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sterry,thewifeofphilipiiofspain,who

    buedthebishopsoftheneionalchurdinother

    pleofherroyalspanishhusband

    fortunatelyshedied,intheyear1558,andceeded

    byelizabeth,thedaughterofhenryviiiandanneboleyn,

    thesendofhissixhehaddecapitatedwhenshe

    nolongerpleasedhielizabeth,etiin

    prison,andtherequestofthe

    holyroneeror,ostrdialeneofeverything

    catholidspanish.shesharedherfathersindifference

    ierionbutsheiedhisabilityasa

    veryshreer,ahefortyfiveyears

    niheningthepohedynastyandin

    inerryislands.

    inthissheostablyassistedbyanuerofnwho

    gatheredarouhroneaheelizabethanagea

    periodofsuchiortayououghttostudyitiail

    ihespecialbooksofellyouinthe

    bibliographyattheendofthisvolu.

    elizabeth,hofeelentirelysafeuponher

    throne.shehadarivalandaverydangerousone.ry,

    ofthehouseofstuart,daughterofafrenhessanda

    sttishfather,isiioffrand

    daughterinlaediciwhohadanised

    therdersofsaintbartholootherof

    alittleboyethefirststuartking

    ofengland.shecatholidawillingfriend

    tothoseiesofelizabeth.herok

    ofpolitiethodsployed

    topunishhercalvinistits,causedarevolutioninstland

    andforcedrytotakerefugeonenglishterritory.for

    eighteenyearsshereinedinengland,plottingforeverand

    adayagainsttheanerandwho

    lastobligedtofolloheadviceofhertrusteduncilors

    ``tocutteoffthesttishqueensheade.

    theheadteoffintheyear1587andcaused

    abinednaviesofenglandand

    hollaedphilipsinvinciblearda,aswehavealready

    seen,andthebloeanttodestroythe

    pohetantileadersuedintoa

    profitablebusinessadventure.

    fooanyyearsofhesitation,theenglish

    ashedutchthoughtittheirghttoinvade

    theindiesandaridaveheillsheirprotes

    tehrenhadsufferedatthehandsofthespaniards.the

    englishhadbeenangtheearliestsubus.

    britishships,heveianpilotgiovannicaboto

    orcabot,hadbeenthefirsttodisverandexplorethe

    northearitiin1496bradorandnewfoundland

    portanceasapossiblelony.but

    thebanksofhe

    englishfishi.ayearlater,in1497,thesacabot

    hadexploredtheastofflorida.

    thehebusyyearsofhenryviiandhenry

    viiioneyfnexplorations.

    butunderelizabeth,ary

    stuartinprison,thesailorsuldleavetheirharbourhout

    fe

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