Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-09-25
From NeaIt's Romance Of History.
CATHERINE GRAY.
Cover her tace-nine eyes dazzle
"She died young" Heosfer'


Cover her face--rne eyes dazzle
''She died young" HeosfT.
catherine GRAY was the only surviving SISTER
of the unhappy lady Jane who persisted on
scaffold in the begi"ning Of the reign OF Queen
Mary. She was h, ir no, only 10 the talents ard
The virtues, but e The misfortunes OF her sister;
for she iEhcriled the same professions 10 the
English crown, and consequently became an
object OF fear aud jealousy tn the reignirg SOW
ereipn, although her quiet and unambiiious cha
r,c,er could not furnish the slenderes, pretext
for suhiectlng her to violen9DoG restraint. Mo
nv too found that the system OF terror that she
-,rsued. and her matrimonial alliance with the
kino of Spain, had established her throne on
the firm fou nd alton, no, indeed Of the love, but
of the fear and obedience Of her subjects. She
was conse auently satisfied with the contempt
and oblivion into which the preiensions OF the
bouse Of Suffolk had fallen, and did not think It
necessary to resort to any farther measures oi
severity against the members OF that unhappy
family II was not, therefore, until AFTER me
accession Of Queen Elizabth, that the Lady "a
theriue Gray became fully aware oil inc misery
which was entailed upon her ny the Tact 81 mr.
being the child Of her own parents. She was
also guilty Of The same CRIME Tor Whlcn ,he
Onrer of Scots af,eiw ards forfeited her head
NJ n
;n6nitrlv Elizabeth's superior. The Queen
n,xer,beless saw that her rival, rather the
rbantom Of a rival, which her imagination
had coriured up, was, Of All persons, In
temner and disposition, the least likely To
disturb her by her preteusious to the English
c,,,,, I'm, she dreaded the event of those pre-
tensions being transit FRED by her to husband
or child. She therefore determined TO pre-
vent Catherine from entering into any matri-
,,,,,;al ensap,ment and resolved al first to ba-
n;.h her 10 distance from The court, and to
nl,ce her under the surveillance OF her SPIES
The latter part Of this resolution, however, she
subsequently altered: and thinking that the mis-
tress would keep a more vIgiiant watch tnan
the mort jealous hirelings, she Kept her ABOUT
her own person in sta,e OF exalted but strict
captivity, -.
This measure, however, defeated It's o'Ject;
for he Queen served but as a fohto The oeautt
full Catherine Gray, who attracted the adm'ra-
ton, and won The hearts OF all The courusrs-
Among others, the gallant and accomplished
Edward Seymour, the son oil the unio'!u"
Duke Of Somerset, who was heheaded IN the
reipn of Edward the Sixth, became eap,ivated
bv her charms. OF this person it was believed
that the Queen herself WAS enamoured She,
Al hoagh very chary Of comforting honors and
d;gui,ies, had restored Seymour to the forfeited
estates OF his father, and creared him first
knight, afterw ards Baron Seymour, and at
length Earl of Hartford.
The Young Earl repaid his sovereign bene-
factions by manifssting the utmost zeal aud de-
yo,ion in her service. So chivalrors and deli
cate in those DAYS were the attentions paid by
the cour,iers TO their Queen, that the latter Of
zen mistook the mantle stations OF respect and
LOYALTY for those OF tenderness and love. Be
lievinv that The latter were the feelings which
m. Earl of HEREFORD enter aimed towards her,
her vanity and her affection became both too
deeply interested to enable her to exert her or
binary watchfulness over the movements OF
Catherine Gray. That LADY, of naturally deli>
Gaze AUG frebl constitution, having lauery dis
covered symptoms Of an alarming illness, OBJ
tanned, more easily than she expected, the
O,s.p,s nsrmission TO retire to her country
house in Her,fordshi,e. Indeed, her royal cou-
sin was so much pleased with the appearance
Of her deesys,i hsalIh, that she did notice. The
leas. inclination to refuse her request. Ia'he-