. Historical portraits ... gs elder daughter, Margaret, who, in 1503, at the age of fourteen,crossed the border as Queen of Scots : it is said that upon thisoccasion the Order of the Thistle was instituted. Peace and amitycontinued between England and Scotland until the death of HenryVII, and the lesser country made great strides in prosperity. HenryVIIIs espousal of the cause of the Pope against the French King in1511 speedily put an end to. this condition of peace, and it neededlittle persuasion on the part of Louis XII to throw James back uponthe older traditional policy of Scotland. He pre
. Historical portraits ... gs elder daughter, Margaret, who, in 1503, at the age of fourteen,crossed the border as Queen of Scots : it is said that upon thisoccasion the Order of the Thistle was instituted. Peace and amitycontinued between England and Scotland until the death of HenryVII, and the lesser country made great strides in prosperity. HenryVIIIs espousal of the cause of the Pope against the French King in1511 speedily put an end to. this condition of peace, and it neededlittle persuasion on the part of Louis XII to throw James back uponthe older traditional policy of Scotland. He prepared for a greatinvasion of England and took with him to the border in 1513 thewhole force of Scotland. He was able to take Norham and cross theTweed, but was entirely outgeneralled by the prudent Earl of Surrey,defeated and slain at Flodden, September 9, 1513. Jamess privatelife was stained by flagrant immorality and he left many illegiti-mate children ; but his zeal for good government and his patriotismare jA nant fit /^.,r nmt-t i^^2. ^ ^/7f7*-^ JAMES IV, KING OF SCOTLAND From the drawing attributed to Jacques le Boucq of Artois in theLibrary of the town of Arras il Face /. 30 31 HENRY VIII {1491-1547) second son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, was born atGreenwich. He became heir to the throne on the death of hisbrother Arthur in 1502, and two years later a dispensation arrivedfrom the Pope to enable him to marry his brothers widow, Katharineof Spain ; but he protested at the time against the dispensation, and,until his own accession to the throne, it did not seem certain thatthe marriage would take place. Henry received the most carefuland learned education, and became an accomplished scholar in thebest sense of the term. He was also a fine athlete and of greatbodily strength. For almost fifteen years after his accession to thethrone in 1509 no one suspected that Henry was more than apleasure-loving monarch of great natural gifts and graces, but alsoof
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