CONTENTS.
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| The Crown Debts | 112 | |
| Differences with France | 113 | |
| England and the Empire | 117 | |
| Commissions to raise Money | 119 | |
| The Churches are again spoiled | 120 | |
| The Public Accounts | 121 | |
| A new Parliament to be called | 123 | |
| A General Election | 124 | |
| Nomination of the Members | 124 | |
| The Council and the Estates of the Church | 126 | |
| The Merchant Adventurers and the Fellowship of London Merchants | 130 | |
| A Subsidy | 134 | |
| John Knox and the Duke of Northumberland | 136 | |
| John Knox preaches before the Court | 137 | |
| Dissolution of Parliament | 139 | |
| Prospects of Northumberland | 140 | |
| The King's Illness | 142 | |
| Siege of Metz | 143 | |
| England offers to mediate between France and the Empire | 144 | |
| Renard and Noailles | 148 | |
| Anticipations of the King's Death | 149 | |
| Popular Good Feeling towards Mary | 150 | |
| Possible Alteration of the Succession | 153 | |
| Views of France | 154 | |
| Northumberland determines to set Mary aside | 157 | |
| He persuades Edward | 159 | |
| The King's Device for the Succession | 160 | |
| Opposition of the Council and of the Judges | 163 | |
| The Letters Patent | 164 | |
| The Signatures | 167 | |
| Conduct of Cranmer | 169 | |
| Cranmer yields to Edward's Entreaties | 170 | |
| Features of the King's Disease | 172 | |
