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Show 196 The events of Essex's -statement, For indicate that "thi.rstingly example, shortly after the publication Essex decided to Norris and Sir career play truant from Court in order to Roger Williams indication that he was more "afford any such fit occasion. The-second to seize the day of Cate's an under- dedication, participate with Drake, in the adventure of the willing affected" is Portugal voyage, an than wait for the time to ,,23 military history dedicated inform and inspire, with emphasis on to Essex also the' latter. The was volume, calculated to A True Discourse of the Most HapPY Victories Obtayned by the French King Against the Rebels is an account of Henri IV's battles through November of 1589. date Henri III was assassinated. (some 4,000) were to the throne, 23 25 against the Catholic League from September Henri IV became 24 (1589), Because King on August 1 of that year, the English materials, money and men involved in Henri's attempts to win recognition of his claim the account of the Autumn Harrison, Essex, pp. 36-44. campaign, just completed, would For a comprehensive treatment of Eliz abeth's involvement in the voyage, see R. B. Wernham's two part article, " "Queen Elizabeth and the Portugal Expedition of 1589, English Historical Review, LXVI (January and April, 1951), 1-26 and 194-218. 24 A good account of the 'events preceding and immediately following ' the assassination of Henri III may be found in Louis Battifol s The Century of The Renaissance, Vol. II of The National History of France, ed, Fr. Funck Brentano, trans. Elsie F. Buckley (8 vols.; New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, - 1935)" pp. 282-91. 25 (London: A True Discourse of the Most J. Wolfe and E. Happy Victories, White, 1589), sig. C iii verso. trans. T. D. -, |
