THREE:But though this difficulty was tided over, there remained a still greater one with Sweden. Charles XII., overthrown by the Czar Peter at the battle of Pultowa, had fled into Turkey, and obstinately remained at Bender, though the Czar and his allies were all the time overrunning and taking possession of the Swedish territories on the eastern side of the Baltic. Russians, Norwegians, Danes, Saxons, and Prussians were all busy gorging the spoil. The King of Denmark, amongst the invasions of Swedish territory, had seized on the rich bishoprics of Bremen and Verden, which had been ceded to Sweden at the Peace of Westphalia. These bishoprics, which lay contiguous to Hanover, had always been an object of desire to that State. And now Charles of Sweden, suddenly ruined by the proceedings of his neighbours, who thus rent his kingdom limb from limb, galloped away from Bender, and in November, 1714, startled all his enemies by appearing at Stralsund. The Danish king, seeing a tempest about to burst over his head, immediately tempted the English king to enter into alliance with him, by offering him the stolen bishoprics of Bremen and Verden on condition that he should pay a hundred and fifty thousand pounds and join the alliance against Sweden. Without waiting for any consent of Parliament, Sir John Norris was sent with a fleet to the Baltic, under the pretence of protecting our trade there, but with the real object of compelling Sweden to cede the bishoprics, and to accept a compensation in money for them. The Church after the Revolution��The Non-Jurors��The Act of Toleration��Comprehension Bill��Laxity of Religion��The Wesleys and Whitefield��Foundation of Methodism��Extension of the Movement��Literature��Survivors of the Stuart Period��Prose Writers: Bishop Burnet��Philosophers: Locke��Bishop Berkeley, etc.��Novelists: Fielding, Richardson, Smollett, and Sterne��Dr. Davenant��Bentley��Swift��Addison��Addison and Steele��Bolingbroke��Daniel Defoe��Lady Mary Wortley Montagu��Poets: Pope��His Prose Writings��Gay, Prior, Young, etc.��James Thomson, Allan Ramsay, Gray, and Minor Lights��Dramatists��Physical Science: Astronomers��Mathematicians��Electricians��Chemists��Medical Discoverers��Music: Purcell��Italian Music��Handel��Church Music��The Academy of Ancient Music and other Societies��Architecture��Wren and his Buildings��St. Paul's��His Churches and Palaces��Vanbrugh��Gibbs��Hawksmoor��Minor Architects��Painting and Sculpture: Lely and Kneller��Other Foreign Painters and Decorators��Thornhill��Other English Artists��Hogarth and his Works��Exhibition of British Artists��Sculptors��Shipping, Colonies, Commerce, and Manufactures��Increase of Canals��Woollen and Silk Trades��Irish Linens��Lace��Iron, Copper, and other Industries��Increase of the large Towns.