. 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. gotten to provide himself with the address, but hiseloquence made up for all deficiencies of form. He spokeso long and tediously, that Mary became impatient, and satdown, contrary to her wont. With a great deal of circum-locution, he prayed the Queen to marry, but not to choose ahusband among foreigners, and he expatiated on the advant-ages she would derive from a union with a member of theEnglish nobility. Such language, respectfu
. 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. gotten to provide himself with the address, but hiseloquence made up for all deficiencies of form. He spokeso long and tediously, that Mary became impatient, and satdown, contrary to her wont. With a great deal of circum-locution, he prayed the Queen to marry, but not to choose ahusband among foreigners, and he expatiated on the advant-ages she would derive from a union with a member of theEnglish nobility. Such language, respectful though it mightbe, was not such as to be acceptable to Tudor ears, and in anaside, Mary exclaimed that she would be a match for all herChancellors cunning.^ When the Speaker had finished, sherose to reply, although the answer should rightly have de-volved on Gardiner, as Chancellor, an innovation that causedPaget to rally him afterwards on his disgrace, the Queenhaving deprived him of his office. Her words were short andcharacteristic : For that you desire to see us married, shesaid, we thank you. Your desire to dictate to us the consort ^ Griffet, QUEEN MARY,from the portrait by Sir Antonio More, at Madri(l, AGAINST THE TIDE. 263 whom we shall choose, we consider somewhat English Parliament has not been wont to use suchlanguage to its sovereigns, and when private persons on suchmatters suit their own tastes, sovereigns may reasonably beallowed to choose whom they prefer. Herewith she dis-missed them, and a few days later. Parliament was dissolved.^ The truth was, that in the interval of her seclusion, Maryhad been making up her mind. In an interview with Renardon the 14th October, she had questioned him minutely asto Philips character and disposition, entreating him severaltimes to tell her truly, whether the Prince was in fact mod-erate, well-regulated, and such in very deed as he had beendescribed to her. She seized both of Renards hands, andimplor
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