. Woman: in all ages and in all countries . evolvedupon his infant daughter, Mary. Henry VIII. was bent onsecuring the Scotch kingdom, and to that end persisted inurging the betrothal of Prince Edward to the infant Mary,Queen of Scots; but the Scots were equally averse to thealliance, hence Henry continued to harass the kingdom byarmed forces. After Edward VI. succeeded his father, hecontinued to sue for Marys hand, and made use of militaryforce in the hope of accomplishing his object. The child-queens safety being in constant jeopardy, she was be-trothed to the Dauphin of France, and in 1548
. Woman: in all ages and in all countries . evolvedupon his infant daughter, Mary. Henry VIII. was bent onsecuring the Scotch kingdom, and to that end persisted inurging the betrothal of Prince Edward to the infant Mary,Queen of Scots; but the Scots were equally averse to thealliance, hence Henry continued to harass the kingdom byarmed forces. After Edward VI. succeeded his father, hecontinued to sue for Marys hand, and made use of militaryforce in the hope of accomplishing his object. The child-queens safety being in constant jeopardy, she was be-trothed to the Dauphin of France, and in 1548 left for thecourt of France. In her sixteenth year she marriedFrancis, making at the same time a secret treaty bestow-ing the kingdom of Scotland on France, in case she diedwithout an heir. Francis II., however, died in 1560, andMary returned to Scotland the following year. Here, herRoman Catholic practices soon brought her into conflictwith Knox, but for a time she managed to rule withoutserious troubles. Romantic adventure, however, best. r tfl t -g 5i -gv i1],e n 6. ?• ^ K> ;om bv He- she r
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