. The annals of England : an epitome of English history, from co[n]temporary writers, the rolls of Parliament, and other public records. t the battle of St. Elizabeth he was created, on the same day,first Lord Denbigh, then earl of Leicester, re-ceived many important posts, and was treatedwith such peculiar favour that she was gene-rally supposed to entertain a design of marry-ing him. In 1585 he was sent, with almost regal powers, into theLow Countries, but greatly injured their cause by his insolence andincapacity; yet in 1588 he was made generalissimo of the armyraised to oppose
. The annals of England : an epitome of English history, from co[n]temporary writers, the rolls of Parliament, and other public records. t the battle of St. Elizabeth he was created, on the same day,first Lord Denbigh, then earl of Leicester, re-ceived many important posts, and was treatedwith such peculiar favour that she was gene-rally supposed to entertain a design of marry-ing him. In 1585 he was sent, with almost regal powers, into theLow Countries, but greatly injured their cause by his insolence andincapacity; yet in 1588 he was made generalissimo of the armyraised to oppose the Spaniards. He died in the same year (Sept. 4),not without suspicion of poison. He professed an adherence to therigid doctrines of the Puritans, but was in truth an execrable cha-racter. He was three times married ; he was suspected of murderinghis first wife (Amy Robsart), whom he wedded June 4, 1550 ; andhe disowned the second (Lady Douglas Howard), but left by her ason, Sir Robert Dudley, who lived abroad, and, being a favourite ofthe emperor, Ferdinand II., styled himself duke of Northumberland ;he died at Florence in ELIZABETH. 255 had the active help of successive popes (particularlySixtus ), and of Philip of Spain, the most potentprince of his time. They made one feeble attempt atrebellion in England, but Ireland was for years the sceneof a desolating war, the funds for which were suppliedby Philip ; and he engaged in a futile attempt at theconquest of England; its result was the destruction ofhis fleet, and the exposure of his own shores to everyinjury that a naval war could inflictm. Elizabeth took a lively interest in the affairs of France,as well as in those of the Netherlands; and her help,though often grudgingly bestowed11, had a most import-ant effect in establishing Henry IV. on the throne, andin raising up the United Provinces. Scotland was somuch under her influence that it rather resembled aturbulent province of her realm than an independent 1 Piu
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