. The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands. d. He was ambitious, but the plain peopleliked him, for he treated them well. He was a fine soldier, and in the first year of his rule invaded Sc
. The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands. d. He was ambitious, but the plain peopleliked him, for he treated them well. He was a fine soldier, and in the first year of his rule invaded Scotlandwith the purpose of compelling the marriage of Mary with the young EnglishKing; but Mary eluded him, and, being sent to France the next year, becamethe betrothed of the French Dauphin, who was afterward Francis II. Somer-set showed a brutal ferocity toward the Catholics, inspired thereto by hisrapacity and his contempt for all forms of religion. Disregarding law andorder, he sent savage mobs to throw down altars, to shatter the colored win-dows in the parish churches, and to rob the Catholics of their wealth. Manyof the Protestants were horrified by these wanton outrages of the sacred convic-tions of those whose faith was different from their own. There were riotings,furious fights, and bloodshed, all in the name of Him who taught peace on earthand good-will to men. But they who sow the wind, must reap the whirlwind. The bitterest enemy. England—The Accession of Mary io4r of Somerset was his own brother, Thomas Lord Seymour of Sudeley, HigbAdmiral of England, who had married Katharine Parr, the widow of HenryVIII. He aimed to supplant the Protector, but was destroyed by a bill of at-tainder, shut out from making any defence, and beheaded March 20, was not long in following him, for his rule was detested at home andwas a failure abroad, and in 1552 he was beheaded on a charge of conspiringagainst his rival John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, and against ot
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