57

IV. THE SPANISH MATCH 81

V. ELIZABETH IN THE TOWER 100

VI. ACCESSION TO THE THRONE 120

VII. THE WAR IN SCOTLAND 141

VIII. ELIZABETH'S LOVERS 161

IX. PERSONAL CHARACTER 187

X. THE INVINCIBLE ARMADA 208

XI. THE EARL OF ESSEX 232

XII. THE CONCLUSION 260

ENGRAVINGS.

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PORTRAIT OF DRAKE _Frontispiece._

PORTRAIT OF HENRY VIII 16

PORTRAIT OF ANNE BOLEYN 20

GROUP OF CHRISTENING GIFTS 25

TOWER OF LONDON 31

PORTRAIT OF EDWARD VI. 44

LADY JANE GREY AT STUDY 63

PORTRAIT OF PHILIP OF SPAIN 84

ELIZABETH IN THE TOWER 112

ELIZABETH'S PROGRESS TO LONDON 135

THE FIRTH OF FORTH, WITH LEITH AND EDINBURGH
IN THE DISTANCE 156

LEICESTER 169

THE BARGES ON THE RIVER 182

PORTRAIT OF QUEEN ELIZABETH 203

THE INVINCIBLE ARMADA 229

THE HOUSE OF THE EARL OF ESSEX 242

ELIZABETH IN HER LAST HOURS 270

HEAD OF JAMES I. 275

ELIZABETH'S TOMB 279

QUEEN ELIZABETH

CHAPTER I.

ELIZABETH'S MOTHER.

1533-1536

Greenwich.--The hospital.--Its inmates.--Greenwich
Observatory.--Manner of taking time.--Henry the Eighth.--His
character.--His six wives.--Anne Boleyn.--Catharine of Aragon.--Henry
discards her.--Origin of the English Church.--Henry marries Anne
Boleyn.--Birth of Elizabeth.--Ceremony of christening.--Baptism of
Elizabeth.--Grand procession.--Train-bearers.