Lewis XIV., king of France, vi. 188-189; his policy, 190, 191; alliance with Charles II., 192; relations with England and Holland, 227; sends his fleet to join the Dutch, 239; attacks Flanders, 247; his offers to Spain, 249; treaty with her, 250; policy towards Holland, 251; treaties with Charles, 257, 258; attacks Holland, 268; position after Peace of Nimeguen, 291, 316; persecutes the Huguenots, 317, 335; new agreement with Charles, 323; seizes Strassburg, Casale, and Luxemburg, 335; relations with James II., vii. 12; revokes the Edict of Nantes, 13; relations with James and Holland, 36, 38; attacks Germany, 38, 48; receives James II. at St. Germain, 49; war declared against, by England and Holland, _ib._; his fleet, 68; sends troops to Ireland, 71; his successes, 75, 76; turn of his fortune, 79, 80; treaty with William, 90, 91; seizes the Dutch Barrier, 102; acknowledges James's son as king of England, 106; attacks Germany again, 118, 119; his losses, 131, 134; offers terms, 134, 135; death, 183, 185 Lewis XV., king of France, vii. 185, 225 Lewis XVI., king of France, viii. 28; summons the States-General, 83; a Constitution forced on, 86; attempts flight, 95; imprisoned, 101; executed, 103 Lewis XVIII., king of France, viii. 206, 211 Lexington, skirmish at, viii. 22 Leyva, Alonzo da, iv. 363 _Liber Albus_ of London, i. 274 _Liber de Antiquis Legibus_, i. 274 _Liber Custumarum_ of London, i. 274 Lichfield, diocese of, i. 83 Liége taken by Marlborough, vii. 117 Liegnitz, battle of, vii. 302 Ligny, battle of, viii. 207 Lilburne, John, vi. 28, 75, 78 Lille reduced by Marlborough, vii. 134 _Lillibullero_, vii. 33 Lilly, William, iii. 200 Limerick, siege of, vii. 72, 73 Limitation Bill, vi. 323 Limoges welcomes Du Guesclin, ii. 285; stormed by the Black Prince, 286 Limousin restored to Edward III., ii. 266 Linacre, Thomas, iii. 190, 197, 256 Lincoln, one of the Five Boroughs, i. 117; battles of, 219; ii. 2; relieved by John, i. 356; Jews at, ii. 126, 127 Lincolnshire surrendered to Ecgfrith by Wulfhere, i. 86; rising in, iii. 323 Lindesay of the Byres, Patrick, sixth Lord, iv. 225, 228, 230 Lindisfarne, i. 69, 79, 87, 97 Lindiswaras, i. 73, 117 Linen manufacture, Irish, its foundation, v. 291 Lisbon, Drake's and Norris's expedition to, iv. 367, 368 Lisle, Alice, vii. 11, 66 Lisle, John Dudley, Lord, iv. 41, 46. _See_ Warwick Litany, the English, iv. 40