East India Company, 63, 171, 215
Edward VI, 29, 50
Elizabeth, the England of, 48 et seq.;
—early life, 50;
—and Mary, 51;
—and Anne of Cleves, 51;
—ascends the throne, 52;
—difficulty of her position, 53;
—and finance, 55;
—her court, 68;
—her love of luxury, 68-69;
—commandeers Spanish gold, 99;
—deposed by Pope, 100;
—tortuous Spanish policy, 117;
—consults Drake, 119;
—receives Drake on his return, 146;
—banquets on the Golden Hind, 148;
—knights Drake, 148;
—Babington Plot again, 163;
—beheads Mary Queen of Scots, 165;
—the Armada, 176 et seq.;
—the Lisbon expedition, 192;
—dies, 216;
—bibliography, 242
Elizabeth, The, ship, 121
Essex, Earl of, 116, 118
Field of the Cloth of Gold, 234
Fleming, Captain, 179, 190
Fletcher, Chaplain, 125, 128, 143
Fletcher of Rye, discovers the art of tacking, 26;
—as a shipwright, 233
Florida, 81, 82, 162