LONGMAN, GREEN, LONGMAN, ROBERTS, AND GREEN; HATCHARD AND CO.; S. BAGSTER AND SONS; J. AND
F. H. RIVINGTON; HAMILTON AND CO.; SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, AND CO.; W. H. ALLEN AND CO.;
WHITTAKER AND CO.; E. HODGSON; E. BUMPUS; J. BAIN; SMITH, ELDER, AND CO.; S. C. CAPES; J.
HEARNE; W. MORRISON AND SON; T. AND W. BOONE; BICKERS AND SON; WILLIS AND SOTHERAN ;
J. SNOW; L. BOOTH; J. WALLER; M. COOMES; TEGG AND CO.; VIRTUE BROTHERS AND CO.; ARTHUR
HALL AND CO.; J. CORNISH; E. P. WILLIAMS: AND DEIGHTON, BELL, AND CO.; AND MACMILLAN AND
CO., CAMBRIDGE: AND J. H. PARKER, OXFORD.

1864.

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CONTENTS OF VOL. IV

CHAPTER XLVI.

JAMES I.

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Gunpowder Conspiracy. - A Parliament. Truce between Spain and the United

Provinces. A Parliament. -Death of the French King. - Arminianism.

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Death of Prince Henry.-Marriage of the Princess Elizabeth with the Palatine.

Rise of Somerset. His Marriage. Overbury poisoned.

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- Fall of Somerset.

Rise of Buckingham. - Cautionary Towns delivered. - Affairs of Scotland .. 26

CHAPTER XLVIII.

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Sir Walter Raleigh's Expedition. - His Execution. Insurrections in Bohemia.

Loss of the Palatinate. - Negotiations with Spain. - A Parliament. - Parties.

Fall of Bacon.- Rupture between the King and the Commons. - Protestation of

the Commons

CHAPTER XLIX.

Negotiations with regard to the Marriage and the Palatinate. - Character of Buck-

ingham.-Prince's Journey to Spain. - Marriage Treaty broken. - A Parliament.

- Return of Bristol. - Rupture with Spain. - Treaty with France. -

Expedition.-Death of the King. - His Character

Civil Government of England during this Period.-Ecclesiastical Government.

Manners. Finances. - Navy. - Commerce.

A Parliament at Westminster. At Oxford. - Naval Expedition against Spain.

Second Parliament. - Impeachment of Buckingham. Violent Measures of the

Court. War with France.-Expedition to the Isle of Rhé