The natural history of Stafford-shire by Robert Plot ...

THE INDEX.

Wherein the first figure signify the Chapter; the next the Paragraph; to which if &c. be added, it imports that some other following Sections relate to the same matter.

A

• A Abbots, or Ape-wood Castle Chap. 2. § 14. ch. 10. §. 10.
• Abies, conis sursum spectatibus. ch. 6. § 24.
• Achat, the black kind ch. 4. § 47.
• Acorns, how best sown. ch. 9. § 84.
• Adarce, ch. 5. §. 28.
• Aetites, Plinii. ch. 4. §. 11.
• Aegagropila, Velschii. ch. 7. §. 73.
• Age, very great of several persons. ch. 2. §. 25. Ch. 8. §. 91, 92, 93, &c. to §. 106.
• Agriculture, its esteem anciently. ch. 9. §. 14, 15.
• improved in all sorts of land.
• in clay ground. §. 16.
• in sandy and gravelly. §. 19.
• in heathy land. §. 22.
• in broomy, gorsy, hot sandy land. §. 25.
• in gouty, moorish, cold black land. §. 26.48.
• Air, of it self all equally pure. ch. 2. §. 1.
• as variously qualifyed, does affect the spirits and humors. §. 2.
• which the most healthy and unhealthy. §. 3.
• not good, if too much heated. §. 4.
• hot, brings old age. Ibid.
• bad, if fill'd with vapours. §. 6, 7.
• worse, if stagnating amongst trees. §. 8.
• good, its qualities. §. 9, 10.18.
• Alabaster, ch. 4. §. 42.
• its uses. §. 43, 44.
• Ale, the art of fineing it. ch. 9. §. 12.
• Alectoricardites. ch. 5. §. 7.
• Almanacks, or Cloggs a large account of them, ch. 10. §. 42, 43, &c.
• Alveton Castle, its antiquity. ch. 10. §. 83.
• Amblecot-clay. ch. 3. §. 24.
• Ammochrysos friabilis, ch. 3. §. 20.
• Amphibalus, S. his Martyrdom. ch. 10. §. 12.
• Amygdaloides Aldrov. ch. 5. §. 38.
• Anc s-hills, whence so call'd. ch. 10. §. 6.
• Andrapodites. ch. 5. §. 41.
• Animals, discovered in brine ch. 2. §. 110.
• shining in the dark. ch. 3. §. 16, 17, &c.
• Anser Cygnoides, ch. 7. §. 2.
• Antiquities, how considered in this History, ch. 10. §. 1.
• the British. §. 2, 3, &c.
• the Roman. §. 13, 14, &c.
• the Saxon §. 24, 25, &c.
• Antona, ch. 10. §. 2.
• Aple tree, of excessive growth ch. 6. §. 57.
• Apewood, or Abbots Castle ch. 10. §. 10.
• Aqualat, meere its vast extent. ch. 2. §. 22.
• why so call'd. ch. 10. §. 6.
• Argyrodamas. ch. 3. §. 20.
• Arrow-heads, anciently of flint. ch. 10. §. 8.
• Arsfoot, or Loon. ch. 7. §. 6.
• Arts, how considered in this work. ch. 9. §. 1.
• of making salt. ch. 2. §. 103, 104, &c.
• of Pottery. ch. 3. §. 25, 26, &c.
• of making Iron. ch. 4. §. 22, 23, &c,
• Ash, bearing narrow leaves. ch. 6. §. 19.
• of quick and large growth. §. 26.
• 7 or 8 yards in the girth. Ibid. with white leaves. §. 56.
• Ash-balls, used in washing buckings. ch. 9. §. 6.
• Ashes, a great improvement for Medows. ch. 9. §. 46.
• Ashmole Esq the place of his Nativity and Cha∣racter. ch. 8. §. 18.
• Asteria. ch. 5. §. 3, 4.
• Asthma, a very odd one. ch. 8. §. 63.
• Audley Castle. ch. 10. §. 81.
• Avena nuda, & rubra. ch. 6. §. 13.
• Avosetta Italorum. ch. 7. §. 6.
• Axes, anciently made of Flint. ch. 10. §. 9.

B

• BAcon, oft Whichnor, an account of it. ch. 10. §. 77
• of Dunmow. §. 80.
• Barbells, will prey upon Dace. ch. 7. § 34.
• Bare-Barley. ch. 6. §. 14.
• Barley and Rye in the same Eare. ch. 9. §. 34. degenerates into Oates, and Darnel. Ibid.
• Barometers, why they fall in wet weather. ch. 2. §. 27.
• Barrells, of a peculiar fashion. ch. 9. §. 99.
• Bathes hot, whence they receive that quality. ch. 3. §. 57.
• cold ones. ch. 2. §. 124.
• Beaudesart, ch. 2. §. 14. the fortification there. ch. 10. §. 41.
• Beefe, noted to to shine in the dark. ch, 7. §. 75.
• Bee-hives, the great variety of them in this County. ch 9. §. 92, 93.
• Bellows, made wholy of wood. ch. 4. §. 28.
• Bells, 7 rung in peal. ch. 9. §. 71.
• Berry-bank, a Saxon Castle. ch. 10. §. 24.
• Bertram St. his Ash. ch. 6. §. 19.
• who he was. ch. 10. §. 28.
• Bethnei, now Stafford. ch. 10. §. 28.
• Bezoar equinum. ch. 7. §. 72.
• Germanicum. §. 73.
• Billington-berry, an account of it. ch. 10 §. 31.38.
• Birch, with leaves spotted red. ch. 6. §. 21.
• Birds, how prevented from eating Corn. ch. 9. §. 40.
• Birth, a monstrous one ch. 8. §. 8, 9.
• ...

• Bishops, Stones why so call'd. ch. 4. §. 13, 14. twice marryed. ch. 8. §. 79.
• Bitch, with whelps in her Abdomen. ch. 7. §. 53, 54.
• Black-cap, or Mire-crow. ch. 7. §. 7.
• Blase, what so call'd in this County. ch. 9. §. 91.
• Blasting and smutting prevented. ch. 9. §. 37.
• Blindness, recompenced with extraordinary sa∣gacity of other Senses. ch, 8. §. 60, 61.
• Blore-heath, the Battle there ch. 10. §. 85.
• Bolderbourne. ch. 2. §. 99.
• Bole, a red kind. ch. 3. §. 29.
• Bolt-stone, or Baston, a British monument. ch. 10. §. 10.
• Bones, taken out of the Omentum of a Sow. ch. 7. § 56.
• out of the Matrixes, of Does, a Hare, a Cow, a Woman. ch. 7. §. 63, 64, 70.
• found in the heart of a beef, and Staggs §. 74.
• found in graves of extraordinary size. ch. 8. §. 109.
• Book-desk, ingeniously contrived. ch. 9. §. 89.
• Borasco's, what. ch. 1. §. 32.
• Borow English, in this County. ch. 8. §. 20.
• the reason of it. §. 21.
• Boulimy, a very inordinate one. ch. 8. §. 62.
• Boy of Bilson, a notorious Impostor. ch. 8. §. 25, 26.
• Brambling or Mountain Chaffinch. ch. 7. §. 5.
• Bricks, a peculiar kind. ch. 9. §. 50.
• Bridg of Burton. ch. 9. §. 72.
• one made of short pieces of timber, yet with∣out support. ch. 9. c. 88.
• Bridles, great variety of them. ch. 9. §. 79.
• to correct. scolding women. §. 97.
• Brontiae, ch. 5. §. 5.
• transparent ones how produced. §. 6.
• Bruff, an old fortification. ch. 10. §. 27.
• Brutes, how consider'd in this History. ch. 7. §. 1.
• Buckles, the great variety of them. ch. 9. §. 80.
• Bucks, without heads. ch. 7. §. 65.
• with but one horn. Ibid.
• with very irregular heads. §. 66.
• Buildings, an account of the most remarkable in the County. ch. 9. §. 51, 52, &c. and 68, 69, &c.
• Bull-running its original. ch. 10. §. 70.
• by whom instituted. §. 76.
• Bunbury, an ancient Saxon fortification. ch. 10. §. 29.
• Buprestis. ch. 6. §. 52.
• Burbot, or Birdbolt. ch. 7. §. 27, 28.
• Butcher bird. ch. 7. §. 4.
• Butter, it great plenty here. ch. 3. §. 3.
• made of Womens milk. ch. 8. §. 34.

