OF

THE REFORMATION

AND

ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION,

AND OTHER VARIOUS OCCURRENCES

IN THE

CHURCH OF ENGLAND,

DURING

QUEEN ELIZABETH'S HAPPY REIGN:

TOGETHER WITH

AN APPENDIX

OF ORIGINAL PAPERS OF STATE, RECORDS, AND LETTERS.

THE CONTENTS.

BOOK II.

CHAP. XV.

A MOTION for peace with Spain. Deliberation thereupon. Anno 1588.

The lord treasurer delivers his judgment. A treaty begun

with commissioners from the duke of Parma. The articles

propounded to Parma: broke off. The Spaniards about to in-

vade England. Consultatious thereupon. Intelligence of the

fleet from Spain. The queen's preparations. Public prayers

appointed. The Spanish forces. La felicissime armada, so

termed. Account of the Spanish forces in their books. The

defeat of this fleet. News printed of the overthrow of the

English. Friars aboard the Spanish fleet. Litanies used for

their success. The English nation at first in a dreadful con-

sternation. A pasquil concerning the Spanish fleet set up at

Rome. Their defeat and miseries in Ireland. Sir Francis

Drake's letter of the victory, from aboard. Killigrew, am-

bassador, his letter to the States at this juncture. Rogers,

ambassador in Denmark, his service there. King Philip's

words when the bad news was first brought him. Public

thanksgivings. The queen rides in triumph to St. Paul's. A

thanksgiving prayer used. Exhortation to the people of Eng-

land to be upon their guard. The true cause of the queen's

taking up arms.

P. 1.

CHAP. XVI.

The Spaniards, after their overthrow, spread lying reports of

their victory. Books thereof printed in Spanish. One en-

titled, Advice from London. Sir Francis Drake's narrative

of this engagement. Don Pedro de Valdes, Drake's prisoner.

His examination: and ransom. His letter from Brussels

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