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patron of Gascoigne,10;

hatred of Popery,11;

treatment of Irish rebels,13;

denounced by R. to Leicester,14;

leniency in Ireland,22;

and Armada,37;

dines with R. at Flores,107;

in Low Countries,115

Grey, young Lord de Wilton, and Watson's plot,135,158,160

Grosart'sLismore Papers,vi.

Guard, R. Captain of the,35,103;

Sir T. Erskine supplants R.,133

Guayana Vieja founded by Berreo,73

Guiana, R.'s desire to conquer,64;

its description,65,66;

capture of Spanish letters relative to,66;

annexed by Berreo, governor of Trinidad,ib.;

Captain Whiddon visits for R.,66;

R. explores part of,67;

supposed mineral wealth,72,75;

Humboldt on its gold yield,75;

leaves two sailors at Morequito,79;

health of R.'s expedition,81;

R. asks effect of expedition on Court,83;

R.'sDiscovery of Guianapublished,83-84;

Chapman's poem on,85-86;

Captain Keymis's voyage,86;

R.'sOf the Voyage for Guiana,87;

Government interest not excited by R.,ib.;

Captain L. Berrie's voyage,102;

D. of Finland urges R. to colonise,113;

Sir J. Gilbert preparing for,113;

increased fame ofDiscovery,114;

R. asks leave to revisit,170;

R.'s funds for voyage,172,189-190;

R. released from Tower to go to,189;

advantages promised King James,ib.;

preparations for, excite Spaniards,190;

R.'s Royal commission,190-191;

composition of R.'s fleet,193-194;

its delays,194;

fleet detains French traders,195;

fleet off Canaries,ib.;

Captain Bailey deserts,196;

courtesies with Governor of Gomera,198;

R.'s log ofSecond Voyage,199;

R. ill of fever in,199-200;

R. meets Hugh Goodwin after twenty-two years,200;

fleet at Trinidad,200;

Keymis explores for gold, attacks San Thomé,200-1;

R.'s son Walter killed,201;

Keymis's failure and embarrassed meeting with R.,201;

Keymis commits suicide in,202;

R.'s failure to find gold mines in,202;

mutiny of fleet,202;

R. sails to Newfoundland from,203;

R.'s ignominious return from,ib.;

Apology for the Voyage to,208

Gunpowder Plot and R.,168

Hakluyt, R.'s contemporary at Oxford,3;

hisVoyagesand sojourn in France,4;

reprints R.'s report of Grenville's fight,51;

Discovery of Guiana,114

Hale, the sergeant at R.'s Winchester trial,146-7

Hamburg ship, R. takes sugar, &c., from a,41

Hampden, John, collector of R.'s MSS.,185

Hannah, Archdeacon, printed R.'sCynthia,46

Harington, Sir John,34

Hariot, Thomas, R.'s scientific agent in Virginia,31

Harris, Sir C., R. lodged in his house,206

Hart, Captain, betrays R.,208

Harvey, Sir G., Lieutenant of Tower,141,142;

suspects R.'s communications,144;

indulges R., succeeded by Sir W. Waad,167

Hatfield MSS. and R.'sCynthia,46

Hatton, Sir C., R. reconciles him to Queen Elizabeth,23;

references to, and death,32,35,50

Hawkins, his third voyage,6;

character of his voyages,7

Hayes relates R.'s expense in Gilbert's expedition,27

Hayes Barton, R.'s birthplace, in Devon,1,3

Hennessy, Sir J. Pope, account of R. in Ireland,47

Henri IV. of France,122

Henry VIII. censured in R.'sHistory,180

Henry, Prince, visits R. in Tower,169;

seeks advice of R.,173,174;

death agonies eased by R.'s cordial,175;

efforts and sympathy for R.,175,180;

opinion of his father's conduct,175;

and R.'sCabinet Council,185

Histoire Universelle, by d'Aubigné,177

Historical MSS. CommissionReports,vi.

