A brief history of the times, &c. ...

A TABLE OF THE Principal Matters Contain'd in the Foregoing Discourse.

• THe Reasons of Addressing to* 1.1 Posterity, page 1.
• More Care taken to Propagate Slanders, then Truths, 4, 5, 6.
• The Sham of Popery was the Foundation of Otes's Plot, 10, 11.
• The Duty of Subjects in the Case, 18.
• The Errour of an Intemperate Zeal Exposes the Church of England, under a Pretext of Defending it, 17, 18.
• Alahams Lecture of Sedition, 19.
• The Observator Lost himself upon the Death of the Late King, 6. And the Case truly stated, 23, 24, 25, 26.

A Brief History of the Times, 29.

• * 1.2A PLOT Voted, 30. The Hi∣story of the Plot, 32. Two Plots in Question, 36. A Contrivance betwixt Tongue and Otes, 37. The Party Conscious that it was a Cheat, 39. A Manifest Conspiracy, 90. The Wit∣nesses and the Conspirator Agreed upon't, 91. Loy∣alty and Religion the Pretext, 81. The Old Hu∣miliation Style over again, 83. Otes'es List of Conspirators, 92. The Factions Cross Mediati∣ons, 93. Their Own Votes and Papers are the best Evidence, 97. Mr. Colemans Letters, 143. Colemans Story and Godfreys, the Two Stilts of the Plot, 145. A Plot under a Plot, and the Sham-Plot a Counterpart of the Real One, 146. Confusion and Change of Government Design'd, 147. The Agreement betwixt the Association and the Address, 149. The Case much the same of False Dice, and False Witnesses, 141. An Address a∣gainst the Queen, 84. A Horror for the Plot from the Beginning, 168.

A Short View of the Miseries that This Plot has brought upon us.

• * 1.3In Soul, and Body, 134. Life, 135. Liberty, ibid. Estate, ibid. Peace of Mind, 136. Religion, 137. Reputation, 138. Charity, 139. Truth, ibid.

• And Justice, 140. Saying and Swearing, 143. Our Accounts cast up, whether we have got or lost by the Plot, 159. Great Sufferers by it, 160. Cautions against the same Cheat over again, 162.
• The Paper of Association, 100. Notes upon't, 106.* 1.4 The Conditions of the Association and Addresses are the same, 108. The Association made to be Par∣liamentary at the Old Bayly, 114. Notes upon the Association, 119. Reflexions upon the Whole, 126. Middle-Temple Declaration, 118.
• A Short History of OTES, 151. His Scandals against his Royal High∣ness, ibid.* 1.5 His Insolencies Encou∣rag'd, 152. Otes'es Plot was [We-the-Knights▪] Plot, 153. Try'd and Convict of Two Perjuries, 154. His Sentence, 155, 156, 157. A Villa∣ny, and a Scandal beyond Example, 157. A Dreadfull Appeal of his, ibid. The Lewdness of his Life and Conversation, 158. He Vows to make War against the Whore and Dragon of Rome, 168.
• SHAFTSBURY's Worthy Men and Men Worthy, 123.* 1.6 A Busie Man in Our Late Troubles, 127. His Character, Manage, and Practices, 128. His Chancellors Speech of Feb. 25. 1672. 129. A Great Stickler for the Test and Exclusion, ibid. Inconsistent with Himself, 130. More of his Cha∣racter, 131.

The Plot-Faction Design'd the Ruine of the Late King, and to leave him nei∣ther MONY, POWER, CREDIT, nor FRIENDS.

• No MONY, 41, 42, 43. But in Composition for his Crown,* 1.7 44.
• No POWER, 45. The King's Power,* 1.8 of Life and Death Questi∣on'd, 46. Bethel and Cornishes scruples about Executing the Late Lord Stafford, 47. Their Quoere's and the Commons Vote up∣on't, 48.
• The King's Parliamentary Power Encroach'd upon,* 1.9 49. Excluding and Proroguing stuck Mightily in their Stomachs, 67. Address against Proroga∣tions, 68. Notes upon That Address, 70.
• They Offer'd Boldly at the Mili∣tia,* 1.10 and the Guards, 54, 55, 56.
• Desperate Practices upon his Ma∣jesties CREDIT,* 1.11 57, 58, 59.
• They Labour'd the Ruine of the King's FRIENDS,* 1.12 60. His Friends were either Papists Convict, or Re∣puted, or Suspected Papists. ibid.
• ...

• The Rigour of the Proceedings against Papists, 61, 62.
• The Meaning of Reputed, or Suspected Papists 76. The Meaning of Evil Councellors, and so of Adherents and Abetters, 120.

Their Proceedings against his Royal Highness.

• Votes and Addresses against him, 63, 64. The Revenging Address, 65. The Bill of Exclusion, 72. The Exclusion would not do the Bus'ness, with∣out an Association, 89. Nor Both together, with∣out the Choice of the King's Officers and Ministers; and the Old Nineteen Propositions over again, ibid. The Exclusion is the very Colour and Condition of the Association, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, &c. A Terrible Expedient to save the Exclusion, 85.
• The Reasons of Vndertaking This History, 163. In respect of the Time, 164. And of the Occa∣sion, 166. Objections Answer'd, 167.

THE END.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Preface.
• * 1.2

  The PLOT.
• * 1.3

  The Miseries that it brought upon us.
• * 1.4

  The ASSOCIA∣TION.
• * 1.5

  History of OTES.
• * 1.6

  SHAFTSBV∣RY's Matters.
• * 1.7

  No MONY.
• * 1.8

  No POWER.
• * 1.9

  No Parliamen∣tary Power.
• * 1.10

  No Militia.
• * 1.11

  No CREDIT.
• * 1.12

  No FRIENDS.