The world: historical and actual . eer ; marriedfirst to theFrench Dau-phin, after-wards FrancisII., and later,upon her re-turn to Scot-land as a wid-ow, she becamethe wife ofLord Darnley,the grandsonof MargaretTudor, daugh-ter of HenryVII. In MaryQueen of Scotsvested the re-siduary title tothe Englishcrown, and shewas the hopeof the papalparty. If shehad no sinisterdesigns upon that crown, it was certain thata very considerable party in England stood readyto employ unlawful means to predicate her com-ing into the kingdom. In the meanwhile troublecame for Mary at her own court. Her favorite,Ri
The world: historical and actual . eer ; marriedfirst to theFrench Dau-phin, after-wards FrancisII., and later,upon her re-turn to Scot-land as a wid-ow, she becamethe wife ofLord Darnley,the grandsonof MargaretTudor, daugh-ter of HenryVII. In MaryQueen of Scotsvested the re-siduary title tothe Englishcrown, and shewas the hopeof the papalparty. If shehad no sinisterdesigns upon that crown, it was certain thata very considerable party in England stood readyto employ unlawful means to predicate her com-ing into the kingdom. In the meanwhile troublecame for Mary at her own court. Her favorite,Rizzio, was killed by Darnley, and not long afterDarnley himself was killed by the Earl of Bothwell,to whom she gave her hand in a few weeks. Thismarriage provoked a popular uprising which re-sulted in her being forced to sign her abdication infavor of her son James, with a regency. Not longafter she escaped and took refuge in afforded her asylum and professed sym-pathy, but her ministers of state were apprehensive. of treason, and after long years of waiting broughtMary to trial for conspiring against Elizabethand the Crown. He;- complicity in the mur-der of Darnley had been proved before. Convictedof treason, Elizabeth signed her death-warrant, andshe was beheaded. Mary Queen of Scots has longbeen a favorite object of romantic interest, but in strict justiceshe hardlymerited hersubjects QueenElizabeth hadtwo favoritesat differenttimes, the Earlof Leicesterand the Earlof Essex, nei-ther of whomdeserves es-pecially theprominencegenerally giv-en him. InLord Burleighand Sir WalterRaleigh shehad realstates-men and fastfriends. SirFrancis Drake,who sailedaround theworld, received the order of knighthood from herroyal hand on boardhis own ship. Hermariners showedwonderful enterprisein the New Worldand India. Thecommon people might well be classedamong her friends,for during her reignthe condition of theagricultural and in-dustrial classes i
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