Of which the
number of soldiers, the fearful burden of their ships, the commanders'
names of every squadron, with all others, their magazines of provision,
were put in print, as an army and navy irresistible and disdaining
prevention; with all which their great and terrible ostentation, they
did not in all their sailing round about England so much as sink or take
one ship, barque, pinnace, or cock-boat of ours, or even burn so much as
one sheep-cote on this land."
[5] Strype, and the notes to the Life of Drake, in the _Biographia
Britannica_.
HENRY OF NAVARRE ACCEPTS CATHOLICISM
HE IS ACKNOWLEDGED KING OF FRANCE
A.D. 1593
MAXIMILIEN DE BETHUNE, DUC DE SULLY
Few periods in French history are of greater interest and importance
than that of which Sully treats in the following pages. Henry of
Navarre is regarded by the French people as the most brilliant of
all their kings in personal qualities and achievements; and his
great accomplishment of ending the terrible religious wars of his
country is one of the most conspicuous of the happier results in
modern annals. Sully, whose account of these matters stands alone
among those of contemporary narrators, was the friend and companion
of Henry of Navarre, with whom he served in the wars.
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