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Rh lv–lix, 9 n., 100, 118 n., 121 n., 123, 124, 125, 131 n.; letters, lvi, lviii, 9 n., 240 n., 466 n., 467 n., 480, 545, 547 n.; his claims to the authorship of the London Observations, xxxv, xxxix–liv; as a disciple of Hobbes, lxi–lxiii; of Bacon, lxiii, lxiv; his political ideas, lxii, his religious ideas, lxii, his method compared with Graunt's, lxxv; his economic ideas, lxvi–lxix.

Philosophy, unintelligible notions of, 396; the new. See New.

Phoenicians in Ireland, 204.

Phthisic (Tyssick), 360.

Physicians, excessive number of, 27, have two women patients to one man, 376, perhaps inform searchers of cause of death, 349; those of London better than those of Paris, 508.

Pick-pockets, 69.

Pictures, price of, 182.

Piece of 8 reals in Ireland, 184.

Pilchard in Ireland, 209, 296, 595.

Pillory, 67.

Pipe staves imported from New England, 296.

Pirates, customs an insurance against, 54.

Plague, effect of on population, 109, 110, 303, 463; on births, 376; remedies for, 320; Petty's Plan of Lessening the Plague, xxiv n., 109 n., in London, 363–368, 531; caused keeping of the bills, lxxxx–lxxxii, 335; deaths due to it, 100, 151, 243, 349, 536; not fully returned, 347, 365; effect of on health of London, 347; on its size, 475; plague in Ireland, 609; at Constantinople, 509, at Paris, 531; at Romsey, 390–391; at Tiverton, 417 n.; in various continental cities, 403–405.

Plantations, American, 300; population of, 291, 301, government of, 298; a burden to England, 242.

Plantations of Elizabeth and James I. in Ireland, 167.

Plate, customs on, 92; better as money, 343

Play houses, state, 83.

Plebeians of France and of England, 294.

Plough lands, 206, 207.

Polanders cowkeepers for the Hollanders, 267.

Politician Discovered not by Petty, 636.

 Political Anatomy of Ireland, 121–231; note on, 122–124, xxvii, lxi, 647.

"Political anatomy," the phrase, 129.

Political Arithmetick, a Discourse, pp. 232-313; note on, 235, 236, xxvii, 645-647.

"Political arithmetick," the phrase, 239–240 n.; nature of, lxi, lxv; illustrations of, 244, 313; contrasted with statistics, lxvii; gives a gross image of affairs, 611.

Political economy, the term, lxxi n., 181.

Political Pastimes and Paradoxes a fit title for Petty's Dialogue, 621.

Political Survey of Ireland, another title for the Political Anatomy, 647.

Politics, true, is to preserve peace and plenty, 395.

Policy determines wealth and strength of a country, 250–255; of the Hollanders, 261.

Poll money, 34, 61–64, an accumulative excise, 94; collateral advantages of, 115; in Ireland, 179, 399.

Polygamy, 118; Graunt on, lxxvi, 320, 374–378.

Poor, numerous, 305; care of, 29; is better in middle-sized parishes, 383; in France, 294.

Pope, reverence of Irish for, 199, 200.

Population, desirable to be known, 485, 491; how ascertained, 63, 393, 533, 610; increase of, 78, 381, 462, 463, 604, 605; density of, 34, 68, 255, 286–290, 300.

Portman, Sir John, proposed as fellow of the Royal Society by Graunt, xxxvii.

Portsmouth, housing increased in, 303.

Portugal mamufacturesmanufactures [sic] confectures, 258; shipping of, 251.

Potatoes, a bread-like root, 273; food in Ireland, 201.

Post office, revenue from, 111, 256, 257, 305.