Chap. VIII. The HISTORY of the PURITANS. 403 fiar-chamber, and ftretched her prerogative to fupport them beyond the Queen laws, and againft the fenfe of the nation. However notwithftanding E!i6 2eth, all thefe blemifhes, queen Elizabeth Rands upon record as a wife and politick princefs, for delivering the kingdom from the difficulties in which it was involved at her accefiion; for preferving the proteftant reformation againft the potent attempts of the pope, the emperor, and king of Spain abroad, and the queen of Scots and her popith fubjeEts at home ; and for advancing the renown of the englifh dation beyond any of her predeceffors. Her majefty held the balance of Europe, and was in high efteemwith all foreign princes, the greateft part of her reign ; and though her proteftant fubjefts were divided about church affairs, the all difcovered a high veneration for her royal perfon and government; on which accounts fhe was the glory of the age in which the lived, and will be the admiration of pofterity. The E NIA of VoL. I, of the °Havo Edition.. F f f 2 TI3E
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