New-York tribune., 1910-03-13

letter inditcd by the Genoese merchant Sni
nola. then living in London: This Jane is very
short and thin. but prettily shaped and gracs-
full. She has small features and a weII-nada
nose. the mouth flexible and the lips red Tbs
eyebrows are arched and darker than her hair
which is nearly red. Her eyes are sparkling and
red (rossi-a sort of light hazel often noticed
with red hs,ir) I stood near her Grace that
L noticed her color was good. but freckIe5
When she smiled she showed her teeth which
are white and sharp In all a grGciosq persona
and animata [animatedI" SpinOla tells US that
she mounted on very high chopines OF clogs
to make her look taller. her trailing velvet robes
concealing this device
The tragedy ran swiftly to its close Thu
original of the proclamation to which Jane
affixed her signature queen of EngItnd was
afterwa@d indorscd by Cecil Jana non
Regina" II was a sad truth Her nine davs
reign was the reign of Northumberland and
the girls life full of torment one little
struggle she made against mother-in- law and
husband who demanded that the boy should be
allowed to assume the title of King COnsOrt
The ambitious parent and her docie son made
a sudden incursion into James chamber while
she was still seated at her toilet. The duchess
vituperated her daughter-in-la law. using coarse
and violent language; the would be King was
noisy and impertinent" Jane was firm in re-
fusal. declaring that "the Crown was not play
thing for boys and girls and that she could
make her husband duke. but only Parliament
could make him king. The furious duchess
vowed in response that GuiIdford should be King
whether Jane would not. whereUpOn the boy
began to cry. Jane stood out stOutIy in this
matter to the end. but the author notes that
Guildford's claims were accepted by divers per-
sonages on the Continent ard mentions the dis
Of No in
among the Spanish acknowledgements which
prove that the Emperor Charles Y was backing
Northumberland Throughout in his pevil0us
undertaking, and this against the interests Of
his own cousin Mary Tudor" Mr. Davey thinks
it not improbable that the duke had promised
Charles that If ne could place his son on the
English throne with Jane as Queen -COnsOrt he
would ally himself with the Roman Catholic
party and re-establish papaI supremacy in the
land of Henry VIII
With Mary's vigorous rousing Of her country
men to defend her title the throne. the bubble
burst, Every incident of James remaining
months on earth as here described was dra-
matte When her father rushed to the Council
Chamber TO tell the girl that all was over he
found her there alone seated under the canopy
of state. Come down from that. my child" Re
said. this is no place for you''-and they wept
together. James tears perhaps those Of
relief. can 1 go home?" she asked pitifully
There was only one home reserved for her then
Mr. Davey gives picturesque account Of her
trial and of her execution on a misty February
day Church bells tolled at regular intervals as
the procession left the Tower. the little prisoner
clad all in black and more like child than ever
without the Chopines that gave her height on the
day of her proclamation. Her women walking
behind her. wept they went. but Jane read
the open prayer book in her hand and seemed not
to hear the exhOrtatiOnS of the Roman Catholic
priest sent to her by Mary. They say that when
the seventeen year-old girl climbed the steps to
the scaffold the people cried and murmured 81
beholding one so young and beautiful about to
die such death" The few sentences which
she addressed to them womanIy. coura-
geous and full of Christian fortitude:
Lady James relative. Lady Philippa De Clifford
adds that After pause, and wipinS her eyes, she
(Jane) said. in frner voice, Now. good people,
Jane Dudley bids you all a long farewell. And may
the Almighty preserve from meeting
Farewell. farewell, for ever more Jane when she
had finished speaking, was much affected and hid
her face upon the neck of the old who at
tended her the SCaffOld This nurse must have
when she first perceived the towering figure OF the
masked eXecutiOner, Sarbed from head foot
scarlet Clnging TO the aged woman. the poor girl
Sobbed cOnvulSIvely. Growing camer after q wnIs
what prayer she should recite-"Shau I say
this psalm?" probably pointing 10 her prayer
book q she did Yes answered he, and
then. as she and many Of the people kneIt, ne