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Memorials of Cranmer, 1694; Life of Grindal, 1710; Life of Parker, 1711; Annals of the Reformation, 1709–31.

Stuart, Dr. Gilbert, 1742-86. (GEORGE III.) p History of the Establishment of the Reformation of Religion in Scotland (1517-61), 1780; History of Scotland, 1782.

Sylvester, Joshua, 1563-1618. (ELIZABETH, JAMES I.) m Trans. of Du Bartas' Diuine Weekes and Workes, 1598; Tobacco Battered and the Pipes Shattered, &c., 1615. (See also James I., p. 272.)

Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715. (CHARLES II., JAMES II., WILLIAM and MARY, ANNE.) m Poems, 1677. (See also p. 105, 8. 74.) d Plays, 1677-1707.

Taylor, John (the 'Water Poet'), 1580?-1654. (JAMES I., CHARLES I., COMMONWEALTH.) m A list of some 140 of Taylor's pieces is given in Lowndes by Bohn, v. 2587–2595.

Taylor, William (of Norwich), 1765-1836. (GEORGE III., GEORGE IV.) m Translations from the German.

Taylor, or Tailor, Robert, xvii. cent. (JAMES I.) ₫ Thẻ Hogge hath lost his Pearle, a comedy, 1614.

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Thrale, Hester Lynch, 1739-1821.
Anecdotes of Dr. Johnson, 1786. m The Three Warnings.

Tighe, Mary, 1773-1810. (GEORGE III.) m Psyche, and other poems, 1805.

Tindal, Dr. Matthew, 1657?-1733. (WILLIAM and MARY, ANNE, GEORGE I., GEORGE II.) p Christianity as Old as the Creation, 1730.

Tindal, Nicholas, 1687-1774. (GEORGE II., GEORGE III.) p Continuation of Rapin's History, 1744-77.

Tooke, see Horne Tooke.

Tourneur, Cyril, xvii. cent. (JAMES I.) d The Revenger's Tragedie, 1607; The Atheist's Tragedie, 1611.

Trivet, Nicholas, 1258?–1328. (EDWARD I., EDWARD II.) p Annales Sex Regum Angliæ (1136-1307), published for the Eng. Hist. Soc. in 1845.

Tucker, Abraham, 1705–74. (GEORGE II., GEORGE III.) p The Light of Nature Pursued, by Edward Search,' Esq., 1768. Turberville, George, 1530–1600? (ELIZABETH.) m Trans. of the 'Heroycall Epistles' of Ovid, 1567; Epitaphes, Epigrams, Songs and Sonets, &c., 1570.

Turner, Sharon, 1768-1847. (GEORGE III., GEORGE IV., WILLIAM IV., VICTORIA.) p History of the Anglo-Saxons, 1799–

1805. History of England from the Norman Conquest to 1509 (afterwards called History of England during the Middle Ages), 1814-23.

Tusser, Thomas, 1515?-1580? (MARY, ELIZABETH.) m A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, first published in 1557, and again, greatly enlarged, in 1573.

Tytler, Alexander Fraser, Lord Woodhouselee, 1747-1813. (GEORGE III.) p Elements of General History, Ancient and Modern, 1801.

Tytler, Patrick Fraser, 1791-1849. (GEORGE IV., WILLIAM IV.) p History of Scotland (from 1149 to the Union of the Crowns in 1603), 1828–43.

Tytler, William, 1711-1792. (GEORGE III.) p Historical and Critical Enquiry into the Evidence against Mary Queen of Scots, 1760.

Vaughan, Henry (the 'Silurist'), 1621-95. (CHARLES I., COMMONWEALTH.) m Olor Iscanus, 1650; Silex Scintillans, 1650; and other poems.

Wakefield, Rev. Gilbert, 1756-1801. (GEORGE III.) P Enquiry, &c., concerning the person of Jesus Christ, 1784.

Ward, R. Plumer, 1765-1846. (GEORGE III., GEORGE IV., WILLIAM IV., VICTORIA.) p Tremaine; or, the Man of Refinement, 1825; De Vere; or, the Man of Independence, 1827.

