OF

MODERN EUROPE,

WITH AN ACCOUNT OF

THE DECLINE AND FALL

OF THE

ROMAN EMPIRE:

OF THE MODERN

AND

A VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF SOCIETY, FROM THE
KINGDOMS, TO THE PEACE
OF PARIS, IN 1763.

IN A SERIES OF LETTERS

BY WILLIAM RUSSELL, L. L. D.

SECOND AMERICAN EDITION, CAREFULLY CORRECTED.

VOL. III.

RISE

PHILADELPHIA :

PRINTED FOR WILLIAM YOUNG BIRCH AND ABRAHAM SMALL,

BY JOHN BIOREN.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

OF THE

THIRD VOLUME

OF

THE HISTORY OF MODERN EUROPE.

PART I.

FROM THE RISE OF THE MODERN KINGDOMS TO THE PEACE

OF WESTPHALIA, IN 1648.

LETTER LXIX.

A general View of the Transactions of Europe, from the Death

of Charles IX. in 1574. to the Accession of Henry IV. the

first King of the Branch of Bourbon, to the Throne of France

in 1589; including the Rise of the Republic of Holland, the

unhappy Catastrophe of Don Sebastian King of Portugal, the

Execution of Mary Queen of Scots, and the Defeat of the

Spanish Armada.

A. D.

Page.

1574 ACCESSION of Henry III. of France

1

He attempts to restore the royal authority by acting as

umpire between the Protestants and Catholics

2

1575 The king of Navarre places himself at the head of the Pro-

testants

ibid.

1576 They obtain advantageous conditions

1577 Are threatened by the famous Catholic League,
headed by the Duke of Guise

Philip II. of Spain declares himself protector
league

His motive for so doing

Retrospective view of the civil wars in the Low Coun-

tries

ibid.

The Flemish sea-adventurers make themselves masters

of the Brille[A. D. 1572.]

5

The provinces of Holland and Zealand throw off the Spa-

nish yoke; and William prince of Orange, by forming

the revolted towns into a league, lays the foundation of

the republic of the United Provinces

5

The

3

which is
ibid.
of that
ibid.

4