. Historical portraits ... egularly, and who was,according to tradition, the person who was swished when Edward didanything wrong. When his father died, Edward was only nine yearsand three months old, and a Council of sixteen executors had beenappointed by the late Kings will to carry on the government. Butfrom the first meeting of that Council, February i, 1547, Edwardsmaternal uncle Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, emerged as Pro-tector of the Realm and was soon afterwards made, or made himself,Duke of Somerset. Cranmer, who was his godfather, performed thecoronation ceremony for Edward on
. Historical portraits ... egularly, and who was,according to tradition, the person who was swished when Edward didanything wrong. When his father died, Edward was only nine yearsand three months old, and a Council of sixteen executors had beenappointed by the late Kings will to carry on the government. Butfrom the first meeting of that Council, February i, 1547, Edwardsmaternal uncle Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, emerged as Pro-tector of the Realm and was soon afterwards made, or made himself,Duke of Somerset. Cranmer, who was his godfather, performed thecoronation ceremony for Edward on February 20th, and both Ridleyand Latimer were favourite preachers of his: indeed his delight insermons was excessive, and his zeal for pushing on the Reformationremarkable. He was able to dispute on high points of sacramentaltheology ; but it is no doubt easy for kings to shine in disputations,especially when no opponents are allowed to answer them. More ex-treme reformers, such as Hooper and even John Knox, soon appeared. EDWARD VIFrom the portrait in the National Portrait Gallery, painted under the influence of Holbein Face p. 50 EDWARD VI 51 in favour with Edward ; and foreigners from Germany and Switzer-land superseded the influence of the gentle and learned , it seems, had alienated the Kings affection, perhaps by tooconstant supervision ; and Somersets treacherous brother ThomasSeymour did all he could to sow distrust of the Protector in the boysmind; but when first this man and then his far nobler brother fell,Edward signed their death-warrants with callous alacrity, and madecold-blooded entries about them in a journal which he kept (and whichis still extant) from his accession till November 1552. Marriageswere successively proposed for Edward with Mary, infant Queen ofScotland, and, when she was safely betrothed to the Dauphin ofFrance, with Elizabeth, daughter of Henry II of France. The Dukeof Somerset fell from power in 1549, ousted by the far moreuns
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