The history of Great Britain being the life and reign of King James the First, relating to what passed from his first access to the crown, till his death / by Arthur Wilson.

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Title: The history of Great Britain being the life and reign of King James the First, relating to what passed from his first access to the crown, till his death / by Arthur Wilson.
Author: Wilson, Arthur, 1595-1652.
Publication: London :: Printed for Richard Lownds ...,; 1653.
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Subject terms: James -- I, -- King of England, 1566-1625.; Great Britain -- History -- James I, 1603-1625.
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Queen Elizabeth: breaks into passion, mention being made of her Succes∣sor, 2.
yet bequeaths one in her last Will, as a Legacy to this Nation, 1
The Lady Elizabeth: married, 64.
pre∣sented with a chain of Pearl by the Mayor and Aldermen of London, ib.
Ellowis: made Lieutenant of the Tower 67.
consenting to the poisoning of Sir Thomas Overbury, 70. Executed on Tower-Hill, 82
Earl of Essex his Character: 2
Young Earl of Essex: restored to the right of Blood and Inheritance, 6.
marries the Lady Frances Howard, 55.
Travels into France and Germa∣ny, 56.
demands his Wife, is suspe∣cted to be poison'd, ib.
Attended with a number of Gallant Gentle∣men accompanies Sir Horatio Vere into the Palatinate, 136.
His Cha∣racter 162
March of the English: into the Palati∣nate, 136.
... Spinola endeavours to in∣tercept them, 137.
they joyn with the Princes of the Union, ibid.
and prepare for a Charge 138
Countess of Essex: in love with the Viscount Rochester, 56.
She is sligh∣ted by Prince Henry, ibid. consults with Mr. Turner and Foreman, 57.
whom she writes to, 58.
seeks by the aid of Northampton to be divor∣ced from the Earl of Essex, 67.
searched by a Jury of Matrons and found a Virgin, 68.
divorced, 69.
married to Rochester now made Earl of Somerset, 72.
and both Feasted at Merchant-Tailers Hall, ib. vid. So∣merset.