Female Biography: Or, Memoirs of Illustrious And Celebrated Women, of All ... 1
Female Biography: Or, Memoirs of Illustrious And Celebrated Women, of All ... 1
Mary Hays
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James, after his ac- cession to the English throne, had it removed to Westminster abbey, and deposited among the kings of England. Elizabeth afifected to deceive the news of the death of her rival with surprise and grief; she 876 MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS.. •ven carried her artifice to so barbarous a lengthy. as- to render Davison>. her secretary of state, and' the innocent instrument of her cruelty and di&si* >inulation» the Tictim of her perfidy.. Under pre-- tence that he had- orders not to sufic...r the war* rant for the es^ecution of Mary to go out of his^ hands, he wa^ deprived of his oiEceSj. fined, im- prisoned, and utterly ruined. By the sacrifice of the unhappy secretary, she endeavoured to make her peace with the king of Scots, whom the death; of his mother had filled with resentment and grief,, which yielded however at length to the necessities of his situation. His scanty revenues, the turbu- lent spirit of his nobles, the influence of the cabinet of England, and the powerful faction devoted tCK its court, added to the prospect of the English, succession, and the noble inheritance which by* «he friendship- of its queen he could not fail ta obtain, formed a powerful combination of motives, which the fears, the interest, the prudence, and the ambition of James, united to render resistless..
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