History for Boys Or Annals of the Nations of Modern Europe
History for Boys Or Annals of the Nations of Modern Europe
John G John George Edgar
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Dukes 198 HISTORY FOR BOYS. — ENGLAND. of Exeter and Somerset, carried her helpless hushand into Scotland, and found refuge at the court of her congenial kinswoman, Mary of Gueldre, while Ed- ward returned to London, where he was crowned with the usual ceremonies. At Grafton — under the roof of her father, Sir Rich- ard Woodville, who had long hefore wedded Jacquet- ta, reUct of the Protector-Duke of Bedford — Elizabeth Gray, a young and accomplished widow, was mourn- ing the loss of a husband,... slain while fighting for the red rose ; when Edward, going to amuse himself with hunting in the forest of "Vyhittlebury, paid the old knight and his duchess a visit. Elizabeth's beauty fairly captivated the heart of the youthful King ; and the duchess managed matters so skillfully, that the enamored monarch at length proposed a private mar- riage. Accordingly, on the 1st of May, that morning of the year when in meny old England young people went to the fields and gathered may or green boughs to deck their houses, and when milkmaids wreathed their pails with garlands, and prepared to dance round maypoles, the Duchess, with two gentlewomen, con- ducted her daughter to the httle chapel, where they were met by the King, the priest, and the mass-boy ; and there, with the utmost secrecy.
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