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ANNALS;

BEING AN

HISTORY

OF THE

AFFAIRS OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND:

TOGETHER WITH

VARIOUS OTHER OCCURRENCES OF THE STATE AND KINGDOM
COINCIDENT; CHIEFLY WITH RELATION THEREUNTO:
CONTINUED.

BOOK I.

CHAP. I.

Negotiation about queen Elizabeth's marriage with the duke of Anjou succeedeth not: notwithstanding confident report of it in France. Occurrences in Scotland; sent from Randolph, the queen's ambassador there. The ill condition of Ireland; lamented. The queen sends forces in defence of Roan. Don Antonio, expulsed his kingdom of Portugal, solicits the queen for aid against Philip king of Spain. Mature consultations thereupon. The prince of Condé comes into England, to solicit the queen in behalf of the protestants in France. He and the French ambassador with her in conference. Instructions to the queen's ambassadors in France; assisting monsieur, going into the Netherlands. And a secret league between that king and the queen.

STILL the queen's chief statesmen consulted for her ma- Anno 1581. jesty's marriage, as concluding it the best way to establish Intelligence and strengthen the kingdom, and to secure England against singham,

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