title allowed by parliament, and the people universally submitted.

"Warwick advised him to marry, and with his consent went over to France, to procure the lady Bona of Savoy, for his queen; and the match was accordingly agreed on. But while the earl was employed in the negotiation abroad, the king rendered it abortive at home.

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Lady Elizabeth Grey, widow of Sir John Grey, waiting on him to intreat protection for her orphan children, he became enamoured of her, and after having in vain endeavoured to seduce her, offered her his hand in marriage, which she accepted.

"The tidings of this event, reaching Warwick, filled him with the most lively indignation; he felt himself insulted, and hastened home, where a number of malcontents joined a party he had formed to oppose Edward, who was thus threatened with a fresh storm.

"The duke of Clarence, king Edward's brother, had married the earl of War

wick's daughter, and both now openly declared against the king. The King of France also took advantage of the general discontent, to reconcile Warwick and queen Margaret; and though the father of the earl had been executed by the queen's command, and she herself recognised in him the effective spring and source of all her misfortunes, yet their mutual animosity was now cancelled by revenge on the one part, and on the other by the hope of dethroning Edward, and re-establishing Henry the Sixth.

"Warwick's intention once known, in a few days sixty thousand men flocked to his standard. The king in precipitation marched against him, when the armies met near Nottingham, where a nocturnal engagement taking place, king Edward was reduced to flight, and Warwick remained master of the field. He immedi- ately took Henry from his prison, and proclaimed him king.

"Edward's party, though repressed, was not destroyed, and after an absence.

of nine months, he landed at Ravenspur, in Yorkshire; his army increased on his march, and on his arrival at the capital, the gates were opened to him by the citizens, and the wretched Henry was once more torn from his throne, and sent back to prison.

"Warwick now resolved to end the suspence, by giving the king battle, near St. Albans; in this, Edward's fortune prevailed, for the duke of Clarence, at the head of twelve thousand men, abandoned his father-in-law, in the night, and went over to his brother's camp. The Lancastrians were defeated, and Warwick himself, foremost in danger, fell in the midst of his enemies, covered with wounds.

"The death of Warwick is said to have been the first event, during this long contest, which drew tears from the eyes of Margaret; and yielding to her unhappy fate, she took sanctuary in the Abbey of Beaulieu, in Hampshire.

Margaret's friends did not yet forsake her, several were still willing to as

sist her fallen fortunes, and collecting a force, she once more gave king Edward battle at Tewksbury, which was the final termination of her attempts; the queen and prince in this contest being taken prisoners, and after the battle, brought into the presence of Edward.

"The young prince appeared before the conqueror, with undaunted majesty, and being asked how he dared invade England, replied, more mindful of his high birth, than of his ruined fortune,

I entered the dominions of my father, to revenge his injuries, and to redress my

own.'

"The brutal Edward, enraged at his intrepidity, struck him on the face with This gauntlet, which action served as a signal for further violence; the king's brothers, Gloucester, Clarence, and others, rushing like wild beasts, on the unarmed youth at once, and stabbing him to the heart. To complete the tragedy, Henry, who had long been a passive spectator of all these horrors, was now thought unfit

to live; and the duke of Gloucester, it is said, entering his chamber alone, murdered him in cool blood. Henry was forty-nine years old. Of all the distinguished prisoners taken in battle, none were suffered to survive but Margaret, who was afterwards ransomed by the king of France, for fifty thousand crowns."

As Mr. Wilmot paused, John said, "Dear father, I was too much interested to interrupt the narrative, but king Edward was a barbarian; and weak and despicable as I thought king Henry, he is by far a more respectable character."

"I fear," replied Mr. Wilmot, "that Edward will not become more estimable to you, as I continue his reign; but what say you, Frances, have you any observation to make?"

"I wish to know, papa, what afterward became of queen Margaret ?"

"She retired to France, where a few years after, she died, having, by her courage, sustained her husband's cause,