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HISTORY OF ENGLAND.

VOL. IV.

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THE

HISTORY OF ENGLAND,

FROM THE

INVASION OF JULIUS CAESAR

ΤΟ

THE REVOLUTION IN
IN 1688.

BY

DAVID HUME, ESQ.

A NEW EDITION,

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TO WHICH IS PREFIXED,

A SHORT ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE, WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.

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VOL IV.

CHAPTER XLI.

ELIZABETH.

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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CHAPTER XLII.

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

-Defeated.-A Parliament.-Expedition against Portugal.-

Affairs of Scotland

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CHAPTER XLIII.

French Affairs.-Murder of the Duke of Guise.-Murder of

Henry III.-Progress of Henry IV.-Naval Enterprises against

Spain. A Parliament.-Henry IV. embraces the Catholic Re-

ligion. Scotch Affairs.-Naval Enterprises.-A Parliament.-

Peace of Vervins.-The Earl of Essex

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