C

• CAdites, a form'd Stone. ch. 5. §. 42.
• Calves, that had others before a year old. ch. 7. §. 68, 69.
• pregnant with others, Ibid.
• of a monstrous shape. §. 70.
• calved with hornes. Ibid.
• a Sceleton of one found in the Matrix of a Cow. Ibid.
• Camalodunum, two Cities of that name, ch. 10. §. 3.
• Camp-hills, ch. 10. §. 27.
• Cangi, what people they were. ch. 10. §. 2.
• Cannock, or Canck-wood, Canuti Sylva. ch. 10. §. 41.
• Cape longe Venetorum. ch. 7. §. 46.
• Carps, in some waters will not spawn. ch. 7. §. 30.
• one taken out of a pike, recoverd when put in the water. §. 37.
• two of a vast magnitude. §. 38.
• Carts, some unusual ones. ch. 9. §. 44.
• Castle-old fort, or Castlehen, ch. 10. §. 7.
• Castle hill, near Beaudesart. ch. 10. §. 41.
• Castrametations, Roman. ch. 10. §. 23.
• Catapultae, divers found here. ch. 10. §. 19.
• Catbrain, ch. 9. §. 28.
• Cats-hill, vid. Lows.
• Cattle, their colour changed. ch. 3. §. 8.
• Caverns, inhabited. ch. 4. §. 40.
• several other notable ones. § 41
• Caverswall Castle, an account of it. ch. 10. §. 8 3.
• Ceadda St. his History. ch. 10. §. 25, 26. &c.
• Center, of gravity in the earth, different from that of Magnitude. ch. 2. §. 88.
• Cepphus, Gesneri. ch. 7. §. 7.
• Chalk, black. ch. 3. §. 29.
• Chama lapidea. ch. 5. §. 18.
• Chappells vid. Churches.
• Cheese, its great plenty in this County. ch. 3. §. 3.
• Cherrys, black of a peculiar tast. ch-6, §. 22.
• much cultivated here. §. 61.
• Chesterton, the antiquity of it. ch. 10. §. 67.
• Child, having no distinction of Sex. ch. 8. §. 2.
• born with teeth. §. 7.
• Chimney, one with 8 tunnells. ch. 9. §. 53.
• Christianfield. ch. 10. §. 12
• Chrystall, ch. 5. §. 8, 9.
• Chubbs, known to eat Toads. ch. 7. §. 34.
• Church, of Lichfield, its excellent Workmanship. ch. 9. §. 50.
• not placed due East and West, Ibid.
• nor the Church of Alveton, §. 57
• why anciently placed soe, §, 58, 59, 60, &c.
• now not reguarded, §. 67
• Churches, and Chappells built by privat men.
• at Ashley, ch. 8. §. 53.
• at Barton, §. 54
• at Okeover, §. 55
• at Broughton, Ibid.
• at Ingestre, §. 56, 57, 58, &c.
• at Pateshull, ch. 9. §. 68
• Church-yard, a very extraordinary one, ch. 9. §. 71
• Cicindela, five Lampyris. ch. 7. §. 18, 19, &c.
• Cider, the Art of fining it, ch. 9. §. 12
• Clay, for Tobbaccopipes. ch. 3. §. 24.
• for bricks, §. 23
• for Potters use, §. 25
• Cloggs, or old Almanacks, a large account of them, ch. 10. §. 42, 43, &c.
• of what materials made, §. 45
• of the Symbols or marks upon them, §. 46, 47, &c. to §. 63.
• Clouds, sometimes above the middle region. ch. 1. §. 12
• Coale, the several sorts of it. ch. 3. §. 31
• Cannel coal, its excellency, §. 31, 32
• Peacock coal, §. 33
• ...

• Wednesbury, &c. the best. §. 34
• the bedds how thick, Ibid.
• the several uses of them. §. 35
• the manner of working them §. 36, 37, &c.
• the signes of it. §. 60, 61, &c.
• Coal-pitts, how they take fire. ch. 3. §. 53, 54, 55, &c.
• how laid drye. §. 64
• Coccothraustes, ch. 7. §. 5
• Cochleomorphites. ch. 5. §. 39
• Cocks, an instrument to match them. ch. 9. § 94.
• Coleworts, turn into Rapes. ch. 9. §. 36
• Colt, of a monstrous shape. ch. 7. §. 76
• Columnetta Imperati. ch. 5. §. 35.
• divers kinds of them. §. 36, 37▪
• Colymbus, cristatus, cornutus, barbatus. ch. 7. §. 3.
• Colymbus major ch. 7. §. 6
• Comets, when they generally happen ch. 1. §. 60.
• their effects. Ibid.
• Compost or Manures, their kinds and applica∣tion. ch. 9. §. 27, 28, &c. vid. Manures.
• ...Concha 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Columnae. ch. 5. §. 15.
• Conchites striatus. ch. 5. §. 18
• Copper Ores, ch. 4. §. 28
• Corallium fossile, sive lapis Coralloides. ch. 5. §. 28.
• Cornavii, not the original people of this County. ch. 10. §. 2.
• Corn, the husks thicker in cold Countries, than elsewhere. ch. 6. §. 10.
• how ordered in the blade. ch. 9. §. 42.
• how order'd in harvest. §. 43
• thrash't as anciently sub dio. §. 45.
• Cow, that had an intire calf, and the bones of another in her. ch. 7. §. 64.
• that had 9 Calves in three years. §. 68
• that had 10 in the same time. Ibid.
• that had the Sceleton of a Calf in her. §. 70.
• with balls of hair in their stomacks. §. 71.
• Cowbach, where it is. ch. 10. §. 53.
• Coines, Roman. ch. 10. §. 15
• found in Dale-Close. §. 21
• Crabtree, containing rose-leaves in the body of it. ch. 6. §. 49
• Crevices, that doe not boyle red. ch. 7. §. 29
• that breed in ponds. §. 30
• Crows, white. ch. 7. §. 13
• hatch't in winter §. 17
• Crow-stones ch. 4. §. 47
• Customs, of borow-English ch. 8. §. 20
• of Lotherwits or Lyerwits §. 23
• in Christenings, §. 24
• the extraordinary effects of them. §. 66.
• in marrying amongst themselves. §. 80
• at Gnosal, §. 81.
• at Walsall, §. 82, 83
• of adorning their Wells, §. 89.
• at Hilton. ch. 10. §. 65.
• at Abbots-Bromley. §. 66
• Cuthbert St. his beads. ch. 5. §. 30, 31
• Cygnets, as white as old Swannes. ch. 7. §. 2
• Cygnus, Anseroides. ch. 7. §. 2

