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Whores. The dangerous consequences of frequenting their company, ix. 302.
Wife. See Woman.
William Rufus. His reign, xvi. 9. Description and character of him, 25. His principal buildings, 28.
William (the Conqueror). First introduced pleadings in the French tongue, v. 66. Invades England, xvi. 8. His death, 9.
William III. A good general; but, being unacquainted with naval affairs, neglected the interest of England at sea, iii. 337. Invited over by those who were true lovers of their country, being induced thereunto by the necessity of the kingdom, iii. 6. Unsuccessfully attempted a union between England and Scotland, iii. 299. Though bred a calvinist never much affected the presbyterians, v. 302. Story of his dogkeeper, 450. Got his death by a fall from a horse, #xi-247|xi. 247. An instance, in which he made a mean figure, xvi. 333. Remarkably profuse in royal grants, endeavouring to strengthen a new title by purchasing friends at the expense of all that it was in his power to dispose of, iv. 157. Ode to him on his Successes in Ireland, xviii. 405. His statue in College Green, a fund of ridicule in the days of party, and afterward almost an object of worship, xiv. 294. Offered the Irish catholicks very liberal terms, xix. 72.
William (son of duke Robert). Made earl of Flanders by Lewis le Gros, xvi. 50. Lost his life by the unskilfulness of a surgeon, 51. Had he lived, in all probability would have succeeded to the English crown, 52.
William of Ypres (earl of Kent). The favours he received from king Stephen disgusted the English nobles, xvi. 64. Kept up a party for the king his master, 74. Commanded to leave the kingdom by Henry II, who seized his treasures, 92.
William (son to Henry I). His valour, xvi. 45. Did homage to Lewis, for the duchy of Normandy, 46. From that time, till the conquest of Wales, the eldest sons of the kings of England styled dukes of Normandy, ibid. The melancholy death of that prince, 47.
William (second son to king Stephen). Little regarded by his father, xvi. 86. On the conclusion of the peace, his father's patrimony reserved to him, ibid. Wrought upon to head a conspiracy against Henry, but, when matters were ripe, by accident broke his leg, 88.
Williamson (mass David, a noted covenanter). Escapes being apprehended, by lady Cherrytree putting him to bed in a woman's nightdress to her daughter, x. 327.
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