Margaret Tudor. Magdalene of France. Mary of Lorraine

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W. Blackwood and Sons, 1850
 

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Seite 271 - THE glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate : Death lays his icy hands on kings ; Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
Seite 60 - Consid'ring that no flower is so perfite, So full of virtue, pleasance, and delight! So full of blissful angelic beauty, Imperial birth, honour, and dignity!
Seite 58 - Welcome in Scotland to be Queen ! Sweet lovely imp of beauty clear, Most mighty monarch's daughter dear, Born of a Princess most serene, Welcome in Scotland to be Queen...
Seite 317 - They landed at the pier amidst the acclamations of a mixed multitnde of loving lieges of all degrees, who came to welcome their sovereign home, and to see their new Queen. Magdalene endeared herself for ever to the affections of the people by the sensibility she manifested on that occasion ; for when ' she first stepped on Scottish ground, she knelt, and, bowing herself down, kissed the moulds thereof for the love she bore the King, returned thanks to God for having brought the King and her safely...
Seite 45 - The young queen met her royal lord at the doorway of her great chamber. The King of Scotland uncovered his bead and made a deep obeisance to her, while she made a lowly reverence to him. He then took her hand and kissed her, and saluted all her ladies by kissing them. It was noticed that he welcomed the chivalric Earl of Surrey with especial cordiality.
Seite 328 - she was very deeply regretted not only by James V. but by all his people, for she was very good, and knew how to make herself truly beloved. She had a great mind, and was most wise and virtuous.
Seite 13 - I, Patrick, Earl of Bothwell, Procurator of the right high and mighty Prince James, by the grace of God King of Scotland, my sovereign lord, having sufficient...
Seite 310 - ... banqueting, delicate and costly clothings, triumphant plays and feasts, with pleasant sound of instruments of all kinds; and also cunning carvers, having the art of necromancy, to cause things appear which were not, as, flying dragons in the air, shots of fire at other's heads, great rivers of waters running through the town, and ships fighting thereupon, as it had been in bullering streams of the sea, shooting of guns like cracks of thunder: and these wonders were seen both by the nobility and...
Seite 13 - England, &c., and Elizabeth, Queen of the same, wittingly and of deliberate mind, having twelve years complete in age in the month of November...
Seite 405 - but this I can tell — on yule day ye will be masterless, and the realm without a king." Two boys whom Mary of Guise had borne to him had died in the year preceding. The queen was at Linlithgow, expecting every day her third confinement. But James was weary of earth and earthly interests. He showed no desire to see her. He went languidly to Falkland; and there, on the 8th of December...

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