The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688

THE

HISTORY OF ENGLAND

FROM THE

INVASION OF JULIUS CÆSAR

ΤΟ

THE REVOLUTION IN 1688.

BY DAVID HUME, ESQ.

A NEW EDITION,

WITH THE AUTHOR'S LAST CORRECTIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS.

TO WHICH IS PREFIXED,

A SHORT ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE, WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.

IN SIX VOLUMES.

VOL. IV.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR T. CADELL; C. J. G. AND F. RIVINGTON; LONGMAN, REES,
ORME, BROWN, AND GREEN; J. RICHARDSON; J. M. RICHARDSON; J. AND
A. ARCH; CARPENTER AND SON; J. BOOKER; JEFFERY AND SON;
R. SCHOLEY; J. BOOTH; S. BAGSTER; BALDWIN AND CRADOCK; J. BOHN;
HATCHARD AND SON; HAMILTON, ADAMS, AND CO.; J. DUNCAN; WHITTAKER
AND CO.; W. MASON; SIMPKIN AND MARSHALL; PARBURY, ALLEN, AND
CO.; T. BOONE: T. TEGG; LLOYD AND CO.; WHITMORE AND FENN; W.
PICKERING; J. HEAKNE; J. BIGG; T. BUMPUS; BLACK, YOUNG, AND
YOUNG; J. DOWDING; J. CAPES; W. J. AND J. MAYNARD; E. HODGSON;
J. BAIN; R. MACKIE; SMITH, ELDER, AND CO.; SUSTENANCE AND STRETCH ;
J. PARKER, OXFORD; J. AND J. J. DEIGHTON, CAMBRIDGE; AND G.
AND J. ROBINSON, LIVERPOOL.

1830

CONTENTS

VOL. IV.

CHAPTER XLI.

Affairs of Scotland.-Spanish Affairs.-Sir Francis Drake.-A ·

Parliament. Negotiations of Marriage with the Duke of Anjou.

-Affairs of Scotland.-Letter of Queen Mary to Elizabeth.-

Conspiracies in England.-A Parliament.-The ecclesiastical

Commission.-Affairs of the Low Countries.-Hostilities with

Spain

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