INDEX
For the Third VOLUME.
Dvantages of Aftronomy, p. 24. of Navi-
gation,
Alexander (the Great) his history by Arrian, 375.
Character of most of ·
382, 383. of Arri-
The great number of
382
his true character, 377.
bis biftorians, 380, 381,
an's hiftory of him, 381.
bis biftorians,
Alexander VI. (Pope), an account of his life,
81. feveral particulars thereof, never before
publish'd, ib. his matchless diffimulation, 82, 83.
what Writer in this account this Author has
chiefly follow'd after Alexander's advancement
to the Pontificate, 83, 85, 87, 88. Alexander
VI. his interview with his fon Cæfar Borgia,
ib. his bribery and fubornation of witnesses re-
lating to his baftards, 83. his alliance with
Alphonfo K. of Naples against the French, 84.
bis interview with him at Vico-varo, ib. bis
pannick fear and flight to the Castle of St. An-
gelo, upon Charles VIII.'s march into Rome,
85. How matters at laft were adjusted between
them, ib. His murder of Zizimus, brother to
the Grand Signior, 86. An account of the fo-
lemn Embaffy be fent to Bajazet at Conftanti-
nople, 86. His league with the Venetians and
other Powers against France, ib. his flight to
Orvieto, and pannick fear upon Charles VIII.'s
return to Rome, 86. His return to Rome,
and the monitory be fent thereupon to K. Charles,
87. bis war with the family of the Orfini, ib.
his bafe treachery with reference to the Arch-
bishop of Cofenza, Monfignior Florida, 88. to
Cardinal Orfino, 171. His horrid fcheme with
reference to the State of Milan, 163. bis ufur-
pation of the Estates of the Sforza family, ib.
bis barbarous cruelty to all their Allies and
friends, 163. bis barbarity to the Gaetani, and
the State of Sermonetta, ib. The unprecedent-
ed pomp and luxury used by him, on occafion of
bis Daughter's journey to, and taking poffeffion
of the Dutchy of Spoleto, 163. His encourage-
ment of Simony, and all other the most infamous
and fcandalous practices at Rome, 164. his
difpenfation to the King of Hungary, for the
divorce of his Queen, ib. his Bulls for levying
the Tenth of all the Ecclefiaftical Benefices in
Europe, 164, 165. on pretence of a fham war
against the Turks, 164. Another of his Bulls
for raifing the Tenth of all the wealth of the
Jews in Europe, ib. The immenfe Sums thefe
brought him in, ib. the ufe be made of it, ib.
How he trick'd the Venetians in the armament
of their Gallies, 165. Two remarkable Pro-
vidences happen'd to bim, to deter him from
Continuing his flagitious practices, 165. His
fetting boundaries to the Spanish and Portu-
gueze conquefts in the Weft-Indies, 167. bis
Jeizing the Eftates of Colonna and Savelli, ib.
of Cardinal della Rovere and Cardinal Zenò,
167. His inceft with his daughter Lucretia,
168. bis league with France and Spain, ibid.
bis contriving to murder nine Cardinals, 173.
How he fell himself a facrifice to his own trea-
chery, ib. His death,
America, its difcovery,
Antonine, the Roman Emperor, his esteem and
regard for Arrian, the Author of Alexander's
Expedition to the Eaft,
Arragonele Kings of Naples, how treated by Pope
Alexander VI.
Arrian's Hiftory of Alexander the Great, an ac-
count of it,
375, to 390
Aftronomy, its great use, pleasure, and the many
advantages redounding from it,
Atlas; a large account of Mr. Flamfted's Atlas
Cœleftis,
Auguftus (William) Duke of Cumberland, a
new Edition of Homer publish'd by Dr. Clarke
for bis ufe; fome account of it,
Eaux's, a book necessary for them,
Bedford (Mr.) an answer to his objecti-
ons against Sir Ifaac Newton's Chronology, 402,
Borgia (Cæfar) his birth, mother, 82. interview
with his father Pope Alexander the VIth, 83.
made firft Archbishop, then a Cardinal, ibid.
JUNE 1729.
with the fcheme for his ftill greater power and
advancement, 83. bow prevented for fome time,
ib. His ftratagem for making his flight from
the French army at Vellatres, 85. his massa-
cring hundreds of the Swifs guards at Rome,
86. His murder of his eldeft brother, the Duke
of Gandia, 87. his renouncing the Cardinalate,
and betaking himself to a fecular and military
life, 88. bow this was refented by Ferdinand
and Ifabella, King and Queen of Caftile and
Arragon, 89. His magnificent and pompous
Entry into Clinon in France, ib. bis conceal-
ing the difpenfation Pope Alexander bad fent
by him to K. Lewis, as to his marrying the
Dutchess of Britany, 162. how he was detect-
ed herein by the Bishop of Setta, ib. and there
fore murder'd him, 162. The repulse be met
with in his marriage with King Frederick's
daughter, ib. bis marriage afterwards with the
K. of Navarre's fifter, 162. His befieging and
taking the towns of Mola and Forli from the
Riarii, 163. bis murthering Cerviglione, ibid.
bis poisoning Archbishop Cofenza at his own
table, 163. his pompous Entry into Rome, 164.
·His murthering Alphonfo of Arragon, his fi-
fter's husband, 165, his fiege of Faenza, and
repulfe there, 166. its furrender at Laft, ib. His
violation of the Articles of Capitulation, 166.
his rape of the wife of Caraccioli, ibid. bis
Strangling Aftor Manfredi, Sovereign Prince
of Faenza, and throwing his body into the
Tiber, 167. His attacking Bologna, ib. his
invading Tuscany, 167. his cruelties and de-
vaftations there, ib. His attacking the Terri
tories of Piombino, 168. his treacherous fur-
pation of the State of Urbin, 169. his baseness
to Cardinal dell Rovere, 170. The fiege and
taking of Camerino, ib. His extricating him-
felf out of the difficulties the Alliances formed
against him involv'd him in, 176. The defeat
of his Troops near Imola, ib. His treachery
and cruelty to the family of Orfini, 171. bis
Sham agreement with them and the other Prin-
ces of Italy, ibid. His attacking and taking
Sinigaglia, 171. bis murthering Orfino, Duke
of Gravina Vitellozo, and Livero du Tormo,
ib. The barbarities he committed in the State
of Peringia, ib. How poifon'd at last, 173.
bis fall and ruin,
Bernoulli; an account of his new Theory of muf-
cular Motion,
Brett (Dr.) bis Effay on the facred Hiftory of the
Old Teftamrit, and the Confufion of Languages,
Brucciano befieged by Valentine, 171. Siege rai-
fed by the K. of France's order,
Burchardus bis Diary,
Amerino, befieged and taken by Cæfar Bor-
gia,
Carpzovius's Answer to Mr. Whifton's Effay on
the Old Teftament,
Celeftis. Hiftoria celeftis Britannica,
Ceremonies: Conformity of thofe of ancient Rome
with thofe of Popery,
Charts. Twenty five Charts of all the Conftella-
tions vifible in our Hemisphere, by Mr. Flam-
fted,
Chronology. A full and impartial View of the
Controverfy concerning Sir Ifaac Newton's Chro-
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