History of the World, by R.'s personal reference,4,5,162,171;

references to Armada,38;

on boarding galleons,39;

refers to Trinidad,67;

R. aided by Ben Jonson,175;

size and contents,176;

critically examined,176-182;

its preface, when written,180;

suppressed by King James, and cause,180-181

Hooker'sSupply of the Irish Chroniclesand references to R.,11,43;

Ecclesiastical Polity,85;

Oxford tutor of Walter R., jun.,171

Hornsey, R.'s servants disturb the peace at,6

Howard of Bindon, Thomas Lord, R. to warn him if any Spaniards in Channel,50;

and Cadiz expedition,89,96,97,98;

takes R.'s servant under his protection,121;

persuades Sir W. Peryam to re-try Meere's suit,127;

juror on R.'s trial,143,146

Howard, Lord Henry, and R., interview with Lennox,124-125;

R. prays forgiveness for,139

Howard of Effingham, Lord Charles, R.'s advice on boarding Armada,38,39;

high opinion of R.,39;

Discovery of Guianadedicated to,84;

forces expedition to Cadiz,88;

on committee for attack on Cadiz,89;

details of his action at Cadiz,92-100;

ship 'Ark Royal,'93;

obtains R.'s return to Court,103;

to attempt capture of Graciosa,107;

created E. of Nottingham,110,112;

granted R.'s wine patent,141;

conducts Arabella Stewart to R.'s trial,155;

outlaws R.'s ship 'Destiny,'205;

death of,223

Huguenots, R. offers to aid,4;

Henry Champernowne's force aids,ib.;

mode of smoking out Catholics,5

Hulsius, Levinus, Latin translation of theDiscovery of Guiana,114

Humboldt's examination of Guiana gold,75;

testified to the genuineness of R.'s account of Guiana,78

'Husband' ship,194,196

Imataca mountains seen by R.,72

Imokelly, R. escapes ambush by Seneschal of,14

Income of R., references to,16,24,25,30,34,133,162,172

Indian carracks (plate-ships) scheme for R. to seize,53-54;

Sir J. Burrows to attack them,54;

their capture,59-60;

fleet of in Cadiz harbour,99;

burnt by Spaniards to avoid capture,ib.;

two destroyed by R. in Azores,109

Ireland, History of the Early Ages in, MacCarthy's,129

Ireland, R. in,7;

Catholic invasion of,7;

R.'s voyage to Cork,8;

Lord Grey succeeds Pelham in,9;

execution of Sir J. Geraldine,10;

poets on service in,ib.;

massacre at Fort del Ore,12;

R.'s severity towards rebels,13;

rebels pardoned through Ormond,13;

R.'s seizure of Barry Court,14;

Castle Bally-in-Harsh taken by R.'s strategy,15;

R.'s return from,16;

R. paid for service in,18;

R. assigned a Captaincy in,19;

The Opinion of Mr. Rawleyon,22;

Lord Grey deprived of Deputyship,23;

R.'s residences in,34;

estates in Cork, Waterford, and Tipperary settled by R.,34;

R.'s experience as a colonist in,34;

R. leaves to fight Armada,38;

Essex forces R.'s return to,42;

R.'s efforts in developing his estates in,47;

potato and tobacco introduced by R.,48;

Sir William Fitzwilliam, Deputy in,ib.;

R. refused Lord Deputyship,112;

occupied with affairs of,115;

invaded by Spain,124;

R. on situation in,ib.;

MacCarthy'sHistory of the Early Ages in,129;

Boyle, Earl of Cork, buys R.'s estates in,129;

R. sells remainder of his leases,194

Irish Chronicles, Hooker'sSupply of the,11

Islands voyage.SeeAzores

Islington, R.'s residence in,6

James I. first cognisant of R.,123;

offers Scotch troops to repel Spanish invasion,124;

sends Lennox on mission to Elizabeth,ib.;

R. and Cobham reported unfavourable to,124;

met by London nobility at death of Elizabeth,132;

