CHAPTER XXX

ELIZABETH'S YEARS OF TRIUMPH. 1587-1603

1. The Singeing of the King of Spain's Beard. 1587 458

2. The Approach of the Armada. 1588 458

3. The Equipment of the Armada. 1588 459

4. The Equipment of the English Fleet. 1588 460

5. The Defeat of the Armada. 1588 462

6. The Destruction of the Armada. 1588 462

7. Philip II. and France. 1588-1593 464

8. Maritime Enterprises. 1589-1596 464

9. Increasing Prosperity 464

10. Buildings 465

11. Furniture 465

12. Growing Strength of the House of Commons 468

13. Archbishop Whitgift and the Court of High Commission. 1583 468

14. The House of Commons and Puritanism. 1584 470

15. The Separatists 470

16. Whitgift and Hooker 472

17. Spenser, Shakspere, and Bacon 473

18. Condition of the Catholics. 1588-1603 475

19. Irish Difficulties. 1583-1594 475

20. O'Neill and the Earl of Essex. 1595-1600 475

21. Essex's Imprisonment and Execution. 1599-1601 476

22. Mountjoy's Conquest of Ireland. 1600-1603 478

23. Parliament and the Monopolies. 1601 478

24. The Last Days of Elizabeth. 1601-1603 479