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Rh *West-pha′li-a, treaty of, 586–589; kingdom of, 679.
 * Whig.—The origin of this word is a little uncertain; some get it from the initial letters of the phrase, "We hope in God," which was the motto of some of the early members of the party; others from whey, the drink of the Scotch covenanters.
 * Whigs, origin of W. party, 621.
 * Whitby, council of, 380.
 * Whitefield (Whit′field),George,721, n.
 * Wilfred, 380.
 * William I., the Conqueror, k. of England, 434–436; II., the Red, 436, n. William III., k. of England, his part in the Revolution of 1688, 623, 624; reign, 626–628.
 * William I., k. of Prussia, 703; becomes emp. of the New German Empire, 707.
 * William I., the Silent. See Orange, William of.
 * Winfred. See St. Boniface.
 * Winkelried (wĭnk′e&#x32f;l-reet), Arnold of, 506.
 * Witan, the, 433.
 * Witikind (wit′ĭ-kĭnd), 406.
 * Woden, 379.
 * Wolfe, Major-General, 631.
 * Wolseley, Lord, in Egypt, 728.
 * Wolsey, Cardinal, 543, 545.
 * Woman, social position of, among the Greeks, 216, 217.
 * Worcester (wo&#x35D;os'ter), battle of, 614.
 * Worms, diet of, 523, 524.
 * Wür'tem-burg, duchy of, in Thirty Years' War, 588.
 * Wycliffe (wĭk′lif), 490, 491.
 * Xan-thip′pe, 206.
 * Xavier (zăv′i-e&#x32F;r), Francis, 528.
 * Xen′o-phon, 156, 198.
 * Xeres (hā&#x301;-rĕs′), battle of, 398.
 * Xerxes (zĕrks′ēs) I., k. of Persia, 80, 81.
 * York, d. of, 621.
 * York, house of, 479, n.; badge of, 488. See Roses, Wars of the.
 * Yuste (yoos′ta), monastery of, 534.
 * Zaandam (zän′däm′), 635.
 * Za′gros Mountains, 59, 60.
 * Za′ma, battle of, 264, 265.
 * Zealand, 567, 568.
 * Zed′e-ki′ah, k. of Judah, 68.
 * Ze′la, battle of, 296.
 * Zĕnd′a-ves′ta, the, 83.
 * Ze′no, 210.
 * Ze′no, Roman emp. in the East, 348.
 * Ze-no′bi-a, 329.
 * Zeūs, 102; oracles of, 104, 105.
 * Zeuxis (zūks′iss), 189.
 * Zorn′dorf, battle of, 646.
 * Zo-ro-as′ter, 83.
 * Zoroastrianism, 83, 84.
 * Zut′phen, siege of, 570.
 * Zwingle, Ulrich (zwĭng'gl, o&#x35D;ol′rĭk), 525.