. A history of mediaeval and modern Europe for secondary schools. 1586, Mary was accused of beingprivy to what was known as k Babingtons Conspiracy forthe murder of Elizabeth. It is probable that she was an outraged captive she was possibly justified in usingany possible means to secure her liberty and rights, but thereal question was whether this daughter of discord was tocontinue to be the center of conspiracies against the wholepeace of England. Elizabeth hesitated long in ordering theshedding of royal blood, but at last her ministers induced herto sign the warrant; then they had
. A history of mediaeval and modern Europe for secondary schools. 1586, Mary was accused of beingprivy to what was known as k Babingtons Conspiracy forthe murder of Elizabeth. It is probable that she was an outraged captive she was possibly justified in usingany possible means to secure her liberty and rights, but thereal question was whether this daughter of discord was tocontinue to be the center of conspiracies against the wholepeace of England. Elizabeth hesitated long in ordering theshedding of royal blood, but at last her ministers induced herto sign the warrant; then they had it executed without herknowledge. Mary was beheaded in 1587. 148. The Spanish Armada. The death of Mary, however,seemed to simplify the task of Philip. Hitherto, if he hadcrushed Elizabeth, he would only have won a throne for , however, there were some distant claims upon theEnglish crown which he could revive for his own family, andmight would make them right. Besides, Elizabeth of late hadbeen sending decidedly active succor to his Netherland WILLIAM THE SILENT Founder of the Dutch RepublicBorn 1533 Died 1584 THE AGE OF PHILIP AND ELIZABETH 267 Conquering England would be the first step to regaining theLow Countries. By 1588, — after many delays, — a hugearmament was ready in the ports of Spain for the reducing ofEngland. If it had been a matter of land fighting, Philip mightwell have expected triumph. His soldiers and generals wereundoubtedly the best in the world; but the Spaniards had nevertaken very eagerly to the sea. Their ships were unwieldy,slow, and built for boarding warfare rather than cannonading;their crews intended for land service quite as much as forpurely naval warfare. On the other hand, under Elizabethhad developed the true English sea-power; a small but efficientnavy of swift, handy, and heavily armed ships, and, betterstill, a race of hardy sea-dogs, — captains and men, — wholike Sir Francis Drake had raided the Spanish West Indie
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