THE

HISTORY OF ENGLAND

FROM

The Invasion of Julius Cæsar

ΤΟ

THE ABDICATION OF JAMES THE SECOND,

1688.

BY DAVID HUME, ESQ.

A NEW EDITION,

WITH THE AUTHOR'S LAST CORRECTIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS.

TO WHICH IS PREFIXED

A SHORT ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE,

WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.

VOL. III.

BOSTON:

PHILLIPS, SAMPSON, AND COMPANY.

CONTENTS

OF THE THIRD VOLUME.

CHAPTER XXIV.

A. D.

HENRY VII.

1485. Accession of Henry VII.,

His Title to the Crown,

His Prejudice against the House of York,

His joyful Reception in London,

Sweating Sickness,

The King's Coronation,

A Parliament,

Entail of the Crown,

The King's Title confirmed by the Pope,

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Intrigues of the Duchess of Burgundy,

The Queen Dowager seized and confined in a Nunnery,

1487. Lambert Simnel invades England,

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The Duke of Orleans flies to Brittany,
French Invasion of Brittany,.

French Embassy to England,
Cautious Conduct of Henry,.
Dissimulation of the French Court,
The Bretons defeated at St. Aubin,
An Insurrection in the North,
Suppressed,..

1489. The King sends Forces into Brittany,

1491. Annexation of Brittany to France,

A Parliament,

1492. War with France,

Invasion of France,

Peace with France,

Perkin Warbec,

His Imposture, .

He is avowed by the Duchess of Burgundy,.

1493. He is avowed by many of the English Nobility,

The King's prudent Conduct,

1495. Trial and Execution of Stanley,.

Perkin approaches the Coast of Kent, and is repulsed,
A Parliament; some remarkable Laws enacted,
French Invasion of Italy,

CHAPTER XXVI.

The Earl of Warwick executed,.

Henry's Friendship is courted by foreign Powers, . .

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Marriage of the Princess Margaret with the King of Scot-