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CONTENTS OF VOLUME V.




CHAPTER XXVIII.
 
EXECUTION OF THE DUKE OF SOMERSET.
 
Alliance between England and France 1
Edward is betrothed to a French Princess 3
The Emperor and the Princess Mary 5
Likelihood of War with the Empire 7
The Rise of Prices 9
The Silver Coin is called down 10
Fresh Issue of Base Money 11
Proclamation of Prices 13
Partial Restoration of the Currency 14
The Sweating Sickness 15
Suppression of Bishoprics 18
The Princess Mary 19
Intrigues of Somerset 31
Somerset's Conspiracy 32
Evidence of Sir Thomas Palmer 35
Elevations in the Peerage 38
Arrest of Somerset 38
The Trial 41
Sentence of Death 44
The Execution 51
Conduct of Cranmer 52
The Liturgy 54