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CONTENTS

OF THE THIRD VOLUME

XXIV HENRY VII

Accession of Henry VII. — His title to the crown — King’s prejudice against the house of York — His joyful reception in London — His coronation — Sweating sickness — A parliament — Entail of the crown — King’s marriage — An insurrection — Discontents of the people — Lambert Simnel — Revolt of Ireland — Intrigues of the dutchess of Burgundy — Lambert Simnel invades England — Battle of Stoke

XXV

State of foreign affairs — State of Scotland — of Spain — of the Low Countries — of France — of Britanny — French invasion of Britanny — French embassy to England — Dissimulation of the French court — An insurrection in the North — suppressed — King sends forces into Britanny — Annexation of Britanny to France — A parliament — War with France — Invasion of France — Peace with France — Perkin Warbec — His imposture — He is avowed by the dutchess of Burgundy — and by many of the English nobility — Trial and execution of Stanley — A parliament

XXVI

Perkin retires to Scotland — Insurrection in the west — Battle of Blackheath — Truce with Scotland — Perkin taken prisoner — Perkin executed — The earl of Warwic executed — Marriage of prince Arthur with Catharine of Arragon — His death — Marriage of the princess Margaret with the king of Scotland — Oppressions of the people — A parliament — Arrival of the king of Castile — Intrigues of the earl of Suffolk — Sickness of the king — His death — and character — His laws

XXVII HENRY VIII

Popularity of the new king — His ministers — Punishment of Empson and Dudley — King’s marriage — Foreign affairs — Julius the second — League of Cambray — War with France — Expedition to Fontarabia — Deceit of Ferdinand — Return of the English — Leo the Tenth — A parliament — War with Scotland — Wolsey minister — His character — Invasion of France — Battle of Guinegate — Battle of Flouden — Peace with France

XXVIII

Wolsey’s administration — Scotch affairs — Progress of Francis I. — Jealousy of Henry — Tournay delivered to France — Wolsey appointed legate — His manner of exercising that office — Death of the emperor Maximilian — Charles, king of Spain, chosen emperor — Interview between Henry and Francis near Calais — The emperor Charles arrives in England — Mediation of Henry — Trial and condemnation of the duke of Buckingham

XXIX

Digression concerning the ecclesiastical state — Origin of the reformation — Martin Luther — Henry receives the title of defender of the faith — Causes of the progress of the reformation — War with France — Invasion of France — War with Scotland — A parliament — Invasion of France — Italian wars — The king of France invades Italy — Battle of Pavia and Captivity of Francis — Francis recovers his liberty — Sack of Rome — League with France

XXX

Scruples concerning the king’s marriage — The king enters into these scruples — Anne Boleyn — Henry applies to the pope for a divorce — The pope favourable — The emperor threatens him — The pope’s ambiguous conduct — The cause evoked to Rome — Wolsey’s fall — Commencement of the reformation in England — Foreign affairs — Wolsey’s death — A parliament — Progress of the reformation — A parliament — King’s final breach with Rome — A parliament

XXXI

Religious principles of the people — of the king — of the ministers — Farther progress of the reformation — Sir Thomas More — The maid of Kent — Trial and execution of Fisher, bishop of Rochester — of Sir Thomas More — King excommunicated — Death of Queen Catherine — Suppression of the lesser monasteries — A parliament — A convocation — Translation of the Bible — Disgrace of Queen Anne — Her trial — and execution — A parliament — A convocation — Discontents among the people — Insurrection — Birth of prince Edward and death of Queen Jane — Suppression of the greater monasteries — Cardinal Pole

XXXII

Disputation with Lambert — A parliament — Law of the six articles — Proclamations made equal to laws — Settlement of the succession — King’s projects of marriage — He marries Anne of Cleves — He dislikes her — A parliament — Fall of Cromwel — His execution — King’s divorce from Anne of Cleves — His marriage with Catherine Howard — State of affairs in Scotland — Discovery of the Queen’s dissolute life — A parliament — Ecclesiastical affairs

XXXIII

War with Scotland — Victor at Solway — Death of James V. — Treaty with Scotland — New rupture — Rupture with France — A parliament — Affairs of Scotland — A parliament — Campaign in France — A parliament — Peace with France and Scotland — Persecutions — Execution of the earl of Surrey — Attainder of the duke of Norfolk — Death of the king — His character — Miscellaneous transactions

XXXIV EDWARD VI

State of the regency — Innovations in the regency — Hertford protector — Reformation completed — Gardiner’s opposition — Foreign affairs — Progress of the reformation in Scotland — Assassination of cardinal Beaton — Conduct of the war with Scotland — Battle of Pinkey — A parliament — Farther progress of the reformation — Affairs of Scotland — Young queen of Scots sent into France — Cabals of lord Seymour — Dudley earl of Warwic — A parliament — Attainder of lord Seymour — His execution — Ecclesiastical affairs

XXXV

Discontents of the people — Insurrections — Conduct of the war with Scotland — with France — Factions in the council — Conspiracy against Somerset — Somerset resigns the protectorship — A parliament — Peace with France and Scotland — Boulogne surrendered — Persecution of Gardiner — Warwic created duke of Northumberland — His ambition — Trial of Somerset — His execution — A parliament — A new parliament — Succession changed — The king’s sickness — and death

XXXVI MARY

Lady Jane Gray proclaimed queen — Deserted by the people — The queen proclaimed and acknowledged — Northumberland executed — Catholic religion restored — A parliament — Deliberations with regard to the queen’s marriage — Queen’s marriage with Philip — Wyat’s insurrection — Suppressed — Execution of Lady Jane Gray — A parliament — Philip’s arrival in England

XXXVII

Reasons for and against Toleration — Persecutions — A parliament — The queen’s extortions — The emperor resigns his crown — Execution of Cranmer — War with France — Battle of St. Quintin — Calais taken by the French — Affairs of Scotland — Marriage of the Dauphin and the queen of Scots — A parliament — Death of the queen