Oxford declares for the royal supremacy, 244; is “hoist by its own petard,” 244 Oysters, penalty for giving false price to, 154 Parliament, The Long, 190 Parliament declares James’s throne vacant, 257; agrees to William and Mary’s joint sovereignty, 258 Parliaments in England and Scotland, 74 Paterson, William, floats the Darien scheme, 270; the total failure, 271 Patrick, the Saint of Ireland, 32 Penny Weddings, 173 Perth in Jacobite occupation in 1715, 283; the retreat from, 284 “Petition of Right,” The, 184 Picts, first mention of the, 6; origin of the, 28; conversion of, 33; coalesce with the Scots, 36 Players, Reception of in Aberdeen, 157. Poetry, The older Scottish, 81 Pope, Henry VIII. quarrels with the, 88 Popery, Protestant intolerance towards, 116 Presbyterian Church of Scotland, distinctive features of, 94; its influence on Scottish character, 95; bareness of its forms of worship, 100; its fight against episcopacy, 181 Presbyterianism in England, 193 Prestonpans, Battle of, 292 Pretender, Birth of the, 250; in the rebellion of 1715, 284; birth of his two sons, 288 Protestantism established in England, 88; in Scotland, 92 “Protestant wind,” A, watched for, 253 Psalms and paraphrases in the Kirk, 100 Punishments in the sixteenth century, 135; for speaking, falsely of burgh officers, 136; for slander, 136; for “flyting,” 137; of having to pay for healing hurts, 138; of banishment from the town, 140; of scourging through the town, 141; of death under burgh laws, 141; of restitution, 142; when there was “vehement suspicion,” 142; of forfeiting the right to wear swords, 143; for drunkenness, 145; for immorality, 148 Puritans, the English, 184; browbeaten by James I., 185; their Old Testament leanings, 208 Queen of Charles I., evil influence of, 186 Queens, The rival, Mary and Elizabeth, 102; their relationship, 105 Rebellion, Jacobite, of 1715, 283; Executions following the, 286 Rebellion of 1745, 289; atrocities and executions following, 300 Reformation, The, in England and Scotland, 85; in danger from James II., 242 Regalia, the ancient Scottish, 127; the present, 127; its adventures, 128; after the Union to remain in Edinburgh, 128; supposed loss, search for, and recovery, 128 Regencies disastrous to Scotland, 75 Regicides, Execution of the, 212 Religion in Scotland under Charles I., 181; under Cromwell, 209; under Charles II., 214 Renwick, the last covenanting martyr, 248 Revolution, The, of 1688, 252 Rizzio, David, Murder of, 108 Roman invasion of Britain, 3; rule in Britain, 12; Empire divided, 9; fall of the Western Empire, 11; Evacuation, 16 Rome taken by Alaric, 10 Rullion Green, Fight at, 217 Russell, Sir William, Execution of, 233 Ryehouse Plot, The, 233 Sabbath-breaking, Penalties for, 158