A young people's history of Virginia and Virginians .. . SIR FRANCIS DRAKE. Spain, m. -tft History op Virginia and Virginians. 11 more than sixty years after the first voyage of Cabot, thePrincess Elizabeth, daughter of King Henry VIII., wascrowned Queen of England. She was then twentv-fiveyears of age, and her coronation was theoccasion of great rejoicing among theEnglish people, who hoped for a new eraof peace and prosperity at home underher reign, and in this they were not dis-appointed. Her Character and Government.—Thequeens early years had been passed invirtual captivity, and her youth c
A young people's history of Virginia and Virginians .. . SIR FRANCIS DRAKE. Spain, m. -tft History op Virginia and Virginians. 11 more than sixty years after the first voyage of Cabot, thePrincess Elizabeth, daughter of King Henry VIII., wascrowned Queen of England. She was then twentv-fiveyears of age, and her coronation was theoccasion of great rejoicing among theEnglish people, who hoped for a new eraof peace and prosperity at home underher reign, and in this they were not dis-appointed. Her Character and Government.—Thequeens early years had been passed invirtual captivity, and her youth clouded •ii 1_ J. 1 1 1 QUEEN ELIZABETH. With many sorrows, but she showed akind and forgiving spirit towards those from whom shehad received much unkindness, and she managed thebusiness of her government with equal prudence andwisdom. She encouraged agriculture, trade and naviga-tion, and so increased her navy that she has been calledThe Queen of the Northern Seas. Her wise govern-ment was respected at home and abroad, and about herthrone were gathered a group of the most rema
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