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Holland. - Her remarkable speech to the deputies - Alchemy.

- Notice of Dr. Dee.- Of Frobisher.- Family of Love. —

Burning of two Anabaptists.- Entertainment of the queen at

Kennelworth. - Notice of Walter earl of Essex. - General

favor towards his son Robert. — Letter of the queen to the earl

of Shrewsbury respecting Leicester.

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Relations of the queen with France and Spain. - She sends suc-

cours to the Dutch — is entertained by Leicester, and cele-

brated in verse by P. Sidney. - Her visit to Norwich.- Let-

ter of Topcliffe.- Notice of sir T. Smith.- Magical practices

against the queen.-- Duke Casimir's visit to England.

Duke of Anjou urges his suit with the queen. --Simier's mis-

sion.- Leicester's marriage.- Behaviour of the queen. -A

shot fired at her barge.- Her memorable speech. - First visit

of Anjou in England. - Opinions of privy councillors on the

match.-Letter of Philip Sidney.-- Stubb's book. -- Punish-

ment inflicted on him. — Notice of Sir N. Bacon. — Drake's

return from his circumnavigation. - Jesuit seminaries. - Ar-

rival of a French embassy. - A triumph. -- Notice of Fulk

Greville. - Marriage treaty with Anjou. --- His second visit.

- His return and death.

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Traits of the queen.- Brown and his sect.- Promotion of Whit-

gift. -Severities exercised against the puritans.-- Embassy of

Walsingham to Scotland.- Particulars of lord Willoughby.

Transactions with the Czar.- Death of Sussex.

of Egremont Ratcliffe - of the earl of Desmond. - Account of

Raleigh-of Spenser. — Prosecutions of catholics.-Burleigh's

apology for the government. - Leicester's commonwealth. -

Loyal association. Transactions with the queen of Scots.

Account of Parry.- Case of the earl of Arundel - of the earl

of Northumberland. - Transactions of Leicester in Holland.

- Death and character of P. Sidney-of sir H. Sidney.-

Return of Leicester. - Approaching war with Spain. - Ba-

bington's conspiracy. - Trial and condemnation of the queen

of Scots. — Rejoicings of the people. — Artful conduct of the

queen. - Reception of the Scotch embassy. - Conduct of Da-

vison. — Death of Mary. — Behaviour of Elizabeth. — Davi-

son's case.- Conduct of Leicester. - Reflections.

Small political effect of the death of Marya - Warlike prepar-

ations of Spain destroyed by Drake. -Case of lord Beauchamp.

Death and character of the duchess of Somerset. Hatton

appointed chancellor. – Leicester returns to Holland - is again

recalled. - Disgrace of lord Buckhurst.- Rupture with Spain.

- Preparations against the Armada. — Notices of the earls of

Cumberland and Northumberland T. and R. Cecil earl

of Oxford - sir C. Blount - W. Raleigh - lord Howard of

Effingham — Hawkins - Frobisher - Drake. — Leicester ap-

pointed general.- Queen at Tilbury. — Defeat of the Armada.

— Introduction of newspapers.-Death of Leicester. 197

Effects of Leicester's death. - Rise of the queen's affection for

Essex. -- Trial of the earl of Arundel. - Letter of Walsing-
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hám on religious affairs. - Death of Mildmay.- Case of Don

Antonio. - Expedition to Cadiz. — Behaviour of Essex.

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Traits of sir C. Blount.- Sir H. Leigh's resignation.-Con-

duct of Elizabeth to the king of Scots. - His marriage. -

Death and character of sir Francis Walsingham. - Struggle

between the earl of Essex and lord Burleigh for the nomination

of his successor. Extracts of letters from Essex to Davison.

Inveteracy of the queen against Davison.- Robert Cecil

appointed assistant secretary. — Private marriage of Essex.–

Anger of the queen. — Reform effected by the queen in the col-

lection of the revenue. — Speech of Burleigh. — Parsimony of

considered. Anecdotes on this subject. — Lines by

Spenser. — Succours afforded by her to the king of France.-

Account of sir John Norris. - Essex's campaign in France.-

Royal progress. — Entertainment at Coudray — at Elvetham

- at Theobald's. Death and character of sir Christopher

Hatton. — Puckering lord-keeper. – Notice of sir John Per-

rot.- Puttenham's Art of Poetry. - Verses by Gascoigne. -

Warner's Albion's England.

