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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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ithstand the demands of her ministry, she signedMarys death warrant, and then sternly forbadethat anyone should ever speak to her again upon asubject about which she did not wish to be troubledfurther. One thing more, however, was necessary.The warrant must be sealed and delivered to thesecretary of the Council, with instructions to carryit out. Again she delayed. Hoping to gain time,she signed and delivered it without instructions.On the morning of the ninth of February, newsthat the execution had taken place at Fotheringayfound its way to the queen. She stormed and ravedand became actually hysterical. Much has beenwritten about this episode. It is held by manythat her anger was assumed, that she wished tomake the people believe that she had been takenadvantage of in the matter; but undoubtedly, atthe last moment, Mary was put to death withouther knowledge. Elizabeth was never the sameagain. It makes no difference what the motive waswhich caused her to hesitate so long over the sign-
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Klizabeth lusitating to sign tlu- order forMarys execution Elizabeth 43 ing of the warrant, there is no doubt that the deathof Mary Stuart had a profound effect upon her. What a period of literary splendor was the reignof Elizabeth! It was unsurpassed in the history ofthe world. The pens of the master writers sup-ported her throne, and one can only conjecturewhat the effect would have been upon her reignand reputation had they turned their power againstinstead of for her. This brilliant period was not con-fined to England. In the other countries of Europethere were great men. There was Martin Lutherthe reformer, in Germany; Sully, the great states-man, in France. There were Ariosto and Tasso inItaly, Cervantes in Spain. There were the greatartists — Michael Angelo, Titian, and Correggio.There was Palestrina, the father of Italian music.In England, Elizabeth had gathered about hercourt Francis Bacon, the philosopher, Hooker, theeminent divine, Gresham, the great merchant. SirFrancis

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