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CONTENTS
TO
THE FOURTH VOLUME.
CHAP. XXIII.
EDWARD V. AND RICHARD III.
Page
Edward V....State of the Court.... The Earl of Rivers arrested.... Duke of
Gloucester Protector....Execution of Lord Hastings.... The Protector
aims at the Crown.... assumes the Crown.... Murder of Edward V. and
of the Duke of York.... Richard III....Duke of Buckingham discon-
tented....The Earl of Richmond........... Buckingham executed....Inva-
sion by the Earl of Richmond....Battle of Bosworth.... Death, and
Character of Richard III
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CHAP. XXIV.
HENRY VII.
Aecession of Henry VII.....His Title to the Crown.... King's Prejudice
against the House of York.... His joyful Reception in London.... His
Coronation....Sweating Sickness....A Parliament....Entail of the
Crown....King's Marriage.... An Insurrection.... Discontents of the
People.... Lambert Simnel.... Revolt of Ireland....Intrigues of the
Duchess of Burgundy.... Lambert Simnel invades England....Battle
of Stoke...................................................................................................................
CHAP. XXV.
State of Foreign Affairs....State of Scotland....of Spain....of the Low Coun
tries....of France....of Britanny.... French Invasion of Britanny....
French Embassy to England.... Dissimulation of the French Court....An
Insurrection in the North....suppressed.......... King sends Forces into Bri-
tanny....Annexation of Britanny to France....A Parliament.... War
with France.... Invasion of France.... Peace with France....Perkin
Warbec.... His Imposture....He is avowed by the Duchess of Burgundy,
and by many of the English Nobility.... Trial and Execution of Stanley
. A Parliament.................................
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CHAP. XXVI.
Perkin retires to Scotland.... Insurrection in the West....Battle of Blackheath
....Truce with Scotland.... Perkin taken Prisoner.... Perkin executed
....The Earl of Warwic executed.... Marriage of Prince Arthur with
Catherine of Arragon.... His Death......Marriage of the Princess Mar-
garet with the King of Scotland....Oppressions of the People....A Par-
liament....Arrival of the King of Castile.... Intrigues of the Earl of
Suffolk....Sickness of the King.... His Death, and Character.... His
CHAP. XXVII.
HENRY VIII.
Popularity of the new King.... His Ministers.... Punishment of Empson
and Dudley.... King's Marriage.... Foreign Affairs....Julius II....
League of Cambray.... War with France.... Expedition to Fontarabia
....Deceit of Ferdinand.... Return of the English ....Leo X....A Par·
liament.... War with Scotland.... Wolsey Minister.... His Character
....Invasion of France.... Battle of Guinegate.... Battle of Flouden....
Peace with France....................... ................................................. 129
CHAP. XXVIII.
Wolsey's Administration....Scotch Affairs.... Progress of Francis I....Jea-
lousy of Henry.... Tournay delivered to France....Wolsey appointed
Legate... His Manner of exercising that Office.... Death of the Emperor
Maximilian.... Charles King of Spain chosen Emperor.... Interview be-
tween Henry and Francis near Calais.... The Emperor Charles arrives
in England.... Mediation of Henry.... Trial and Condemnation of the
Duke of Buckingham
CHAP. XXIX.
sigression concerning the Ecclesiastical State.... Origin of the Reformation
....Martin Luther.... Henry receives the Title of Defender of the
Faith....Causes of the Progress of the Reformation....War with
France.... Invasion of France.... War with Scotland....A Parliament
....Invasion of France.... Italian Wars....The King of France invades
Italy....Battle of Pavia and Captivity of Francis.... Francis recovers hie
Liberty....Sack of Rome....League with France .......................................................... 187
CHAP. XXX.
Scruples concerning the King's Marriage.... The King enters into these
Scruples....Anne Boleyn.......Heury applies to the Pope for a Divorce
....The Pope favourable....The Emperor threatens him.... The Pope's
ambiguous Conduct.... The Cause evoked to Rome.... Wolsey's Fall....
Commencement of the Reformation in England........ Foreign Affairs....
Wolsey's Death....A Parliament.... Progress of the Reformation....
A Parliament.......... King's final Breach with Rome.......... A Parliament........ 223
CHAP. XXXI.
Religious Principles of the People......of the King....of the Ministers....
Farther Progress of the Reformation.... Sir Thomas More.... The Maid
of Kent....Trial and Execution of Fisher, Bishop of Rochester....of Sir
Thomas More ....King excommunicated.... Death of Queen Catherine
.... Suppression of the lesser Monasteries....A Parliament....A Convo-
cation....Translation of the Bible....Disgrace of Queen Anne....Her
Trial, and Execution....A Parliament....A Convocation.... Discontents
among the People.......... Insurrection........ Birth of Prince Edward, and Death
of Queen Jane....Suppression of the greater Monasteries.......... Cardinal
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CHAP. XXXII.
Disputation with Lambert....A Parliament....Law of the Six Articles....
Proclamations made equal to Laws....Settlement of the Succession....
King's Projects of Marriage.......... He marries Anne of Cleves.... He dislikes
her....A Parliament.... Fall of Cromwel.... His Execution.... King's
Divorce from Anne of Cleves....His Marriage with Catherine Howard
....State of Affairs in Scotland.......... Discovery of the Queen's dissolute Life
....A Parliament.... Ecclesiastical Affairs............................................................ 329