The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-11-02

have lived shall say, so much since them
Given up myself so many times,
Gained me the gains of various men,
Ransacked the ages, spoiled the cmes,
Yet one thing, one, in my souls full scope,
Either missed or itself missed me
And want and find you, Evelyn Hope!
What is the issue? let us
loved you, Evelyn all the while;
Ny heart seemed full as it could hold
There place and to spare for the frank young SMILE
And the red young mouth, and the hairs young gold.
So hush-I will give you this leaf to keep
See shut it inside the sweet cold hand,
There, that is secret go to sleep;
You will wake, and remember and understand.
The QUEEN OF FRANcE.-Most interesting and amusing
is the epse addressed by Mary of France
to her brother Henry the Eighth That brother had led
her into marriage with Louis the Twelfth of Franco
man who is invested with some dignity in history and
Duke of Orleans but who at the period of this
unon poor, exhausted wretch, out by every
thing but years. The French called Madame Mary the
her when she Marys heart however entirely in
the keeping of the handsome Charles Brandon Duke Su
folk Never did bridal party travelling by water endure
such stormtossng that of which Lady Mary the
chief parsonage They could not make Bouogne but
flung ashore between there and Grisnezthe ladies dis
tressed despairng the bride herself and Mistress Anne
Boeyn who her ain long keeping up the spirits of
the party. AS for the knights and gentlemen with wet
dropping pumes and draggled fnery generally they must
their way and had fallen into river. Help was soon at
hand Boulogne carried the Pear proudly and exuting
did brdalpah towards Abbeyville The evered broken
impatient king conrved to obtain fair view of the lady
while she her road before he received her with all
due formalities grave dro and questionable at the old
gates of the city. His opinion of the queen is to be
gathered from his remarks he carried back to Abbey
vle when he wished that Satan might seize and keep him
if the PEARL We're not brighter pearl than he had
expected to behold The marriage celebrated there
ous or two in honor of the occasion, and the royal
time than necessary for the ransactng of inevitable
business which Mary might have postponed for
awhlethe royal widow penned the letter to her brother
which is in this volume dated 1915 Its interest lies in the
quantity fits She writes for example, "y most
dear and most entirely beloved BROTHER in tender and
Towing manner possible recommend myself to your Grace"
but by her notion Bryan Tukes cerk to the Sgne
Wosey who had hand in of the corrections for
the above words in italics is substituted humble manner
This evidence OF extreme not to wound the susceptible
y OF Henry runs through the whole letter. Mary reminds
him with much variation Of form hs being of course the
sequenty dispatched how she had submitted to the
rage with King Logs of France for the sake restoring
the peace OF the Two Kingdoms but otherwise sorey against
her will Her brother" she says-but she alters it to
good brotherw not forget his gracious promise that if
she survived the husband whom she took to please Henry
she might afterwards marry to please herself and then
with much crossing out and adding and altering that being
now at my liberty remembering the great virtues which
have and perceived heretofore in my Lord of Suffolk
to whom have always been of good mind as We we'll know
have affixed and clearly determined myself to marry with
him. and the same assure you hath proceeded only) of
mine own mind without any request labor of NV said
Lord OF Suffolk or of any other person. and she now
mons up courage amounting to audaciy "to be plain with
your Grace have SO bound myself him that for no canse
earthly will or may vary change the same" As if ter
red by her daring she then calls Henry her coodu
and most kind brother" tells him of his good and loving
mind and the great and tender love that hath been
between y you and me- Finally she plays her last card In
offers purchase his by giving up all her dowery
the whole OF the gold and ewey she had received from the
french Sing and over and besides this SHALL rather
than TALL give you much yearly part of my dover
great sum as shall stand with your will and pleasure all
Oh ner own she would surrender what she had Queeand
Last Of word of earnesness for the man she loved pray
ing the king no to be misconened with my Lord of su
olk whom Of my inward good mind and affection to him
nave IN manner lis there not pretty modesty IN that