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...which revolutions and great fanatic movements were not only frequent but popular. But the preparations received their final stimulus from the execution of Mary, Queen of Scotts. Before her death she had bequeathed her right to the English crown to Philip II., now king of Spain. The assistance which the revolted Netherlands had received from the English still further roused the Spaniards against them...
Queen Elizabeth tried every means in her power to avert the threatening invasion. Again and again English and Spanish ambassadors met, but to no purpose. When Admirable Blake inflicted a severe blow upon the Spanish-navy, the queen immediately sent messages of apology to Spain, although the very ships that Drake had destroyed were intended for England's conquest. The people of England, however, were far more ready and willing to face the danger. In spite of the meagre appropriations of the government a fleet was built and an army organized...
...partially destroyed by the English. Little hope now remained of joining Parma; much less of conquering England. Their one care now was to get home. But to return the way they had come was impossible. Hence they must make their way around Great Britain and so home to Spain. When they got to Scotland the English stopped their harassing warrare and returned home. Thus during the rest of the vovage the Spaniards had to contend against the elements alone; but these were as destructive as the enemy, for only fifty ships and ten thousand men returned to Spain...
...library of Yale university has been presented by J, S. Morgan with a copy of the Fac-Similes of Manuscripts Relative to America from 1763 to 1783, in the archives of England, France, Holland and Spain. Two hundred copies only of the work will be printed and the plates will be destroyed as quickly as the complete work is issued. The work will comprise 100 volumes, the cost is $2,500, and ten years will be required to complete...
...intermediaries between the peoples of the ancient world, the founders of ocean commerce, the bearers of culture from the Euphrates valley to the Pillars of Hercules. The Syrians introduced the Arabs to the study of Greek science and philosophy; the Arabs in their turn planted schools of philosophy in Spain which became centers of illumination for medieval Europe. The Jews have been in the front rank of commerce and culture ever since they were driven from their land by the Romans in the first century of the era; they have shown, as they have shown today a surprising power...