Ortholani, a French alchymist, i 136.
Overbury, Sir Thomas, portrait of, ii. 195; poisoned by the Earl and Countess of Somerset and their accomplices, 193-201.
Palestine. (See the Crusades.)
Palmistry. (See Fortune-Telling.)
Paper currency, introduced in France by John Law, i. 4.
Paracelsus, memoir and portrait of, i. 142; his singular doctrines, 145; the first of the magnetisers, 262.
Paris, the Palais Royal (engraving), i. 12; John Law's house, Rue de Quincampoix (engraving), 13; Hotel de Soissons (engraving), 16; incidents of the Mississippi scheme (four engravings), i. 15, 18, 21, 31; the Place de Grêve (engraving), ii. 192; the Bastile (engraving), ii. 209; house of Nicholas Flamel, in the rue de Marivaux, i. 118; the Rosicrucians in, i. 170-173; Mesmer's house; his experiments, 278.
Parsons and his family, concoctors of the "Cock Lane Ghost" deception, ii. 228.
Paul's Cross, Dr. Lamb, the poisoner, attacked and killed there (engraving), ii. 202.
Persecution of alleged witches. (See Witches.)
Peter the Great taxes beards (portrait), i. 267.
Peter the Hermit. (See the Crusades.)
Peter of Lombardy, an alchymist, i. 136.
Peter of Pontefract, his false prophecies described by Grafton, i. 234.
Petronella, the wife of Nicholas Flamel, i. 116.
Philalethes, Eugenius, a Rosicrucian, i. 175.
Philip I. excommunicated, ii. 8.
Philip Augustus joins the third crusade (engraving), ii. 64, 66; his jealousy of Richard I., 69, 71; returns to France, 72.
Philip IV., portrait of, ii. 112; his persecution of the Templars, ii. 113.
Philosopher's stone, searchers for the. (See Alchymists.)
Pietro D'Apone. (See D'Apone.)
Pigray on witchcraft in France, ii. 122.
Pilgrimages to Jerusalem before the Crusades, ii. 2.
Pilgrim's staff (engraving), ii. 56.
Place de Grêve (engraving), ii. 192; Madame de Brinvilliers; La Chaussée and others executed there for poisoning, 212, 213, 215.
Plague at Milan prophesied, i. 225.
Plays on the adventures of thieves, their evil influence, ii. 253, 257.
Poisoning, in Greece and Rome; its spread in Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; declared high treason in England, ii. 192; Sir Thomas Overbury poisoned; full history of his case, with portraits of Overbury, the Earl and Countess of Somerset, Lord Coke, and Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, 193-201; suspicious death of Prince Henry, son of James I., 200; Buckingham said to have poisoned James I., 201; fate of Dr. Lamb, the poisoner (engraving), 202; slow poisoning in Italy, its general prevalence; employed by the Duke of Guise; much used by Roman ladies to poison husbands, 203; trial and execution of La Spara and others; other women punished, 204; atrocious crimes of La Tophania; the nature of her poison; protected in sanctuary by the clergy of Naples; seized by the viceroy, tried, and executed, 206-208. In France: Exili, Glaser, and Sainte Croix, the first criminals, 208; Madame de Brinvilliers and Sainte Croix; their crimes and punishment, 208-214; M. de Penautier charged with poisoning; popular mania for the crime, 214; Lavoisin and Lavigoreux executed, 215; charges against the Marshal de Luxembourg and the Countess of Soissons; recent revival of the crime in England, 216.
Pope, his sketch of Sir John Blunt, Chairman of the South-Sea Company, i. 74.
Popular Follies of Great Cities, ii. 239-248. Cant or slang phrases: "Quoz," 240; "What a shocking bad hat," 240; "Hookey Walker," 241; "There he goes with his eye out," 242; "Has your mother sold her mangle?" 242; "Flare up," 242; "Does your mother know you're out?" 244; "Who are you?" 244. Songs: "Cherry ripe," 246; "The Sea," 247; "Jim Crow," 247.
Portraits.—John Law, i. 1; the Regent Orleans, 5; D'Aguesseau, 34; D'Argenson, 42; Earl of Sunderland, 80; Harley Earl of Oxford, 46; Sir Robert Walpole, 49; Mr. Secretary Craggs, 64; Conrad Gesner, the first tulip cultivator, 85; Albertus Magnus, 100; Arnold de Villeneuve, 103; Raymond Lulli, 105; Cornelius Agrippa, 138; Panacelsus, 142; Dr. Dee, 152; Philip IV., ii. 112; Charles IX., 119; John Knox, 128; James I., 134; Sir George Mackenzie, 138; Pietro d'Apone, 140; Sir Matthew Hale, 148; Sir Thomas Brown, 151; Louis XIV., 177; Henry Andrews, the original of "Francis Moore," i. 244; Nostradamus, 246; Peter the Great, 267; Sir Thomas Overbury, ii. 195; Villiers duke of Buckingham, 198; Lord Chief Justice Coke, 199; Earl and Countess of Somerset, 200, 201; Henry IV. of France, 277; Lord Bacon, 286.
Political prejudices and enactments against long hair and beards, i. 296-303.
Poetry and romance, their obligations to the Rosicrucians, i. 179.
Powell, Chief Justice, his opposition to the belief in witchcraft, ii. 152.
Prophecies: Plague of Milan, i. 225; plague of London, 1665, inundation of London, 1528, 228; great fire, 1666; earthquake, 1842, 230; Mother Shipton, with view of her cottage, 232, 241; Merlin, 232-238; Peter of Pontefract, 234; Robert Nixon the Cheshire prophet, 238; almanac-makers, 240 (see Fortune-Telling); end of the world, 222, 224; earthquakes, 224. (See Modern Prophecies, the Crusades, Peter Barthelemy, &c.)
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