New-York tribune., 1908-11-08
00eIx,e Days q Queen

Sometimes there born into the world people
e. wise and good that understand how
they ever come 10 be SO They are as unlike the
people around them as the pure white water lily
Is unlike the black slime of the pond IN which Il IS
rooted. Such a bright and beautiful soul was
Jeanne dare, Of whom read little while ago
on this page. and such also was Lady Jane Grey.
She was a niece Of that royal buebeard, Henry
VII the king who had six wives and cut of the
heads cf two Of mem. OF her parents, the Duke
and Duchess Of Suffolk we know nothing at all
that IS good and much that is base and contempti-
be She was surrounded all her life by wicked
people selfish hloodthirsty and vile And yet she
blossoraed i5tS OF the fstrest flowers that the
world mas seen Pose never blew, says
Tennyson, that eQuRIIed such bud"
Il Is now nearly four hundred years ago that
Lady Iane Grey was born IN stately mansion.
surrounded by miles CT forest IN the heart OF
England All the luxury and magnifcence that
the world could give at that time surrounded her
but comforts that VS. take as q matter OF course
today she did not have Forks, for instance, were
not heard Of til long after she was dead She mad
none of the pleasures either. that children nave
to-day. We would expect the parents OF sucn
kovely Daughter 70 be very fond Of her but II ths
Duke and Duchess Of Suffolk had any afection at
81 for nttle Lady Jane they did not show II They
made her Sc unhappy, in fact that when she was
with them she thought herself in he'll aho 50
she took refuge IN books. Whatever 40 elSo
hut learning she said. is fall OF GRIEF, trouple
.nd fear And thus my book hath been 80 much
nv Measure anS bringeth daily 10 me more pleas
rre and more thst IN respect OF r. sII other pess
r-.s IN very deed be but trines and troubles UNTO
ne" x
tn. rttl. gtrl was as fortunate IN her teachers
o. che vvss unfortunate IN her parents one OF
her tutors was the celebrated Roger AschaIn' VINO
wrote & famous book education and to!o peopIe
.ta. they couldn't beat knowledge into the heaos
o+ Bttls folk with club II is strange that people
ID not know this without being told. but scarcely
.-v ona dt6 know It at that time Under the IN
s-r7,ction Of this great mar and other learned
teachers who taught her gently and pieasa1uy
sn6 18th fair allureunents tc learning, Lady Jane
made the most astonishing progress For four
hundred years people have wondered how her
kes,,+++ul little head could hold such quantities OF
knosnedEe At fourteen she corresponded IN Greek
with the most distinguished scholars OF the Day
~ the same age Roger Ascham found her ono
Gay reading Plato IN the original willis the rest
AZ ~. ssy,gIv vere hunting in the park "An their
snort IN the park Is but q shadow 10 that pleasure
shst ind IN Plato she said, when Aschezn asked
xhy Ehe had not gone TO the hunt
Besides Greek Lady Jane knew also Latin, he
sr~~ Arabic, Chaldaic French and italian. She
also sang beautifully. played On musical instru-
-n.ut, sn6 was q learned theologian. Yet she
want a BIT Of e blue-stocking and she could COOK
and enbroider Ike other girls only she did these
IhinEz much better than they She was as beauu-
ri as she was learned. and $50 humble, so gentle
and p3ous, that al people, we are tolo' DOM a"-
Iaired ard loved her"
When Lady Jane was between fifteen ana SIX
teen Il became quite plain that the young KING
Edva-d VI could not live much longer HIS leglu-
mate successor was his elder sister. Mary But the
Duke OF Northumberland. who was the real ruler
Of the kingdom. had mind 10 step down from
h. high place and he laid plot 20 raise Lady
Jane Grey 10 the throne after having married her
70 hi. son Lord Guilford Dudley. II was nad
nes but be counted on the fact that she was a
Protestant and very popular with the people, while
Mary was Z hgoted Roman Catholic and not at
al al attractive person. The King, too was a
Protestant and. as he was only e boy. II was not
difficult 70 persuade him that Il was his duty 10
save tie country from Roman Catholic queen