ILLUSTRATIONS 



easily be extended or contracted as required with 

 one hand. Despite their long immersion these 

 relics are perfectly preserved : they are illustrated 

 here by permission of the Duke of Argyll and of the 

 Syndicate on whose behalf Captain William Burns 

 is conducting the dredging operations in Tobermory 

 Bay. 



Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, .... 240 



From the engraving by J. Houbraken of the picture 

 formerly in the possession of Sir Robert Worsley, 

 Bart. The Earl of Essex was born at Netherwood, 

 Herefordshire, on loth November, 1567, and when 

 only thirteen took his M.A. degree at Trinity 

 College, Cambridge, He saw service in the Nether- 

 lands in 1585-6 and distinguished himself at the 

 battle of Zutphen. In 1590 he married clandes- 

 tinely Sir Philip Sidney's widow. In 1591 he 

 commanded the forces despatched to help Henry IV. 

 against the League, and in 1596 along with Lord 

 Howard of Effingham, the Cadiz Expedition. He 

 was appointed Lieutenant and Governor General 

 of Ireland in 1599, but after six months' absence 

 in Ireland he returned to England, was imprisoned 

 and stripped of all his honours. On 8th February, 

 1601, he attempted to raise the city of London 

 against Elizabeth. On the 19th he was found 

 guilty of high treason and on the 25th February, 

 1601 , was beheaded in the Tower. 



Sir Robert Southwell, ...... 248 



From the print after the original by Henry Cornelius 

 Vroom. Sir Robert Southwell of Woodrising, 

 Norfolk, was the son-in-law of Lord Howard of 

 Effingham by his marriage with Frances, Lord 

 Howard's third daughter. He commanded the 



