Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-04-25
WAS QUEEN ELIZABETH
A MAN?

WAS QUEEN ELIZABETH :
A NAN? !
Queen Elizabeth was one of the most
interesting rulers who ever sat ON the
English throne. And with the end of
her reign came also the end Of the
House of Tudor. The one regret the
English nation had was that their
GOOD Queen Bess'' did not marry and
thereby prevent the many political
troubles they had to- contend with on
account of her leaving no issue. Had
Snere peen any descendants there would
nave been no discussion of her claims
OF descendant.
sui Queen Elizabeth held a secret.
what 1T was no one has ever been
able to say. for she kept it relieiouslv
guarded. Was it that Queen" Eliza
peth was not a queen" at all? Some
Wrlters nave SO argued and have pro-
ouceo evidence which they claim
proves that Elizabeth was a man.
when she vas little Princess Elizaheth
and only Is years OF age, Sir Robert
Iyrwhltt wrote a letter to the Protector
Somerset. This was in 1549. In this
letter he said:
DO verify believe that there hath
neeh some secret promise between my
lady, Mistress Ashley, and the cofferer
lSir Thomas Parry never to confess
TO death. and If it I've so. 1t will never
De gotten of he:. unless by the kings
majesty or else by you grace"
rms 1s a rather mysterious para
Eraph ana mas caused considerable on
troversy. This same secret is referred
70 by Frank A. Mumby. who in his
NGirihood of Queen Elizabeth wrote:
was as loyal to Parry as
TO Mrs. Ashley. She reinstated him
after a years interval in his office as
coHerer. n on her accession to the
throne she appointed him controller of
the royal household. She continued to
confer preferment upon both Parry and
his daughter to the end of their lives
conduct remarks Miss Strickland.
which naturally induces suspicion that
secrets OF great had been CON
hide to him-secrets that probably
would have touched not only the maid
en- name of his royal mistress. but
placed her life in jeopardy. and that
he had preserved these inviolate. The
same may be supposed with respect to
Mrs. Ashley. to whom Elizabeth chung
with mistaken tenacity through every
Storm"
There are many other evidences that
Queen Elizabeth carried with her
throughout her life a secret which she
guarded with the utmost care, and this
W. SAt W tNoNC OCCIt hIlOMI IL CSYt-C.
tally as to it's real truth by Lady Ash
ley and Thomas Parry. for they were
always treated with the greatest favor
probably through fear of the revela-
lions they might make-and when she
assembled the throne she knighted
Parry and made him treasurer Of the
household, and on Mrs. Ashley's death
Elizabeth visited her In person and
1nourned her with great grief.
Major Martin Hume, in his Court
ships of Queen Elizabeth" says that
Lady Harrington and Mrs. Ashley We're
h only ladies about the queen who
were absolutely in her confidence.
In 1856 Giovanni Michel wrote a
letter to the Doge vi Venice in which
he said: She tElizabeth). l under
stand, having plainly said hat she
will not marry, even were they to give
her the kings (Phillip of SPAIN son
(Don Carlos), or find any other great
prince. again respectfully remin1
your serenity to enjoin secrecy about
this"
At this time Elizabeth was only %
years of age There is a letter in ex-
istence in which the queen also aftirms'
that she Will never marry, n an eX-
tract from this is contained in MIR.
Mumby's "Girlhood of Queen Eliza
beth" which Is given as a translation
from I4etu's La Vie d'Elizabeth." 1t
was written to Lord Admiral Seymour
In 1548, and aprOpos of his intentions
regarding her She says:
at has also beer said that I have
only refused you because / was think
Ing of some one else. ], therefore, en-
treat you. my lord. to set your mind at
rest on this subject, and to be per-
suaded by this declaration that up to
this, tim / have not the slightest in
tentiOn Of being married. and. that IL
ever / should think OF 1t (Which ! 10
not believe is p%Ossible) you should be
the first to whom I should make known
my resolutions"
Now as to the secret. 1t is declared
that when she was a child Elizabeth
was sent to Bisley for her health. but
she died suddenly on the day that
Henry VIII announced that he would
be at Bisley to see his daughter. Tn
child's governess, knowing the sort of
temper Of the king. in her despair hid
tuted that Of a boy, being unable to
find a girl in the place OF the same
age and size. 10 the Bisley boy was
clothed In the dress of the dead child
and Henry suspected nothing.
AS Elizabeth had been brought up in
such fear OF her father. and as Henry
saw her at such rare intervals. in his
hurried visit he had no time for base
less conjecture. Was then the SUBJ
stftute Bisley boy the Good oHecn
Bass Of history instead OF the cal
princess?- At least Elisabeth had a
secret which ellie asvf guarded most
zeal0usly.
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