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400 THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND. military skill and courage of the Prince of Savov wished to reward that prince by bestowing on him the hand of Elizabeth Mary refused to permit any coercion to be used in the affair and insisted that Elizabeth should be left to decide for herself on so momentous a question. Perhaps she had JZed wi queen having for a husband one whose habits and interests are so wholly at variance with her own interests and EHzabe?h nde T! anding . WaS ?° W eStablished between Mary and Jiiizabeth. They met much more frequently exchanged valuable Mt 3 ' ^ ^ ^^ ^weT^e valuable gifts of jewels upon her sister. Nor did the various d u n c S e P anv C1 u S nf in ^ ^ "^ ° f EHzabeth was mixed! pro- duce any unfavorable impression on the mind of Mary She ether disbelieved the rumors, or had learned by experience v ritv t P o Th eSS10n ^ a T Wn is n0t S ° liable as to stify Z7:itt m next heir tor aspiring to * bef ° re * «y mJJ 16 l0 A S l° f ? lais inflicted a dee P wou * d on the peac- of Mary. After the news reached her she drooped apace and was heard to say that the loss of Calais so affected her that when dead, if her body should be opened, it would be found life PhT h6r heart Althou * h info ™ d oi her dec hninf state Philip came not to visit his dying wife a neglect whrh must have deeply mortified her. Nevertheless " fcrMv iS she have made him her successor to t^&^haTJhe m "sm 'Ihe at 7^T ™* d - ^ ^uiesced iS s^S measure She at length recognized her sister Elizabeth as at eS affo°rded T™* ?* ^^ *«* Was "° -t of h ei ign that afforded so much satisfaction as this last All anxious to bask m the sunshine of court y favor flocked around ?S or;i?e SS pr^sse h d US de ^t a ^T ^ '° *^^Sffi* o^the professed devotion of courtiers not likely to be for- she expired, after having received the rites nf tL+uu 7 - conscious of what was doing around her From", , > survey of historical facts, wi can draw'no Jfa ^