The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. - From Elizabeth to James I.

David Hume

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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D., by David Hume This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. Author: David Hume Release Date: September 8, 2006 [EBook #19214] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORY OF ENGLAND *** Produced by David Widger and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND Volume One of Three FROM THE INVASION OF JULIUS CÆSAR TO THE END OF THE REIGN OF JAMES THE SECOND, BY DAVID HUME, ESQ. 1688 London: James S. Virtue, City Road and Ivy Lane New York: 26 John Street 1860 And Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. March 17, 1901 In Three Volumes: VOLUME ONE: The History Of England From The Invasion Of Julius Cæsar To The End Of The Reign Of James The Second............ By David Hume, Esq. VOLUME TWO: Continued from the Reign of William and Mary to the Death of George II........................................... by Tobias Smollett. VOLUME THREE: From the Accession of George III. to the Twenty-Third Year of the Reign of Queen Victoria............... by E. Farr and E.H. Nolan. VOLUME ONE Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. [A click on any of the following images will enlarge them to full size.] Contents Contents CHAPTER XXXVIII. ELIZABETH. CHAPTER XXXIX. ELIZABETH. CHAPTER XL ELIZABETH. CHAPTER XLI. ELIZABETH. CHAPTER XLII. ELIZABETH. CHAPTER XLIII. ELIZABETH. CHAPTER XLIV. ELIZABETH. APPENDIX III CHAPTER XLV. JAMES I. CHAPTER XLVI. JAMES I. CHAPTER XLVII. JAMES I. CHAPTER XLVIII. JAMES I. CHAPTER XLIX. JAMES I. APPENDIX TO THE REIGN OF JAMES I.[*] NOTES. List of Illustrations Elizabeth Mary Stuart Mary Stuart Sir Philip Sidney Sir Walter Raleigh James I. CHAPTER XXXVIII. ELIZABETH. CONTEMPORARY MONARCHS. EMP. OP GERM. K. OF SCOTLAND. K. OF FRANCE. K. OF SPAIN. Ferdinand..1564 Mary abdicates.1567 Henry II....1559 Philip II.1598 Maximilian.1576 James VI. Francis II..1560 Philip III. Rodolph II. Charles IX..1574 Henry III.. 1589 Henry IV. POPES. Paul IV.... 1558 Pius IV.... 1565 Pius V..... 1572 Gregory XIII.1585 Sixtus V... 1590 Urban VII.. 1590 Gregory XIV. 1591 Innocent IX. 1591 Clement VII. 1558. In a nation so divided as the English, it could scarcely be expected that the death of one sovereign, and the accession of another, who was generally believed to have embraced opposite principles to those which prevailed, could be the object of universal satisfaction: yet so much were men displeased with the present conduct of affairs, and such apprehensions were entertained of futurity, that the people, overlooking their theological disputes, expressed a general and unfeigned joy that the sceptre had passed into the hand of Elizabeth. That princess had discovered great prudence in her conduct during the reign of her sister; and as men were sensible of the imminent danger to which she was every moment exposed, compassion towards her situation, and concern for her safety, had rendered her, to an uncommon degree, the favorite of the nation. A parliament had been assembled a few days before Mary's death; and when Heathe, archbishop of York, then chancellor, notified to them that event, scarcely an interval of regret appeared; and the two houses immediately resounded with the joyful acclamations of "God save Queen Elizabeth: long and happily may she reign." The people, less actuated by faction, and less influenced by private views, expressed a joy still more general and hearty on her proclamation; and the auspicious commencement of this reign prognosticated that felicity and glory which, during its whole course, so uniformly attended it.[*] Elizabeth was at Hatfield when she heard of her sister's death; and after a few days she went thence to London, through crowds of people, who strove with each other in giving her the strongest testimony of their affection. On her entrance into the Tower, she could not forbear reflecting on the great difference