Excerpt: ...faith and for his kinswoman. The Turks are quiet. The Church was never stronger or more united. Part of Italy is under the Catholic King; the rest is in league with his Holiness. The revolt in the Low Countries is all but crushed. The sea provinces are on the point of surrendering. If they give up the contest their harbours will be at our service for the invasion. If not, the way to conquer them is to conquer England. 'I need not urge how much it imports his Holiness to undertake this glorious work. He, ...
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Excerpt: ...faith and for his kinswoman. The Turks are quiet. The Church was never stronger or more united. Part of Italy is under the Catholic King; the rest is in league with his Holiness. The revolt in the Low Countries is all but crushed. The sea provinces are on the point of surrendering. If they give up the contest their harbours will be at our service for the invasion. If not, the way to conquer them is to conquer England. 'I need not urge how much it imports his Holiness to undertake this glorious work. He, supremely wise as he is, knows that from this Jezebel and her supporters come all the perils which disturb the Christian world. He knows that heretical depravity and all other miseries can only end when this woman is chastised. Reverence for his Holiness and love for my afflicted country force me to speak. I submit to his most holy judgment myself and my advice.' Pg 157 The most ardent Catholic apologist will hardly maintain, in the face of this document, that the English Jesuits and seminary priests were the innocent missionaries of religion which the modern enemies of Elizabeth's Government describe them. Father Parsons, the writer of it, was himself the leader and director of the Jesuit invasion, and cannot be supposed to have misrepresented the purpose for which they had been sent over. The point of special interest is the account which he gives of the state of parties and general feeling in the English people. Was there that wide disposition to welcome an invading army in so large a majority of the nation? The question is supposed to have been triumphantly answered three years later, when it is asserted that the difference of creed was forgotten, and Catholics and Protestants fought side by side for the liberties of England. But, in the first place, the circumstances were changed. The Queen of Scots no longer lived, and the success of the Armada implied a foreign sovereign. But, next, the experiment was not tried. The battle was fought at sea, ...
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Add this copy of English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century to cart. $14.55, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2010 by Book Jungle.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 650grams, ISBN:
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 600grams, ISBN:
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 800grams, ISBN:
Add this copy of English Seamen in the Xvith Century to cart. $19.95, good condition, Sold by Folded Corner Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Endicott, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1895 by Charles Scribners Sons.
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Used: Good. No Dustjacket. Size: 5.25 x 7.75 x 1; Type: Book 1895/1st Edition/No Dustjacket/228 Pages Plus 4 Pages Adverts. The author was a "Regius professor at Oxford University", and has written other texts, as well. The cover is "Very Good", with some inside hinge wear. The pages are clean, soft, and white, without any writing or marking in the text. There is a prior bookseller's note on the FEP, and one inside upper corner has been folded, & returned. there is a sticker on the lower inside rear cover, near the spine. A great historical text.
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Good in No D/J jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. No D/J, cover has v/slight shelf wear. The book is in good used condition. English Seaman in the Sixteenth Century as delivered in lectures at Oxford during the Easter Terms 1893-4 by JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE. You will receive the book seen in the image.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 650grams, ISBN:
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