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138 NOTICES OF BOOKS.
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/ Oourt Kimbolton And Society . By The F...
man draws ly a beau glowing ty , and picture intellectual of the young culture k . ing On in the the 11 lustre th of of June his ,
to 1509 the , th F ranciscan nuptials brethren were secretl at y Greenwich celebrated . in On a chap the el 23 belong rd of the ing same month they rode in state through London .
snowy " The vestments streets were , swin alive ging with silver the censers emblems perfumed of peace the . air A . line A brood of prie of sts fair in of white The bride
herself young g arrayed irls , in virg in white in white with robes hair , carried hung loose palms around her waist wax . , and seated in a white , litter , drawn b , milky steeds , might be taken by a people rich in
humour and imagination as the very image of peace . " Honoured by her husband and happy in the to fulfilment have lasted of f
for her a ut y ear t , crowned hes , her by honeymoon the birth of may a s boy aid on the 1 st of I j January , 1511 . J
" Had that infant livedthe mother would have been saved , for in that case , f been Henry fo ' s rgotten mind would the hav icion , e been s of at the peace English ; " Warham Church ' s warnings le woul would d | hav have e I
; susp peop slept But before , and H it eaven was ei ' s visible ht weeks blessing oldthe would child have of- promise rested on had the been marriage laid in | rite its . § g
little of disasters grave . to The the death queen , of which her first she , bore child heart with was the a sad beg and inning tend of er a sorro long w series , that | 1
ought to have reconciled her to every . " . | But e alread in Hol y peop Writ le began where to the murmur promise , and of an to heir point is to denied that | I
passag to the unhallowed y marriage , vow . Then followed the romantic I war ( b against and nur France tured in , whil Moo e ris Catherine h cam ) by vin her dicated defence her of | birthri | England ght
against orn the inroad of the Scottish king ps , . The field of Flodden was 1 fought and won during ' s _absenceThe king returned | |
victorious from the continent Henry . Again the . queen | gave birth to a childwhich lived but a few hours . People began audibly to | |
whisper laddened , " surel the y heart the of curse the king is working ; but the . " | nex Again t child expectation was born I
who after g dead . lived another Pilgrimages on disappointment the brink were of made , a Mary tomb , vows was her were born sad , offered and a poor dismal up frail , when g life irl . , | j l I
Two years passed and again the promise failed . " 11 for " the This unhappy was the lad end y of was her never dream more of becoming to see the the face mother of a of living a race child | | of . kings The ' Jl and loud
curse was at length ringing through the country deep . " | | an In embassage 1526 the legalit from France y of the to marri negotiate age was a put marriage to the proof between by jji jl
, Mary D'Orleans , and . either Was the Francois legitimacy himself of or the his princess brother beyond Henri , reach Due _| fl . l
was of cavil deep ? l Henry rooted was in the indi Eng gnant lish at mind the question and this . interrogation But the idea I I
_gave it utterance y . , I
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138 Notices Of Books.
138 NOTICES OF BOOKS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1864, page 138, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041864/page/66/
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