R. and Sir R. Crosse meet him at Burghley,ib.;

unfavourably received R.,132;

promises R. continuance of Stannaries,ib.;

displaces R. from the Guard,133;

increases R.'s salary as Governor of Jersey,ib.;

deprives R. of Durham House on petition of Bishop of Durham,133,134;

involved in promises to Catholics,135;

waiting Spanish overtures,ib.;

guest of Sir F. Carew,ib.;

given R.'sDiscourse on Spanish War, &c.,ib.;

R.'s projects distasteful to,ib.;

commits R. to Tower,137;

R. begs his life of and refused hope by,158;

prepares warrant for stay of R.'s execution,158;

signs death-warrants for conspirators,159;

intention to reprieve,ib.;

at bull-baiting on Tower Hill,165;

and Christian IV. of Denmark,169;

suppresses R.'sHistory of the World,180;

R. hopes to propitiate him,183;

forbids printing of R.'sPrerogative of Parliament,184;

and the Benevolence,184;

a Protectionist,187;

releases R.,188;

to be enriched by R.'s second voyage to Guiana,189;

submits R.'s proposed route to Madrid,191;

ignores statements of Bailey,199;

Captain North relates R.'s failure to,203;

R.'s apologetic letter to,ib.;

Spain clamours for R.'s death,205;

invites claims against R.,ib.;

his arguments for R.,ib.;

R. doomed by,205,206;

Apologyfor Guiana voyage of no effect on,209;

R.'s attempted catspaw against Spain,211;

R.'s confession to,212;

advised to give R. public trial,212;

R. throws himself on his mercy,214;

quits London and signs R.'s death-warrant,ib.;

foiled by R.'s bearing at execution,219;

R. begs his memory to be saved from scurrilous writers,220;

death of,223

Jarnac, battle of,4

Jeaffreson, J. Cordy, contribution by,vi.;

researches in Middlesex Records,6,20;

researches in Assembly Books of K. Lynn,38

Jersey, R. seeks Governorship of,114;

R. succeeds Sir A. Paulet as Governor,116;

account of and effect of R.'s rule in,116-117;

Norman gentry in,127;

King James increased R.'s salary for,133;

R. displaced for Sir J. Peyton,141;

references to R. in,126,127

Jesuit captured by R.,64

Jewels, R.'s love of,20;

value on his person when arrested,20,209

Jonson, Ben, referred by Camden to R.,175;

assists R. inHistory of the World,175,176;

goes with young Walter R. to Paris,175;

hisWorks,175;

jealous of Samuel Daniel,183;

death of,223

Keymis, Captain, with R. in Guiana,80;

his second voyage to Guiana,86;

commended to Lady R.,140;

gives evidence on R.'s trial under fear of torture,154;

warden of Sherborne,164;

and Guiana,174;

joins R.'s fleet at Plymouth,194;

commands Orinoco gold expedition without success,200,201;

attacks San Thomé,201;

announces to R. death of his son Walter R.,ib.;

dejection at R.'s reproach, asks forgiveness,ib.;

writes to Earl of Arundel,ib.;

commits suicide,202

Kilcolman, Spenser's Irish seat,44

King, Captain Samuel, attempts R.'s escape,206-8;

his arrest,208

King's Lynn entertains R.,38

Kinsale, Spanish landing at,124;

R. returns from Guiana to,203

La Chesnée, French envoy, offers escape to R.,208,211,212

Lake, Sir Thomas, to send R. from Court,133

Lane, Ralph, leader of R.'s Virginian colony,29;

considers defence against Armada,37

Languedoc, Catholics smoked out at,5

La Rienzi, reference to at R.'s trial,148

Leicester, Earl of, R. writes from Lismore to,17;

R. his protégé at Court,ib.;

goes to Netherlands with R. and Sir P. Sidney,18;

Queen Elizabeth quarrels with,ib.;

reconciled to R.'s Royal favour,23;

in Netherlands and in disgrace, R.'s sympathy,32;

reference to,35;

death of,50

Lennox, Duke of, diplomatic visit to Elizabeth,124;

believes R. and Cobham opposed King James,ib.

