CHAPTER V French intrigue against Mary--England at war with France--Battle of St. Quintin--Philip’s tardiness--The English contingent--The loss of Calais--Feria goes to England--His negotiations--Condition of England--The English fleet used by Philip--Philip and Elizabeth--Negotiations for peace--Death of Mary--Plans for Elizabeth’s marriage--Peace of Cateau Cambresis--Philip’s policy in England.....53 CHAPTER VI Philip’s plan for a French alliance--His marriage with Elizabeth de Valois--Philip’s embarrassments in the Netherlands--De Granvelle--Philip’s departure from Flanders--Condition of affairs in Spain--The Spanish Church--Death of Paul IV.--The Inquisition--Bartolomé de Carranza--Philip’s arrival and routine in Spain--The auto de fé at Valladolid.....64 CHAPTER VII Arrival of Elizabeth de Valois in Spain--Her influence over Philip--Position of affairs in France--War with England--Philip’s attitude towards France--Death of Francis II.--Spanish disaster at Los Gelves--Position of Spain in the Mediterranean Page 79 CHAPTER VIII Don Carlos--His relations with Elizabeth de Valois--French intrigues for his marriage--His illness--The Cortes of Aragon--Jeanne d’Albret and Henry of Navarre--The Council of Trent and the Inquisition--Philip and the pope--Renewed struggles with the Turks--Siege of Malta.....88 CHAPTER IX Troubles in the Netherlands--Granvelle’s unpopularity--William of Orange and Egmont--Their resignation and protest--Margaret of Parma--Assembly of the Chapter of the Golden Fleece--Riots at Valenciennes--Discontent of the Flemish nobles--They retire from government--Granvelle’s dismissal--The maladministration of the States--Egmont’s mission to Spain--Philip’s policy in the States--The Beggars--Orange’s action--Philip determines to exterminate heresy in the States--Philip’s projected voyage thither.....99 CHAPTER X Renewed contest between Philip and the papacy--Condition of Don Carlos--His arrest and imprisonment--Philip’s explanations--Carlos’ last illness and death--Death of Elizabeth de Valois--The interviews of Bayonne and the Catholic League--Catharine de Medici--Philip face to face with Protestantism--Philip and the Moriscos--Rising of the Moriscos--Deza at Granada--Don Juan of Austria--Expulsion of the Moriscos from Andalucia.....115 CHAPTER XI Philip and England--Elizabeth seizes his treasure--Spanish plots against her--Philip and the northern rebellion--The excommunication of Elizabeth--Ridolfi’s plot--Philip’s hesitancy--Prohibition of English trade with Spain--Its futility--Alba’s retirement from Flanders--Philip’s responsibility for Alba’s proceedings--The tenth penny--Philip’s disapproval--Orange’s approaches to the French.....136 CHAPTER XII