THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND, FROM THE INVASION OF JULIUS CAESAR 10 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: LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS; J. M. RICHARDSON; HATCHARD AND SON ; S. BAGSTER AND SON, F. AND J. RIVINGTON; HAMILTON AND CO.; SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, 1848. CONTENTS 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 Zeal of the Catholics.—Babington's Conspiracy.–Mary assents to the Conspiracy.—The Conspirators seized and executed.—Reso- lution to try the Queen of Scots.—The Commissioners prevail on her to submit to the Trial.—The Trial.-Sentence against Mary. - Interposition of King James.-Reasons for the Execution of Mary. - The Execution.—Mary's Character.—The Queen's af- fected Sorrow.-Drake destroys the Spanish Fleet at Cadiz. Philip projects the Invasion of England. --The Invincible Armada. - Preparations in England.-- The Armada arrives in the Channel |