D

• DAgger, found near Wrottesley. ch. 10. § 4.
• Damps, their several kinds, and histories of them all. ch. 3. §. 42, 43, &c. to §. 52.
• some very mortal in the open Air. §. 52.
• Danes, their way of buryal. ch. 10. §. 63.
• remains of it here, §. 64.
• Daws, hatch't in winter. ch. 7. §. 17.
• Days, their increase and decrease sensible in the Summer-Solstice. ch. 1. §. 3.
• Deaf, men and women that understood what was said by the motion of the lipps. ch. 8. § 41, 42, 43, &c.
• Death, wonderfull escapes of it, in Women. ch. 8. §. 46 47, &c.
• in Men. §. 71, 72, &c.
• signal warnings before it. §. 107.
• Deer, with jaws so short they cannot suck. ch. 7. §. 63.
• Denns, vid. Caverns.
• Denshiring, or burnbeating land. ch. 9. §. 5.
• Deterrations, proved. ch. 3. §. 11, 12, and ch. 6. §. 46.
• Devills, commonly appear of a small stature. ch. 1. §. 24, 25, 26.
• they leave impressions behind them. §. 23, 24.
• Digitalis flore albo. ch. 6. § 9.
• Digamy, in Bishops consider'd. ch. 8. §. 79.
• Diseases, caused by sucking in Animals with the breath. ch. 2. §. 7.
• Doggs, two very extraordinary ones. ch. 7. §. 55.
• a stone in the forme of one. ch. 5. §. 39.
• Dole, of Walsall an account of it. ch. 8. §. 82.
• Dredg-Mault. ch. 9. §. 83.
• Draining, several new ways. ch. 9. §. 47, 48.
• Dromedary, buryed in this County. ch. 7. §. 78.
• Ducks, laying eggs twice in a night. ch. 7. §. 16.
• Dudley Castle. ch. 2. §. 14.
• its Antiquity. ch. 10. §. 27.
• Duina, the first Bishop of Lichfield. ch. 10. §. 55.
• Dunmow bacon, an account of it. ch. 10. §. 80.
• Dyallng, a new Method of it. ch. 9. §. 2, 3.
• Dyspnaea, a very remarckable one ch. 8. § 63.

E

• EArth, inducing a golden armature. ch. 3. §. 7.
• changing the colour of cattle. §. 8.
• giving a blood red tincture. §. 9.
• they receive augmentation. §. 11, 12.
• shining in the dark. §. 15, 16.
• shining in the light. §. 20.
• good for brick or tile. §. 23.
• good for Tobacco-pipes. §. 24.
• for pots for the glass-houses. Ibid.
• how many sorts in the world. §. 30.
• Earthquakes, whence. ch. 3. §. 55.
• Earewigg, a white one. ch. 7. §. 21.
• Eccleshall-Castle, by whom built. ch. 10. §. 83.
• Echo, that returns a syllable in 14. yards. ch. 1. §. 54.
• that depends upon a frost. §. 55.
• polysyllabical. §. 56.
• tantological. §. 57.
• tremulous. §. 58.
• Eeles, they are viviparous. ch. 7. §. 31.
• produced equivocally. Ibid.
• will travel over land. §. 31, 32.
• are dugg out of the ground. §. 33.
• Eggs, of Insects discovered in Oake balls. ch. 6. §. 55.
• of hens with white yolks. ch. 7. §. 15.
• Elder, with white berrys. ch. 6. §. 17.
• ...

• Elephants jaw. ch. 7. §. 78.
• Elf-arrows. ch. 10. §. 8.
• Elfieda, the valiant Dutchess of Mercia, an ac∣count of her. ch, 10. §. 38.
• the Towns she built in this County. Ibid.
• Elixir of Life. ch. 10. §. 86.
• Elm, [witch] 40 yards high. ch. 6. §. 28.
• containing 100 tuns of timber. §. 29.
• Emery, ch. 4. §. 46.
• Engine, that strikes a sledg to the Anvil, in stead of a man. ch. 9. §. 98.
• Enhydros, ch. 5. §. 10.
• Entrochus. ch. 5. §. 30.
• its texture. §. 32.
• Ephippites Aldrovandi. ch. 5. §. 42.
• Equisetum coralloides. ch. 5. §. 26.
• Eruca glabra candata, aquatico-arborea. ch. 7. §. 25.
• Etocetum, an account of it. ch. 10. §. 15,

F

• FAiryes, what they are. ch. 1. §. 24.
• they are male and female. §. 25, 26.
• Fairy-Circles, some 40 or 50 yards diameter. ch. 1. §. 17.
• the several sorts of them. §. 18.
• sometimes made by witches and devils. §. 23.
• the nature of the earth under them. §. 28.
• the effects of lightening. §. 29.33.
• two rare sorts of them, and how made. §. 30.
• their grass, why so green. §. 31.
• why many of them so imperfect. §. 35.
• that they grow. and why. §. 34.36, 37.
• Fasting, some very strange instances of it. ch. 8. §. 37, 38, &c.
• Fawns, cast with such short lower jaws that they cannot suck, prove all white. ch. 7. §, 63, 64.
• Fences, some new kinds. ch. 9. §. 49.
• Fenns, vid. Mosses.
• Fingerstocks, for what use. ch. 9. §. 99.
• Fire, a globe of it flying. ch 1, §. 40.
• another standing still. §. 42.
• land improved by it. ch. 9. §. 4, 5.
• Fire-stone, the best. ch. 4. §. 4.
• Firrs, natives of England. ch. 6. §. 25.
• one 47 yards high. §. 31.
• others 76 yards high. Ibid.
• Fish, breeding in Coal-pitts. ch. 7. §. 29.
• travelling on the land. §. 32, 33.
• that are dugg out of the ground. Ibid.
• their variety of feeding. §. 34.
• that have lived after they have been swal∣low'd by others. §. 37.
• Fleas, discover'd to be viviparous. ch. 7. §. 22.
• Flowers, why they change their colours. ch. 6. §. 9, 10.
• of various colours on the same stalk. Ibid.
• Flyes, a sort viviparous. ch. 7. §. 21.
• Fooles, of strange sagacity in some particulars. ch. 8. § 66, 67.
• Forficula alba. ch. 7. §. 21.
• Fortifications, made by the Britans, of Earth ch. 10. §. 7.
• Foule, a disease, how to cure it. ch. 9. §. 96.
• Fountains, intermitting. ch. 2. §. 30, 31.
• that break forth with a noise. §. 31, 32.
• that foretell events. §. 33, 34.
• that ebb and flow with the Sea. §. 68.
• Fraxinus bubula, the Quicken tree. ch. 6. §. 52.
• their superstitious use of it. Ibid
• Free-masons, their Society. ch. 8. §. 85, 86.
• Froggs, their bones found in springs. ch. 2. §. 100.
• Fruits, lately much cultivated here. ch. 6. §. 60, 61.
• Fruit-trees, how ordered. ch. 9. §. 90.
• Fryingpans, the great art in making them. ch. 9. §. 7, 8, &c.
• Fullers earth, ch. 3. §. 23.
• Fungites. ch. 5. §. 25.
• Fungus lapideus coralloides. ch. 5. §. 25.
• Fungus, digitatus minimus, &c. ch. 6. §. 3.
• pulverulentus cute membran. &c. §. 4.
• phalloides. §. 5.
• Furnaces, of the Ironworks. ch. 4. §. 23, 24.
• Furse, or gorse how destroyed, ch. 9. §. 25.
• a hedg of it. §. 84.

