The Faulkland quiz., 1892-06-25

6 efforts. v|o ElizabRth as n, Ssy|
st prisonnensMary Heath, Arshblsh{
as obnoxjlsand Lord Chancellor, ans
ID been rMary's death and Elizabeth's
Eco sion IN Parliament aud was met
by glad shouts OF "God save Queen
iznbeth" In the meantime Eliza
beth remained in retirement at Hat
field, where she held her first Council.
IL was then and there she achieved the
master-stroke OF her future wise gov
ernmont--she appointed William Cecil,
conspicuous for his sagacity and
patriotism, her secretary. He had
long cen her friend. anS had already
within an hour of Mary's death, written
Elizabeth's proclamation, changed the
guard at the Tower, despatched ENJOYS
to the principal foreign courts, and
chosen who was to preach the following
) inday at st. Paul's Gross, Cecil's
brother .in-law, Sir Anthony Bacon,
another upright man, was made Lord
Keeper. Cecil and Bacon mere leaders
of the Protestant party, and their
wives, the learned daughters OF Sir
John Coke, who had found places in
Mary's household because OF their
frie9dship with Catherine Parr, and
the tastes they hadr.ip. c6ansmQn with
her and her w.
strong symps& the Reno
Ohureh.[ EliaabsylY own household
had always bAen deeply hinged with
the so called heresy In which she as
reared, while her opinions were more
or less an arbitrary iumble OF intel
leo ual prepoDseBsions aud S1ndiyidual
(, biases. She inclined more TO the doc
trines oi Luther than to those of Cal
vim, her incl natl n being in opposition
TO the bent cf the English Protestant
ism OF the time. She had dietlnct
aversion to the views of JaLn Knox,
and rooted dislike 10 the man. She
did not forgive his Monstrous Regi-
nlent Of Women. treatise directed |
against the practice of sovereignty be- |
ing placed in the hands OF women. |
She was regarded as the ohdnpion of
liberty. Neither was 1t in her nature
to reckon ian opinion crime yssNot
only were her political interests, and
The cause of the mother whose name
she never mentioned, bound MP with
Professionalism; she had not forgotten
what she herself had endured in the
conflict, and she could feel fyr and
with those vino he'd haSpe -s.sarer
testimo y, and fought ~ NJ
II is said of her that, like her y
Mary, her safety am strength Iay'in n
her remark Ible capacity for ascertain
ing and responding to the national
pulse; and at the succession England's
mos passionate heart-throbs were for
the hecatombs of martys, the victims
u the dogmatism and bigotry OF Mary
and Pole. Elizabeth was not honest
enou2h to be either dogmatio or big
oted. but she desired with all her heart
to he fair, and her common-sense told
her that her strength was to be found
in fairness. Her scholarly instincts
tended to temporizing middle course,
and she was confirmed in it by her
share of "tbe free, proud spirit Of the
educated laity which declined to be
dictated to by priest" whether OF
Rome or Geneva.
Elizabeth came to London on the 23d
Of the month, six days after Mary's
death. She was the centre OF mag
nihcent company, and WAS met by vast
crowds journ ying out OF the city to
welcome her. Hayward has an enthu-
siastio description of her bearing on
The occasionally ever any person had /
The gift or skill to win the hearts of the
people, it was their Queen. and il ever
The did express the same 1t was at that !
resent, in coupling m ldness with !,
majesty, as she did. and in stately 4
looping to the meanesi sort E[er /
,ye was set npon one, her ear listened a
o another, her judgment ran tiFsn a +
hird, to a fourth. she addressed her /
'peech :. Some she commanded, Some !
he pitied, some she thanked, atSothers !
hs pleasantly and wittily jestedl i
The exception TO this universal RrN-. Z
'iousness was in the case of Eiahu ~
3onner. When Mafy's bish0ps zhsS =
" the wayside TO offer the new Queen 4
heir homage she received them gra- i
iously. But she declined to let Bon. q
or kiss her hand. Those lips which
ad passed many brutal sentence
hould never touch her fingers. |,
In fact, Elizabeth, s'the peoples c
iol," WAS in her glory in this cheer a
ng, swaying multitude Of great b
nd small. Yet there was not more b
onely young woman in Englsnd. than il
ne was that day. OF near relations k
he had not one. Her nearest surviv- D
,g relation IN point of law was her u
fe-long rival, Mary Queen of-scots, r
no had already assumed the arms OF R
'ngland; while the cousins had never IL
let, and were never destined to meet. N
position was perilous in the p1
xtrt me. She was hedged about with q
iumbling' blocks and pitfalls. She had @
lany advisers, but few friends. Among Il
ie advisers were such insidious coun- til
llors ae the Count de.teria, Philip III. &C
SPANS ambassador, the husband of ey
distress Jane Dormer, one of the late 10
ueen Mary's ladies, a potent person to
ith the Cathol cs. Suitors, led by her W,
aad sisters widower, Philip. we're gi
'ming round her in swarms; and &c
either adviser nor suitor doubted that 90
lizabeth would be governed by him. III
Id woull become little better than a Sc
lppet in his hands. Nobody, unless We
wee Cecil, guessed that Elizabeth II
I'd not only mind Of her own 1t was to
great mind I at il could carve out of
original course for q sovereign OF pr
ngland; it could rule by the sheer wi
rec, OF splendid Judgment, and X ey
'ople. al,
hayward has personal descrip- we
'n oi Elizabeth at this time 10y
--NN, ~ iiOWdnce be mhQe Hni
an excess Of daxzled lauda. sh,
N, Is graphic AMI fairly lifelike:- 500
she was lady on whom Nature had an
slowed, and wellplaced. many of her ari
Vors OF stature 'meane' (middling),
,nder and straight, and annually Ja
imposed OF such state in her carriage thl
every motion Of her seemed to bear wa
i,lesly; her hair was inclined to pale the
How; her forehead large and fur ale
seemly seat for princely grace; her tbs
es lively and sweet, but short an,
'hted; her nose somewhat rising in be,
midst; the whole compass Of her col
somewhat long, but yet of the
beauty, not SO much in that Gu
ich is termed the flower OF youth. as thi
most delightful composition Of wit
lesty in equal mixture. bel
ailzabeth lodged that night at the fac
arterhouse. Next day, occording to ent
yward-fye day later, according TO mo
eli - nd I.lal L..