eelentirelysafeuponher

throne.shehadarivalandaverydangerousone.ry,

ofthehouseofstuart,daughterofafrenhessanda

sttishfather,isiioffrand

daughterinlaediciwhohadanised

therdersofsaintbartholootherof

alittleboyethefirststuartking

ofengland.shecatholidawillingfriend

tothoseiesofelizabeth.herok

ofpolitiethodsployed

topunishhercalvinistits,causedarevolutioninstland

andforcedrytotakerefugeonenglishterritory.for

eighteenyearsshereinedinengland,plottingforeverand

adayagainsttheanerandwho

lastobligedtofolloheadviceofhertrusteduncilors

``tocutteoffthesttishqueensheade.

theheadteoffintheyear1587andcaused

abinednaviesofenglandand

hollaedphilipsinvinciblearda,aswehavealready

seen,andthebloeanttodestroythe

pohetantileadersuedintoa

profitablebusinessadventure.

fooanyyearsofhesitation,theenglish

ashedutchthoughtittheirghttoinvade

theindiesandaridaveheillsheirprotes

tehrenhadsufferedatthehandsofthespaniards.the

englishhadbeenangtheearliestsubus.

britishships,heveianpilotgiovannicaboto

orcabot,hadbeenthefirsttodisverandexplorethe