G

• GAbriels hounds. ch. 1. §. 44.
• Galls, of the Oak, have eggs in them. ch. 6. §. 55.
• Game-Cocks, an instrument to match them. ch. 9. §. 94.
• Gardens, some curious hedgworks. ch. 9. §. 85, 86.
• Gavelkind, some account of it. ch. 8. §. 20.
• Geese, with black bills. ch. 7. §. 2.
• Generations, how many may be existent toge∣ther. ch. 8. §. 104, 105.
• many living together in the same house. §. 106.
• Genii, how they appear. ch. 1. §. 26.
• Geodes Dioscor. ch. 4. §. 11,
• Glow-worm, the flying kind. ch. 7, §. 18.
• Glum-metall, what. ch. 4. §. 4.
• God, his most special presence, where ch. 9. §. 58, 59.
• Gold, form'd like trees. ch. 5. §. 19, 20.
• growing in stalks amongst Corn. §. 43.
• like threads about vines. Ibid
• Goose, with three leggs. ch. 7. §. 14.
• Gorcock, or red game. ch. 7. §. 4.
• Graffing, a new device in it. ch. 9. §. 90.
• Grain, what sorts cultivated here. ch. 9. §. 30, 31, &c.
• how secured from birds. §. 40.
• Grapes, will change their colour. ch. 6. §. 18.
• Grinding stones ch. 4. §. 31.34.
• Grous, or black-game. ch. 7. §. 4.
• Gudgeons, breed in pooles. ch. 7. §. 30.
• of an extraordinary Size. §. 38.
• Gulfs in the Sea. ch. 2. §. 72.
• Gur, a potable white liquor, found in Ironstone. ch. 4. §. 18.
• the matter of all Metalls. §. 19.

H

• HAematites, ch. 4. §. 27.
• Hailstones, as bigg as pullets eggs. ch. 1. §. 46.
• that brake windows. Ibid.
• that spoiled corne. Ibid.
• Hair, supposed to be nothing else, but imperfect.
• horn. ch. 7. §. 59.
• Hallsteds. ch. 10. §. 85.
• Halo, a strange one about the Sun. ch. 1. §. 11. that appear'd several days together. §. 12.
• Hangings, of Linnen curiously wrought. ch. 9.

• §. 97.
• Hardishrews, what they are. ch. 6. §. 51.
• Hare, an extraordinary accident attending one in breeding. ch. 7. §. 52, 53.
• Hawthorn, bearing yellow leaves. ch. 6. §. 22.
• Hearing, of a blind man very extraordinary. ch. 8. §. 60.61.
• Heath, used instead of hopps. ch. 9. §. 83:
• Heats, great ones under ground. ch. 2. §. 83.
• Hens, laying 3 eggs in a natural day. ch. 7. §. 16.
• Heyley Castle, its antiquity. ch. 10. §. 81.
• Hills, most of them diminish. ch. 3. §. 11, 12, ch. 6. §. 46.
• in rainy weather above the Clouds. ch. 3. §. 6.
• Hippolithos. ch. 7. §. 72.
• Hippomanes. ch. 7. §. 77.
• Hirundo apus. ch. 7, §. 5.
• ...riparia. Ibid.
• Hoggs, an instrument to prevent their rooting. ch. 9. §. 95.
• Holly, striped. ch. 6. §. 56.
• Hony-comb-stone. ch. 5. §. 39.
• Hordeum nudum. ch. 6. §. 14.
• Hornes, their relation to the Testicles. ch. 7. §. 58, 59.
• Hound [bitch] an extraordinary accident attend∣ing one in breeding. ch. 7. §. 53.
• Hourglass, its sand strangely stopt. ch. 9. §. 3.
• House, built of turf. ch. 9. §. 51.
• Houses, of best note. ch. 9. §. 52.
• Husbandry, several improvements in it. ch. 9. §. 4. §. 14, 15, 16, &c.
• the instruments used in it. §. 41.

I

• JAcks, or Pikes; of a vast magnitude. ch. 7. §. 38.
• Jack of Hilton, an ancient Aeolipile, an ac∣count of it. ch. 10. §. 65.
• Iceni, the ancient Inhabitants of this County. ch. 10. §. 2, 3.14.
• Ickenildstreet, a Roman Consular way. ch. 10. §. 3.13.
• there were two of them. §. 14.
• Imitating qualities, some very strong. ch. 8. §. 33.
• Joyners work, very good. ch. 9. §. 88, 89.
• Iris, in the South, and very irregular. ch. 1. §. 8, 9.
• two Lunar ones. §. 13.
• before, and after the Full-moon. §. 13.14.
• Iron-moulds, what they are. ch. 4. §. 10.
• Iron Ores, the several measures of it. ch. 4. §. 16, 17.
• one including a liquor. §. 18.19.
• the several uses of them. §. 20, 21.
• Iron, how made. ch. 4. §. 22, 23, 24. &.
• how to harden it. ch. 9. §. 73, 74, &c.
• how to soften it. §. 77.
• how preserved from rust. §. 83.
• Islands, floating. ch. 3. §. 13.
• Judges, born in this County. ch. 8. §. 12.110. ch. 10. §. 86.
• Judgment of God, a strange one upon a wicked man. ch. 8. §. 68, 69, &c.
• Ivy, growing without a support. ch. 6. §. 17.

K.

• KEnelm, King and Martyr, his Legend. ch. 10. §. 32.
• his furrow, &c. §. 33.
• Kermes, what it is. ch. 6. §. 54.
• found here in England. Ibid.
• Keys, very curious ones. ch. 9. §. 78.
• Kinfare-edg, an account of it. ch. 10. §. 34.
• King Charles, 2. his miraculous preservation in this County. ch. 8. §. 73, 74, &c.
• King Wlfer, of Mercia his Roial Seat. ch. 10. §. 24.
• he kills his two Sons. § 26.
• embraces the Christan faith. Ibid.
• Kings-standing, an account of it. ch. 10. §. 41.
• Kits-Coty house. ch. 10. §. 11.
• Knaves-Castle, an account of it. ch. 10. §. 84.

L

• LAbiomancy, several famous for it. ch. 8. §. 41.42, &c.
• Lacerta terrestris squamosa Angl. ch. 7. §. 49.
• Lagopus altera Plinii. ch. 7. §. 4.
• Lakes, with Sea-Fish in them. ch. 2. §. 69, 70.
• Lamb, yean'd with the two hind leggs wreathed together. ch. 7. §. 62.
• pregnant with another. ch. 7, §. 69.
• Lambs-bourn, a Rivulet dry in Winter, profluent in Summer. ch. 2. §. 46, 47.
• Lamps, perpetual a guess at their oile. ch. 3. §. 57.
• ...Lampyris, vid. Cicindela.
• Land, of all sorts how improved.
• Rye and barley land. ch. 9. §. 4.
• Clay land. §. 16, 17, &c.
• Sandy gravelly land. §. 19, 20, &c.
• Heathy land. §. 22, 23, &c.
• Broomy, gorsy, hot sandy land. §. 25, 26, &c.
• Gouty, moorish, cold black land. Ibid.
• Lanius cinereus major. ch. 7. §. 4.
• Lanthorn-flye, in Staffordsh. ch. 7. §. 18.
• Larch-tree, vastly great. ch. 6. §. 31.
• Larus cinereus tertius Aldrov. ch. 7. §. 7, 8, 9. &c.
• Leaden Coffin, observ'd to swim. ch. 4. §. 30.
• Lead-Ores. ch. 4. §. 29.
• of a peculiar form. ch. 5. §. 24.
• Learned men, born in this County. ch. 8. §. 15, 16, 17, 18. &c.
• Leofric, Earle of Mercia, where he dyed. ch. 10, §. 64.
• Lers, a horary fountain. ch. 2. §. 41.
• Lichfield, whence so denominated. ch. 10. §. 12.
• its former name. §. 17.
• it foundation. §. 25.
• made a Metropolis. §. 26.
• Lightening, in the winter quarter. ch. 1. §. 15.
• a strange effect of it. §. 16.
• Lignum Fossile, Moss-wood, or Noahs Ark. ch. 6. §. 35, 36, 37, &c. to 48.
• Limestone. ch. 4. §. 5, 6.
• the way of burning it. §. 7, 8.
• causes wool to grow long. ch. 7. §. 61.
• Lithophyton, incerti generis. ch. 5. §. 27.
• Lituus, not the ordinary kind. ch. 10. §. 20.
• Lizard, an undescribed sort. ch. 7. §. 49, 50.
• Loadstone, ch. 4. §. 37.
• Locks, very extraordinary ones. ch. 9. §. 78.
• Lotalty, rewarded. ch. 8. §. 14.76.
• Longdon, the fortification there. ch. 10. §. 23.
• Loon, or Arssoot. ch. 7. §. 6.
• Lotherwits in Staffordsh. ch. 8. §. 23.
• Lows, on Womborn heath. ch. 10. §. 10.
• at Edingale. §. 18.
• ...

