THE

HISTORY

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ENGLAND.

Written in FRENCH by

M. RAPIN DE THOYRAS.

Translated into ENGLISH, with Additional Notes, by

N. TINDA L, M. A.

and

Rector of ALVERSTOKE, in HAMPSHIRE,
Chaplain of the Royal Hofpital at GREENWICH.

ILLUSTRATED WITH

MAPS, GENEALOGICAL TABLES, and the HEADS
and MONUMENTS of the KINGS.

The FOURTH EDITION, corrected

VO L. VIII.

LONDON:

Printed, by Affignment from Mr. KNAPTON, for
T. OSBORNE, J. ROBINSON, H. WOODFALL, W. STRAHAN,
J.RIVINGTON, J. WARD, R. BALDWIN, W. OWEN, W. JOHN-
STON, J. RICHARDSON, P. DAVEY and B. LAW, G. KEITH,
T. LONGMAN, T. FIELD, T. CASLON, S. CROWDER and
Co. H. WOODGATE, M. COOPER, and C. WARE.

MDCCLVIII.

THE

HISTORY

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ENGLAND.

BOOK XVIII.

The Reign of JAMES I. Containing the Space of two and twenty Years, and three Days.

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24. JAMES I.

March

24.

LIZABETH had no fooner breathed her laft, but the 1603. council met to consult about the measures that were The council to be taken in the prefent juncture. The queen, who proclaim had delayed to name her fucceffor till the end of her James I. days, at laft declared, the king of Scotland was to afcend the Wilfon. throne of England after her, and it was not doubted but her Stow. will agreed with this declaration. So, the council deemed it neceffary, before all things, to be affured of it, by perufing the will, which was immediately opened, and found to confirm what the queen had declared by word of mouth. The Act. Pub. king of Scotland had therefore in his perfón a threefold right, xvi. p. 454. which rendered his title indifputable. The first was what is