HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES I. ΤΟ THE OUTBREAK OF THE CIVIL WAR 1603-1642 BY SAMUEL R. GARDINER, LL.D. HONORARY STUDENT OF CHRIST CHURCH PROFESSOR OF MODERN HISTORY AT KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON; CORRESPONDING THE ROYAL BOHEMIAN SOCIETY OF SCIENCES IN TEN VOLUMES VOL. II. 1607-1616 THIRD EDITION LONDON LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. AND NEW YORK: 15 EAST 16th STREET 1889 All rights reserved PREFACE TO THE SECOND VOLUME. THE transcripts of Spanish despatches which Mr. COSENS has kindly allowed me to use have been found to be even more valuable than I had expected, and have enabled me to add considerably to my knowledge of the relations between the King and the Spanish Government. My own copies taken at Simancas, with some others from various sources, have been deposited in the Museum Library, and will be found in Additional MSS. 31,111-2 367743 |