ROBERT DEVEREUX, SECOND EARL OF ESSEX.
(After a contemporary portrait in the collection
of the Earl of Verulam.)

THE YEAR AFTER
THE ARMADA

AND OTHER HISTORICAL STUDIES
BY MARTIN A. S. HUME, F.R.HIST.S.
EDITOR OF THE CALENDAR OF SPANISH STATE
PAPERS OF ELIZABETH (PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE)
AUTHOR OF "THE COURTSHIPS OF QUEEN ELIZABETH," ETC.

Dieu et mon droit

SECOND EDITION

"'There is no book so bad,' said the bachelor, 'but that
something good may be found in it.' 'There is no doubt of that,'
replied Don Quixote."—Don Quixote, pt. ii.

LONDON: T. FISHER UNWIN
PATERNOSTER SQUARE 1896

All rights reserved.

To
MY MOTHER.

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PREFACE.

Circumstances have led me to follow the courseof modern history into somewhat unfrequentedchannels, and in the pursuit of my main object itis occasionally my good fortune to come across apiece of unused or unfamiliar contemporaryinformation—some faded manuscript or forgottennewsletter—which seems to throw fresh light upon animportant period or an interesting personality of thepast. It is true that in some cases the mattersrecounted are not of any great historical significance,but even then there is generally some quaint glimpseto be caught of bygone manners or events whichredeems the document from worthlessness. Fromsuch treasure-trove as this, and from other sourceswhich have generally been overlooked or neglectedby English historians, the studies contained in thepresent book have been drawn; and it is hoped thatsome fresh knowledge as well as amusement may begained from them.

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If the reader is only half as much interested inperusing as I have been in writing them, I shallconsider myself very fortunate.

Some of the studies have already appeared inMagazines, but the principal portion of the bookis now printed for the first time.

MARTIN A. S. HUME.

LONDON, September, 1896.

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CONTENTS.

THE YEAR AFTER THE ARMADA

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