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Title: Royal women; their history and romance
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Mann, Mary Ridpath
Subjects: Queens
Publisher: Chicago, A.C. McClurg & Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ent an eye (in color like the spots in thepeacocks tail), an ear, and winding in and outbetween the two, a serpent. She meant to implythat naught in her kingdom escaped her — that shehad as many eyes as there were spots in the pea-cocks tail, an ear to hear all that was said in herkingdom, and was as crafty as the serpent. Many of the interesting spots of the London oftoday date from the reign of Elizabeth, but likeother landmarks of historic England, they aregradually passing away. Windsor Castle was herfavorite haunt. Here she passed much of her time.In the evening, just before dinner, almost invariablyshe walked for an hour in the grounds, unless pre-vented by the wind, to which she had a strongaversion. Rain, it seems, did not disturb her. Shetook great pleasure in walking under a largeumbrella in the wet weather along the terrace onthe north front of the castle. When first she cameto Windsor the grounds were neglected and stony,but the beautiful terraces which were built by her
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Queen Elizabeth wearing tlie peacock dress Elizabeth 37 order remain as she left them, and a part of thepath is still known as Queen Elizabeths Walk. Of all the places connected with Elizabeths life,the most romantic and interesting is old LambethPalace. Historians who are not fond of Elizabethmake much of the fact that she never allowed thesubject of her mothers marriage to the king, herfather, to be discussed in any way; never took anysteps to have it legalized by her Parliament; infact, never displayed any sentiment whatever onthe subject. Doubtless she felt that the fact thatshe w^as queen of England was in itself sufficient,and both established her mothers innocence andlegitimatized her own birth. But in order to see a side of Elizabeths characterwhich historians have studiously let alone, one shouldmake a visit to Lambeth Palace. Once inside its greatgates, he may sit downr on a rude bench made ofone of the old oaks for which England is famous.Here a white-haired caretaker will

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