayer, Book of Common, iv. 49, 59; set aside, 76; adopted in Scotland, 118; retained in Essex, 144; restored, 158; declared schismatic by the Pope, 214; bill for its reform, 292; restored again, vi. 208; Scottish, of 1636, v. 327, 328

Preachers, "poor," ii. 317, 335; unlicensed, forbidden by Convocation, iii. 20, 21

Presbyterianism in England under Elizabeth, iv. 294, 296; attempts to establish it, v. 58; its relations with Puritanism, 59, 60; established in Scotland, 137, 138, 140, 335; the Long Parliament's relations with, 354, 355; vi. 14, 50; re-established in Scotland, vii. 54

Presbyterians, their hostility to the sectaries, vi. 45; dominant position after the Restoration, 193; Clarendon's policy towards, 207; Charles II.'s, 209

Press, censorship of, iv. 343; liberty of, established, vi. 305; growth of its power, viii. 11-13

Preston, battle of, vi. 62; surrender of Jacobites at, vii. 184

Prestonpans, battle of, vii. 228

"Pride's Purge," vi. 65

"Priests, Simple," ii. 317, 339

Primers, English, iv. 40

Printing, introduction of, iii. 155

Prior, Matthew, vii. 138

Privy Seals, Elizabeth's, iv. 233

Proclamations, James I.'s use of, v. 168, 172

"Protector," office of, offered to Oliver Cromwell, vi. 100

Protestantism, its area at accession of Pius V., iv. 249, 250; in England, its advance under Edward VI., 59; effects of its spread among the people, 121, 122; growth under Elizabeth, 292, 302-305; position at her death, v. 107-109; in Germany, growth after Peace of Passau, 175; progress in Scotland, iv. 168, 169

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