THE

HISTORY OF
OF ENGLAND

FROM

The Invasion of Julius Cæsar

то

THE ABDICATION OF JAMES THE SECOND,

1688.

BY DAVID HUME, ESQ.

A NEW EDITION,

WITH THE AUTHOR'S LAST CORRECTIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS.

TO WHICH IS PREFIXED

A SHORT ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE,

WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.

VOL. II.

BOSTON:

PHILLIPS, SAMPSON AND COMPANY.

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Commotions by the Barons,.

1222. Riot in London,..

Henry carries on a War in France,.

1227. Hubert de Burgh displaced,

1231. Bishop of Winchester Minister,

His Partiality to Foreigners,

Other Grievances,..

1253. Ecclesiastical Grievances,

1255. Sicilian Crusade,

Earl of Cornwall elected King of the Romans,

Discontents of the Barons,

1258. Earl of Leicester attempts an Innovation in the Govern-

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1265. Calls a Parliament,

Prince Edward,

The King re-assumes the Government,

1263. Civil Wars of the Barons,....

Violence of Leicester's Faction,.

Reference to the King of France,.

1264. Renewal of the civil Wars,

May 14. Battle of Lewes,..........

The King taken Prisoner,

Leicester usurps the Government,

House of Commons,

Prince Edward escapes,

Battle of Evesham, and Death of Leicester,.

Settlement of the Government,.

1272. Death and Character of the King,.

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1295. Digression concerning the Constitution of Parliament,.... 95

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Scotland subdued,

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War with France,

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1307. July 7. Death and Character of the King,.

Miscellaneous Transactions of this Reign,

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1322. Execution of the Earl of Lancaster,

1325. Conspiracy against the King by Mortimer and the Queen, 162