• near Hynts. Ibid.
• Cats-hill, with divers others. §. 19, 20, 21.
• of what materials made. §. 21.
• why sometimes remote from the military ways. §. 23.35.
• sometimes all of solid stone, and why. §. 34.
• Ludus Paracelsi. ch. 5. §. 23.

M

• MAalstroom, an account of it. ch. 2. §. 72.
• Madrepora Imperati. ch. 5. §. 26.
• Maggots, produced by rain. ch. 1. §. 48, 49.
• Manors, of Hilton and Essington, the Customs there. ch. 10. §. 65.
• of Whichnor. §. 77, 78, 79.
• of Dunmow. §. 80.
• of Shutborough, to whom it belong'd ancient∣ly. §. 83.
• Manures, for Medow, Rye and Barley land ch. 9. §. 4, 5.
• for Clay land. §. 16.
• for clay or light mould. §. 18.
• for heathy land. §. 22.
• for broomy, gorsy land. §. 25.
• the quantities laid on. §. 27, 28.
• several unusual sorts. §. 29.
• Maple, with strip't leaves ch. 6. §. 56.
• Marble, ch. 4. §. 45, 46.
• Marcheta mulierum in England. ch. 8. §. 21, 22.
• Mare, with 5 feet ch. 7. §. 76.
• that had two Colts at a time. Ibid.
• but one yard 3 inches high. Ibid.
• that had a bone grew out of her ear Ibid.
• Marle, ch. 3. §. 21.
• the several kinds of it here. §. 22, 23.
• Marryages, at 100 years old. ch. 8. § 3.
• otherwise extraordinary §. 80.
• Martlets, in Staffordsh. ch. 7. §. 5.
• Matarae, darts, headed with flint. ch. 10. § 9.
• Mault, made of Oates, ch. 9. §. 83
• Meadows, their extraordinary fertility. ch. 3. § 2 how cured of Mosses, rushes, &c. ch. 9. §. 46.
• Medicina universalis. ch. 10. §. 86.
• Medicinal waters. ch. 2. §. 115, 116, &c.
• some not answering the usual Experiments. §. 129.
• Meers, of great extent. ch. 2. §. 22.
• of Magdalea, where. § 23.
• of Morridg, § 24.
• its wonders all false. Ibid.
• Melanoleucus. ch. 4, §. 47.
• Meldews, how prevented. ch. 9. §. 37, 38.
• their original §. 39.
• Men, non Adamical. ch. 1. § 25.
• Men, may get children, at 100, or 104, ch. 8. § 3.
• eminent in the Church born here. §. 10.11.
• eminent Lawyers §. §. 12.110.
• eminent for their valour. §. 12, 13, 14.
• for learning. §. 15, 16, 17, &c.
• one that fasted 30, 40, 50 days together. §. 37.
• hang'd 13 times, yet lived. §. 47.
• eminent for great strength. § 48, 49.
• for excessive stature § 50, 51, &c.
• for pious deeds §. 53, 54, &c. ch. 9. §. 68.
• that rarely or never spit. §. 64, 65.
• that wonderfully escaped death. §. 71, 72, &c.
• as old now as ever, since Jacobs time. § 96. 97, 98, &c.
• many ancient ones living together. §. 106.
• ...Meteors, vid. Fire.
• Mica aurea, & nigra. ch. 4. §. 15.
• Mice, found in the body of a solid Oak. ch. 6. §. 51 how they came there. §. 52.
• Mills, for slitting Iron. ch. 4. §. 25.
• for raising water. ch. 9. §. 10.
• for husking, winnowing, and grinding Oats. Ibid.
• for turning spitts. §. 11.
• Mill-damms, how made here. ch. 9. §. 10.
• Mill-stones. ch. 4. §. 31.35, 36.
• Mimicks, very natural ones. ch. 8. §. 32.
• sometimes involuntary. § 33.
• Minstrells Court, the Charter for it. ch. 10. §. 69.
• the manner of keeping it. §. 71, 72, 73, &c.
• Mire-crow, or black-cap. ch. 7. §. 7.
• Mock-Suns, one with a ray tending upward. ch. 1. §. 6.
• divers in the same Almicantar with the true. §. 5.
• once in the same Azimuth. Ibid.
• and at noone. §. 6, 7.
• with a ray tending downward. §. 8.
• Monstrosities, in Men and Women. ch. 8. §. 7, 8, &c.
• Montifringilla. ch. 7. §. 5.
• Mony, Roman where found. ch. 10. §. 21.
• Moorelands, their product. ch. 3. §. 1.
• their arable fit only for oats and barley. §. 4.
• Morton, the fortification near it. ch. 10. §. 6.
• Moss, in fruit trees, how destroyed. ch. 9. § 91.
• in Medows. §. 46.
• Mosses and fenns, how made. ch. 6. §. 45.46.
• how fast they grow. §. 48.
• Mountains, their several names for them here. ch. 3. § 6.
• Musaeum Ashmoleanum. ch. 8. § 18.
• Musca apiformis ch. 6, §. 50.
• Muscus, plurifariam pyxidatus, apicibus coccineis. ch. 6. §. 2.
• Musick, in the Air. ch. 1. §. 45.
• Mustelae fluviatilis species. ch. 7. §. 26.

N

• NAked Oates. ch. 6. §. 13.
• Narrow dale, the Sun not seen there for one quarter of the year. ch. 3. §. 6.
• Natrôn of Aegypt. ch. 2. §. 43.
• Nautilus lapideus. ch. 5. §. 12.
• Needwood, the richest forrest land of England. ch. 3. §. 2.
• New-Castle under Lyme, its original and anti∣quity. ch. 10. §. 67.
• Newts, found in a solid stone. ch. 7. §. 47.
• Nile, an account of its overflowing. ch. 2. §. 42, 43, &c.
• Niter, the rise of Nile occasion'd by it. Ibid.
• Noises, in the Air, ch. 1. §. 44.
• strange effects of small ones. §. 59.
• Nursrows, what they are. ch. 6. §. 51.
• Nursrow trees, how made. §. 52.
• Nymphae, of bees. ch. 6. §. 50.

O

• OAks, of quick growth. ch. 6. §. 26.
• of 6.9. and 15 yards in girth. §. 27, 28.
• vastly large and great. §. 30.
• their balls have eggs in them. §. 55.
• ...

• with strip't leaves. § 56. having a great privilege. ch. 8 §. 23.
• Oates, of a reddish colour. ch. 6. §. 13. found in an ear of wheat, ch. 9. §. 34.
• Obelisic's, in the Churchyards, of Leek, Draycot, Chebsey, Ilam, and Checkley-ch. 10. §. 63, 64.
• Occamsley-pitts. ch. 3. § 10.
• Ochus or Oxus, a River of Salt water ch. 2. § 96.
• Offa alba Helmontii. ch. 4. § 2.
• Oile, used to prolong life. ch. 2. §. 4, 5. frequently found with Salt. ch. 2. §. 124, 125.
• Oker, yellow. ch. 3. §. 29. red, or ruddle. Ibid.
• Ombriae. ch. 5. §. 5. transparent ones, how produced. §. 6.
• Ophiomorphites, ch. 5. §. 13.
• Orchites, ch. 5. §. 40.
• Ormus, Island, a rock of Sait. ch. 2. §. 96.
• Ostracites, ch. 5. §. 14.
• Otter, potted, good meat. ch. 9. §. 99.
• Ovens, at a distance from their houses. ch. 9. §. 54.
• Ozena, a fish that lives at land. ch. 7. §. 33.