Warner, William, 1558?-1609. (ELIZABETH.) m Pan, his Syrinx or Pipe, 1584; Albion's England, 1586.

Watson, Dr. Richard, Bishop of Llandaff, 1737-1816. (GEORGE III.) p An Apology for Christianity, 1776.

Watson, Thomas, 1560–1592. (ELIZABETH.) m'ЕкатOμTalía (The Passionate Centurie of Love), 1582; Amyntas (in Latin), 1585; Teares of Fansie; or, Love Disdained, 1595.

Watts, Dr. Isaac, 1674-1748. (GEORGE I.) m Psalms and Hymns, 1707-19. p Legick, 1725; Improvement of the Mind, 1741. Wesley, John, 1703-1791. (GEORGE II., GEORGE III.) p A Plain Account of the People called Methodists, 1749; A Survey of the Wisdom of God in the Creation, 1763, &c. m Collection of Psalms and Hymns (with his brother Charles), 1738.

West, Gilbert, 1705 ?-56. (GEORGE II.) p Observations on the Resurrection, 1747. m Translation of Pindar, 1749.

Whetstone, George, xvi. cent. (ELIZABETH.) p A Heptameron of Civil Discourses. d Promos and Cassandra, 1578 (see p. 251, Measure for Measure, App. C.)

Whiston, William, 1667-1752. (WILLIAM and MARY, ANNE, GEORGE I., GEORGE II.) p New Theory of the Earth, 1696; Essay on the Revelation of St. John, 1706; Sermons, 1708; Primitive Christianity Revived, 1712; Memoirs, 1749–50.

White, Rev. Gilbert, 1720-1793. (GEORGE III.) p Natural History of Selborne, 1789.

White, Henry Kirke, 1785-1806. (GEORGE III.) m Clifton Grove and other poems, 1803. White's remains were published by Southey in 1807, with a Life.

Whitehead, William (the Laureate), 1715–85. (GEORGE II., GEORGE III.) m Poems. ₫ The Roman Father, a tragedy, 1750, Creusa; a tragedy, 1754.

(CHARLES II.)

Whitelock, Sir Bulstrode, 1605-76. p Memorials of English Affairs (1625–60), 1682. Whitefield, Rev. George, 1714-70. (GEORGE II., GEORGE III.) p Sermons.

Whitgift, John, 1530-1604. (ELIZABETH.) p Theological Works.

Wilberforce, William, M.P., 1759-1833. (GEORGE III., GEORGE IV., WILLIAM IV.) p Practical View of Christianity, 1797. (See also p. 216, Samuel Wilberforce.')

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Williams, Sir Charles Hanbury, 1709-59. (GEORGE II.) m Odes, 1775.

Wilson, Arthur, 1596-1652. (JAMES I., CHARLES I., COMMONWEALTH.) p The History of Great Britain; being the Life and Reign of King James I., 1653. d The Inconstant Lady, printed in 1814.

Wilson, Sir Thomas, 1520 ?-81. (EDWARD VI., MARY, ELIZABETH.) p Rule of Reason, 1551; Arte of Rhetorike, 1553. Winifred, see Boniface.

Wireker, Nigellus de, xii. cent. (HENRY II., RICHARD I.) m Speculum Stultorum, a satire on contemporary follies. The hero is an Ass called Burnellus (brown), by which name the book is sometimes spoken of (v. Chaucer's Nonne Prestes Tale, 1. 491).

Wolfe, Rev. Charles, 1791-1823. (GEORGE III., GEORGE IV.) m Burial of Sir John Moore, included in the Remains, published in 1825.

Wood, Anthony à, 1632-95. (CHARLES II.) p Athenæ Oxonienses, 1691-2.

Wotton, Rev. William, 1666-1726. (WILLIAM III.) p Reflections on Ancient and Modern Learning (Boyle and Bentley Controversy), 1694.

GENERAL INDEX.

[This Index contains the names of all the Authors mentioned in the Handbook
and Appendices (pp. 1-281). It contains also most of the titles of the principal
works of those Authors who are mentioned in the Handbook (pp. 1–220).]

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