Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome: The Armada, Ivry, and the Battle of Naseby is a collection of narrative poems written by Thomas Babington Macaulay in 1842. The book features three poems that recount significant battles in Roman and English history. The first poem, The Armada, tells the story of the Spanish Armada's defeat by the English navy in 1588. The second poem, Ivry, describes the Battle of Ivry in 1590, where King Henry IV of France defeated...