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[Ill.u.s.tration: DEATH OF QUEEN ELIZABETH, MARCH 24, 1603. FOR TEN DAYS PREVIOUS TO HER DEATH SHE LAY UPON THE FLOOR SUPPORTED BY CUs.h.i.+ONS.]
[Ill.u.s.tration: DISCOVERY OF THE GUNPOWDER PLOT (1605).]
[Ill.u.s.tration: EFFIGY OF GUY FAWKES.]
[Ill.u.s.tration: THE SCOTCH COULD NOT ENDURE ARCHBISHOP LAUD'S RITUALISTIC PRACTICES, AND JENNY GEDDES THREW A STOOL AT HIS HEAD.]
[Ill.u.s.tration: SIR WALTER RALEIGH, AT HIS EXECUTION, ASKED TO EXAMINE THE AXE. HE POISED IT, AND RUNNING HIS THUMB ALONG THE EDGE, SAID, WITH A SMILE, "THIS IS SHARP MEDICINE," ETC. (1618).]
[Ill.u.s.tration: PRINCE CHARLES AND BUCKINGHAM TRAVEL TO SPAIN IN DISGUISE, SO THAT THE FORMER MIGHT PAY HIS ADDRESSES IN PERSON TO THE INFANTA.]
[Ill.u.s.tration: CHARLES I. FORCED TO GIVE HIS a.s.sENT TO THE "PEt.i.tION OF EIGHTS" (1628).]
[Ill.u.s.tration: OLIVER CROMWELL.]
[Ill.u.s.tration: EARL OF STRAFFORD RECEIVING LAUD'S BLESSING ON THE WAY TO EXECUTION (1641).]
[Ill.u.s.tration: SAMPLE PAGE OF ROUNDHEADS (1642).]