Naval war against Spain. - Death of sir Richard Grenville.-

Notice of Cavendish. - Establishment of the East India com-

pany. - Results of voyages of discovery. - Transactions be-

tween Raleigh and the queen. — Anecdotes of Robert Cary. -

of the Holles family. - (Progress of the drama. - Dramatic

poets before Shakespeare.-— Notice of Shakspeare. - Procla-

mation respecting bear-baiting and acting of plays. — Censor-

ship of the drama.

· Anecdote of the queen and Tarleton.

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A parliament. - Haughty language of the queen. Committal

of Wentworth and other members of Morice. — His letter

to lord Burleigh. — Act to retain subjects in their due obe-

dience. - Debates on the subsidy.- Free speeches of Francis

Bacon and sir E. Hobby. - Queen's speech. — Notice of

Francis Bacon- of Anthony Bacon. Connexion of the two

Bacons with Essex. - Francis disappointed of preferment.

Conduct of Burleigh towards him.- Of Fulk Greville. -Re-

flections. - Conversion of Henry IV.- Behaviour of Eliza-

beth.. War in Bretagne. — Anecdote of the queen and sir

C. Blount. - Affair of Dr. Lopez.- Squire's attempt on the

life of the queen.-Notice of Ferdinando earl of Derby.

Letter of the queen to lord Willoughby.- Particulars of sir

Walter Raleigh.-His expedition to Guiana.- Unfortunate

enterprise of Drake and Hawkins.- Death of Hawkins. —

Death and character of Drake.— Letters of Rowland Whyte.

- Case of the earl of Hertford. --- Anecdote of Essex.- Queen

at the lord-keeper's. - Anecdote of the queen and bishop Rudd.

- Case of sir T. Arundel.

Essex and Cecil factions. -- Expedition to Cadiz. Robert Cecil

appointed secretary. — Notice of sir T. Bodley.- Critical

situation of Essex. Francis Bacon addresses to him a letter

of advice - composes speeches for him. - Notice of Toby

Matthew.- Outrages in London repressed by martial law. --

Death of lord Hunsdon- of the earl of Huntingdon-of

bishop Fletcher. - Anecdote of bishop Vaughan. - Book on

the queen's touching for the evil.

Fresk expedition against Spain proposed. - Extracts from

Whyte's letters. - Raleigh reconciles Essex and R. Cecil. -

Essex master of the ordnance. Anecdote of the queen and

Mrs. Bridges. - Preparations for the expedition. - Notice

of lord Southampton.- Ill success of the voyage.- Quarrel of

Essex and Raleigh. - Displeasure of the queen. - Lord Ad-

miral made earl of Nottingham.- Anger of Essex. - He is

declared hereditary earl-marshal. - Reply of the queen to a

Polish ambassador to a proposition of the king of Denmark.

- State of Ireland.- Treaty of Vervins.- Agreement between

Cecil and Essex. — Anecdotes of Essex and the queen.

quarrel. - Letter of Essex to the lord-keeper. - Dispute be-

tween Burleigh and Essex. Agreement with the Dutch.

Death and character of Burleigh.- Transactions between the

queen and the king of Scots, and an extract from their corres-

pondence. - Anecdote of sir Roger Aston and the queen. —

Anecdote of archbishop Hutton.- Death of Spenser.-- Hall's

satires. — Notice of sir John Harrington.—Extracts from his

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Irish affairs. -

- Essex appointed lord-deputy. - His letter to the

queen. - Letter of Markham to Harrington. - Departure of

Essex and proceedings in Ireland. - His letter to the privy

council - conferences with Tyrone — unexpected arrival at

court. — Behaviour of the queen.- State of parties.

of sir J. Harrington.-- Further particulars respecting Essex.

His letter of submission. — Relentlessness of the

Sir John Hayward's history. - Second letter of Essex. - Cen-

sure passed upon him in council.

Anecdote of the queen.

Essex liberated. -- Reception of a Flemish ambassador.- Dis-

content of Raleigh. – Traits of the queen. - Letter of sir

Robert Sidney to sir John Harrington.- Crisis of the fortune

of Essex.- Conduct of lord Montjoy.-

Proceedings at Esser-

house. - Revolt of Essex. - He defends his house. - Is taken

and committed to the Tower. His trial and that of lord

Southampton. - Conduct of Bacon. - Confessions of Esser.

Behaviour of the queen. Death of Essex. — Fate of his

adherents. - Reception of the Scotch ambassadors.-- Interview

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