P

• PAper, curious work in it. ch. 9. §. 100.
• Parelia, vid. Mock-suns.
• Parks, their great number in this County. ch. 3. §. 5.
• Patellae Kermiformes. ch. 6. §. 54.
• Peartree, of a very odd growth. ch. 6. §. 57. flowering at Christmass. §. 58. bearing fruit twice a year. §. 59.
• Peas, sown not to be reapt. ch. 9. §. 29.
• Peat, or turfe how ordered ch. 9. §. 5.
• Pebbles, how they grow. ch. 4. §. 11, 12, 13. heaps upon Weeferd heath, an account of them §. 13, 14. transparent, set in rings. §. 47.
• Pectinites, ch. 5. §. 14.
• Pectunculites trilobus anomius, ch. 5. §. 16.
• Penckridg, how it came to be in the Diocess of Dublin, ch. 10. §. 81. the Charter of its donation. Ibid. Confirm'd by Pope Alexander, §. 82. a taxation of the Prebends. Ibid.
• Pennocrucium, an account of it. ch. 10. §. 16.
• Perches, will eat Crevices, ch. 7. §. 34.
• Perry [Will] of Bilson, a notorious cheat, ch. 8. §. 25, 26, &c.
• Petrifications. ch. 2. §. 114.
• Pewits, their History. ch. 7. §. 7, 8, 9, &c. one with 4 leggs. § 14.
• Phallus Hollandicus. ch. 6. §. 5.
• Pica, an odd disease in Women, ch. 8: § 4. some very extraordinary. §. 62. sometimes found in Men. Ibid.
• Pictures, a very odd kind, ch. 9. §. 100.
• Pigeon, with two heads. ch. 7. §. 14.
• Pikes, will swallow froggs, toads. ch. 7. §. 34. also ducks, and goslins. §. 35. will fasten upon doggs, horses, and women. §. 35, 36. of a vast magnitude. §. 38.
• Pila mansae. ch. 7. §. 73.
• Pillars, curiously wreathed. ch. 9. §. 89. an ancient one well wrought. ch. 10. §. 15.
• Pin, in the flesh of a Lady's arm, ch. 8. §. 44.
• Pisum album majus, sown in the fleds, ch. 6. §. 12.
• Planting, a new device in it. ch. 9. § 90.
• Plants, how consider'd in this History. ch. 6. §. 1 sometimes alter their species. ch. 9. §. 33.
• Ploughs, some uncommon ones. ch. 9. § 41. their manners of plowing here. Ibed.
• Po, River how much water it empties into the Adriatic. in a year. ch. 2. §. 59.
• Poland Wheat. ch. 6. §. 16.
• Pooles, of great extent. ch. 2. §. 22. one that prognosticates rain. §. 26. that prognosticates dearth. §. 29.
• Poppinjay, white. ch. 7. §. 13.
• Potters art, ch. 3. §. 25, 26, &c.
• Poxstone. ch. 5. §. 29.
• Prelates, born in this County. ch. 8. §. 10, 11.
• Primrose, improves into an Oxlip. ch. 9. §. 36.
• Primestaves, an account of them. ch. 10. §. 44.
• Pullet, the flesh of one shining in the dark. ch. 7. §. 75.
• Push-Plough, its use. ch. 3. §. 14.
• Pygmies, what they are supposed to be. ch, 1. §. 25.
• Pyramids, in the Church-yards of Leek, Draycot, Chebsey. ch. 10. §. 63. of Ilam, and Checkley. §. 63, 64.
• Pyrites aureus, a formed kind. ch. 5. §. 22, 23. takes fire with water. ch. 3. §. 54.

Q

• QUarries, of stone for building. ch. 4. §. 31. at Penford. §. 32. at Purton. Ibid. at Bilston. §. 33.
• Queen, so valiant, as to be stiled King. ch. 10. §. 38.

R

• RAbbit, with monstrous teeth. ch. 7. §, 51.
• Rain, several prodigious sorts of it. ch. 1. §. 45.47. that it does not rain froggs. §. 48. the difficulties about it solved. §. 49. a new way of prognosticating it. §. 50. why ducks, &c. clap their wings before it. ch. 2. §. 28. the quantity of it that falls measured. §. 53, 54, 55, &c. whence they come. §. 80.
• Rainbows, in the South. ch. 1. §. 8, 9. with shanks not terminating in the Horizon Ibid. on the same side the Hemisphere with the Sun. §. 10.
• Rarefaction, its strength. ch. 9. §. 3.
• Rats, an approved way to drive them from houses, barns, &c. ch. 9. §. 45.
• Raven, with a cross bill. ch. 7. §. 14. hatch't about Christmass. §. 17.
• Rest, a strange effect of it. ch. 1. §. 59.
• Rimstocks, an account of them. ch. 10. §. 43.
• Rings, found about the stalks of furse. ch. 5. §. 43.
• Rivers, the cheifest of this County. ch. 2. §. 20, 21. some very rapid. Ibid. one navigable to the fountain. §. 58. great ones sometimes quite dry. § 66, 67. that run under ground. §. 97, 98. that are hot. §. 61.

• that are bitter and salt. Ibid.
• Roaches, not agreeing with some waters. ch. 7. §. 30.
• Roaps, made of hemp, mixt with hair. ch. 9. §. 83. of the pillings of rushes. Ibid.
• Rocks haunted by Pigeons. ch. 4. §. 3. vastly great. §. 38. proved to grow. §. 39.
• Rock-salt, great quantities in the Earth. ch. 2. §. 96.
• Rodbaston, an account of it. ch. 10. §. 84.
• Rolls, for gardens, a new sort. ch. 4. §. 26.
• Roman ways, consular. ch. 10. §. 13, 14, &c. Vicinal. §. 17.
• Rosemary stones. ch. 4. §. 9.
• Rouncival peas, sown in common fields ch. 6. §. 12
• Rowlow, what it signifies. ch. 10. §. 21.
• Rufine, his conversion. ch. 10. §. 25. martyrdom and burial. §. 26.
• Runnet of Ranton. ch. 9. §. 95.
• Rust-balls, what. ch. 4. §. 10.
• Rye, and barley in the same ear. ch. 9. §. 34. improves it self into wheat. §. 35.

