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Elizabeth. Queen Of Enelsud dsushtse
Of Henry tho VIII. by his queen. Aune
Boleyn, born 1888. When three yeass
Of age. she lo4t her mother, who was b.
headed. aud was herself Immediately bas.
tardizcd by act Of Parliament. BY q Ia
ter act. however the succession to the
throne was conditionslly secured 10 her.
Elizabeth was carefully educated. attain.
ing, under the direction Of Roger Aschsm.
considerable proficiency in Latin, French
and Italian, an some knowledge Of Greek.
She was brou ght up in the Protestant
faith. Marriage projects were early rot
on foot for her, and she entertained with
more or less OK sincerity numerous sus-
ccssive suitors; but she never married.
She accompanied her sister Mary to Lon
don on her asc ension to the throne bat
in the following year, immediately aftsr.
the suppression Of Wyat,'s insurrcction,
she was arrested and sent 10 the Tower.
She was kept in more or less close con-
incnent during Mary's reign. aud wss
removed from the Tower to Woodstock,
and thence TO Hatfield House. At tho
age Of twenty-five. she succeeded Mary.
and was received at I,opdoD with in,iicnse.
joy, the bishops meeting her at Highgats.
aud the people in crowds escorting her.
through the city. Tho re-cstablishmcnt
Of the Protestant faith aud worship; con-
flic,s in various forms with the adhcrenle
Of the Romish system, who were also tho
enemies Of Elizabeth Us a Protestant SOW
ereign; conflicts on the other hand with
the Puritan party, ever growing stronger
these were tte staple Of home trarsa
,ious during this reign. Foreign affairs
also were almos ost entirely acts Of the same
drama, the great struggle between ti,c
two religious. Pope Paul ". refused 10
acknowledge Elizabc,hs title; Plus v.
and Sixtus V. published bulls Of cxcom-
munication aga INST her, and absolvcl her
subjects from their allegiance. The King
Of France supported the claim Of Mary,
Queen Of Scots, to tho crown Of England,
aud Elizabeth assisted the Protcstants IT,
Scotland, in France, and the Nctherland:
and above all, the struggle took outward
shape and formidable dimcnsicHg in tho
threatened Spanisb Invasion aud Il, "In.
vinciblo Armada" Elizabeth, on ler &C..
ccssion. retained the principal advisers o.
ys
ncnt nicn to their number, amo.s whom
were Cecil Lord Burleigh gh-who remained
her first minister till his ieath--Sir NicE-
olas Bacon. and. ut later period. Sir
Francis Walsing CHAM. The imprisonment
aud execution df Mary. Queen Of Scots.
has been fruitful occasion Of rcpruach n
gninst Queen Elizabeth: yet mono eau
doubt that Mary sanctioned and took part
in the plots and schemes which had for
their objects ,lf dc,htoneing Of Elizabeth.
and the elevation Of Mary to the throne.
The personal character Of Elisabeth has
naturally been depicted in every different
colors by Romans and Protestants; exag.
gerntion made On both sides and the truth
lying probably between the two cxtrcmes.
Recent inquiries have resulted in lees
| favorable view han has been usual in Eng.
land. Vanity n excess, sclishncss, un.
womnnly hardness, love Of expense aud
display, indulgence in bursts of passion,
indclicaic speech and manners. and fond.
ness for WORTHLESS tnvorics Especially tho
Earls of Lcccst Ter and Essex are to obvi.
Gus features Of her character. But ener.
~. and good sense and n certain courage,
Fli@aDelh hiu V1o Tor tHough the pros.
pcrity anl progress ,ha, marked her rcign
| must be attributed 10 the wisdom aud meu-
surcs Of her ministers these ministers were
her choice aud had her support. Her
reign was one df the creates, periods in
English l:eraty history, tho age Of
Shakespeare anl Spencer. Of Bacon and
Raleigh and Hooker |, was an age, toe.
Of great eutcrr rises aud discoveries as
those Of Drake, frobisher, aud other mar.
a'imc heros Elizabeth died n, Rich
nond March -, 1903; her health and
spirits having Icvcr recovered tho shock
they received by the execution Of Essex,
two years priv lously.-ZcWs Encyciore-
did.