. The book of similitudes: . y perish-ed. Great rejoicings were ordered to be made atRome on the occasion, and in the meantime, theReformers took up arms in defence of their of 70,000 were slaughtered in Paris alone,and the massacre extended into other parts of thekingdom. After the death of Mary, in 1558, Elizabeth,daughter of Henry VIII, ascended the throne,and under her reign the kingdom attained a higherprosperity than it had ever known before, andEngland and Spain were considered the mostpowerful nations in Europe. Elizabeth being a Pro-testant, Philip, king of Spain, determ
. The book of similitudes: . y perish-ed. Great rejoicings were ordered to be made atRome on the occasion, and in the meantime, theReformers took up arms in defence of their of 70,000 were slaughtered in Paris alone,and the massacre extended into other parts of thekingdom. After the death of Mary, in 1558, Elizabeth,daughter of Henry VIII, ascended the throne,and under her reign the kingdom attained a higherprosperity than it had ever known before, andEngland and Spain were considered the mostpowerful nations in Europe. Elizabeth being a Pro-testant, Philip, king of Spain, determined to conquerEngland, and in three years prepared 130 ships,called the Invincible Armada. It was defeated, andout of 30,000 men, only 6,000 returned to Spain. In 1584, Queen Elizabeth granted to Sir WalterRaleigh the right to possess and govern remotecountries. Raleigh immediately sent over two shipsto America, and took possession of a part of thecountry, and named it Virginia. MODERN HISTORY. 383 A, D, 1600 to A, D, SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. 7n ^
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