Character of Elizabeth and her contemporaries--Main object of her policy--Youth of Elizabeth--The Duke of Angoulême-- Philip of Spain--Seymour and Catharine Parr--Mrs. Ashley’s and Parry’s confessions--Execution of Seymour--Proposed marriage of Elizabeth with a son of the Duke of Ferrara-- With a son of Hans Frederick of Saxony--Courtney--Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy--Prince Eric of Sweden--Death of Queen Mary--The Earl of Arundel. The greatest diplomatic game ever played on the world’s chessboard was that consummate succession of intrigues which for nearly half a century was carried on by Queen Elizabeth and her ministers with the object of playing off one great Continental power agai…
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