The British nation a history / by George MWrong . pmmm s E A *\\ I-« castle their own expense. Inthe face of foreignaggression even deepreligious differenceswere half forgotten,and the Spaniards, hadthey landed, wouldhave been met at everystep by dogged obsti-nacy that must haveproved fatal to is doubtful thatLord Howard of Ef-fingham, who led theEnglish on the sea,was a Roman Catholic;it is not doubtful thatEnglishmen of thatfaith stood by theirqueen in the hour oftrial, and that the pa-triotism aroused by theArmada finally ruinedthe Roman Catholic: cause in England. Elizabeth had no
The British nation a history / by George MWrong . pmmm s E A *\\ I-« castle their own expense. Inthe face of foreignaggression even deepreligious differenceswere half forgotten,and the Spaniards, hadthey landed, wouldhave been met at everystep by dogged obsti-nacy that must haveproved fatal to is doubtful thatLord Howard of Ef-fingham, who led theEnglish on the sea,was a Roman Catholic;it is not doubtful thatEnglishmen of thatfaith stood by theirqueen in the hour oftrial, and that the pa-triotism aroused by theArmada finally ruinedthe Roman Catholic: cause in England. Elizabeth had no enthusiasm for Protestant doctrine,and was resolved to destroy both Protestant and RomanEUzabeths Catholic opposition to her policy. She re-poHcy towards formed, but would not abolish, the old eccle-Protestant non- giastical System, which still included ffovern- conformity. ^ t ? ^ t i ment by bishops and the use, in public wor-ship, of the surplice and other vestments and of writtenprayers. Many wished radical changes, and denounced. The Map represents the Proportion ofCatholics at the Present Time. Englands overwhelming Protestantism datesfrom the time of the Armada. 316 THE BRITISH NxiTIOX the retention of so mucli that helonged to Eorae. In the Mar-prelate tracts, issued during the reign by theextreme Protestant party, already called the Puritans,the convocation of the clergy was called a house ofdevils, and the Archbishoj) of Canterbury, Beelzebub,the chief of the devils. A pleasantry of the time was tocall Anglican doctors of divinity doctors of , the leader of the party in the Church whichfavoured Presbyterianism, pronounced worthy of deaththe so-called heretics who opposed him, and showedwhat might be expected if his party got the upjjer Puritans remained within the Church in the hopeof completing further reforms, but some withdrew. EobertBrowne, a relative of Cecil, was the leader of the mostimportant group of these Separatists. It is not
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