FROM THE

CREATION OF THE WORLD

TO THE

BEGINNING OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.

BY THE LATE

HON. ALEXANDER FRASER TYTLER,

LORD WOODHOUSE LEE,

IN

SENATOR OF THE COLLEGE OF JUSTICE, AND LORD (MMISE OF JUSTICIARY
SCOTHANI ; AND FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF CIVIL HISTORY, AND GREEK AND

ROMAN ANTIQUITIFS, IN THE UNIVERITY OF EDINBURGH.

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LONDON.

BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.

CUINA AND JAPAN :- - Tartar Revolutions-Posterity of Gengis

Khan finally maintain Possession of the Throne_Pretensions

to Antiquity considered. - Page 1.

CHAPTER XXV.

M. Bailly's Theory of the Origin of the Sciences among the

Nations of Asia.-Page 27.

CHAPTER XXVI.

REIGN OF Philip II. OF SPAIN_REVOLUTION OF THE NETHER-

LANDS AND ESTABLISHMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF HOLLAND:-

William of Nassau declared Stadtholder of the United Pro-

vinces-Philip acquires the Sovereignty of Portugal –Schemes

against England-Defeat of the Armada-Death and Character

of Philip II.- Page 44.

CHAPTER XXVII.

STATE OF FRANCE IN THE END OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY :-

Religious Contentions— Conspiracy of Amboise Death of

Francis II.-Charles IX.-Massacre of St. Bartholomew-

Henry III.-League of Peronne-Assassination of Henry