The Works of Voltaire, Vol. 28

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Excerpt from The Works of Voltaire, Vol. 28: A Contemporary VersionWith this view Philip fitted out that prodigious ¿eet, which was to have been seconded in its opera tions by another armament from Flanders, and a general rising Of all the Catholics in England. These preparations proved the ruin of Mary Stuart, and hurried her to the scaffold, instead Of delivering her from it. Philip had now nothing left but to avenge her death by seizing England for himself, after which he looked upon Holland as already reduced, and punished for its rebellion.The gold of Peru was lavished for the pur poses of this expedition. On June 3, 1588, the Invincible Armada set sail from the port of Lisbon, with one hundred and fifty large ships, manned with twenty thousand soldiers, nearly seven thousand seamen who could be armed for fight upon occasion.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.