Marranos = New Christians or Crypto-Jews; derivation of name uncertain, probably a corruption of “Maranatha”; remain in Spain after expulsion of Jews; influence on the history of Europe, xii, xiii, xxxiii, xxxvi, lx, lxii, lxiii, lxiv, lxviii; aim against privileges of, lxi; London, xxxv, l, lii, lviii, lxviii; London Marranos’s petition, lxxxv; petition for burial-ground, lxvi; of Portugal, xxxix; reach England, xiv; sign Robles’s petition, lxv; of Spain, xxxix; some London, known to Cromwell, xxx, 152, 155, 170 (notes) Mart of Breslau, 38 Martha, St., 18 Martyr, Justin, cited, 120 Matthias, Emperor, 50, 86 Maurice, Prince, 49 Mauritania, 141 Mede, cited, 68 Media, 6, 35, 39, 40, 42; mountains of, 33 Medicis, Duke Cosmus de = Duke of Toscani, 49 Medicis, Loysia de, Queen of France, 50 Medicis, Maria de, 160 (notes) Medigo, Elia del = Elias Cretensis, 160 (notes) Mediterranean, 19; Jewish refugees on coasts of, xi; Sea, 44 Meetabel, son of Matadel, 21 Meir, R., 133, 169 (notes), (_see_ Beruria) Melbourne, 162 (notes) Meldola, Prof. Raphael, 160 (notes) Menasseh ben Israel, Rabbi of Amsterdam, author of “Spes Israelis” and other works; son of Marrano of Lisbon; educated under care of Rabbi Isaac Uziel; became Rabbi at age of eighteen; accomplished linguist, writer, and preacher; married into the Abarbanel family, xxii, xxiii, xxxiii, xlv, lxviii, lxxxvi, 6, 69, 71, 157 (notes), 161 (notes), 169 (notes); arrives in London, xxxvii; campaign of, lxxv; catalogue of books of, 146; Christian friends of, 169 (notes); connection with members of the St. John Mission, xxxi; contemporary with Sadler, 167 (notes); death of, lxix; Declaration to the Commonwealth of England, 78; “De Creatione,” 169 (notes); demands presented to Cromwell, lxxxiii; “De Termino Vitæ,” 149 (notes); formally opens negotiations with the Government of the Commonwealth, xliv; “Hope of Israel,” xxvi, 65; dedication of “Hope of Israel” to Parliament and Council of State, 3; “Humble Addresses” printed, xxxviii, 73, 75, 162 (notes); close of “Humble Addresses,” 103; invited to England by Cromwell, xxxvi; letter, lxxvii; letter to Dury, lxxviii; letter to Felgenhauer, lxxix, 163 (notes); Mission to Cromwell, xvi, lxxiii; motives of his English supporters, 161 (notes); negotiations with Thurloe, xxxii; petition not favoured by the clergy, xlvi; petition sprung on Council, xlvi; petition to Cromwell, lxxxvi, lxxxvii; his portraits, 149 (notes); Menasseh’s proposals read, xlviii; Menasseh’s reply to Prynne and Ross, “Vindiciæ Judæorum,” lxiii; sends Dormido to England, xxxiii; signs petition, lxii; Menasseh’s sojourn in London, 165 (notes); Menasseh’s summary of the Thirteen Articles of Faith, 168 (notes); Menasseh’s “Vindiciæ Judæorum,” 105; wife of, 154 (notes);