OF THE

ENGLISH, IRISH, AND SCOTTISH

CATHOLICS,

SINCE THE REFORMATION;

WITH

A SUCCINCT ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN THE
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY

ANTECEDENT TO THAT PERIOD,

AND IN THE HISTORIES OF THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH,
AND THE DISSENTING AND EVANGELICAL CONGREGATIONS;

AND SOME

HISTORICAL MINUTES RESPECTING THE TEMPORAL POWER
OF THE POPES; THE SEPARATISTS FROM THE CHURCH
OF ROME BEFORE THE REFORMATION ; THE SOCIETY

OF JESUS; AND TIIE GUELPHIC FAMILY.

BY CHARLES BUTLER, Esg.

OF LINCOLN'S-INN.

ΦΩΝ ΑΝ ΤΑ ΕΠΙΕΙΚΕΣ Ι.

IN FOUR VOLUMES:

VOL. III.

THIRD EDITION,

CORRECTED, REVISED, AND CONSIDERABLY AUGMENTED.

LONDON:
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CONTENTS

OF

VOLUME THE THIRD.

CH A P. LXIV.

Charles the Second Commencement of his Reign-Declaration

at Breda-Persecution of the Protestant Dissenters

1660.

page 1

22

CHAP. LXV.

Addresses of the English Catholics on' the Accession of Charles

the Second-- First Proceedings in their regard-Fire of

London_Oates's Plot

1.-Addresses presented by the English Catholics on

the Restoration of Charles the Second