10. Francis Drake's Voyage to Panama. 1572 448 11. The Seizure of Brill, and the Massacre of St. Bartholomew. 1572 449 12. The Growth of the Dutch Republic. 1572-1578 449 13. Quiet Times in England. 1572-1577 450 14. Drake's Voyage. 1577-1580 450 15. Ireland and the Reformation. 1547 451 16. Ireland under Edward VI. and Mary. 1547-1558 451 17. Elizabeth and Ireland. 1558-1578 452 18. The Landing at Smerwick, and the Desmond Rising. 1579-1583 452 19. The Jesuits in England. 1580 453 20. The Recusancy Laws. 1581 454 21. Growing Danger of Elizabeth. 1580-1584 454 22. The Association. 1584-1585 456 23. Growth of Philip's Power. 1584-1585 456 24. Babington's Plot, and the Trial of Mary Stuart. 1586 457 25. Execution of Mary Stuart. 1587 458 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 PART VI _THE PURITAN REVOLUTION._ 1603-1660 CHAPTER XXXI JAMES I. 1603-1625