The purpose of this volume is to supply several of those documents
which are of great historical importance, and which, at present, find
no place in the series of documents published by the Oxford University
Press. Further, while most of the more important historical events are
dealt with, an attempt has been made to introduce the student to the
Tudor Atmosphere, and to reproduce as much as possible, both the
mental and bodily energy, the prosperity, and the general virility of
the period.