S

• SAlt springs of this County, colder ar the bot∣tom than top. ch. 2. §. 95. the most considerable, those at Weston. §. 103. Salt, the process of making it. §. 104, 105, 106, &c. the water always mixt with sand. §. 109, 110. and with oile. §. 124, 125.
• Sambucus, fructu albo. ch. 6. §. 17.
• Sand, of exquisite fineness. ch. 4. §. 9. for the glass houses. Ibid. to whet Sithes. Ibid.
• Sardachates. ch. 4. §. 47.
• Scolds, how corrected at New-Castle, and Wal∣sall. ch. 9. §. 97.
• Screw stones. ch. 5. §. 35, 36, 37.
• Sea, the Eastern much lower than the Western. ch. 2. §. 20. salter at bottom than top. §. 95. colder at bottom than top. Ibid. not so salt as inland brines. §. 96. distinguish't from the deep. §. 76. some higher than others. §. 85, 86, &c.
• Seamen, eminent ones born in this County. ch. 8. §. 14.
• Seat, a healthy one described. ch. 2. §. 11, 12. Examples of several here. §. 12, 13, 14, &c.
• Securis, such as the Popa used in sacrificeing. ch. 10. §. 20.
• Seeds, the most proper for each land, and their increase. for Clay land. ch. 9. §. 17. for mixt land, or light mould. §. 18. for sandy gravelly ground. §. 20, 21. for heathy land. §. 22.23. for broomy, gorsy. land. §. 25. the variety of seed sown here. §. 30, 11. their manner of chuseing it. §. 32, 33: that they sometimes change their species's. §. 34, 35, 36.
• Selenites. a peculiar kind. ch. 5. §. 2.
• Sheep, with black noses ch. 3. §. 4. ch. 7. §. 61. having 4, 6, or 8 horns a piece. §. 60 admitting coition after impregnation. §. 62. bearing 3, at 3 yeanings within the year, and 4 within 13 months. Ibid.
• Ship, a whole one dugg out of a mine. ch. 2. §. 71.
• Shooting, Prince Rupert's excellency in it. ch. 9. §. 9.
• Shreik or French Pye. ch. 7. §. 4.
• Shuckborough Manor, to whom it belong'd an∣ciently. ch. 10. §. 83.
• Silver Ore, formed like Escallops shells. ch. 5. §. 19.
• Silver native, formed like a vine. ch. 5. §. 21. like an armed man. Ibid. like stalks, amongst Corn. §. 43. like threds about vines. Ibid.
• Skulls, with frontal sutures. ch. 8. §. 108.
• Sleg, a new kind, struck without a Man. ch. 9. §. 98.
• Sleep, one that slept 14 days. ch. 8. §. 35. another that slept 7. days. §. 36.
• Smiths, of Wolverhampton excellent Workmen. ch. 9. §. 78. so at Walsall. §. 79.
• Smut, a signe of Coal. ch. 3. §. 60.
• Smutting, vid. blasting.
• Society of Freemasons. ch. 8. §. 85, 86, &c.
• Soludiers, eminent ones born here. ch. 8. §. 12, 13, &c. 110.
• Spaniel, seeming naturally trimm'd. ch. 5. §. 55.
• Sparrows, white, and speckled. ch. 7. §. 13.
• Spart-balls. ch. 7. §. 73.
• Spearheads, and other warlike instruments, where found. ch. 10. §. 7.
• Spiders, how they dart their threds, and sail. ch. 7. §. 23, 24.
• Spittle, some wholy wanting it. ch. 8. §. 64, 65.
• Spritts, turned by a Mill. ch. 9. §. 11.
• Springs, that prognosticate dearth. ch. 2. §. 10, 11, 12. 34. that break forth with a noise. §. 31, 32. that foretell events. §. 33, 34. how many sorts in the world. §. 36. that depend on rains. §. 37. that depend not on rains. §. 41, 42, 43, &c. that abate not in droughts. §. 50, 51, 52. the proportion 'twixt them, and rains, stated. §. 53, 54, 55. rains not sufficient for some of them. §. 59, 60. hot, salt, and bitter. §. 61, 62. springs where no rains. §. 63. none sometimes where rain enough. §. 64. some certainly from the Sea. §. 65, 66, 67, &c. on the tops of hills. §. 78, 89, 90. that rise in plains. §. 79. not indifferently any where. §. 92, 93, 94. some properties of them. §. 99. some cold ones, that will not freeze. §. 101.102.
• Spurrs, the great variety of them. ch. 9. §. 79. how many Artisans concurr to the making a spurr. Ibid.
• Stafford, its utmost antiquity. ch. 10.12.28.
• Stafforde-Castle, how many there were of them. §. 38.
• Staffordshire, its bounds & productions. ch. 3. §. 1.
• Staircase, a very extraordinary one. ch. 9. §. 68.
• Stalagmites, ch. 5 §. 10.
• Steel, how made. ch. 9. §. 75, 76.
• Stelechites. ch. 5. §. 29. stibii facie. Ibid.
• Steeples, eight square. ch. 9. §. 68.
• ...

• Stirrops, the variety of them. ch. 9. §. 80.
• Stocks, for the fingers ch. 9. §. 99.
• Stonehenge in Wiltsh. a British forum. ch. 10. §. 11.
• Stone, town its antiquity. ch. 10. §. 26.
• Stone, upon Blore-heath. ch. 10. §. 85.
• Stones, shining in the dark. ch. 3. §. 17.
• their origin. ch. 4 § 1, 2.
• usefull for the Iron furnaces. §. 4.
• for building. § 32.
• for grinding edg'd tools. §. 34.
• for Mills. §. 35.
• transparent. §. 47.
• Stones, formed, how. ch. 5. §. 1.
• like a Partridges skull. §. 7.
• containing a white or red liquor. §. 10.
• like the middle part of a barbel. §. 11.
• like a Nautilus. §. 12, 13.
• like Cockles, Escallops, Oysters. §. 14, 15, 16, &c.
• like a fungus, or toadstool. §. 25.
• like corall. §. 26.
• like Moss or Equisetum. §. 27, 28.
• like truncks of trees. §. 29.
• like wheels §. 29, 30.
• like pillars. §. 35, 36, 37.
• like a pear. §. 38.
• like the seed of Verbascum. Ibid.
• like the combs of bees. §. 39.
• like snails, and divers other animals. §. 40, 41.
• like a Tobacco-pipe. §. 41.
• like a button, a barrel, rings. §. 42, 43.
• Stones pyramidal, in the Church-yards of Leek,
• Draycot, Chebsey. ch. 10. §. 63.
• of Ilam, and Checkley. §. 63, 64.
• Stormes, of hail and rain very extraordinary. ch. 1. §. 46.
• Stourton-Castle, ch. 4. §. 3. ch. 10. §. 84.
• Strawberrys, ripe before Christmass. ch. 6. §. 11.
• Street hey, a Roman Mansion. ch. 10. §. 16.
• Streeton, supposed to be the old Pennocrucium. Ibid.
• Strombites. ch. 5. §. 13.
• Sulphur, its vast quantity in the Coalmines. ch. 3. §. 55.
• Sulphur wells, at Ingestre ch. 2. §. 115, 116, &c.
• at Codsall. 119, 120.
• at Willowbridge. 121, 122, 123, &c.
• others at Tatenhill, Willenhall, Bently, Sandon. &c. §. 126.
• Sun, never stationary to sense. ch. 1. §. 3, 4.
• Swanns, not with black, but red feet. ch. 7. §. 2.
• Swine, of prodigious growth. ch. 7. §. 56.
• their rooting prevented. ch. 9. §. 95.

