. The history of Mary I., queen of England, as found in the public records, despatches of ambassadors in original private letters, and other contemporary documents. ater thislast year . One entry mentions the committal of a man forstealing the Lady Marys hawks . An account of a visit paid to her at Hunsdon, in September1552 by Bishop Ridley shows the complete religious freedomwhich she then enjoyed. She received him courteously, andtalked with himi very pleasantly for a quarter of an hour,reminding him that she knew him at court, when he waschaplain to her father; and she mentioned a sermon wh
. The history of Mary I., queen of England, as found in the public records, despatches of ambassadors in original private letters, and other contemporary documents. ater thislast year . One entry mentions the committal of a man forstealing the Lady Marys hawks . An account of a visit paid to her at Hunsdon, in September1552 by Bishop Ridley shows the complete religious freedomwhich she then enjoyed. She received him courteously, andtalked with himi very pleasantly for a quarter of an hour,reminding him that she knew him at court, when he waschaplain to her father; and she mentioned a sermon whichhe had preached at a certain wedding. Then she dismissedhim to dine with her household. After dinner, he offered topreach to her in the church, on which she replied, that hemight preach, but that neither she nor any of hers wouldlisten. Madam, he expostulated, I trust you will not refuseGods Word. I cannot tell what ye call Gods Word, answeredMary. That is not Gods Word now which was GodsWord in my fathers days. Gods Word is all one in all times, but is better under-stood and practised in some ages than in others, repliedRidley. ^ Lansdowne MS. 2, f. THE PRINCESS the original portrait in the possession of the Marquis of Exeter, THE kings sister. 213 You durst not for your ears have avouched that for GodsWord in my fathers days that now do you, she retorted,and as for your new books, I thank God I never read anyof them ; I never did nor ever will do. In dismissing him she said, My lord, for your gentlenessto come and see me, I thank you ; but for your offering topreach before me I thank you never a whit. Before leaving, he drank according to custom a stoup ofwine with Marys steward, but suddenly felt a qualm ofconscience, and exclaimed, I have done amiss. I havedrunk in that place where Gods Word offered hath been re-fused. I ought, if I had done my duty, to have departedimmediately, and to have shaken the dust off my shoes fora testimony against this house. ^
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