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80 MARGARET BEAUFORT.
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now _strengthened lier soul in its last hours of earthly captivity ; . She suffered very much . * " Her cries" says Bishop Fisher" were
piteous to hear ; " but he tells also of , -her patience , and faith , , and love . So she passed away—the greatthe goodthe learned —~
, , passed away from the sight of man , and went to her eternal rest ; but her memory for ever remains cherished by England ' s sons ; and
to England ' s daughters she is a bright example , to encourage them _, in the road to what is good and great , noble and true .
We must not close this little sketch without briefly glancing at her literary remains . Of letters there are scarcely any extant ; however *
the two following show how her heart was bound up in her son and his family , and are written "with much unaffected naivete . The first
is dated from Calais ; but we can only guess at the reason which took her therefrom the tenor of her letter . There is no written
authority for say , ing so , but she must have gone thither to recover certain dues owed her by the French king . The second prettily
expresses her affection for the Queen , and , we must own , it also manifests a little pardonable piece of vanity about the small
proportions of her hand . It is _a-pj _^ opos here to mention that we learn _, from the bishop that she was small of staturebut there is no der
, scription given of her features or appearance by any of her biograhers . Her portraits represent her of pleasing countenancebut
p certainly not beautiful . She is always in the habit of a , nuiv doubtless from her having taken the vow of chastity , which vOw is
kept in the archives of St . John ' s College , Cambridge . MARGARET TO HENRY VII .
My dearest and only desired joy in this tvor : ld , —With most hearty loving blessing and humble commendationsI pray
, our Lord to reward and thank your Grace for that it hatlx pleased yr . Highness so kindly and lovingly to be content to write
your letter of thanks to the French King , for my great matter that so long hath been in suit ; as Master "Wilby hath shewn me
yr . bounteous goodness is pleased . I wish my dear heart and my fortune be to recover it . I trust ye shall well perceive I shall deal
towards you as a kind , loving mother ; and if I should never have it , yet your kind dealing is to me a thousand times more than all
that good 1 can recover , and all the French kings ' might be mine * . withal . My dear heartand it may please your highness to licence
Master Whytstonges for , this time , to present your honorable letters ,. and begin the process of my cause , for that he so well knoweth the
matter , and also brought me the writing from the said French Kingwith Ms other letters to his arliament at Paris ; it should
be greatl , y to my help , as I think , but p all will I remit to your plea-. sure ; and if I be too bold in this or any of my desires , I humbly
beseech your grace of pardon , and that your highness take no _displeasure .
My good king" , I have now sent a servant of mine unto Kendal _,.
80 Margaret Beaufort.
80 MARGARET BEAUFORT .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1861, page 80, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101861/page/8/
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