...LORENZO DE' MEDICI. O DK' MKDICI, ILL! AM ROSCOE l L :H| ;ii :H| ;ii :H| i :H| ;ii al S *! PREFACE. THE close of the fifteenth, and the beginning of the sixteenth century, comprehend one of those periods of history which are entitled to our minutest study and inquiry. Almost...

...county, SIR JOHN HAWKINS * [1520—1598.] JL HE improvements in navigation made by the Spaniards toward the close of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century, and their visible effects in aggrandising that kingdom, excited in other nations a noble ardour to...

...138 SIR JOHN HAWKINS.* [1520—1598.] _l HE improvements in navigation made by the Spaniards toward the close of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century, and their visible effects in aggrandising that kingdom, excited in other nations a noble ardour to...

...and in the simplicity and confiding youth of nations who attempt to construct their social edifice. At the close of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century, Europe saw only, in the parts of the New World discovered by Columbus, Ojeda, Vespucci, and Rodrigo...

...and in the simplicity and confiding youth of nations who attempt to construct their social edifice. At the close of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century, Europe saw only, in the parts of the New World discovered by Columbus, Ojeda, Vespucci, and Rodrigo...

...more frequently, on the continent. I shall furnish one considerable fact. A French canon, Claude Jolv. a bold and learned writer, had finished an ample life...Erasmus seven times; we have positive evidence that the * It is now about twenty-seven years ago since I first published this anecdote ; at the same time I...

...frequently, on the continent. I shall furnish fin*1 considerable {act. A French canon, Claude Jolv, a huld and learned writer, had finished an ample life of...century. Colomies tells us, that the author had read over ihe works oí Erasmus seven times; we have positive evidence that the * It is now nbont twenty-seven...

...Spain resolve themselves into one cause, bad government. The valor, the intelligence, the energy, which at the close of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century, made the Spaniards the first nation in the world, were the fruits of the old institutions of Castile...

...under restrictions and conditions, which confined them almost exclusively to the regents only. Towards the close of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century, printed books had become so greatly multiplied, and their prices so much reduced, as to be placed within...

...pioneers of ancient learning, to whom Spain owes so large a debt of gratitude.f The Castilian scholars of the close of the fifteenth, and the beginning of the sixteenth century, may take rank with their illustrious contemporaries of * Barbosa, Bibliotheca Lusitana, (Lisboa Occidental,...