The general history of Spain from the first peopling of it by Tubal, till the death of King Ferdinand, who united the crowns of Castile and Aragon : with a continuation to the death of King Philip III / written in Spanish by the R.F.F. John de Mariana ; to which are added, two supplements, the first by F. Ferdinand Camargo y Salcedo, the other by F. Basil Varen de Soto, bringing it down to the present reign ; the whole translated from the Spanish by Capt. John Stevens.

About this Item

Title: The general history of Spain from the first peopling of it by Tubal, till the death of King Ferdinand, who united the crowns of Castile and Aragon : with a continuation to the death of King Philip III / written in Spanish by the R.F.F. John de Mariana ; to which are added, two supplements, the first by F. Ferdinand Camargo y Salcedo, the other by F. Basil Varen de Soto, bringing it down to the present reign ; the whole translated from the Spanish by Capt. John Stevens.
Author: Mariana, Juan de, 1535-1624.
Publication: London :: Printed for Richard Sare ... and Thomas Bennet ...,; 1699.
Rights/Permissions: To the extent possible under law, the Text Creation Partnership has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above, according to the terms of the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). This waiver does not extend to any page images or other supplementary files associated with this work, which may be protected by copyright or other license restrictions. Please go to http://www.textcreationpartnership.org/ for more information.
Subject terms: Spain -- History.
Link to this Item: http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A51926.0001.001
Cite this Item: "The general history of Spain from the first peopling of it by Tubal, till the death of King Ferdinand, who united the crowns of Castile and Aragon : with a continuation to the death of King Philip III / written in Spanish by the R.F.F. John de Mariana ; to which are added, two supplements, the first by F. Ferdinand Camargo y Salcedo, the other by F. Basil Varen de Soto, bringing it down to the present reign ; the whole translated from the Spanish by Capt. John Stevens." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A51926.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 24, 2025.

Pages

Anno 1593.

King Henry of Navarre seemed now inclined to embrace the Catholick Religion, and desired to be absolv'd of the Ecclesiastical Censures. The Duke of Nemours sent by him to Rome to this effect, used his utmost Endeavours to obtain it of the Pope, who appear'd very rigid, and much blamed the Archbishop of Bourges, who had absolved him in France, fearing his Conversion was only feigned, but the contrary appear'd afterwards.

King Philip by his Agents now labour'd hard in France that the King of Navarre, for * 1.1 his Religion might be excluded the Succession, and he himself elected in his stead, but that failing, he proposed Archduke Ernestus the Emperor's Brother, or any of the Princes of the House of Lorrain, offering his Daughter Elizabeth in Marriage, and many great Sums of Money, with considerable Forces to support them. All this fell to nothing, King Henry being converted, and by the unanimous Consent of all the States, after many Difficulties, proclaimed King.

Notes

* 1.1

K. Philip aspires to the Crown of France.

Back to content