This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 Excerpt: ...VII., was childless, ' and the Scottish king, descended from Margaret Tudor, '"1 was to take his place upon the throne of England. On the 24th of March, 1603, Queen Elizabeth died, at her palace at Richmond, in the seventieth year of her age and the forty-fifth of her reign. With all her faults she was one of the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 Excerpt: ...VII., was childless, ' and the Scottish king, descended from Margaret Tudor, '"1 was to take his place upon the throne of England. On the 24th of March, 1603, Queen Elizabeth died, at her palace at Richmond, in the seventieth year of her age and the forty-fifth of her reign. With all her faults she was one of the greatest of our sovereigns. With her we come to the end of the Tudor period. She was the last of the Ttidors; and, what is more, she was the last sovmign of England. Never had England been greater or richer in famous men and famous deeds than in the time of its last sovereign. The next reign brought a Stuart king to the throne. This Stuart king was king not only of England but of Scotland, and from that time onwards the history of England and the history of Scotland go forward, side by side, as the history of one great and united country. The last Oueeii of England lies in Westminster Abbey, and the beautiful monument raised to her memory may be seen to this day. in the stately chapel built by her grandfather, which forms part of the ancient Abbey of Westminster. CHAPTER XLVIII. A NEW WORLD AND A NEW AGE. Rolling1 Back the Clouds. "We sailed wherever ships could sail, We founded many a mighty state; Pray God our greatness may not fail Through craven fears of being great,"--Tennyson. We have now gone through the story of the Tudor period. With all their faults, no one can deny that Henry VII., Henry VIII., and Elizabeth were great sovereigns; and that under them England became great and prosperous. Indeed, the hundred and eighteen years between the Battle of Bosworth Field and the death of Queen Eli/abeth may truly be said to have been the most glorious years in the history of England. Eor it must be remembered that up to the end of the...
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