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Contents ix Document: Plutarch, Parallel Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans. Trans. John Dryden (ca. AD 75) , 80 Document: John Higgins, The Mirror for Magistrates , 1559 , 86 The Nature of Monarchy in Renaissance England , 89 Document: Thomas Elyot, The Book Named the Governor , 1531, 91 Document: George Buchanan, De Jure Regni apud Scotos: A Dialogue Concerning the Rights of the Crown in Scotland , 1579 , 95 Document: James VI and I, The True Law of Free Monarchies , 1603 , 101 Warfare in Renaissance England , 103 Document: Elizabeth I , Speech to the Troops at Tilbury , 1588 , 105 Document: Anonymous, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada , 1588 , 106 Document: Lewes Roberts, Warfare Epitomized in a Century, of Military Observations: Confi rming by Ancient Principles the Modern Practice of Arms , 1640 , 110 Suggested Readings , 111 3 Hamlet (William Shakespeare, ca. 1600) , 113 Synopsis of Hamlet , 113 Historical Background: Hamlet and the Revenge Tragedy Tradition , 117 Why We Read Hamlet , 121 Historical Explorations of Hamlet , 124 Documenting Hamlet , 131 English Renaissance Religion: Protestants, Catholics, Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory , 131 Document: Elizabeth I, Homily of Good Works , 1559 , 133 Document: William Allen, Defence of English Catholics , 1584 , 136