Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1839 edition. Excerpt: ... church party, and his promotion to the see of London. Bancroft enjoyed queen Elizabeth's favour, and attended her during her last illness. At the commencement of James's reign, he was one of the chief commissioners on behalf of the church, at the famous Hampton-court conference between the bishops and the presbyterian ministers, and took a leading part in the disputations. On the death of Whitgift, in 1603, Bancroft was advanced to the see of Canterbury, and in 1610, he succeeded the earl of Dorset as chancellor of Oxford. He died in 1612, at Lambeth palace, and left his library to his successors for ever. He was a strict disciplinarian, a powerful preacher and speaker, of high moral courage, and possessed of sound and extensive learning. 36.--William, first Prince of Orange, Was born about the year 1533. He was among the first to head the insurrection in the Low Countries, which eventually succeeded in throwing off the yoke of the Spanish government. He fell by the hand of an assassin, in 1584, said to have been instigated to the deed by the court of Spain. 37.--Thomas Ratcliff, Earl of Sussex, The son of Henry Ratcliff, earl of Sussex, a general in the army of queen Mary. The son is not prominent in English history; the chief public events in which he distinguished himself being, first, the negociation of the marriage articles between queen Elizabeth and John of Austria, which is supposed to have been mere illusion, to conceal other projects; and secondly, when he had the command of the English army against the Scots. This nobleman, however, was remarkable for political ability and penetration, as well as for military talent; and there is reason to believe that his opinions had great weight with the queen's council, in many very...