Limerick, victory of Sir N. Malby in woods of,8

'Lion,' Sir R. Southwell's ship at Cadiz,95

'Lion Whelp,' Cecil's ship,67;

R. reinforced at Port of Spain by,68

Lisbon, Drake and R. with expedition at,41-42

Lismore, Elizabethan capital of Munster,15

Lismore Castle, R. rents from Archbishop of Cashel,34

Lismore Papersand R.'s references,vi.,194,203

Loftie, Rev. W. J., account of R.'s lodgings in Tower,162

London citizens aid privateering against Spain,59;

eagerness to share spoil,61;

jewellers or goldsmiths and Spanish prize,62;

plague in,142

Lostwithiel, Stannaries Court of,117

Macareo, R. tried to enter river,69;

channel,80

MacCarthy, Florence, R. advises his retention in Tower,129;

asks Cecil to permit R. to judge him,ib.;

hisHistory of the Early Ages in Ireland,129

Mace, Samuel, commands a Virginian fleet for R.,125

MacDermod, Cormac, Lord of Muskerry, R.'s severity to,128

Macureguarai, rich city of Guiana,78

Madeira, R.'s Virginian ships stripped at,37

'Madre de Dios,' plate-ship, value of its capture,60;

inquiry as to disposal of treasure,62

Magrath, Meiler, Archbishop of Cashel,34

Malby, Sir Nicholas, defeats Irish rebels,8

Malet, Sir A., MSS., R.'s unpopularity referred to in,131

Manamo, R. enters the Orinoco by river,69

Manatee seen by R. in Guiana,79

Mannourie, French quack attendant and spy on R.,207;

gives R. a detrimental dose,ib.;

bribed by R.,208;

denounced by R.,220;

his disgrace,223

Manoa, capital of Guiana,69

Markham led out for execution but reprieved,159,160

Marlowe's career,85

Marriage of R. to Elizabeth Throckmorton,63

Martinez, Juan, journal of visit to Manoa,69

'Mary Rose,' Sir G. Carew's Cadiz ship,95

Maurice of Nassau, letters taken to Prince,175

Medina Sidonia, Duke of, his report to Philip II. of English attack on Cadiz,98;

burns fleet of carracks to avoid capture by English,99

Meeres, John, R.'s bailiff at Sherborne,53;

his dismissal and revenge,121;

arrests R.'s new bailiff,121;

brings civil action against R.,122,127;

commissioner for despoiling Sherborne,164

Mellersh, Cobham's secretary,142

Mexican plate fleet, R.'s designs on,191,202,210,213

Mexico, Gulf of, R.'s early knowledge of,7

Mexico, its revenue to Spain,77

Meyrick, Sir Gilly, his conduct towards R.,108

Middle Temple, R. in,5

Milton inherits and publishes R.'sThe Cabinet Council,185

Mitcham, Lady R. sells an estate at,189

Monarchy of Man, by Sir J. Elyot, describes R.'s last moments,217

Moncontour in France, R. at retreat of,4

Montgomery, death of Huguenot chief,4

Mont Orgueil, Jersey,117

Morequito, port on River Orinoco,74;

its chief Topiawari,78

Mulla.SeeAwbeg,44

Munster, R. temporary governor of, succeeded by Zouch,15;

Sentleger provost-marshal in,9;

Spenser clerk of the council of,44;

life in,ib.;

R.'s efforts to improve,47;

severity of President against Cormac MacDermod,128

Muskerry, Lord of, severity against,128

Naunton's description of R.,20,22

Navigation, R. considering international,56

Netherlands, Earl of Leicester in,28,32;

Devon miners serve in,32;

R.'sDiscourse ... the Protecting of,135

Newfoundland, R. in,33,203;

R. establishes trade with Jersey,117

Ninias, R.'s account of King,181

'Nonparilla,' R., Dudley's ship at Cadiz,95

North, Captain, tells the King of R.'s Guiana failure,203

North-West Passage, R.'s efforts, its discovery,28;

and northern route to China,28

Northampton, Lord, interviews R. in Tower,172;

R.'s enemy removed,187;

at R.'s execution,218

Northumberland, Earl of, R. visits at Sion House,114;

goes to Ostend with R.,115;


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