. The child's book of England. alled the idea of nationality first becamereally strong. Men were proud that theywere English, and they most valued the thingsthat they could claim as English. Of coursethe idea of the Catholic Church is that it isuniversal, a thing that belongs to the peopleof all nations, but the people of ElizabethanEngland began to think that the CatholicChurch was foreign and Spanish. A book, too,was published at this time which added to thepopular feeling against the Catholics. It wascalled Foxes Book of Martyrs. It told thestory of the burnings in the reign of QueenMary, a
. The child's book of England. alled the idea of nationality first becamereally strong. Men were proud that theywere English, and they most valued the thingsthat they could claim as English. Of coursethe idea of the Catholic Church is that it isuniversal, a thing that belongs to the peopleof all nations, but the people of ElizabethanEngland began to think that the CatholicChurch was foreign and Spanish. A book, too,was published at this time which added to thepopular feeling against the Catholics. It wascalled Foxes Book of Martyrs. It told thestory of the burnings in the reign of QueenMary, and it was eagerly read by the peopleall over the country. But though more andmore people, particularly in the towns, werebecoming Protestant, many still remainedCatholics, and their faith was stimulated byCatholic missionaries who came over from theContinent to administer the sacraments andto encourage the faithful. It is unfortunatelytrue that some of these missionaries plottedagainst the life of Queen Elizabeth, but most 112. TO SHAKESPEARE AND ELIZABETH of them were good and sincere men, and theywere all very brave, often suffering martyrdomfor their faith, exactly as the Protestantmartyrs had suffered in the reign of QueenMary. When Mary Stuart came into England, shewas at once regarded by some of the Catholicsas their leader, and there was danger that theremight be another war in England and thatElizabeth might be driven from the Mary Stuart was imprisoned in FotheringayCastle, and after some time was tried for treasonagainst Elizabeth and was beheaded. Eliza-beth was persuaded with great difficulty toconsent to the death of the beautiful andunfortunate Queen of Scotland, who was alsoher own cousin. Mary Stuart died verybravely. Do not weep for me, she saidto her ladies as she was going to the scaffold, and tell all my friends that I die a goodCatholic. For a long time. King Philip of Spain had been planning to attack England in order to add our country to his al
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