T

• TAble, made of 260 pieces. ch. 9. §. 88.
• Talcum aureum. ch. 3. §. 20.
• Tallow, shining in the dark. ch. 7. §. 75.
• Tamworth, its antiquity. ch. 10. §. 30.
• Teeth, of sheep, and Oxen guilded. ch. 3. §. 7.
• Tellenites. ch. 5. §. 14.
• Terley-Castle. ch. 8. §. 23. ch. 10. §. 84.
• Testicles, a relation betwixt them and horns. ch: 7. §. 57, &c.
• Theotenhall, or Theotfanhele, an account of it. ch. 10. §, 5.36.
• Thorn, with yellow leaves. ch. 6. §. 22.
• hedges of it curiously▪ form'd. ch. 9. §. 85.
• Thunder, it kills tho' it touch not. ch. 1. §. 38.
• sometimes at a great distance. Ibid.
• Tiles, burnt in an unusual manner. ch. 9. §. 9.
• Timber, in Staffordsh. its greatness, goodness, & quantity. ch. 6. §. 53.
• how and when best fell'd. ch. 9. §. 87.
• Tin, how lay'd upon Iron-wares. ch. 9. §. 81.
• how upon copper-wares. §. 82.
• Tithymalus Characias Monspel. ch. 6. §. 7.
• Toads, found alive in solid stones. ch. 7. §. 39, 40, 41.
• in solid Oaks. §. 42, 43, &c.
• how thus included, and supplyed with Air & aliment. §. 43, 44, 45, &c.
• Tobacco-pipe-clay. ch. 3. §. 24.
• Tooth, of a bore, with another issuing from it. ch. 7. §. 65.
• of a man, very great. ch. 8. §. 109.
• Topho di Giovenca, Imperat. ch. 7. §. 71, 72.
• Tophus Vaccinus, voided by seige. ch. 7. §. 72.
• ...equinus, eodem modo. Ibid.
• Topiary works. ch. 9. §. 85, 86.
• Tornado blasts. ch. 1. §. 48.53.
• Tragopyrum. ch. 6. §. 15.
• Trees, the best about a seat. ch. 2. §. 17.
• of excessive height. ch. 6. §. 26, 27.
• of great force in their growth. §. 32.
• of different kinds uniting in their growth. ch, 6. §. 33, 34.
• subterraneous. §. 35, 36.
• whether mineral or vegetable. §. 37, 38.
• whether firrs or alders. §. 39, 40, 41, &c.
• how thus buryed. §. 43, 44, 47.
• their trunks fill'd with cartrages. §. 49.
• made by bees. §. 50.
• fruit trees, how ordered. ch. 9. §. 90:
• Trentham, its ancient name. ch. 10. §. 17.
• Trichites. ch. 5. §. 40.
• Tripoleum minus Germanicum. ch. 6. §. 8:
• Tritico-Speltum. ch. 6. §. 14.
• Triticum multiplex. §. 16.
• ...Polonicum. Ibidem.
• Trochita. ch. 5. §. 30.
• its texture. §. 32.
• a new sort. §. 33.
• larger than ordinary: §. 34.
• Trombe Torte. ch. 10. §. 20.
• Trouts, eat Crevices, and Efts or Newts. ch. 7. §. 34.
• Tuberoides. ch. 5. §. 25.
• Turfe, used for fuel how order'd. ch. 3. §. 14.
• for improvement of land. ch. 3. §. 14. and ch. 9. §. 4.
• Turners-work, very extraordinary ch. 9. §. 89.
• Tutbury Castle. ch. 2. §. 14.
• its antiquity. ch. 10. §. 68.
• Minstrels court there, the Charter for it. §. 69.
• the manner of keeping the Court. §. 71, 72, &c.
• the Bull-running, its original. §. 70.
• by whom instituted. §. 76.
• Typhon. ch. 1. §. 53.

U

• VEal, observed to shine in the dark. ch. 7. §. 75.
• Venabulum, the head of a Roman one. ch. 10. §. 20.
• Vetches, sown for manure only. ch. 9. §. 29.
• Vicia sylvestris, cultivated in Staff. ch. 6. §. 12.
• Vines, observed to change the colour of their

• fruit. ch. 6. §. 18.
• Vineyards, anciently in England. ch. 9. §. 84.
• Vista's, or lawns in woods. ch. 9. §. 86.
• Vitriolic waters. ch. 2. §. 113.127, &c.
• Umbilicus lapis. ch. 5. §. 39.
• Undercurrents in the Mediterranean and else∣where. ch. 2. §. 73, &c.
• Unguents, used to prolong life. ch. 2.4, 5.
• Universal Medicin. ch. 10. §. 86.
• Volcaster, what it is. ch. 10. §. 35.
• Urns, where found. ch. 10. §. 21.
• Urogallus minor. ch. 7. §. 4.
• Use or Custome, its extrrordinary effects. ch. 8. §. 66, 67.

W

• WAlks, of pleasure, ch. 9. §. 86.
• Wallsal, the Dole there. ch. 8. §. 82.
• Waters which the best, and which the worst. ch. 2. §. 18.
• the qualities of good water. §. 18, 19.
• it ascends above its level. §. 81, 82.84.91.
• that petrifie. §. 114.
• that are medicinal. §. 115, &c, sulphureous. Ibid.
• Vitriolic. §. 113.127.
• Waterworks, at Trentham. ch. 9. §. 13. at Pateshull. Ibid.
• Watling street. ch. 10. §. 13.
• Ways, Roman how made. Ibid.
• Waynes, or Waggons, some unusual ones. ch. 9. §. 44.
• Wednesfield, the battle there. ch. 10. §. 37.
• Wells, produceing bones. ch. 2. §. 99, 100. adorned with flowers. ch. 8. §. 89.
• Wheat, degenerates into Darnel. ch. 9. §. 34. into Oates. Ibid.
• into Rye. §. 35, 36.
• Whelps, found in the abdomen of a bitch. ch. 7. §. 53, 54.
• Whichnor, bacon an account of it. ch. 10. §. 77, 78, 79.
• Whitesmiths, who they are. ch. 9. §. 77.
• Wierangle or Butcher-bird. ch. 7. §. 4.
• Wild-geese, how they flye. ch. 1. §. 44.
• Willbrighton, its antiquity. ch. 10. §. 6.
• Willowbridg-wells, a large account of them. ch. 2. §. 121, 122, 123, &c.
• Windes, a new way of prognosticating them. ch. 1. §. 51.
• not above 40 yards broad, or 3 or 4 miles long. §. 53.
• that burn, and stifle. ch. 2. § 4.
• Wine, good made in this County. ch. 9. §. 84.
• Witches, vid. Wizards.
• Witch-Elm. 40 yards long, containing 100 tuns of timber. ch. 6. §. 28, 29.
• Wizards, and Witches how they dance. ch. 1. §. 19, 20, 21, &c.
• how they worship the Divel. Ibid.
• Wlfade, and Ruffine converted to Christianity ch. 10. §. 25.
• Wlfer, vid. King.
• Wlfercester, an account of it. ch. 10. §. 24.
• Welverhampton Church-yard, an ancient for∣tification. ch. 10. §. 23.
• Wolverhampton, Town its antiquity. ch. 10 §. 39. of the Dean and Prebends there. §. 39, 40.
• Woman, having a child taken forth her abde∣men. ch. 7. §. 54.
• brought to bed twice within 4 or 5 months. §. 62.
• impregnated after a Faetus had dyed within her. §. 64.
• with the figure of a Mouse on her cheek. ch. 8. §. 4.
• that brought forth a child without a right hand. §. 5.
• having the signes of a pregnant woman tho' past child-bearing. §. 6.
• another none, tho' really pregnant. Ibid.
• extraordinary prolific. §. 19.
• butter made of their milk. §. 34.
• one that slept 7, another 14. days. §. 35, 36.
• of a very slender dyet. §. 39.
• skill'd in Labiomancy. §. 41.
• hang'd, that came to life again. §. 47.
• that never spit. §. 65.
• as old now; as ever since Jacobs time. §. 90.91, 92, &c.
• Woodbine, growing erect without any support. ch. 6. §. 17.
• Woodlands of Staff. its cheifest product. ch. 3. §. 1.
• Woods, how managed. ch. 9. §. 86.
• Wool, thought to be but imperfect horn. ch. 7. §. 59.
• World, its center of gravity different from that of its magnitude. ch. 2. §. 88.
• Wreathed pillars, a way of turning them. ch. 9. §. 89.

Y

• YEW-tree with bright yellow leaves. ch. 6. §. 20.
• curiously formed. ch. 9. §. 85.

Z

• ZEopyrum sive Triticospeltum. ch. 6. §. 14.
• Zirchnitzer See, an account of it. ch. 2. §. 45.

FINIS.