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The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Death of George the Second (Volume 5); In Sixteen Volumes, with the Last Corrections

The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Death of George the Second (Volume 5); In Sixteen Volumes, with the Last Corrections

Hume, David

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ISBN10: 1154413802
ISBN13: 9781154413809
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 98
Weight: 0.42
Height: 0.20 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1824. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXXIX. State of Europe...-Civil War s of France....Havre de Grace put In posmsloi of the English....A Parliament Havre lost.... Affairs of Scotland....Hi* Queen of Scots marries the Earl of Darnley Confederacy agains t the Protestants.. ..Murder of Rizzio....A Parliament Murder of Darnley.... . Queen of Scots marries Bothwel....Insurrections in Scotland....Imprisonment of Mary....Mary flies into England....Conferences at York and Hampton-Court. STATE OF EUROPE. 1562. AFTER the commencement of the religious wars in France, which rendered that flourishing kingdom, during the course of near forty years, a. scene of horror and devastation, the great rival powers in Europe were Spain and England; and it was not long before an animosity, first political, then personal, broke out between the sovereigns of these countries. Philip II. of Spain, though he reached not any enlarged views of policy, was endowed with great industry and sagacity, a remarkable caution in his enterprises, an unusual foresight in all his measures; and as he was ever cool and seemingly unmoved by passion, and possessed neither talents nor inclination for war, both his subjects and his neighbours had reason to expect justice, happiness, and tranquillity, from his administration. But prejudices had on him as pernicious effects as ever passion had on any other monarch: and the spirit of bigotry and tyranny by which he was actuated, with the fraudulent maxims which governed his counsels, excited the most violent agitation among his own people, engaged him in acts of the most enormous cruelty, and threw all Europe into combustion After Philip had concluded peace at Catcau Camhresis, and had remained some time in the Netherlands, in order to settle the affairs of that country, he embarked for Sp...

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