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. 1870 Excerpt: ...her mind as to bring on a slow fever, of which she died, after a horrid reign of five years, by which she gained the name of Bloody Mary. e. During this reign coaches came into use. Before this time ladies rode in litters, or on horseback behind their squires. 22. Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry VEIL and Anne ...
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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. 1870 Excerpt: ...her mind as to bring on a slow fever, of which she died, after a horrid reign of five years, by which she gained the name of Bloody Mary. e. During this reign coaches came into use. Before this time ladies rode in litters, or on horseback behind their squires. 22. Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry VEIL and Anne Boleyn. When she came to the throne the nation was filled with rejoicing. The Protestant religion was restored, the Church of England took its present form, and the Thirty-nine Articles of belief which Cranmer had written were placed in the Prayer Book. 23. Mary, Queen of Scotland, who had married the Dauphin of France, now laid claim to the crown of England; but her husband died, and she left France a widow of only nineteen years old, with none to press her claim. She was disliked by her Scottish subjects, as she was a Roman Catholic, and after seven years of trouble she was dethroned. She fled to England, and threw herself on the mercy of Elizabeth; but instead of being treated as a Queen she was cruelly thrown into prison, and confined for nineteen years. During this time several plots were laid by her Catholic friends to release her; and at last one was discovered, by which it was intended to murder Elizabeth and set Mary on the throne. Fourteen of the conspirators were put to death, and Mary was brought to trial and found to have consented to the plot. She was therefore doomed to die, and was beheaded in the year 1587 at Fotheringay Castle, where she had been imprisoned. This is a great stain on the character of Elizabeth. 24. Soon after this, Philip of Spain, who had married Mary I., and after her death offered his hand to Elizabeth, fitted out a great fleet of ships for the invasion of England, partly in revenge for Elizabeth's refusal, and ...
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