Brown, execution of John, 261–263. Circumvallation, lines of, 6, 7, 31. Cleon, 121, 122, 134–148. Comedy, Greek, account of, 129–134. Constantinople, factions of circus, 103–112. Corcyrean sedition, 78–96. Guthrie, James, execution of, 265–270. Hawkwood, retreat of Sir J., 194–197 Hermæ, mutilation of, 169, 170. Huss, John, 244–254. Jacquerie, 98–101. Jerome of Prague, 255–257. Jerusalem, siege of, 32–36. Knights of Aristophanes, 134–147. Magdeburg, siege of, 50–62. Massacre of September 1792, 112–120. Ney, retreat from Moscow, 190–194. Nika sedition, 111. Peloponnesian war, end of, 214–217. Numantia, siege of, 19–22. Oates, Titus, 160–168. Ostend, siege of, 39–50. Persecutions, civil and religious, 244–283. Platæa, siege of, 5–19. Popish plot, 149–160. Portobello, taken by Vernon, 127–129. Prelacy, attempted to be restored in Scotland, 257–270. Presbyterians, persecution of, ibid. Reformation in England, 270–283. Réole, La, siege of, 37. Retreat of Athenians from Syracuse, 178–189; Rome, civil wars of, compared with seditions in Greece, 95–97. September, 1792, massacre of, 112–120. Sicilian expedition, 171–190. Siege of Platæa, 5–19; Socrates, history, character, and death of, 218–243. Sphacteria, capture of Spartans at, 126. Syracuse, besieged by Marcellus, 28–31; — by Athenians, 177. Taylor, Rowland, burnt for heresy, 272–283. Tyre, siege of, 25–28. Witts, De, massacre of, 205–214. Zaragoza, siege of, 63–77. GENERAL INDEX OF PRINCIPAL SUBJECTS IN ALL VOLUMES Alp Arslan, vol. i. page 93. Antony, retreat of, from Parthia, i. 211–213. Arginusæ, battle of, iii. 198–205. Aristides, ii. 131, 132, 139, 140, 143. Aristogiton, i. 169–174. Aristomenes, i. 40–54. Aristophanes, Knights of, iii. 134–147. Armada, Spanish, ii. 112–126. Athenians, expedition against Sicily, iii. 171–190 Athens, plague of, ii. 166, 169–177. Bajazet, imprisoned by Tamerlane, i. 86. ——, his treatment of French prisoners, i, 88–92. Brooke, death of Lord, i. 134. Brown, execution of John, iii. 261–263. Buchan, Countess of, imprisoned by Edward I., i. 87, 88. Caligula, i. 134–143. Cambyses, i. 120–131. Cid, Chronicle of, ii. 25–28. Cimon, policy of, ii. 143–146. Circumvallation, lines of, iii. 6, 7, 31. Cleomenes, i. 132, 133. Cleon, iii. 121, 122, 134–148. Comedy, Greek, account of, iii. 129–134. Constantinople, factions of circus, iii. 103–112. ———plague of, ii. 178–183. Corcyrean sedition, iii. 78–96. Crassus, retreat and death of, i. 198–211. Crœsus, i. 77–80, 156. Cylon, insurrection of, i. 154. Darius, invasion of Scythia by, i. 190–198. Drageschan, battle of, ii. 74. Education, Athenians, ii. 152–157. England, state of, under first Norman kings, i. 23–27. Fatalism, i. 156–161. Florence, plague of, ii. 184–197.